Serving Our Community For 22 Years • Aptos, La Selva Beach, Corralitos, Freedom & Watsonville
April 1 2013 • Vol 22 No. 7 • www.tpgonlinedaily.com Violence Suppression: ‘Operation Take Back’
On February 21, 2013, in response to a particularly violent first two months of the new year the Santa Cruz County Chief’s Association authorized an action plan dubbed “Operation Take Back.” The plan called for allied county law enforcement agencies to supplement the Santa Cruz County Gang Task Force (GTF). Full Story on Page 25
Explode your Mind In Musical Color
Music critics at the London Telegraph are calling Yevgny Sudbin the world’s greatest pianist, but he is still learning how to make his music more powerful — with hallucinogenic hues. It’s a philosophy he learned from his hero ... Full Story on Page 19
Cabrillo College Local Theatre Festival
Cabrillo College’s Theatre Arts Department will present a festival of plays, storytelling and improvisation from the local theatre community in collaboration with Cabrillo students. With over 30 local theatre companies in Santa Cruz County producing plays on a regular basis ... Full Story on Page 27
Aptos Village Icon The centerpiece of the new Aptos Village is planned to be the Apple Barn (aka Hihn apple packing shed), which was built around 1891. According to the County’s Aptos Village Plan approved in 2010: “By the late 1890s, paralleling the agricultural trend going on in the Pajaro Valley, apples became the focus
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of activities on the Aptos Village Site. The same railroad that carried lumber to the far corners of the country now began carrying railroad cars filled with apples. Most of the orchards were located north and east of Aptos Village and Frederick Hihn was one of the leaders of this new Aptos industry. continued on page 4