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Traffic on highway one continues, and now the Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation introduces an online solution to ease congestion. Amy Naranjo explains w...hy commuters would take interest in the Go Santa Cruz County program and how it started.. We’re expanding this commuter program for residents throughout the entire county, whether you live or work in Santa Cruz County Whether you bike, you take transit, you carpool, and you’re doing that Covid-Safe, we want to reward you. We want to give commuters incentives to rethink their ride, to choose a more earth-friendly commute. Rewards for the countywide program so far include a free Metro bus pass for downtown Santa Cruz residents or employers, bike locker credit, and downtown dollars. Future rewards include café gift cards and other transit-oriented credits. More info on this project is available at Cruz511.Org/GoSCC.

On Friday, Central Fire District of Santa Cruz County issued a reminder to the public about April being Distracted Driving Awareness Month. The following tips ...are offered to prevent distractions on the road: Program your GPS, playlist, or electronics and finish your texts and emails. Turn Do Not Disturb on your phone and put it in a glovebox, purse, or other hidden space. Do not adjust your touchscreen-based radio or entertainment systems while driving. Schedule breaks for long distance travel. Between January of March of this year, Central Fire responded to 53 different vehicle accidents, many of which could have been avoided with a decrease in distracted drivers. In 2019, distracted driving was the cause of death for over 3,000 people nationwide. See more

Over the weekend, The City of Marina and Citizens for Sustainable Marina worked throughout this weekend to clean up trash and get members of the community outdo...ors. The project consisted of removing garbage from 4 sites near Carmel and Salinas Avenue located in Marina. Over 8,000 pounds of garbage was collected, from mattresses, appliances, baby cribs, and refrigerators that were found abandoned. An estimated $20,000 was saved thanks to the efforts of this volunteer project that took place on Saturday and Sunday. See more

Officers with Salinas Police and K9 Oakley served a search warrant in the 700 block of Middlefield Rd. Officers pulled over the main suspect of the search warr...ant Paul Leyba and Juan Perez, as they left the residence. Once Officers arrived Paul’s brother, Sammy Leyba who is currently on felony gang probation in Monterey County was discovered. Once everyone was detained all three suspects were searched. K9 Oakley began a search of the residence locating four (4) ounces of methamphetamine and a loaded stolen firearm. A vehicle in the driveway was found to have another loaded unregistered firearm. Over 44,000 dollars was found and suspected being as part of drug sale proceeds. All three males were transported to the Monterey County Jail on several gun and drug charges. See more

I'm excited to announce this!! KSCO presents: The Ghosts N Grub Show with Paul Tashiro! It will air live Friday, May 7, 2021, 9pm to 10pm. My debut show will ha...ve Mari A. Porter as our first and reoccurring guest. She owns and operates Santa Cruz Ghost Hunters and Santa Cruz Haunted Tours. She is also the author of "Haunted Santa Cruz California". It's going to be a great show...stay tuned! You can download the KSCO app to your phone or go to the KSCO website to stream the show or tune in to 1080 AM. I'm co-producing the show with Cami Clemensen Corvin, KSCO's Executive Producer. #ksco #paranormalinvestigation #paranormal #books

A press conference will take place later this week featuring a medical expert from all four hospitals within Monterey County. The conference will take place at Noon Wednesday and will be accessible on the Monterey County YouTube page and Channel 28, otherwise known as the Monterey County Government Channel. On the agenda is hospitalization numbers, hospital concerns, guidance on what to do if exposed and how to isolate, how hospitals are coordinating, and the COVID-19 vaccine.... When this conference is live, visit https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNLi099wf8EsMZR3YyeIjQg

In the era of social distancing, many are left searching for traditions that bring them comfort. One of those ways include buying a Christmas tree for this upcoming holiday season, and many are doing so early. Charlie Keutman, owner of a local gardening supply store shares his experience in how Christmas tree sales are doing this holiday.. They are blowing up. We are way ahead of projected sales for cut trees. Even the living trees are selling well. Everybody is shopping early, buying earlier than normal. It’s a good time of year, Keutman said. Bloomberg estimates that the cost of these have gone up by over 7-percent, and that over $2 billion will be spent this year by consumers in the U.S. for live Christmas trees.

A virtual ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place this Thursday following the opening of Segment 7, Phase 1 of the Coastal Rail Trail in Santa Cruz. The segment runs from Natural Bridges Drive to Bay at California Streets. Meanwhile, critics of the project believe the trail should go on the tracks. Mark Mesiti-Miller, a civil engineer stated why such an option is off the table The fact is railbanking doesn’t work. It’s a legal fiction that was created by congress some 40 years ago. All it guarantees is a legal nightmare as people sue. And people along the [Santa Cruz Branch Rail Line] corridor. [] This is the future. More details about the virtual ribbon cutting taking place Thursday afternoon can be found online at CityOfSantaCruz.Com.

If all goes according to plan, Alaska Airlines will start flying non-stop from Seattle to Monterey soon. That service was originally expected to begin in June, but was de-railed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Changing weather conditions mean that fewer people are likely to be impacted by this morning's Public Safety Power Shutoff. Monterey and Sierra counties have been dropped from the list, while 3 more counties (Butte, Kern, and Plumas) have been added into the list. Those changes mean that about 100 less customers are expected to be impacted. High winds are to peak in strength during the day Monday, and possibly linger in some regions through early tomorrow.