Posts By Joel Hersch
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Bait, Trawl, Switch
Environmental agencies and Monterey Bay trawlers propose exchanges between protected areas and fishing grounds Bottom trawling is a traditional but controversial means...
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Therein Lies the Rub
UC Santa Cruz students, locals speak out on the closure of Shakespeare Santa Cruz Giles Henderson, a UC Santa Cruz junior and...
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Being SCPD
What does it takes to be a police officer in Santa Cruz? With the many complexities, varying political perspectives, and diverse population...
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Pledge of Cleanliness
Is a verbal agreement and laminated card enough to guarantee clean homeless campsites? Tucked away in the nooks and crannies of Santa...
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The Napolitano Complex
What does the arrival of the former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security at the helm of the UC mean for higher education...
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Run with a View
Upcoming race spotlights the Coastal Rail Trail—kind of On Aug. 25, about 200 people will run a 12 kilometer race along the...
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Frowning on Fracking
Santa Cruzans speak up about offshore fracking at Coastal Commission meeting With the new knowledge that oil companies are using controversial fracking...
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Changing the Channel
Community Television struggles to achieve financial sustainability during hard times for noncommercial media outlets Faced with budget cuts, legislation that restricts spending,...
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Bracing for Coverage
Santa Cruz Women’s Health Center to open new clinic in Live Oak On Jan. 1, 2014, when the Affordable Care Act (ACA)...
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Moving the Needle
Despite low community support in a recent survey, do syringe exchanges serve a greater good? Providing intravenous drug users with clean syringes...
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Off the Streets
Local agencies gather to assess the VA’s goal to end veteran homelessness Two years ago, Vietnam War veteran Wayne Wyman went to...
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Growing Pains
A young man and a state come of age in ‘Oklahoma!’ La Cage Aux Folles”—the first of three Cabrillo Stage musicals to...
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Blood Sport
County agencies continue investigation following illegal cockfighting bust Sixty-one caged gamecocks, 26 vehicles, and some boxes of beer and doughnuts. That’s all...
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The Battle for Benefits
Veterans wait years for compensation benefits due to backlogged claims at the VA Josh Shanks, a 62-year-old Vietnam War veteran from Soquel,...
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Getting to Zero
Santa Cruz County uses state recycling law anniversary as a moment for assessment For Santa Cruz County, a longtime leader in waste...
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Stripping Down
In the new book, ‘The Rise of the Naked Economy,’ local authors Ryan Coonerty and Jeremy Neuner examine the transformation of how...
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Rights to the Bikes
The City of Santa Cruz puts its bicycle distribution program on hold For the past 17 years, the City of Santa Cruz...
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Bike Heist
Amidst backdrop of increasing bike thefts, failing to register a bicycle makes recovery unlikely Perhaps the most miserable moment a bicycle owner...
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The Price of Safety
The city’s proposed budget addresses public safety needs The City of Santa Cruz’s pocketbook has come a long way since 2009, when...
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The Bold Woman and the Sea
A paraplegic veteran launches solo row across the Pacific Military veteran and paraplegic Angela Madsen finds life at sea liberating. What others...
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Measure T Shot Down
Watsonville’s proposal to annex ag land for development fizzles Watsonville’s Measure T, an initiative that proposed the city annex 95 acres of...
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The Plug Bug & Corbin Dunn
Mechanic, programmer, acrobat, builder, tinkerer. Corbin Dunn’s 1969 Volkswagen Beetle is a fully electric vehicle. It has an electric motor powered by...
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To Arm or Disarm?
While gun sales soar nationally, a group of musicians fundraise for a local gun buy-back In the wake of high-profile incidents of...
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March for Equality
Santa Cruz Pride precedes momentous Supreme Court rulings During the five months between June 2008, when the Supreme Court ruled equal protection...
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Ice Plant Peace Invasion
Community art piece at Seabright Beach destroyed by State Parks for environmental reasons Residents of the Seabright neighborhood were dismayed last week...
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Nearly 150 Years of Memorial Day Remembrance in Santa Cruz
Museum of Art & HIstory presents the 146th annual Memorial Day Remembrance Each step of the American flag’s official “13-fold” ceremony, which...
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Update on Police Shooting Investigation
Law enforcement maintains that nothing could have been done to prevent police deaths in February Santa Cruz County and city officials gave...
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The Maya-Ixil Move Forward
Local nonprofit works to educate and create opportunity for indigenous communities in Guatemala In an isolated region of the Guatemala mountains called...
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Setting up Camp
Is a self-regulated, communal camp the answer to Santa Cruz’s homeless problems? In dozens of cities across the country, there are organized,...
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Artistic Expression or Safety Hazard?
Faith group leader relocates to Santa Cruz County for artistic freedom, gets art red tagged Rev. Robert Seals, an artist, musician, and...
