Capitola council votes 4-1 to approve parking lot
CAPITOLA -- The Capitola City Council voted 4-1 late Thursday night to approve a $1.4 million temporary parking lot at lower Pacific Cove with Councilman Dennis Norton dissenting.
View ArticleEmployment Screening Resources: How to avoid hiring employee from hell
SANTA CRUZ -- Owners of Westside Farm & Feed found their first employee without a help wanted sign.
View ArticleGoogle reaching consumers by barge, car and shopping mall
Google's Winter Wonderlab is the tech company's latest endeavor to meet customers face-to-face and sell them stuff -- and not Google Ad Words, but groceries and gadgets.
View ArticleBiz Break: Social networks are Silicon Valley's favorite places to work
Today: Silicon Valley dominates annual list of employee's favorite workplaces, with social-media companies on top. Also: Wall Street takes a dive, but Twitter still manages a gain.
View ArticlePetition submitted supporting Netflix's Los Gatos development
The group known as "We Support Los Gatos" submitted an estimated 4,100 signatures to the town clerk this afternoon, the group moving one step closer to qualifying the controversial Albright Way...
View ArticleHow Hilary Bryant survived a harrowing year as Santa Cruz mayor
SANTA CRUZ -- A day after her year as mayor ended, Hilary Bryant shared with 110 women the toll the job took and her family.
View ArticleBusiness Digest, Dec. 12, 2013: Pure Health to host open house Saturday
APTOS -- Linda Meltzer of Watsonville, the entrepreneur behind Meltzer's Puremints, plans an open house 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at her new retail store, Pure Health Body and Bath Shop in the Aptos...
View ArticleFacebook chosen to join Standard & Poor's 500 index
Facebook will join the Standard & Poor's 500 stock index, replacing technology supplier Teradyne, while Abercrombie & Fitch is downgraded from the benchmark index.
View ArticleObamacare: California enrollees make up nearly a third of nation's total
With a sign-up deadline less than two weeks away, new figures released today by California's online health exchange show the state continues to lead the nation in the number of people who have signed...
View ArticleBusiness Digest, Dec. 13, 2013: Vicky's Produce to be honored Monday
WATSONVILLE -- Vicky's Produce, 321 Rodriguez St., will be recognized at an event 3-4:30 p.m. Monday sponsored by Jovenes SANOS and United Way of Santa Cruz County.
View ArticleFacebook's Instagram allows photos to be shared privately
Hoping to tap into the same appeal that's drawing many people to Snapchat and other messaging apps, Facebook's Instagram service unveiled a new feature Thursday that allows users to send photos and...
View ArticleBiz Break: IPO blitz closing out big year; Facebook and Twitter leap, Cisco...
Today: The IPO market's big 2013 closes out with one of its biggest deals of the year and more action in Silicon Valley. Also: Facebook gains after S&P inclusion, Cisco and Oracle decline amid...
View ArticleLocal 39's 72-day strike against Dominican Hospital ends
SANTA CRUZ -- A 72-day strike by the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 39 against Dominican Hospital and three other Dignity Health hospitals in the San Francisco Bay Area is over,...
View ArticleSanta Cruz Optometric celebrates 60 years of eye care
SANTA CRUZ -- The Santa Cruz Optometric Center, which will celebrate 60 years in business downtown with an open house 1-3 p.m. Saturday, is playing a part in the eye care revolution.
View ArticleNurses postpone protest at Dominican over retiree benefit cut
SANTA CRUZ -- Registered nurses at Dominican Hospital and 18 others run by Dignity Health have postponed candlelight rallies planned Friday to protest a potential 30 percent cut in retiree benefits in...
View ArticleMotorola CEO discusses future of Google's largest acquisition
Google's $12.4 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility was widely seen as a way for Google to acquire patents to defend its Android operating system from intellectual property lawsuits. Yet Motorola...
View ArticleSam Storey chosen Capitola mayor
CAPITOLA -- Sam Storey, who is in his final year of his second term on the Capitola City Council, was chosen mayor Thursday night on a 4-0 vote.
View ArticleElectric car sales have a banner year, but overall volumes remain low
In a sign of the strengthening economy, more than 15 million new cars and light trucks will be sold in the United States this year, up from 14.
View ArticleBusiness Digest, Dec. 14, 2013: Italian cine club meets Wednesday
SANTA CRUZ -- Raymond Samaha of Aux Trois Pommes announces an Italian cine club at 7:15 p.m. Wednesday at Nickelodeon Theatre, 210 Lincoln St.
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