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December 4, 2009
December 4, 2009 - December 10, 2009
Volume XII, Issue 36
In This Issue...
Surf and Sand Park Owner Asks to Divide, Sell Lots
Pajaro Budget Cut Totals a Moving Target
Central Fire Board Narrowing Choices for New Chief -- Appointment Expected by New Year
Second Harvest Halfway Towards Goal
Capitola Smoking Ban Will Take Effect in January
Capitola Forming Library Committee
Synthetic Turf Design Moves Ahead for Soquel Park
Capitola Raising Some Mobile Home Rents
911
Second Internal Theft Arrest at Kohl's
Rash of Holiday Burglaries Hit Rio Del Mar Area
Around Aptos
Want Some Help with the Holidays? Here Are Local Suggestions
Crimebeat
Crime Beat 12/04/09
Driving Impaired: The Costs & Consequences
Saving Lives Arresting One Drunk at a Time
Five Hours in the County Drunk Tank
DUI Hunting
How Fast Was I Reclining, Offisher?
Education
Lynette Hamby New Soquel Board President
Health
Santa Cruz County Now Offering Discount Prescription Card
County Health Adds Watsonville H1N1 Clinic
Hamstring Muscle Pulls and Tendonitis
Newsmakers
Sound Off on 9-1-1
Burn Season Opens
Badges on the Prowl
Tony Hill Room to be Dedicated
Capitola Library Committee Members Needed
Desalination Update
Giving the Gift of Green
Chief Medina Serves Thanksgiving Breakfast
Cayuga Vault to Close
Start Smart for Teens
Woofy Awards
The Mid-County Post > News
Capitola Smoking Ban Will Take Effect in January
Capitola city council voted Nov. 24 to ban smoking in 16 city-owned outdoor locations. The ordinance will get a second reading Dec. 10 and take effect 30 days after that.

Smokers will face a $30 fine for violating the ban.

All city parks, the wharf, the Esplanade, the Stockton Street Bridge, the library and city hall will join Capitola Beach as no smoking zones.

The exact date that enforcement begins will likely depend on when signs go up, said community development director Jamie Goldstein. If they aren't ready by Jan. 10, smokers may get a short grace period.

The ordinance covers the following areas:
— Capitola Beach;
— the Esplanade right of way;
— Stockton Ave. right of way between Wharf Road and the Esplanade;
— Monterey Avenue south of Lawn Way;
— Esplanade Park;
— Capitola Wharf;
— Jade Street Park;
— the city's Library property and the Rispin mansion property;
— Peery Park;
— Soquel Creek Park;
— 101 Stockton Avenue;
— City Hall property;
— Noble Gulch Park;
— Monterey Park; and,
— Cortez Park.
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