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Week in Review: Dead Body, Rent Control Repeal and a Marijuana Arrest

Catch up on last week's headlines from Capitola and Soquel right here.

News broke this week in the areas of city government, entertainment, business and crime. If you weren't around to read it the first time, check out what you missed below.

All seven former employees of the Borders Express at the Capitola Mall will be in the same location. The store will be called Inklings Books & Things, and it's set to open by Nov. 1.

After years of legal dispute between Ron Reed (the owner of Surf and Sand Mobile Home Park) and the City of Capitola, the city council has finally , potentially putting many senior citizens out of their homes at the park. 

Find out what's happening in Capitola-Soquelwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

A surfing movie starring Gerard Butler was shot at the beach off of 38th Avenue this week. Check out photo galleries from the shoot and .

A dead body was on Monday. The autopsy was later delayed, but the body was .

Find out what's happening in Capitola-Soquelwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

On Monday, we reported on the from the week prior. Then on Wednesday, a man was arrested for in his house.

We continued and finished our series of features on the forensic anthropology work of the Santa Cruz Sheriff's department this week. Check out on cold cases that have been solved with new technology and on new fingerprint devices the county is using.

Lastly, we this week. Sherinian was raised in Capitola and is now on tour with Billy Idol.

Stay tuned to Capitola-Soquel Patch this week as we keep up with "The X-Factor" and an exciting Capitola Book Cafe event. 


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