Santa Cruz County Fair Underway: Community Gathers for Some Traditional Fun • City Reviews Safety of Freedom Boulevard: Improvements Planned for Busy Thoroughfare, By Jon Chown • BESS Developer May Push Ahead Before County OK: Delay in Local Ordinance May Result in State Oversight of Project, By Jon Chown • Public Shown Plan for Beaches as Sea Rises: Hybrid Solutions Balance Options to Retreat or Harden Infrastructure, By Jon Chown • Watsonville to Host Día de Esperanza Organic Farming Festival October 18-19 • Santa Cruz County, Contractor Recognized for DNA Lab Project, By Tad Stearn • MAH to Restore Iconic Community Quiltage Mural • Santa Cruz County Lodging Sees Mixed Performance in July • Community Bridges, Hijos del Sol Partner to Bring Landmark Mural to Pajaro • Community Showcase & Artisan Market • Gourmet Grazing on the Green Returns to Aptos Village Park • Santa Cruz Film Festival Returns for 25th Anniversary • Local Air Mobility Technology Gets Boost: Grant to Fund First FAA-Compliant Airport Flight Corridor for Drones and Air Taxis • Bay Fed’s Cameron Haste Re-Elected to Hope Services Board • County Encourages Residents to Join Week Without Driving • Vacancies on Transit District Committee • Monterey Jazz Festival Just Weeks Away: Celebrates 68 Years of Jazz Legacy With Star-Studded Lineup • County Takes Step to Ban Nitrous Oxide Sales • ‘Food As Medicine’ Health Conference to Explore Power of Plant-Based Nutrition • A Story of Hope and Kindness: ‘Cinderella’ Directors Says Now is the Time for It, By Jon Chown • Burglaries On The Rise, Residents Warned • Community Asked to Take County Survey • Golf Fundraiser Benefits Animal Shelter: K&D Landscaping’s Second Annual Golf Classic Raises $13,200 • Youth Mental Health Center to Celebrate Opening • PV Health Care District Seeks Input on Elections • Distinguished Artists Concert Series Celebrates its 40th Season; Opens Oct. 12 • Teen Poem Book to be Released Sept. 14 • Santa Cruz Gallery to Showcase ‘Whim and Wonder’ in Fall Exhibition • It’s All About the Lithium Batteries • Aptos Volleyball Sweeps Monte Vista Christian • RTC Must Stop the Bleeding and Face Reality, By Cami “Clemensen” Corvin … and much more!