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Soquel, California Patch AM: a 4 min read

Coffee in hand, Soquel? We've got the latest town updates for you. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Meet the Soquel-born logger who turned ghost towns into community legacies
  • How Soquel High’s one-hitter win changed their postseason destiny

Today's riddle: What can you catch but not throw? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Monday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, with a high of 64 and low of 52 degrees.
  • Tuesday: Low clouds, then sun and cool, temps: high: 67, low: 48.
  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 68 and low of 51 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Philosopher Harvey West and his Ghost Patrol (santacruzsentinel.com) — A Soquel native you may not know by name quietly shaped much of our region, from funding the Soquel Congregational Church’s Sunday School to creating Santa Cruz’s Harvey West Park and even a ‘Ghost Patrol’ traffic-safety campaign. His life stretched from logging and World War I combat to owning Lake Tahoe’s Vikingsholm Castle and revitalizing a Sierra ghost town, all driven by a belief in leaving lasting community gifts.
   

• Jake Escalante's one-hitter, Soquel's small ball helps Knights avenge loss, reach D-I semifinals (fresnobee.com) — Soquel High’s baseball team just punched its ticket to the CCS Division I semifinals, behind senior pitcher Jake Escalante’s dominant one-hitter and sharp small-ball execution. The Knights also clinched their first-ever CIF NorCal Regional berth and avenged an earlier loss to Saint Ignatius. They’ll face top-seeded Saint Francis in San Jose this Wednesday night.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Traffic on Soquel San Jose Road was pretty bad going into town at 3PM yesterday when the highschool gets out but who are all these people?
    There are almost no businesses in the hills here so they are all landscapers, contractors and house cleaners who live in Watsonville or people who… (Nextdoor Soquel-San Jose Road)
  • Best Buy Co., Inc. posted a job opening for Retail Sales Associate in Soquel. Apply here.
  • Santa Cruz County Office Of Education posted a job opening for Orientation and Mobility Specialist, Special Education in Santa Cruz. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Soquel here.

🗞 Nearby News

Aptos

  • Central Coast Memorial Day Forecast Calls for Coastal Clouds and Cool Afternoons (ksbw.com)
  • Scotts Valley senior Ava Decleve repeats as 800 champ at CCS Track and Field Championships (fresnobee.com)

Santa Cruz

  • Santa Cruz hearing on sexually violent predator placement postponed to June (ksbw.com)
  • Tenacious D's Kyle Gass brings acoustic trio to Moe's Alley (santacruzsentinel.com)
  • From outdoor ‘Macbeth' to immersive Pink Floyd: 16 Bay Area arts events to see this summer (sfchronicle.com)

Scotts Valley

Ok Soquel! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A cold (Thank you Stanley G. for sending it in!)
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