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In the face of a looming budget crisis, the Live Oak School District's governing board declined to approve a series of recommended employee cuts, at least for now, at its meeting Wednesday.
"I'm a ratepayer and my rates are going to go up," said Board Chair Bruce Jaffe, also a candidate for 2nd District Santa Cruz County Supervisor, before the vote at the Capitola City Council chambers. "This is an investment in the future and I'm willing to do that."
If approved by the board this month, the new rates would take effect March 1, with a four-year implementation schedule impacting customers within the district's service area of Aptos, La Selva Beach, Opal Cliffs, Rio Del Mar, Seascape, Soquel and parts of Capitola.
The launch will bring a fleet of 75 e-bikes to the Mid County region with more than 150 cumulative individual bicycle parking spaces.
CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. — The Sunrise Beach Fire Protection District said the large brush fire Thursday on Highway 5 was finally contained by Thursday night, but not before a storage