B2 MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2013
SANTA CRUZ SENTINEL
EXTRA
SILICON VALLEY
COAST LINES
APTOS
State Parks Foundation seeks
Nisene Marks volunteers
The California State Parks Foundation is seeking
nearly 100 volunteers for park improvement projects
at the Forest of Nisene Marks State Park as part of
its 16th annual Earth Day restoration and cleanup
activities on April 13.
Between 9 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., volunteers will
install seasonal bridges, work on the park entrance
kiosk, remove non-native species and more, according to a news release from PG&E, which is providing
funding for the event.
Volunteer registration closes April 8. Advance registration is required, and parking fees are waived for
volunteers.
The park is at 501 Aptos Creek Road. For information, call 888-98-PARKS or go to www.calparks.org/
earthday.
APTOS
April 7 fashion show at Seascape
The Aptos Chamber of Commerce will present the
latest fashions from local stores with models walking
the runway to hip music by Music Now DJ at Seascape Resort at 11:30 a.m. April 7.
A trunk show will feature a dozen local boutiques
selling clothing, hair accessories, handbags, jewelry,
and handmade lotions and soaps. Fashions will be
provided by Aptos Shoes & Apparel, Cali Couture
Boutique, Choice Clothing, Chic Boutique, Cinnamon
Bay, Hopscotch, O’Neill Surf Shop, Patrick James and
Santa Cruz Boardroom.
Part of the proceeds will benefit the Katz Cancer
Resource Center at Dominican Hospital.
Reservations are required. Cost is $45 per person,
$25 children 10 and under. For tickets, call 831-6881467.
SJ set to OK $7M in Samsung incentives
By JOHN WOOLFOLK
Bay Area News Group
SAN JOSE -- It wouldn’t do
much for the self-proclaimed
Capital of Silicon Valley to
watch one of its major technology firms pull up stakes
and mosey on down to Texas.
So the San Jose City Council on Tuesday is expected to
approve a $7 million incentive package for Samsung
Semiconductor to expand on
North First Street instead of
in Austin, which city officials
said is competing for the tech
giant’s business.
The deal was outlined in
an August signing ceremony
at the City Hall Rotunda with
Gov. Jerry Brown, Mayor
Chuck Reed and Jong-Joon
Kim, president of device
solutions for Samsung Electronics. But the value and
other details of the incentive
package, which includes tax
and fee breaks and equipment reimbursements, did
not come into focus until
recent weeks after negotiations between city and company officials.
Nanci Klein, San Jose’s
deputy director of economic
development, said the deal is
well worth it for San Jose.
“By retaining and growing
Samsung,” Klein said, “we
get an upside we wouldn’t
be getting if Samsung chose
not to grow here.”
Even so, some in San Jose
question such incentives,
arguing they are unfair to
other companies doing business and paying taxes in the
city.
“California’s economy in
general and the city in particular will be better served
with fewer taxes and regulations for all than with lower
taxes and regulatory compliance costs for the politically
connected,” argued Almaden
Valley resident Jerry Mungai, a retired semiconductor
company worker.
But Councilman Kansen
Chu, who represents the
north San Jose area, echoed
Klein’s concerns about global
competition for companies
and jobs.
Samsung Semiconductor,
based in San Jose since 1986,
now has 370 employees in
200,000 square feet of office
space. The company is a subsidiary of South Korea-based
Samsung Electronics, the
world’s second-largest semiconductor maker, which in
December announced a $4
billion expansion of its semiconductor fabrication plant
in Austin, where it has been
a major presence since 1996
and employs about 2,500.
San Jose officials said Austin was dangling not only
Texas’ lower taxes and energy costs, but reportedly also
financial incentives many
times richer than what San
Jose is offering, though Klein
added there was no way to
confirm that.
“That’s not a question
Austin would answer,” Klein
said.
S a m s u n g ’s S a n Jo s e
expansion would replace
existing offices with a modern, environmentally friendly research and development
campus totaling 680,000
square feet in two distinctive 10-story towers with a
restaurant and garage that
will employ at least 2,000.
The deal signed in August
calls for the state to provide
research and development
tax credits and cash reimbursement for employee
training. The company also
would receive enterprise
zone tax credits worth
$37,440 per employee for
five years, and an economic development energy discount through PG&E.
Samsung spokeswoman Chris Goodhart said,
“Our new campus will fuel
employment and growth in
the community and will be
a landmark for San Jose,
embracing the urban design
guidelines developed by the
city of San Jose.”
KEEPING
BEACHES
CLEAN
CAPITOLA
NORTH COAST
— Volunteers
walk along
Waddell
Beach outside
of Davenport
on Sunday
morning as
they participate in a
beach cleanup
effort.
Shadowbrook to aid Healthy Kids
The Health Improvement Partnership of Santa
Cruz County welcomes supporters to dine at Shadowbrook Restaurant, 1750 Wharf Road, on April 9 to
support Healthy Kids, which provides health insurance to kids whose families cannot afford it.
To help, call 831-475-1511 to make your dinner reservations, and let the hostess know you are dining
for Healthy Kids. One-third of your total bill will go
directly to Healthy Kids.
KEVIN JOHNSON/
SENTINEL
SANTA CRUZ
Gary Griggs to headline
Sierra Club dinner
The Santa Cruz group of the Sierra Club will host
a benefit dinner at the Seymour Center, 100 Shaffer Road, from 6-9:30 p.m. Apri1 12 featuring Gary
Griggs, director of the Institute of Marine Sciences
at UC Santa Cruz.
Griggs, a professor of earth and planetary sciences
at UCSC for 45 years, will give a presentation on climate change, sea level rise and coastal retreat.
The club hopes to revive the tradition of its annual
dinner, which also will honor an outstanding volunteer. Funds raised will benefit local conservation and
education efforts.
For tickets, call 831-435-1227 or email sierraclubsantacruz@gmail.com.
SANTA CRUZ
Cancer group to hold
black-tie event
The Santa Cruz Cancer Benefit Group will hold its
18th annual Spring Forward Against Cancer event 5:3010 p.m. April 13 at the Top of the Ritt in downtown.
The event includes a reception, live and silent auction, dinner, music and more. Tickets are $150 per
person, $300 per couple or $2,000 for tables of 10.
Corporate table sponsorships are available. RSVP
is required.
Proceeds benefit Hospice of Santa Cruz County,
Jacob’s Heart Children’s Cancer Support Services, Katz Cancer Resource Center, UCSC Cancer
Research and WomenCARE Cancer Advocacy.
For information or to purchase tickets, call 831-4651989 or go to www.sccbg.org.
APTOS
Cabrillo Youth Strings to perform
The Cabrillo Youth Strings will play a spring concert of contemporary string orchestra music at 7
p.m. April 12.
The music will feature works by Coldplay, Michael
Jackson and music from the movies, all performed by
local youths and guest artists. Tickets are $10 general,
$9 students, $7 seniors and Cabrillo SAC card holders,
and it’s free for anyone 15 years and younger.
For tickets or information, call 831-479-6429 or go
to www.cabrillostage.com.
APTOS
Cabrillo theater arts to host fest
Cabrillo College’s theater arts department will host
a festival of local theater groups April 19 through May
12 in the Cabrillo Black Box Theater.
The festival will include plays, storytelling and
improvisation from the local theater community in
collaboration with Cabrillo students, according to a
news release. Nine different shows will be presented,
performing multiple times during the length of the
festival.
Hours are 7:30-9:20 p.m. Fridays; 2 p.m., 3:20 p.m.
and 9:20 p.m. Saturdays; and 2 p.m. and 3:20 p.m.
Sundays. Single-performance tickets are $10 general, $7 Cabrillo SAC holders; two performances, $18
general, $12 Cabrillo SAC holders; $80 for a package
of 10 tickets to the same show; and $50 for a membership pass, which includes a choice of nine shows,
individually ticketed.
For information or to purchase tickets, call 831-4796154 or go to www.cabrillovapa.com.
COPS AND COURTS
SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS
CHP: Two hurt in crash
after ‘biker run’ Saturday
Two people were seriously hurt Saturday night on northbound Highway
17 when the Harley Davidson motorcycle they were on crashed near Laurel Curve and they were thrown from
the bike and into a metal guardrail, the
California Highway Patrol said.
CHP dispatchers got complaints
about several motorcycles driving
aggressively and erratically, authorities said. Officer John Bourriague
said he was near Laurel Curve on the
southbound side of Highway 17 outside
Scotts Valley about 8:45 p.m. when he
heard the sound of a collision and went
to check.
The man and his female passenger —
who appeared to be in their 40s — were
both badly hurt but refused medical
care, Bourriague said. The man suffered major injuries and the woman
suffered moderate injuries, he said.
They were moved to the side of the
highway and later picked up by friends,
he said.
The CHP is investigating and plans to
recommend to the Santa Cruz County
District Attorneys’ Office that charges
be filed as drugs and other evidence
were found there, he said.
A large group of Hells Angels affiliates were on an annual “defense fund”
run that went through the county Saturday, and their stops included a restaurant and bar in Moss Landing and a
HITCHCOCK
Continued from B1
The family purchased
the nine-bedroom, Spanish-style adobe in late 1940
for $40,000, using it as a
retreat from the glitter of
Hollywood for more than
three decades. Santa Cruz
County was reportedly the
inspiration for three of his
films, including the famous
1960 horror film “Psycho.”
Bates Hotel was reportedly
modeled after the old Hotel
McCrary — now known as
Sunshine Villa.
Hitchcock and his wife,
Alma, visited the ranch,
“Heart O’ The Mountain,”
for the last time in 1972. The
estate was sold in 1974, six
shop on Soquel Avenue in Santa Cruz, and fleeing on foot. He said there were
authorities said.
more than a dozen people inside at the
time.
The thieves were seen getting into an
older-model, silver sedan, which sped
away eastward on Green Valley Road,
WATSONVILLE
Ridgway said.
Police searched the area but the suspects were not immediately located.
Ridgway said police were obtaining surveillance camera tape in
A 6-foot, 4-inch, 220-pound man hopes it will help in the search for
named Titan Xavier Zehcroteau was the duo.
Police ask anyone with information
arrested on suspicion of burglary,
resisting arrest and drug possession to call the Investigations Department at
Saturday on Beach Street in Watson- 831-768-3352 or the anonymous tipline
ville, according to Santa Cruz County at 831-768-3544.
Jail records.
Zehcroteau, 32, was arrested on a
warrant out of Santa Clara County.
He was booked at County Jail about S C O T T S V A L L E Y
5 p.m., after his apprehension in an
apartment near Beach and Lincoln
streets.
Man arrested on
suspicion of burglary
Teens injured Saturday
suffered minor injuries
WATSONVILLE
Police: Masked men rob
Green Valley Road diner
Two masked men wearing gloves,
one armed with a rifle or shotgun,
robbed Roger’s Diner on Green Valley
Road near Freedom Boulevard about
9:20 p.m. Sunday, police said.
Sgt. Brian Ridgway said the men
were in the restaurant a short time,
demanding money from the cashier
years before Hitchcock died,
according to local historian
Ross Eric Gibson.
Claire Hodgin, who sits on
the Arts Commission, said
she came up with the idea for
the Hitchcock Festival about
a year ago, adding it “just
seemed like a fun project to
do, and there are a lot of films
that nobody has ever seen.”
The celebration likely will
take place in the fall, she
said, and include screenings of such films as “Psycho,” “North by Northwest”
and “Strangers on a Train.”
Specifics have yet to be
nailed down, but organizers
are envisioning an opening
night gala complete with
champagne and red carpet,
with attendees arriving in
1920s-era attire, “just like
the Oscars and the opening
It appears that two teens hospitalized Saturday at Skypark suffered
minor injuries, Capt. John Crivello of
Scotts Valley Fire said Sunday.
The two were playing basketball
when one of them was going up for a
dunk and fell and then another fell,
Crivello said.
They were conscious and taken to
Dominican Hospital to get checked out,
he said.
He said he didn’t get the whole story
of how the teens were hurt, as he was
focused on making sure they got the
medical care they needed.
of a big, great film,” Hodgin
said.
The event also could
include a Hitchcock lookalike contest, maybe even a
match of wits over who can
design the best shower curtain — a nod to the memorable shower scene in “Psycho”
— and other activities.
Preliminary discussions
just started a couple weeks
ago between organizers and
Cinelux Theatre in the Kings
Village Shopping Center,
which has agreed to sponsor the event. Michael Taffe,
the theater chain’s director
of operations, said they first
need to decide how long the
festival will last, which will
determine how many films
to show.
In the meantime, another
Arts Commission project is
on the horizon. Local master blacksmith Kirk McNeil
is designing a steel sculpture, “Four Energies,” which
depicts different tai chi poses. It will be placed on Scotts
Valley Drive, between Bean
Creek Road and Erba Lane,
by late June.
Follow Sentinel reporter Kimberly
White on Twitter at Twitter.com/
kwhite95066
TONIGHT, MARCH 25!
LOBSTER DINNER
16
$
A Steamed 1 Lb. Live Maine
Lobster, Served with Drawn
Butter, Smashed Yukon
Gold Potatoes and
Fresh Vegetables
HINDQUARTER BAR & GRILLE
303 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz
831.426.7770 Reservations Advised
Dinner Only. Not good with other offers, while supplies last.
B2 MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2013
SANTA CRUZ SENTINEL
EXTRA
SILICON VALLEY
COAST LINES
APTOS
State Parks Foundation seeks
Nisene Marks volunteers
The California State Parks Foundation is seeking
nearly 100 volunteers for park improvement projects
at the Forest of Nisene Marks State Park as part of
its 16th annual Earth Day restoration and cleanup
activities on April 13.
Between 9 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., volunteers will
install seasonal bridges, work on the park entrance
kiosk, remove non-native species and more, according to a news release from PG&E, which is providing
funding for the event.
Volunteer registration closes April 8. Advance registration is required, and parking fees are waived for
volunteers.
The park is at 501 Aptos Creek Road. For information, call 888-98-PARKS or go to www.calparks.org/
earthday.
APTOS
April 7 fashion show at Seascape
The Aptos Chamber of Commerce will present the
latest fashions from local stores with models walking
the runway to hip music by Music Now DJ at Seascape Resort at 11:30 a.m. April 7.
A trunk show will feature a dozen local boutiques
selling clothing, hair accessories, handbags, jewelry,
and handmade lotions and soaps. Fashions will be
provided by Aptos Shoes & Apparel, Cali Couture
Boutique, Choice Clothing, Chic Boutique, Cinnamon
Bay, Hopscotch, O’Neill Surf Shop, Patrick James and
Santa Cruz Boardroom.
Part of the proceeds will benefit the Katz Cancer
Resource Center at Dominican Hospital.
Reservations are required. Cost is $45 per person,
$25 children 10 and under. For tickets, call 831-6881467.
SJ set to OK $7M in Samsung incentives
By JOHN WOOLFOLK
Bay Area News Group
SAN JOSE -- It wouldn’t do
much for the self-proclaimed
Capital of Silicon Valley to
watch one of its major technology firms pull up stakes
and mosey on down to Texas.
So the San Jose City Council on Tuesday is expected to
approve a $7 million incentive package for Samsung
Semiconductor to expand on
North First Street instead of
in Austin, which city officials
said is competing for the tech
giant’s business.
The deal was outlined in
an August signing ceremony
at the City Hall Rotunda with
Gov. Jerry Brown, Mayor
Chuck Reed and Jong-Joon
Kim, president of device
solutions for Samsung Electronics. But the value and
other details of the incentive
package, which includes tax
and fee breaks and equipment reimbursements, did
not come into focus until
recent weeks after negotiations between city and company officials.
Nanci Klein, San Jose’s
deputy director of economic
development, said the deal is
well worth it for San Jose.
“By retaining and growing
Samsung,” Klein said, “we
get an upside we wouldn’t
be getting if Samsung chose
not to grow here.”
Even so, some in San Jose
question such incentives,
arguing they are unfair to
other companies doing business and paying taxes in the
city.
“California’s economy in
general and the city in particular will be better served
with fewer taxes and regulations for all than with lower
taxes and regulatory compliance costs for the politically
connected,” argued Almaden
Valley resident Jerry Mungai, a retired semiconductor
company worker.
But Councilman Kansen
Chu, who represents the
north San Jose area, echoed
Klein’s concerns about global
competition for companies
and jobs.
Samsung Semiconductor,
based in San Jose since 1986,
now has 370 employees in
200,000 square feet of office
space. The company is a subsidiary of South Korea-based
Samsung Electronics, the
world’s second-largest semiconductor maker, which in
December announced a $4
billion expansion of its semiconductor fabrication plant
in Austin, where it has been
a major presence since 1996
and employs about 2,500.
San Jose officials said Austin was dangling not only
Texas’ lower taxes and energy costs, but reportedly also
financial incentives many
times richer than what San
Jose is offering, though Klein
added there was no way to
confirm that.
“That’s not a question
Austin would answer,” Klein
said.
S a m s u n g ’s S a n Jo s e
expansion would replace
existing offices with a modern, environmentally friendly research and development
campus totaling 680,000
square feet in two distinctive 10-story towers with a
restaurant and garage that
will employ at least 2,000.
The deal signed in August
calls for the state to provide
research and development
tax credits and cash reimbursement for employee
training. The company also
would receive enterprise
zone tax credits worth
$37,440 per employee for
five years, and an economic development energy discount through PG&E.
Samsung spokeswoman Chris Goodhart said,
“Our new campus will fuel
employment and growth in
the community and will be
a landmark for San Jose,
embracing the urban design
guidelines developed by the
city of San Jose.”
KEEPING
BEACHES
CLEAN
CAPITOLA
NORTH COAST
— Volunteers
walk along
Waddell
Beach outside
of Davenport
on Sunday
morning as
they participate in a
beach cleanup
effort.
Shadowbrook to aid Healthy Kids
The Health Improvement Partnership of Santa
Cruz County welcomes supporters to dine at Shadowbrook Restaurant, 1750 Wharf Road, on April 9 to
support Healthy Kids, which provides health insurance to kids whose families cannot afford it.
To help, call 831-475-1511 to make your dinner reservations, and let the hostess know you are dining
for Healthy Kids. One-third of your total bill will go
directly to Healthy Kids.
KEVIN JOHNSON/
SENTINEL
SANTA CRUZ
Gary Griggs to headline
Sierra Club dinner
The Santa Cruz group of the Sierra Club will host
a benefit dinner at the Seymour Center, 100 Shaffer Road, from 6-9:30 p.m. Apri1 12 featuring Gary
Griggs, director of the Institute of Marine Sciences
at UC Santa Cruz.
Griggs, a professor of earth and planetary sciences
at UCSC for 45 years, will give a presentation on climate change, sea level rise and coastal retreat.
The club hopes to revive the tradition of its annual
dinner, which also will honor an outstanding volunteer. Funds raised will benefit local conservation and
education efforts.
For tickets, call 831-435-1227 or email sierraclubsantacruz@gmail.com.
SANTA CRUZ
Cancer group to hold
black-tie event
The Santa Cruz Cancer Benefit Group will hold its
18th annual Spring Forward Against Cancer event 5:3010 p.m. April 13 at the Top of the Ritt in downtown.
The event includes a reception, live and silent auction, dinner, music and more. Tickets are $150 per
person, $300 per couple or $2,000 for tables of 10.
Corporate table sponsorships are available. RSVP
is required.
Proceeds benefit Hospice of Santa Cruz County,
Jacob’s Heart Children’s Cancer Support Services, Katz Cancer Resource Center, UCSC Cancer
Research and WomenCARE Cancer Advocacy.
For information or to purchase tickets, call 831-4651989 or go to www.sccbg.org.
APTOS
Cabrillo Youth Strings to perform
The Cabrillo Youth Strings will play a spring concert of contemporary string orchestra music at 7
p.m. April 12.
The music will feature works by Coldplay, Michael
Jackson and music from the movies, all performed by
local youths and guest artists. Tickets are $10 general,
$9 students, $7 seniors and Cabrillo SAC card holders,
and it’s free for anyone 15 years and younger.
For tickets or information, call 831-479-6429 or go
to www.cabrillostage.com.
APTOS
Cabrillo theater arts to host fest
Cabrillo College’s theater arts department will host
a festival of local theater groups April 19 through May
12 in the Cabrillo Black Box Theater.
The festival will include plays, storytelling and
improvisation from the local theater community in
collaboration with Cabrillo students, according to a
news release. Nine different shows will be presented,
performing multiple times during the length of the
festival.
Hours are 7:30-9:20 p.m. Fridays; 2 p.m., 3:20 p.m.
and 9:20 p.m. Saturdays; and 2 p.m. and 3:20 p.m.
Sundays. Single-performance tickets are $10 general, $7 Cabrillo SAC holders; two performances, $18
general, $12 Cabrillo SAC holders; $80 for a package
of 10 tickets to the same show; and $50 for a membership pass, which includes a choice of nine shows,
individually ticketed.
For information or to purchase tickets, call 831-4796154 or go to www.cabrillovapa.com.
COPS AND COURTS
SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS
CHP: Two hurt in crash
after ‘biker run’ Saturday
Two people were seriously hurt Saturday night on northbound Highway
17 when the Harley Davidson motorcycle they were on crashed near Laurel Curve and they were thrown from
the bike and into a metal guardrail, the
California Highway Patrol said.
CHP dispatchers got complaints
about several motorcycles driving
aggressively and erratically, authorities said. Officer John Bourriague
said he was near Laurel Curve on the
southbound side of Highway 17 outside
Scotts Valley about 8:45 p.m. when he
heard the sound of a collision and went
to check.
The man and his female passenger —
who appeared to be in their 40s — were
both badly hurt but refused medical
care, Bourriague said. The man suffered major injuries and the woman
suffered moderate injuries, he said.
They were moved to the side of the
highway and later picked up by friends,
he said.
The CHP is investigating and plans to
recommend to the Santa Cruz County
District Attorneys’ Office that charges
be filed as drugs and other evidence
were found there, he said.
A large group of Hells Angels affiliates were on an annual “defense fund”
run that went through the county Saturday, and their stops included a restaurant and bar in Moss Landing and a
HITCHCOCK
Continued from B1
The family purchased
the nine-bedroom, Spanish-style adobe in late 1940
for $40,000, using it as a
retreat from the glitter of
Hollywood for more than
three decades. Santa Cruz
County was reportedly the
inspiration for three of his
films, including the famous
1960 horror film “Psycho.”
Bates Hotel was reportedly
modeled after the old Hotel
McCrary — now known as
Sunshine Villa.
Hitchcock and his wife,
Alma, visited the ranch,
“Heart O’ The Mountain,”
for the last time in 1972. The
estate was sold in 1974, six
shop on Soquel Avenue in Santa Cruz, and fleeing on foot. He said there were
authorities said.
more than a dozen people inside at the
time.
The thieves were seen getting into an
older-model, silver sedan, which sped
away eastward on Green Valley Road,
WATSONVILLE
Ridgway said.
Police searched the area but the suspects were not immediately located.
Ridgway said police were obtaining surveillance camera tape in
A 6-foot, 4-inch, 220-pound man hopes it will help in the search for
named Titan Xavier Zehcroteau was the duo.
Police ask anyone with information
arrested on suspicion of burglary,
resisting arrest and drug possession to call the Investigations Department at
Saturday on Beach Street in Watson- 831-768-3352 or the anonymous tipline
ville, according to Santa Cruz County at 831-768-3544.
Jail records.
Zehcroteau, 32, was arrested on a
warrant out of Santa Clara County.
He was booked at County Jail about S C O T T S V A L L E Y
5 p.m., after his apprehension in an
apartment near Beach and Lincoln
streets.
Man arrested on
suspicion of burglary
Teens injured Saturday
suffered minor injuries
WATSONVILLE
Police: Masked men rob
Green Valley Road diner
Two masked men wearing gloves,
one armed with a rifle or shotgun,
robbed Roger’s Diner on Green Valley
Road near Freedom Boulevard about
9:20 p.m. Sunday, police said.
Sgt. Brian Ridgway said the men
were in the restaurant a short time,
demanding money from the cashier
years before Hitchcock died,
according to local historian
Ross Eric Gibson.
Claire Hodgin, who sits on
the Arts Commission, said
she came up with the idea for
the Hitchcock Festival about
a year ago, adding it “just
seemed like a fun project to
do, and there are a lot of films
that nobody has ever seen.”
The celebration likely will
take place in the fall, she
said, and include screenings of such films as “Psycho,” “North by Northwest”
and “Strangers on a Train.”
Specifics have yet to be
nailed down, but organizers
are envisioning an opening
night gala complete with
champagne and red carpet,
with attendees arriving in
1920s-era attire, “just like
the Oscars and the opening
It appears that two teens hospitalized Saturday at Skypark suffered
minor injuries, Capt. John Crivello of
Scotts Valley Fire said Sunday.
The two were playing basketball
when one of them was going up for a
dunk and fell and then another fell,
Crivello said.
They were conscious and taken to
Dominican Hospital to get checked out,
he said.
He said he didn’t get the whole story
of how the teens were hurt, as he was
focused on making sure they got the
medical care they needed.
of a big, great film,” Hodgin
said.
The event also could
include a Hitchcock lookalike contest, maybe even a
match of wits over who can
design the best shower curtain — a nod to the memorable shower scene in “Psycho”
— and other activities.
Preliminary discussions
just started a couple weeks
ago between organizers and
Cinelux Theatre in the Kings
Village Shopping Center,
which has agreed to sponsor the event. Michael Taffe,
the theater chain’s director
of operations, said they first
need to decide how long the
festival will last, which will
determine how many films
to show.
In the meantime, another
Arts Commission project is
on the horizon. Local master blacksmith Kirk McNeil
is designing a steel sculpture, “Four Energies,” which
depicts different tai chi poses. It will be placed on Scotts
Valley Drive, between Bean
Creek Road and Erba Lane,
by late June.
Follow Sentinel reporter Kimberly
White on Twitter at Twitter.com/
kwhite95066
TONIGHT, MARCH 25!
LOBSTER DINNER
16
$
A Steamed 1 Lb. Live Maine
Lobster, Served with Drawn
Butter, Smashed Yukon
Gold Potatoes and
Fresh Vegetables
HINDQUARTER BAR & GRILLE
303 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz
831.426.7770 Reservations Advised
Dinner Only. Not good with other offers, while supplies last.
B2 MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2013
SANTA CRUZ SENTINEL
EXTRA
SILICON VALLEY
COAST LINES
APTOS
State Parks Foundation seeks
Nisene Marks volunteers
The California State Parks Foundation is seeking
nearly 100 volunteers for park improvement projects
at the Forest of Nisene Marks State Park as part of
its 16th annual Earth Day restoration and cleanup
activities on April 13.
Between 9 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., volunteers will
install seasonal bridges, work on the park entrance
kiosk, remove non-native species and more, according to a news release from PG&E, which is providing
funding for the event.
Volunteer registration closes April 8. Advance registration is required, and parking fees are waived for
volunteers.
The park is at 501 Aptos Creek Road. For information, call 888-98-PARKS or go to www.calparks.org/
earthday.
APTOS
April 7 fashion show at Seascape
The Aptos Chamber of Commerce will present the
latest fashions from local stores with models walking
the runway to hip music by Music Now DJ at Seascape Resort at 11:30 a.m. April 7.
A trunk show will feature a dozen local boutiques
selling clothing, hair accessories, handbags, jewelry,
and handmade lotions and soaps. Fashions will be
provided by Aptos Shoes & Apparel, Cali Couture
Boutique, Choice Clothing, Chic Boutique, Cinnamon
Bay, Hopscotch, O’Neill Surf Shop, Patrick James and
Santa Cruz Boardroom.
Part of the proceeds will benefit the Katz Cancer
Resource Center at Dominican Hospital.
Reservations are required. Cost is $45 per person,
$25 children 10 and under. For tickets, call 831-6881467.
SJ set to OK $7M in Samsung incentives
By JOHN WOOLFOLK
Bay Area News Group
SAN JOSE -- It wouldn’t do
much for the self-proclaimed
Capital of Silicon Valley to
watch one of its major technology firms pull up stakes
and mosey on down to Texas.
So the San Jose City Council on Tuesday is expected to
approve a $7 million incentive package for Samsung
Semiconductor to expand on
North First Street instead of
in Austin, which city officials
said is competing for the tech
giant’s business.
The deal was outlined in
an August signing ceremony
at the City Hall Rotunda with
Gov. Jerry Brown, Mayor
Chuck Reed and Jong-Joon
Kim, president of device
solutions for Samsung Electronics. But the value and
other details of the incentive
package, which includes tax
and fee breaks and equipment reimbursements, did
not come into focus until
recent weeks after negotiations between city and company officials.
Nanci Klein, San Jose’s
deputy director of economic
development, said the deal is
well worth it for San Jose.
“By retaining and growing
Samsung,” Klein said, “we
get an upside we wouldn’t
be getting if Samsung chose
not to grow here.”
Even so, some in San Jose
question such incentives,
arguing they are unfair to
other companies doing business and paying taxes in the
city.
“California’s economy in
general and the city in particular will be better served
with fewer taxes and regulations for all than with lower
taxes and regulatory compliance costs for the politically
connected,” argued Almaden
Valley resident Jerry Mungai, a retired semiconductor
company worker.
But Councilman Kansen
Chu, who represents the
north San Jose area, echoed
Klein’s concerns about global
competition for companies
and jobs.
Samsung Semiconductor,
based in San Jose since 1986,
now has 370 employees in
200,000 square feet of office
space. The company is a subsidiary of South Korea-based
Samsung Electronics, the
world’s second-largest semiconductor maker, which in
December announced a $4
billion expansion of its semiconductor fabrication plant
in Austin, where it has been
a major presence since 1996
and employs about 2,500.
San Jose officials said Austin was dangling not only
Texas’ lower taxes and energy costs, but reportedly also
financial incentives many
times richer than what San
Jose is offering, though Klein
added there was no way to
confirm that.
“That’s not a question
Austin would answer,” Klein
said.
S a m s u n g ’s S a n Jo s e
expansion would replace
existing offices with a modern, environmentally friendly research and development
campus totaling 680,000
square feet in two distinctive 10-story towers with a
restaurant and garage that
will employ at least 2,000.
The deal signed in August
calls for the state to provide
research and development
tax credits and cash reimbursement for employee
training. The company also
would receive enterprise
zone tax credits worth
$37,440 per employee for
five years, and an economic development energy discount through PG&E.
Samsung spokeswoman Chris Goodhart said,
“Our new campus will fuel
employment and growth in
the community and will be
a landmark for San Jose,
embracing the urban design
guidelines developed by the
city of San Jose.”
KEEPING
BEACHES
CLEAN
CAPITOLA
NORTH COAST
— Volunteers
walk along
Waddell
Beach outside
of Davenport
on Sunday
morning as
they participate in a
beach cleanup
effort.
Shadowbrook to aid Healthy Kids
The Health Improvement Partnership of Santa
Cruz County welcomes supporters to dine at Shadowbrook Restaurant, 1750 Wharf Road, on April 9 to
support Healthy Kids, which provides health insurance to kids whose families cannot afford it.
To help, call 831-475-1511 to make your dinner reservations, and let the hostess know you are dining
for Healthy Kids. One-third of your total bill will go
directly to Healthy Kids.
KEVIN JOHNSON/
SENTINEL
SANTA CRUZ
Gary Griggs to headline
Sierra Club dinner
The Santa Cruz group of the Sierra Club will host
a benefit dinner at the Seymour Center, 100 Shaffer Road, from 6-9:30 p.m. Apri1 12 featuring Gary
Griggs, director of the Institute of Marine Sciences
at UC Santa Cruz.
Griggs, a professor of earth and planetary sciences
at UCSC for 45 years, will give a presentation on climate change, sea level rise and coastal retreat.
The club hopes to revive the tradition of its annual
dinner, which also will honor an outstanding volunteer. Funds raised will benefit local conservation and
education efforts.
For tickets, call 831-435-1227 or email sierraclubsantacruz@gmail.com.
SANTA CRUZ
Cancer group to hold
black-tie event
The Santa Cruz Cancer Benefit Group will hold its
18th annual Spring Forward Against Cancer event 5:3010 p.m. April 13 at the Top of the Ritt in downtown.
The event includes a reception, live and silent auction, dinner, music and more. Tickets are $150 per
person, $300 per couple or $2,000 for tables of 10.
Corporate table sponsorships are available. RSVP
is required.
Proceeds benefit Hospice of Santa Cruz County,
Jacob’s Heart Children’s Cancer Support Services, Katz Cancer Resource Center, UCSC Cancer
Research and WomenCARE Cancer Advocacy.
For information or to purchase tickets, call 831-4651989 or go to www.sccbg.org.
APTOS
Cabrillo Youth Strings to perform
The Cabrillo Youth Strings will play a spring concert of contemporary string orchestra music at 7
p.m. April 12.
The music will feature works by Coldplay, Michael
Jackson and music from the movies, all performed by
local youths and guest artists. Tickets are $10 general,
$9 students, $7 seniors and Cabrillo SAC card holders,
and it’s free for anyone 15 years and younger.
For tickets or information, call 831-479-6429 or go
to www.cabrillostage.com.
APTOS
Cabrillo theater arts to host fest
Cabrillo College’s theater arts department will host
a festival of local theater groups April 19 through May
12 in the Cabrillo Black Box Theater.
The festival will include plays, storytelling and
improvisation from the local theater community in
collaboration with Cabrillo students, according to a
news release. Nine different shows will be presented,
performing multiple times during the length of the
festival.
Hours are 7:30-9:20 p.m. Fridays; 2 p.m., 3:20 p.m.
and 9:20 p.m. Saturdays; and 2 p.m. and 3:20 p.m.
Sundays. Single-performance tickets are $10 general, $7 Cabrillo SAC holders; two performances, $18
general, $12 Cabrillo SAC holders; $80 for a package
of 10 tickets to the same show; and $50 for a membership pass, which includes a choice of nine shows,
individually ticketed.
For information or to purchase tickets, call 831-4796154 or go to www.cabrillovapa.com.
COPS AND COURTS
SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS
CHP: Two hurt in crash
after ‘biker run’ Saturday
Two people were seriously hurt Saturday night on northbound Highway
17 when the Harley Davidson motorcycle they were on crashed near Laurel Curve and they were thrown from
the bike and into a metal guardrail, the
California Highway Patrol said.
CHP dispatchers got complaints
about several motorcycles driving
aggressively and erratically, authorities said. Officer John Bourriague
said he was near Laurel Curve on the
southbound side of Highway 17 outside
Scotts Valley about 8:45 p.m. when he
heard the sound of a collision and went
to check.
The man and his female passenger —
who appeared to be in their 40s — were
both badly hurt but refused medical
care, Bourriague said. The man suffered major injuries and the woman
suffered moderate injuries, he said.
They were moved to the side of the
highway and later picked up by friends,
he said.
The CHP is investigating and plans to
recommend to the Santa Cruz County
District Attorneys’ Office that charges
be filed as drugs and other evidence
were found there, he said.
A large group of Hells Angels affiliates were on an annual “defense fund”
run that went through the county Saturday, and their stops included a restaurant and bar in Moss Landing and a
HITCHCOCK
Continued from B1
The family purchased
the nine-bedroom, Spanish-style adobe in late 1940
for $40,000, using it as a
retreat from the glitter of
Hollywood for more than
three decades. Santa Cruz
County was reportedly the
inspiration for three of his
films, including the famous
1960 horror film “Psycho.”
Bates Hotel was reportedly
modeled after the old Hotel
McCrary — now known as
Sunshine Villa.
Hitchcock and his wife,
Alma, visited the ranch,
“Heart O’ The Mountain,”
for the last time in 1972. The
estate was sold in 1974, six
shop on Soquel Avenue in Santa Cruz, and fleeing on foot. He said there were
authorities said.
more than a dozen people inside at the
time.
The thieves were seen getting into an
older-model, silver sedan, which sped
away eastward on Green Valley Road,
WATSONVILLE
Ridgway said.
Police searched the area but the suspects were not immediately located.
Ridgway said police were obtaining surveillance camera tape in
A 6-foot, 4-inch, 220-pound man hopes it will help in the search for
named Titan Xavier Zehcroteau was the duo.
Police ask anyone with information
arrested on suspicion of burglary,
resisting arrest and drug possession to call the Investigations Department at
Saturday on Beach Street in Watson- 831-768-3352 or the anonymous tipline
ville, according to Santa Cruz County at 831-768-3544.
Jail records.
Zehcroteau, 32, was arrested on a
warrant out of Santa Clara County.
He was booked at County Jail about S C O T T S V A L L E Y
5 p.m., after his apprehension in an
apartment near Beach and Lincoln
streets.
Man arrested on
suspicion of burglary
Teens injured Saturday
suffered minor injuries
WATSONVILLE
Police: Masked men rob
Green Valley Road diner
Two masked men wearing gloves,
one armed with a rifle or shotgun,
robbed Roger’s Diner on Green Valley
Road near Freedom Boulevard about
9:20 p.m. Sunday, police said.
Sgt. Brian Ridgway said the men
were in the restaurant a short time,
demanding money from the cashier
years before Hitchcock died,
according to local historian
Ross Eric Gibson.
Claire Hodgin, who sits on
the Arts Commission, said
she came up with the idea for
the Hitchcock Festival about
a year ago, adding it “just
seemed like a fun project to
do, and there are a lot of films
that nobody has ever seen.”
The celebration likely will
take place in the fall, she
said, and include screenings of such films as “Psycho,” “North by Northwest”
and “Strangers on a Train.”
Specifics have yet to be
nailed down, but organizers
are envisioning an opening
night gala complete with
champagne and red carpet,
with attendees arriving in
1920s-era attire, “just like
the Oscars and the opening
It appears that two teens hospitalized Saturday at Skypark suffered
minor injuries, Capt. John Crivello of
Scotts Valley Fire said Sunday.
The two were playing basketball
when one of them was going up for a
dunk and fell and then another fell,
Crivello said.
They were conscious and taken to
Dominican Hospital to get checked out,
he said.
He said he didn’t get the whole story
of how the teens were hurt, as he was
focused on making sure they got the
medical care they needed.
of a big, great film,” Hodgin
said.
The event also could
include a Hitchcock lookalike contest, maybe even a
match of wits over who can
design the best shower curtain — a nod to the memorable shower scene in “Psycho”
— and other activities.
Preliminary discussions
just started a couple weeks
ago between organizers and
Cinelux Theatre in the Kings
Village Shopping Center,
which has agreed to sponsor the event. Michael Taffe,
the theater chain’s director
of operations, said they first
need to decide how long the
festival will last, which will
determine how many films
to show.
In the meantime, another
Arts Commission project is
on the horizon. Local master blacksmith Kirk McNeil
is designing a steel sculpture, “Four Energies,” which
depicts different tai chi poses. It will be placed on Scotts
Valley Drive, between Bean
Creek Road and Erba Lane,
by late June.
Follow Sentinel reporter Kimberly
White on Twitter at Twitter.com/
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TONIGHT, MARCH 25!
LOBSTER DINNER
16
$
A Steamed 1 Lb. Live Maine
Lobster, Served with Drawn
Butter, Smashed Yukon
Gold Potatoes and
Fresh Vegetables
HINDQUARTER BAR & GRILLE
303 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz
831.426.7770 Reservations Advised
Dinner Only. Not good with other offers, while supplies last.