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In the wake of the Loma Prieta earthquake, Santa Cruz County residents had no real way of connecting to the outside world, as power lines were down and phone service outside the immediate community was not possible.

In the Aug. 16, 1989 issue of the old Valley Press, geologist Vasiliki Vassil wrote the first of a series of articles addressing the series of fault lines in Santa Cruz County in the wake of a 5.1-magnitude earthquake that had struck a week earlier on Aug. 8.

The 2014 Open Studios Art Tour, organized by the Arts Council of Santa Cruz County is approaching its final encore weekend on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 18 and 19, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Libertarian Republican and physician Richard Fox, is running against Congresswoman Anna Eshoo in this upcoming 2014 election.

Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office

On Wednesday, Oct. 8, Sheila Ralston, aretired Aptos resident, hit her very first hole-in-one at the Valley Gardens Golf Course in Scotts Valley.

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There are species of cactus that grow all over North and South America and have been naturalized in Africa, Asia and Australia.