It wasn’t the full-blown extravaganza that some parts of the United States saw. But it was still pretty cool. Across Santa Cruz County Monday morning, people paused to watch a rare astronomical spectacle: A partial solar eclipse.
Korean outfielder Jung Hoo Lee and third baseman Matt Chapman, two of the biggest offseason acquisitions for the San Francisco Giants, may not have turned in the performances they desired Friday, but they didn't disappoint in their home debuts on Opening Day at Oracle Park.
Just hours before Timothy Volkmann was set to retire from his nearly 16-year stint as a Santa Cruz judge, his passion for jury trials was still burning brightly.
The crowd's ire was directed at supervisors Bruce McPherson and Manu Koenig who voted against the staff recommendations to approve designs for the multi-use trail next to the rail line and sunk the motion through a 2-2 split vote, citing environmental impact concerns and ballooning costs.
Marc Yellin stood proudly at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Dominican Hospital's new emergency department more than 30 years ago, his equally shiny and new 3-day-old daughter Rachelle swaddled under his suit jacket.