Watsonville—All the barrels have been picked up and weighed and the cash donations tabulated: the truly astounding grand total for the 2011 Second Harvest Food Bank Holiday Food Drive is just over 2.7 million pounds of food and cash equivalent! That’s well over our goal of 2.5M and a wonderful example of just how dedicated our community is to providing healthy food to hungry people. There was no end to the amount of activity and creativity used to raise food and funds this year—from holiday parties and in-store events, to kids selling homemade crafts—the compassion of our community came through loud and clear on every level.

Willy Elliott-McCrea, Chief Executive Officer of Second Harvest announced the total on January 26th during a special event at Michael’s on Main in Soquel, hosted by Second Harvest board members, Phil Dundas and Jeremy Lezin.

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. - Santa Cruz Police are searching for a suspect involved in an armed robbery Thursday night.

Police say a suspect entered a business on the 1100 block of Water Street in need of auto parts. The suspect was wearing a ski mask and showed the employee a suspected semi-automatic handgun in his waistband. The suspect then took money and fled the scene.

Police, including "Lobo" a police K-9, searched the area for the suspect but could not find him.

Police do not know the race of the suspect but they do believe he is approximately 5'10" to 5'11", husky build, wearing a black ski mask, black hooded jacket, dark jeans, and dark boots.

Anyone with additional information about this incident is encouraged to call Sant Cruz Police at (831) 420-5820.

 

  On February 11, 2012, Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter (SCCAS) will host its 2nd Annual St. Valentine’s "Meet Your Match" Pet Adoption event at SCCAS’ Santa Cruz location, 2200 7th Avenue from 9:00 am to 5:30 p.m.