C2 SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 2013
HOLIDAY CLOSINGS
Some area offices will be closed Monday for Cesar Chavez Day.
COUNTY: County offices are closed.
SANTA CRUZ: City offices are open.
SCOTTS VALLEY: City offices are open.
WATSONVILLE: Most city offices are open.
LIBRARIES: All branches of the Santa Cruz library system are
open. Watsonville Public Library is open.
SCHOOLS: Santa Cruz City Schools are closed for spring break.
Scotts Valley Schools are closed for spring break. Pajaro Valley
schools are closed for spring break. Soquel Union schools are
closed for spring break.
POST OFFICE: Post offices are open.
SENTINEL: Office open. Paper will publish.
COAST LINES
SANTA CRUZ
Law mandates additional
mammogram information
About 40 percent of women have dense breast tissue, and a new law taking effect Monday will require
they get more information after a mammogram.
Senate Bill 1538, by former State Sen. Joe Simitian, will require women with dense breast tissue be
informed that:
■ They have dense breast tissue.
■ Dense breast tissue can make it harder to evaluate a mammogram and is associated with a higher
risk of breast cancer.
■ Information is given to discuss with their doctor
and screening options are available.
The law was suggested by Amy Colton of Santa
Cruz, a registered nurse. She was shocked when told
she had breast cancer after years of normal mammograms. She learned she had dense breast tissue only
after cancer treatment.
For information about dense breast tissue, go to
www.areyoudense.org.
UNIVERSAL CHURCH OF BABA’S KITCHEN
Church seeks funds to buy land
By KIMBERLY WHITE
kwhite@santacruzsentinel.com
BOULDER CREEK —
Tables covered with offerings are set up every week
inside St. Michael’s Catholic Church, bowls filled with
a quinoa vegetable medley, macaroni and cheese,
steamed and leafy greens,
garlic bread and apple
crisp.
“This is a banquet to me,”
said Gary Riich, a 62-yearold Watsonville handyman
who took a more than twohour bus ride Friday for the
free meal. As much of the
food as possible is organic,
drawing Riich and others
to enjoy an hour of companionship while dining
on the food prepared and
served by members of the
Universal Church of Baba’s
Kitchen.
The church trains healers,
shares ancient teachings and
helps the homeless and resi-
Easter egg hunt Saturday on
beach in front of Venetian
Capitola Village will host the annual Easter Egg
Hunt at 11 a.m. Saturday.
Children 12 and younger can search for prize-filled
eggs hidden in the sand on the beach in front of the
Capitola Venetian Hotel.
The Easter Bunny will be on hand along with
healthy snacks from Whole Foods Market Capitola.
The event is free, hosted by the Capitola-Soquel
Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by Capitola
Village and Wharf businesses. For information, go to
http://www.capitolachamber.com/events/calendar/.
SCOTTS VALLEY
Rummage sale, car wash set
Youth from GateWay Bible Church are having a
rummage sale and car wash 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 20
to raise money for the World Vision 30 Hour Famine.
The church is at 5000 Granite Creek Road, Scotts
Valley. For information, email gary@gatewaybible.
org or go to www.gatewaybible.org.
APTOS
AAUW to hold April 13 meeting
American Association of University Women, Santa
Cruz Branch, will hold a general meeting at 11:30 a.m.
April 13 at the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz,
7807 Soquel Drive.
The group will discuss the 40th anniversary of the
passage of Title IX, a law that requires gender equity
for boys and girls in every educational program that
receives federal funding.
Also the group will vote on the slate of officers for
the year 2013-2014 as well as a budget. A box lunch
will be served for $12. The public is invited. For reservations and information, call 722-7473.
SANTA CRUZ — The
Affordable Care Act, the
bulk of which goes into
effect in January, is expected
to have more of an impact on
people’s lives than any other
federal legislation.
Yet many of the people it
will help know little or nothing about it. A panel discussion featuring Rep. Sam
Farr, state Sen. Bill Monning
and Alan McKay, executive
director of Central California Alliance for Health,
which serves 200,000 lowincome members in Santa
Cruz, Monterey and Merced
counties, was held Thursday
to fill that information gap.
“Seventy-eight percent
of the uninsured don’t even
know about this health care
plan that’s being offered,”
Farr said. “We’ll need to
have more meetings like
this to reach out and educate
people.”
“Obamacare comes to
Town: Implementation of the
Affordable Care Act” was
held at the Santa Cruz Police
Department’s Community
Room. The event was sponsored by three Democratic
organizations: the Central
Committee, the Women’s
Club of Santa Cruz County,
and Santa Cruz Organizing
for America. About 40 people
came armed with questions
about the act, which requires
everyone older than the age
of 18 to have health insurance
beginning in 2014.
The federal law requires
each state to implement programs or health exchanges
to help get people health
insurance.
Some of the details of California’s plan are still being
worked out, and the cost
of premiums has not been
established as insurance
companies are still putting
together bids to compete
Beginner computer class offered
The Santa Cruz Adult School is offering its Beginners Computer Class Friday mornings from 10 a.m.
to noon starting April 12 at 319 La Fonda Ave. The
price is $50 for eight classes.
To register, go to www.adultedreg.com/santacruz.
For details, call the Santa Cruz Adult School at 831-4293966, or teacher Mary Caravalho at 831-332-2361.
SANTA CRUZ
Genealogical group to meet
The Genealogical Society of Santa Cruz County will
meet at 12:45 p.m. Thursday at the Central Branch
Library Meeting Room, 224 Church St.
Certified genealogist Christine Rose will present
methods and tips to avoid jumping to erroneous conclusions when looking at family history and genealogical records. The lecture is free and appropriate
for all skill levels.
For information, call 831-419-7244, or email gensocblog@me.com.
UNIVERSAL
CHURCH OF
BABA’S KITCHEN
FOUNDED: Co-founded in
2007 by Alx Uttermann and
Jonathan Rosen
NEEDS: Seeking $250,000
in donations so members
can purchase a 1.6-acre
plot on Empire Grade
DETAILS: 831-425-3234 or
babaskitchen@123mail.org
or www.karmatalk.com
Kitchen’s Friday afternoon
meals at the Presbyterian
church in Felton, which
offers its own free meals on
Tuesdays.
If the church is able to buy
the land, Rosen said, “we can
continue serving the healing
needs of our members and
local community uninterrupted.”
with each other to participate in the California marketplace. The expectation is
that competition will keep
premium costs down, as will
the addition of 47 million
uninsured Americans.
Prices are expected to be
established by October, when
people can begin signing up
for policies.
“It’s new, and there will be
a lot of confusion and doubt
initially,” Farr said.
Four different insurance
plans will be offered, with
different rates of premiums
and coverage. All plans will
include coverage for mental
health and substance abuse,
prescription medications,
and oral and vision care.
Insurance companies will
no longer be allowed to turn
customers away because of
pre-existing medical conditions, and annual and lifetime
limits on how much a policy
will pay for medical expenses
will not be permitted.
To help alleviate some
of that confusion, the state
has established a website
for information and eventually shop for coverage. The
site, www.coveredca.com,
also includes a simple way
for people to calculate their
potential insurance costs. In
addition, navigators will be
hired to help people figure
out the best insurance plan
for themselves and their
families, and help will be
available locally.
“The goal is to get everyone in a plan and covered by
2014,” Monning said. “Nonprofit groups, like Enroll
America, will be participating
with local community groups
to help people get covered.”
Those who don’t are subject to a penalty fee. Insurance costs will vary, depending on income levels, and
how many people in a family
that will be covered, as well
as which plan they select.
Individuals earning less than
MATTHEW HINTZ/SENTINEL
Community members listen as Rep. Sam Farr speaks Thursday
night about the Affordable Care Act and how it will affect Santa
Cruz residents.
$29,000 a year will be eligible
for federal subsidies or tax
credits to buy insurance, as
will families of four earning
less than $80,000. Individuals who earn less than $15,415
or families earning less than
$31,810 will be eligible to
enroll in Medicare.
McKay estimates 11,000
Santa Cruz County residents
will be added to the medical
program in 2014, and another 11,000 who are currently
uninsured with get subsidized coverage.
“I think the (act) is fantastic and is moving so many
Americans into coverage,”
McKay said. He added that
Santa Cruz County, which
has a number of well-organized clinics, has enough doctors to handle newly insured
patients. It is important for
people to get signed up for
insurance.
“It’s not automatic,” he
added. “We’ve all got to get
ourselves in the pipeline and
get covered.”
The enrollment process
will be streamlined and
involve a single application
for all four different plans,
McKay noted. People will be
able to apply for insurance
via the internet, phone, fax
or face-to-face with agents.
Small businesses with fewer than 50 employees are not
required to provide health
insurance for their workers,
although they may be eligible
for tax credits if they do so.
Businesses with 50 to 100
employes can either provide
their workers with health
insurance or be taxed. A different set of rules applies to
businesses with more than
100 employees.
People who already have
health insurance do not have
to do anything else to comply. They can continue their
existing coverage or shop for
a different plan.
Questions still remain,
details need to be worked
out and loopholes closed.
Although the plan is not perfect, the speakers agreed, it is
a step in the right direction.
The panel received a round
of applause at the conclusion
of the evening.
“It’s been an excellent
start to all our educations,”
said Ellie Littmann, executive director for the Health
Improvement Partnership
of Santa Cruz County. “I’ve
learned a lot tonight.”
For information, go to
www.coveredca.com; www.
healthcare.gov; www.sba.
gov/healthcare.
Follow Sentinel correspondent
Terri Morgan on Twitter at
www.twitter.com/soquelterri
LAW ENFORCEMENT
New lieutenant, sergeant in Sheriff ’s Office
By STEPHEN BAXTER
SANTA CRUZ
AT A GLANCE
Bulk of law takes effect in 2014
SANTA CRUZ
CAPITOLA
ing the meals, and four years
after receiving nonprofit status. In addition to the free
lunches, the church offers
life-counseling sessions, distance “healing sessions,” and
healings and hospice trainings to veterans suffering
from PTSD, all provided on
a sliding-fee scale.
“They’ve sacrificed so
much for this country and
they’ve gotten not nearly
enough support to date,”
Rosen said. “It’s too hard
for them, and the Veterans
Administration is too difficult to negotiate for many
of them ... so if we can provide some relief, some healing help to them, we feel like
we’re doing a service to the
whole country.”
The church is open to all
religions and beliefs, even
to people such as Riich, who
called himself “neutral” and
has a list of churches that
offer free lunches. In fact,
he found out about Baba’s
Residents learn about health care changes
By TERRI MORGAN
The $21 million project to expand Highway 1
between Soquel Drive and Morrissey Boulevard is
moving smoothly as construction crews have finished
the base layers and the lean concrete base is curing.
Paving is scheduled to begin Wednesday and take
about four days, according to the Santa Cruz County
Regional Transportation Commission.
After paving, the barriers will be moved and lanes
re-striped during the night, which will involve lane
closures. Traffic will then be switched to the new
lanes. The last remnant of the La Fonda Avenue
bridge will be demolished after the traffic has shifted
to the new lanes. The majority of work is scheduled
to be complete in the fall.
dents in need, with a particular focus on veterans.
Four members live on
a rented, 1.6-acre plot on
Empire Grade in Bonny
Doon, north of Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park.
But the landlord plans to
sell the land, and members are trying to raise the
roughly $250,000 required
for a down payment. A page
set up on the online fundraising site Razoo.com has
so far netted $17,000 in the
last month, said church cofounder Jonathan Rosen.
Baba’s Kitchen is more a
way of thinking than a religion, “of understanding how
the laws of nature operate,”
and members consider Jesus
Christ “the top-most example of the divine energy in a
human form,” he said.
The organization won Valley Churches United Mission’s “Angel Of The Year”
Award in 2011, two years
after members began serv-
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
newsroom@santacruzsentinel.com
Highway 1 expansion
project picking up speed
SANTA CRUZ SENTINEL
EXTRA
sbaxter@santacruzsentinel.com
SANTA CRUZ — Two
Santa Cruz County natives
have been promoted to lieutenant and sergeant positions in the Santa Cruz
County Sheriff’s Office.
Lt. Paul Ramos, 43, has
been with the Sheriff’s Office
since 1999. After he became
a detective in the investigations division, Ramos
worked as a patrol sergeant,
sergeant at Cabrillo College
and sergeant in charge of
the sheriff’s service center
in Aptos.
Ramos, who lives in Aptos,
Jacob Ainsworth also was and persons crimes.
promoted to sergeant on FriAinsworth graduated
day.
from Soquel High School,
Ainsworth, a 38-year-old attended Cabrillo College
native of Soquel, came to the and graduated first in his
Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s class at basic police academy
Office in 2001 and has been at Gavilan College in Gilroy.
assigned to various positions
He will work as a sergeant
in the organization, said dep- in the patrol division.
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RAMOS
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attended Cabrillo College
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HOLIDAY CLOSINGS
Some area offices will be closed Monday for Cesar Chavez Day.
COUNTY: County offices are closed.
SANTA CRUZ: City offices are open.
SCOTTS VALLEY: City offices are open.
WATSONVILLE: Most city offices are open.
LIBRARIES: All branches of the Santa Cruz library system are
open. Watsonville Public Library is open.
SCHOOLS: Santa Cruz City Schools are closed for spring break.
Scotts Valley Schools are closed for spring break. Pajaro Valley
schools are closed for spring break. Soquel Union schools are
closed for spring break.
POST OFFICE: Post offices are open.
SENTINEL: Office open. Paper will publish.
COAST LINES
SANTA CRUZ
Law mandates additional
mammogram information
About 40 percent of women have dense breast tissue, and a new law taking effect Monday will require
they get more information after a mammogram.
Senate Bill 1538, by former State Sen. Joe Simitian, will require women with dense breast tissue be
informed that:
■ They have dense breast tissue.
■ Dense breast tissue can make it harder to evaluate a mammogram and is associated with a higher
risk of breast cancer.
■ Information is given to discuss with their doctor
and screening options are available.
The law was suggested by Amy Colton of Santa
Cruz, a registered nurse. She was shocked when told
she had breast cancer after years of normal mammograms. She learned she had dense breast tissue only
after cancer treatment.
For information about dense breast tissue, go to
www.areyoudense.org.
UNIVERSAL CHURCH OF BABA’S KITCHEN
Church seeks funds to buy land
By KIMBERLY WHITE
kwhite@santacruzsentinel.com
BOULDER CREEK —
Tables covered with offerings are set up every week
inside St. Michael’s Catholic Church, bowls filled with
a quinoa vegetable medley, macaroni and cheese,
steamed and leafy greens,
garlic bread and apple
crisp.
“This is a banquet to me,”
said Gary Riich, a 62-yearold Watsonville handyman
who took a more than twohour bus ride Friday for the
free meal. As much of the
food as possible is organic,
drawing Riich and others
to enjoy an hour of companionship while dining
on the food prepared and
served by members of the
Universal Church of Baba’s
Kitchen.
The church trains healers,
shares ancient teachings and
helps the homeless and resi-
Easter egg hunt Saturday on
beach in front of Venetian
Capitola Village will host the annual Easter Egg
Hunt at 11 a.m. Saturday.
Children 12 and younger can search for prize-filled
eggs hidden in the sand on the beach in front of the
Capitola Venetian Hotel.
The Easter Bunny will be on hand along with
healthy snacks from Whole Foods Market Capitola.
The event is free, hosted by the Capitola-Soquel
Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by Capitola
Village and Wharf businesses. For information, go to
http://www.capitolachamber.com/events/calendar/.
SCOTTS VALLEY
Rummage sale, car wash set
Youth from GateWay Bible Church are having a
rummage sale and car wash 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 20
to raise money for the World Vision 30 Hour Famine.
The church is at 5000 Granite Creek Road, Scotts
Valley. For information, email gary@gatewaybible.
org or go to www.gatewaybible.org.
APTOS
AAUW to hold April 13 meeting
American Association of University Women, Santa
Cruz Branch, will hold a general meeting at 11:30 a.m.
April 13 at the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz,
7807 Soquel Drive.
The group will discuss the 40th anniversary of the
passage of Title IX, a law that requires gender equity
for boys and girls in every educational program that
receives federal funding.
Also the group will vote on the slate of officers for
the year 2013-2014 as well as a budget. A box lunch
will be served for $12. The public is invited. For reservations and information, call 722-7473.
SANTA CRUZ — The
Affordable Care Act, the
bulk of which goes into
effect in January, is expected
to have more of an impact on
people’s lives than any other
federal legislation.
Yet many of the people it
will help know little or nothing about it. A panel discussion featuring Rep. Sam
Farr, state Sen. Bill Monning
and Alan McKay, executive
director of Central California Alliance for Health,
which serves 200,000 lowincome members in Santa
Cruz, Monterey and Merced
counties, was held Thursday
to fill that information gap.
“Seventy-eight percent
of the uninsured don’t even
know about this health care
plan that’s being offered,”
Farr said. “We’ll need to
have more meetings like
this to reach out and educate
people.”
“Obamacare comes to
Town: Implementation of the
Affordable Care Act” was
held at the Santa Cruz Police
Department’s Community
Room. The event was sponsored by three Democratic
organizations: the Central
Committee, the Women’s
Club of Santa Cruz County,
and Santa Cruz Organizing
for America. About 40 people
came armed with questions
about the act, which requires
everyone older than the age
of 18 to have health insurance
beginning in 2014.
The federal law requires
each state to implement programs or health exchanges
to help get people health
insurance.
Some of the details of California’s plan are still being
worked out, and the cost
of premiums has not been
established as insurance
companies are still putting
together bids to compete
Beginner computer class offered
The Santa Cruz Adult School is offering its Beginners Computer Class Friday mornings from 10 a.m.
to noon starting April 12 at 319 La Fonda Ave. The
price is $50 for eight classes.
To register, go to www.adultedreg.com/santacruz.
For details, call the Santa Cruz Adult School at 831-4293966, or teacher Mary Caravalho at 831-332-2361.
SANTA CRUZ
Genealogical group to meet
The Genealogical Society of Santa Cruz County will
meet at 12:45 p.m. Thursday at the Central Branch
Library Meeting Room, 224 Church St.
Certified genealogist Christine Rose will present
methods and tips to avoid jumping to erroneous conclusions when looking at family history and genealogical records. The lecture is free and appropriate
for all skill levels.
For information, call 831-419-7244, or email gensocblog@me.com.
UNIVERSAL
CHURCH OF
BABA’S KITCHEN
FOUNDED: Co-founded in
2007 by Alx Uttermann and
Jonathan Rosen
NEEDS: Seeking $250,000
in donations so members
can purchase a 1.6-acre
plot on Empire Grade
DETAILS: 831-425-3234 or
babaskitchen@123mail.org
or www.karmatalk.com
Kitchen’s Friday afternoon
meals at the Presbyterian
church in Felton, which
offers its own free meals on
Tuesdays.
If the church is able to buy
the land, Rosen said, “we can
continue serving the healing
needs of our members and
local community uninterrupted.”
with each other to participate in the California marketplace. The expectation is
that competition will keep
premium costs down, as will
the addition of 47 million
uninsured Americans.
Prices are expected to be
established by October, when
people can begin signing up
for policies.
“It’s new, and there will be
a lot of confusion and doubt
initially,” Farr said.
Four different insurance
plans will be offered, with
different rates of premiums
and coverage. All plans will
include coverage for mental
health and substance abuse,
prescription medications,
and oral and vision care.
Insurance companies will
no longer be allowed to turn
customers away because of
pre-existing medical conditions, and annual and lifetime
limits on how much a policy
will pay for medical expenses
will not be permitted.
To help alleviate some
of that confusion, the state
has established a website
for information and eventually shop for coverage. The
site, www.coveredca.com,
also includes a simple way
for people to calculate their
potential insurance costs. In
addition, navigators will be
hired to help people figure
out the best insurance plan
for themselves and their
families, and help will be
available locally.
“The goal is to get everyone in a plan and covered by
2014,” Monning said. “Nonprofit groups, like Enroll
America, will be participating
with local community groups
to help people get covered.”
Those who don’t are subject to a penalty fee. Insurance costs will vary, depending on income levels, and
how many people in a family
that will be covered, as well
as which plan they select.
Individuals earning less than
MATTHEW HINTZ/SENTINEL
Community members listen as Rep. Sam Farr speaks Thursday
night about the Affordable Care Act and how it will affect Santa
Cruz residents.
$29,000 a year will be eligible
for federal subsidies or tax
credits to buy insurance, as
will families of four earning
less than $80,000. Individuals who earn less than $15,415
or families earning less than
$31,810 will be eligible to
enroll in Medicare.
McKay estimates 11,000
Santa Cruz County residents
will be added to the medical
program in 2014, and another 11,000 who are currently
uninsured with get subsidized coverage.
“I think the (act) is fantastic and is moving so many
Americans into coverage,”
McKay said. He added that
Santa Cruz County, which
has a number of well-organized clinics, has enough doctors to handle newly insured
patients. It is important for
people to get signed up for
insurance.
“It’s not automatic,” he
added. “We’ve all got to get
ourselves in the pipeline and
get covered.”
The enrollment process
will be streamlined and
involve a single application
for all four different plans,
McKay noted. People will be
able to apply for insurance
via the internet, phone, fax
or face-to-face with agents.
Small businesses with fewer than 50 employees are not
required to provide health
insurance for their workers,
although they may be eligible
for tax credits if they do so.
Businesses with 50 to 100
employes can either provide
their workers with health
insurance or be taxed. A different set of rules applies to
businesses with more than
100 employees.
People who already have
health insurance do not have
to do anything else to comply. They can continue their
existing coverage or shop for
a different plan.
Questions still remain,
details need to be worked
out and loopholes closed.
Although the plan is not perfect, the speakers agreed, it is
a step in the right direction.
The panel received a round
of applause at the conclusion
of the evening.
“It’s been an excellent
start to all our educations,”
said Ellie Littmann, executive director for the Health
Improvement Partnership
of Santa Cruz County. “I’ve
learned a lot tonight.”
For information, go to
www.coveredca.com; www.
healthcare.gov; www.sba.
gov/healthcare.
Follow Sentinel correspondent
Terri Morgan on Twitter at
www.twitter.com/soquelterri
LAW ENFORCEMENT
New lieutenant, sergeant in Sheriff ’s Office
By STEPHEN BAXTER
SANTA CRUZ
AT A GLANCE
Bulk of law takes effect in 2014
SANTA CRUZ
CAPITOLA
ing the meals, and four years
after receiving nonprofit status. In addition to the free
lunches, the church offers
life-counseling sessions, distance “healing sessions,” and
healings and hospice trainings to veterans suffering
from PTSD, all provided on
a sliding-fee scale.
“They’ve sacrificed so
much for this country and
they’ve gotten not nearly
enough support to date,”
Rosen said. “It’s too hard
for them, and the Veterans
Administration is too difficult to negotiate for many
of them ... so if we can provide some relief, some healing help to them, we feel like
we’re doing a service to the
whole country.”
The church is open to all
religions and beliefs, even
to people such as Riich, who
called himself “neutral” and
has a list of churches that
offer free lunches. In fact,
he found out about Baba’s
Residents learn about health care changes
By TERRI MORGAN
The $21 million project to expand Highway 1
between Soquel Drive and Morrissey Boulevard is
moving smoothly as construction crews have finished
the base layers and the lean concrete base is curing.
Paving is scheduled to begin Wednesday and take
about four days, according to the Santa Cruz County
Regional Transportation Commission.
After paving, the barriers will be moved and lanes
re-striped during the night, which will involve lane
closures. Traffic will then be switched to the new
lanes. The last remnant of the La Fonda Avenue
bridge will be demolished after the traffic has shifted
to the new lanes. The majority of work is scheduled
to be complete in the fall.
dents in need, with a particular focus on veterans.
Four members live on
a rented, 1.6-acre plot on
Empire Grade in Bonny
Doon, north of Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park.
But the landlord plans to
sell the land, and members are trying to raise the
roughly $250,000 required
for a down payment. A page
set up on the online fundraising site Razoo.com has
so far netted $17,000 in the
last month, said church cofounder Jonathan Rosen.
Baba’s Kitchen is more a
way of thinking than a religion, “of understanding how
the laws of nature operate,”
and members consider Jesus
Christ “the top-most example of the divine energy in a
human form,” he said.
The organization won Valley Churches United Mission’s “Angel Of The Year”
Award in 2011, two years
after members began serv-
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
newsroom@santacruzsentinel.com
Highway 1 expansion
project picking up speed
SANTA CRUZ SENTINEL
EXTRA
sbaxter@santacruzsentinel.com
SANTA CRUZ — Two
Santa Cruz County natives
have been promoted to lieutenant and sergeant positions in the Santa Cruz
County Sheriff’s Office.
Lt. Paul Ramos, 43, has
been with the Sheriff’s Office
since 1999. After he became
a detective in the investigations division, Ramos
worked as a patrol sergeant,
sergeant at Cabrillo College
and sergeant in charge of
the sheriff’s service center
in Aptos.
Ramos, who lives in Aptos,
Jacob Ainsworth also was and persons crimes.
promoted to sergeant on FriAinsworth graduated
day.
from Soquel High School,
Ainsworth, a 38-year-old attended Cabrillo College
native of Soquel, came to the and graduated first in his
Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s class at basic police academy
Office in 2001 and has been at Gavilan College in Gilroy.
assigned to various positions
He will work as a sergeant
in the organization, said dep- in the patrol division.
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MLB COMMENTARY
Warriors drop 2nd straight
tonight.”
The Warriors compounded
their struggles with poor freeSANTA CRUZ — The Santa throw shooting, only connecting
Cruz Warriors find themselves in on 16 of 29 foul shots.
The game started as a
unfamiliar and unwanted
stalemate, with neither
territory heading into the
team leading by more
final week of the regular
than six points through
season.
a quarter and a half. But
The Warriors have lost
with the game tied at 41-41
back-to-back home games
with 6:09 left in the first
for the first time since
moving into Kaiser Per- D-FENDERS 111, half, the D-Fenders went
manente Arena after Fri- WARRIORS 104 on a 9-0 run. Los Angeles rode that momentum
day night’s 111-104 loss to
the Los Angeles D-Fend- SATURDAY’S into the break with a
ers in front of a sold-out GAME: Warriors 58-51 lead.
Leading the way for
crowd.
at D-Fenders
“We have to got to fin- TIME: 6:30 p.m. the D-Fenders (20-26)
were Gary Flowers and
ish better,” said Warriors
coach Nate Bjorkgren. “Our Morris Almond who combined
shots, our plays — and you can’t for 31 of the team’s 58 points in
turn the ball over 27 times and
dig ourselves in holes like we did
SEE WARRIORS ON B5
By RYAN SILAPAN
sports@santacruzsentinel.com
DAN COYRO/SENTINEL
Santa Cruz Warriors forward Mickell Gladness stuffs a shot by the Los
Angeles D-Fenders’ Elijah Milsap during Friday night’s game.
JUNIOR COLLEGE SOFTBALL
GEORGE NIKITIN/AP
Giants catcher Buster Posey smiles
at a news conference Friday in San
Francisco.
Posey
deserves
this deal
$167M contract is
largest ever for a Giant
TIM KAWAKAMI
Bay Area News Group
SAN FRANCISCO
uster Posey, the Giants’
old-fashioned baseball
star with a shiny new
megacontract, looked fulfilled
and fidgety all at once Friday.
Fulfilled because Posey’s justsigned nine-year, $167 million deal
means that he and his family are
financially set for this and many
lifetimes.
Fidgety because the Giants’
catcher isn’t always fond
of camera lights and broad
compliments, especially if they’re
about him.
“It can be a little uncomfortable
at times,” Posey said with a
chuckle moments after the
25-minute news conference to
announce the biggest deal ever
B
SEE KAWAKAMI ON B3
NFL
KEVIN JOHNSON/SENTINEL
Cabrillo’s Olivia Mahach makes contact but is put out at first during the second inning against San Mateo on Friday in Aptos.
San Mateo pulls rank
Cabrillo sluggish against state’s No. 1 team
By ANDREW MATHESON
amatheson@santacruzsentinel.com
APTOS — Cabrillo College softball coach Kristy Ballinger felt Sierra
Clark pitched well enough to win Friday afternoon against visiting College
of San Mateo, the No. 1-ranked community college team in the state.
The Seahawks’ defense and adjustments at the plate were an altogether
different story.
“The defense was a disaster and
offensively we didn’t adjust,” Ballinger said.
Five errors in the field combined
with stranding eight runners on
base, five of whom were in scoring
position, led to Cabrillo’s undoing
and an 8-0 home loss to San Mateo
— one that players and coach alike
hope provides a wake-up call for the
Seahawks.
The Coast Conference crossover
Florida’s
Patric Young
(left) and Erik
Murphy (right)
battle Florida
Gulf Coast’s
Chase Fieler
for a loose
ball during the
first half of
their Sweet 16
game in the
NCAA tournament Friday
in Arlington,
Texas.
DAVID J. PHILLIP/AP
game not only pitted the top teams
in the conference — Cabrillo is in
first place in the South Division, San
Mateo is first in the North — but also
served as a battle of state-ranked
teams. The Seahawks (25-7, 9-2) were
ranked by the California Community
College Fast Pitch Coaches Association for the first time this season on
Monday, garnering the No. 6 spot in
Northern California and No. 13 in the
state.
Ballinger was hoping her newly
ranked squad, fresh off a lopsided
victory over Foothill, was going to
come out ready to slay the Bulldogs,
who had recently lost to Ohlone and
Monterey. But a two-run first inning
by San Mateo (30-3, 9-2), in which
Cabrillo committed three errors,
provided enough of a hole to sink
the Seahawks.
Report:
QB Flynn
to Raiders
By STEVE CORKRAN
Bay Area News Group
Cabrillo
pitcher
Sierra Clark
sends the
ball speeding over
home plate
for a strike
during the
Seahawks’
game
against San
Mateo on
Friday in
Aptos.
KEVIN JOHNSON/
SENTINEL
OAKLAND — The Raiders are
closing in on a trade for veteran
quarterback Matt Flynn, according to a CBSSports.com report
Friday.
In turn, the
Raiders will trade
incumbent starting quarterback
Carson Palmer to
the Arizona Cardinals, a subsequent
report by the same
website said.
FLYNN
Flynn, who turns
28 in late June, has started only two
games in his five NFL seasons, both
during his four years with Green
Bay, when current Raiders general
SEE RAIDERS ON B3
SEE CABRILLO ON B2
NCAA MEN’S TOURNAMENT
Cinderella run ends for FGCU
By STEPHEN HAWKINS
Associated Press
MORE INSIDE
ARLINGTON, Texas — SEC champion Florida is
NCAA TOURNAMENTS
going to its third straight NCAA regional final, while
MEN’S ROUNDUP: Michigan upsets Kansas in OT, B4
the improbable tournament journey for Florida Gulf
WOMEN’S PREVIEWS: Cal, Stanford play Saturday, B4
Coast is over.
The Eagles, the No. 15 seed few people even knew
of on Selection Sunday, had their season ended just to an early 11-point lead. But the No. 3 seed Gators
before midnight Friday with a 62-50 loss to one of the (29-7) and their roster filled with NCAA tourney
big schools from Florida.
The high-flying team from “Dunk City” jumped out
SEE NCAA MEN ON B4
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HIGH SCHOOL LACROSSE
Owen Jack made four assists and
scored two goals of his own as Soquel
remained undefeated in SCCAL play
with a 13-5 bruising of visiting Scotts
Valley.
Tanner Mihelic and Emillio Echelbarger each scored three goals and
Zach Anderson added two plus two
assists. Tyler Nusbaum made seven
saves for the Knights (4-0, 3-0).
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Coyotes at Sharks
Anna James and Ana Leopold were
quadruple-winners for Pacific Collegiate School, which beat Stevenson
99-76 in Mission Trail Athletic League
girls swim meet Friday.
James won the 200-yard freestyle
in 2 minutes, 7.89 seconds and also
took first in the 500 free with a time
of 5:37.35. Leopold won the 50 free
(27.34) and 100 butterfly (1:04.62). Both
swimmers were also on the winning
200 medley relay and 400 free relay
teams.
PCS visits Carmel on April 19 at 3:30
p.m.
■ Three Mariners won two events
each as Aptos drubbed Scotts Valley
135-29 in a Santa Cruz Coast Athletic
League meet.
Gwen Nigh won the 200 free (2:07.37)
and 100 backstroke (1:06.49), Mairen
Magee won the 50 free (26.77) and 100
free (1:00.38), and Jaime Chamberlain
claimed the 200 individual medley
(2:23.01) and 100 breast (1:16.79).
Aptos (4-0) hosts St. Francis on April
16.
BOYS SWIMMING
Aptos recorded a 78-0 win over
Scotts Valley, which wasn’t able to field
a complete team.
Evan Tallman and Nick Guzman
were double winners in the meet.
■ Andreas Wessels won two events
in PCS’s 118-52 loss to Stevenson.
Wessels took the 200 free (2:06.60)
and the 500 free (5:47.03). The Pumas
visit Carmel on April 19.
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Soquel next hosts Santa Cruz on and Carmona both scored twice for St.
April 10. Scotts Valley has an entire Francis (10-2, 5-0).
Jack Peoples earned the win in relief
week to plot its revenge before it plays
of the starter Houser, who struck out 11
the Knights on April 12 at home.
in seven innings.
Riley Hilton took the loss after allowHIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL
Caleb Fidiam went 3-for-4 with two ing two earned runs on two hits, walkRBIs and Chris Viall allowed one hit ing five. He was 2-for-3 at the plate with
over four innings as Soquel routed Har- a run scored. Joe Gillette was 1-for-3
with a walk and Abe Alvarez was 1-for-3
bor 15-2 in SCCAL play.
Fidiam had a double and a triple for with two RBIs and two stolen bases.
The Falcons (9-4, 3-2) will open the
the Knights, while Scott Akrop went
3-for-5 with two RBIs. Andrew Schmidt Spring Classic in Santa Maria against
host Righetti on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.
was 2-for-4 with two RBIs.
Viall earned the win and struck out
five for Soquel, which will begin play in MEN’S TENNIS
the 2013 Anaheim Lions Club Baseball
Erich Koenig led a 9-0 UC Santa
Tournament on Monday. The Knights Cruz sweep of San Diego Mesa College,
(7-4-1, 4-1) will play host Kennedy at 3 a junior college, with two wins.
p.m., then Bonita at 7 p.m.
Koenig rallied for a 3-6, 6-4, 10-5 vic■ Aptos’ Alex Joh went 3-for-3 with tory over Gleb Bilyalov at the top singles
a double and an RBI, but the Mariners slot and also paired with Chris Goetz to
weren’t able to upended visiting Aloha skunk Bilyalov and Alex Abbuhl 8-0 in
of Oregon and lost 6-3 in a nonleague doubles play. Bryce Bettwy was domigame.
nant in a 6-0, 6-1 win over Giordano ValBryan Bucher was 2-for-3 with a dou- dez at No. 3 singles.
ble and two runs scored and Zach Egan
was 1-for-4 with an RBI. Nick Sakoda BOYS TRACK AND FIELD
took the loss for Aptos (4-10), which
Weston Locke won the 110-meter
will host Pacific Grove on Monday at hurdles in 16.25 seconds and Scotts
2 p.m.
Valley narrowly defeated St. Francis
Aloha’s Nick Christophersen allowed 62-58 in an SCCAL meet Thursday at
two runs on eight hits to earn the win. Santa Cruz High.
He also went 3-for-4 with two runs at
Locke joined Colin Abel (800, 2:11.85)
the plate.
in track wins. Falcons field wins came
■ Santa Cruz edged San Lorenzo from Mikolaj Kowalski in the long jump
Valley 3-2 for its first SCCAL win of (18 feet, 2 inches) and Ethan Powers in
the season.
the pole vault (10-6).
Tony Medina was 2-for-3 for the CarThe Sharks earned most of their
dinals with a double, a run, an RBI and victories in the field. Ryan Clancy won
a stolen base. Jett Gallagher picked up both the shot put (30-2) and the discus
the win with 2 1/3 innings of scoreless, (111-9) and Joey Maleta took the high
hitless relief.
jump (5-6).
Santa Cruz (3-10, 1-4 SCCAL) plays
Homestead at the Valley Christian BOYS VOLLEYBALL
tournament at 3:30 p.m. Monday. SLV
Bryce Einck and Bryce Fish led
(7-6, 2-3) visits Bellarmine at 1 p.m. Scotts Valley with seven and six kills,
Tuesday.
respectively, but the Falcons fell to vis■ Scotts Valley scored once in the iting Pacific Collegiate, 25-22, 25-18,
bottom of the seventh to force extra 25-10 in an SCCAL match Thursday.
innings, but St. Francis plated a pair
Steve Lonhart added 20 assists and
of runs in the ninth to escape with a 5-3 Jonathan Chiu and Brett Turner each
victory in SCCAL play.
made two blocks for the Falcons (2-6,
David Gugale was 3-for-5 with a dou- 6-0). PCS jumps to 4-3 in the SCCAL
ble and two RBIs, while Sahid ValenScotts Valley visits defending SCCAL
zuela, Jonathan Carmona and Dillon champion Mount Madonna on April 9
Houser each added two hits. Valenzuela at 6:30pm.
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SAN JOSE — Mervin Brookins ran
back a kickoff 58 yards for a touchdown
with 27 seconds remaining, giving the
San Jose SaberCats a dramatic 65-62
victory over the Orlando Predators in
their home opener Friday night at HP
Pavilion.
Clevan Thomas, playing his first
game with the Sabercats in five years,
made his third interception in the end
zone as time ran out, to secure the victory for the SaberCats, who are 2-0
heading into a crucial matchup with
the host Arizona Rattlers next week.
The teams combined to score three
touchdowns in the final minute.
Amarri Jackson caught a touchdown
pass from Kyle Rowley with 35 seconds
left for the Predators, and Jamarko
Simmons made an acrobatic catch in
the back of the end zone with just under
a minute to play for the SaberCats.
The SaberCats turned the final seconds into stomach churning time by
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line.
Rowley stepped on the foot on his
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life.
Orlando scored on three fourth-down
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The SaberCats helped them with pass
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Aaron Garcia already had a year of
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“They were ready and it shocked
them, and then it defeated them,” Ballinger said of the rough start.
“Defensively, we weren’t aggressive,” she added. “We didn’t want to
field the ball. We let the ball field us.
“You can’t allow that against the
No. 1 team in the state and expect to
win.”
Sherri Morioka went 2-for-4 for the
Seahawks, who will look to bounce
back at De Anza on Tuesday at 3 p.m.
The loss moves Cabrillo into a threeway tie for first place in the CC-S with
Hartnell and San Jose City.
San Mateo’s Talisa Fiame was 3-for4 with two doubles and four RBIs,
including a two-run double to the gap
in right-center during the Bulldogs’
four-run fifth inning.
Cabrillo’s Clark allowed eight runs
on seven hits. But only Selina Rodriguez’s solo homer to lead off the seventh frame was charged to the San
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mate Brian Folkerts made his entrance
into the world. The gap in age made no
difference.
Garcia threw for seven touchdowns
and Folkerts recorded San Jose’s first
rushing touchdown of the season.
Simmons and Jason Willis each caught
three touchdown passes, while Huey
Whittaker also had a TD reception.
San Jose held the lead for most of
the game, but the Predators’ Simeon
Castille intercepted a pass in the end
zone to deny the SaberCats and help
Orlando take its first lead with 9:22 to
play.
The Predators lost their 11th straight
game on the road and haven’t won in
San Jose since 2001.
Lorenzo Valley High graduate, who
also struck out four batters.
“Clark does a great job for them,”
College of San Mateo coach Nicole
Borg said.
“She’s a very, very effective pitcher. So being able to hit a pitcher like
that, maybe early in the count and
take advantage of everything the other team gives you — it doesn’t really
matter who you play, that’s what you
look for.”
The Seahawks had their chances to
claw back into the game, as the defense
settled behind Clark and kept Cabrillo within a pair of runs until the fifth
inning. But San Mateo pitcher Michele
Pilster, who Clark said after the game
is “probably the best pitcher in NorCal,” kept hitters off balance with an
impressive off-speed pitch. Pilster,
who entered with a 1.22 ERA over 143.2
innings pitched, allowed four hits and
two walks while striking out five.
“Cabrillo’s got a great lineup, so I
thought she did a good job for the most
part,” said Borg, noting Pilster’s ability
to adapt to the strike zone as the game
progressed.
She adapted to the situation as well,
buckling down at the same time Cabrillo was threatening. The Seahawks had
runners on second and third with one
out in the second inning, and a runner on second with one out in the third
inning. Each time, Pilster found a way
out without surrendering a run. She
struck out two batters in the second
while forcing a pair of ground outs in
the third.
“We were guessing on pitches
instead of having an attacking mentality,” said Clark, who was 1-for-3 with
a single. “We were hitting defensively.
We were going up there timid.”
And it allowed Pilster, who issued
two walks in the first two innings, to
get into more of a rhythm as the game
went along.
The remainder of Cabrillo’s games
will come within the South Division.
The Seahahawks have six games
left in the regular season, including
rematches at home against Hartnell
and Monterey, both of which ousted
Cabrillo earlier this month.
“Hopefully,” Clark said of the loss to
San Mateo, “this gives us a kickstart.”