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A cell phone tower has been proposed for the city of Watsonville. The city Planning Commission will hear the proposal by Verizon Wireless for a tower on Grove Street tonight at their meeting. Verizon is proposing an installation of 3 additional antennae to a 70-foot monopole located at 11 Grove Street.
A grant has been awarded that will help the Santa Cruz METRO Bus Fleet move closer to being 100 percent green. The 4.8 million dollar grant comes from the Federal Transit Administration's “State of Good Repair” program. The Santa Cruz METRO will use the grant to replace 12 diesel buses with buses that run on natural gas. Of its fleet of 93 buses, about a dozen diesel buses remain, which will be used mostly as backup for the natural gas fleet.
A 21 YEAR-OLD MAN IS EXPECTED TO RECOVER FROM HIS WOUNDS. THAT AFTER HE WAS BEATEN AND STABBED FRIDAY NIGHT IN HOLLISTER. THE 11:30 P.M. ATTACK REPORTEDLY OCCURRED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF PINE AND SOUTH STREETS, AND ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE INCIDENT IS ENCOURAGED TO CONTACT THE HOLLISTER POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SCIENTISTS ARE ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC’S ASSISTANCE IN TRACKING A DISEASE THAT IS KILLING OAK TREES. FOR THE PAST 2 YEARS RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN SENDING IN SAMPLES OF TREES THEY BELIEVE HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY SUDDEN OAK DEATH. NOW SCIENTISTS ARE RENEWING THAT CALL, AS THEY CONTINUE TO WORK TO DETERMINE HOW TO STOP THE PATHOGEN FROM BEING TRANSMITTED THROUGH HOST PLANTS AND WATER.
A 17 YEAR-OLD SUFFERED MODERATE INJURIES, WHEN THE CAR THE TEEN WAS DRIVING STRUCK A POWER POLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN FELTON. THE TEEN WAS TRANSPORTED TO DOMINICAN HOSPITAL, WHILE EMERGENCY PERSONNEL PUT OUT THE SMALL BRUSH FIRE THAT WAS SPARKED OFF WHEN THE POWER LINES CAME DOWN. 14 P.G. & E. CUSTOMERS WERE WITHOUT POWER OVERNIGHT AFTER THE 1:20 P.M. SUNDAY ACCIDENT.