An 80-year old man was rescued yesterday morning after falling from a cliff onto a Pleasure Point beach. Emergency crews responded to the just before 6 a.m. incident after the man was on East Cliff Drive, near Larch Lane, when he fell. Crews were able to hoist the man from the sand back to the road, he was air-lifted to an out-of-county trauma center where the extent of his injuries are unknown at this time.
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In an effort to receive state funding, officials in Santa Cruz County agreed to run tourist trains on the Union Pacific railroad yesterday. Yesterday’s decision follows recent demands by the state that county officials need to show a commitment to passenger trains if they want to receive state funding towards the rail line, which is slated to run from Davenport to Watsonville. However, the county’s planned 14.2 million dollar rail line acquisition depends on receiving 10.2 million dollars from the state in proposition 116 funds, which the state agreed to hand over once the county meets certain conditions.
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A $15,000 award was given to the Santa Cruz Parks and Rec. Department this week to help support the Santa Cruz Teen Center. The grant, funded by The Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County, will be used to increase membership and activities for Santa Cruz youth ages 12 to 18. The teen center faced closure last year due to city budget cuts, however grants and community donations, have kept the center from closing it’s doors.
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Police in Marina are investigating an attempted armed robbery that was foiled Wednesday afternoon by the home’s resident. Police say the resident of a home on the 100 block of Paddon Place forced the door to stay shut when a man armed with a gun, kicked in the home’s front door at around 12:30 p.m. The suspect, a man in his 20’s, was described as 5-foot-6-inches tall, weighing roughly 150 pounds with short hair and wearing a brown leather jacket when he fled the scene prior to police arriving.Anyone with information is asked to contact Marina police.
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