In the Press

2016

Discarded needle count pushes 12,000
Santa Cruz Sentinel (9/19/2016)
While Cube’s praise for the city of Santa Cruz’s efforts at transparency and accountability for discarded needles was high, she was critical of Santa Cruz County efforts in informing the public and responding to their concerns

KRON 4 Bay Area Video
NBC Bay Area News
Take Back Santa Cruz "Hug Cops and Trees" T - Shirts featured (July 2016)

Santa Cruz demonstrators call for an end to violence
“We as a community have to come together and we need to find the commonalities and we need to find the stable discourse where we can talk about what is going on in our society,” said Cube. Cube told KION that it is going to require active leadership for this country to get to better place. “We have to find the right people to take us in the right direction. Otherwise, it will just continue to dissolve into violence,” said Cube. KION (July 8, 2016)

TBSC Founder Analicia Cube and EC members David Giannini and Gabrielle Korte sat down with Neil Pearlberg this last Wednesday to talk community on the KSCO Hour Long Show. (June 2016)

Group reports over 200 dirty needles found in Santa Cruz County
More used needles are turning up in public areas around Santa Cruz County. KION (June 10, 2016)

Santa Cruz leaders on state of the city
TBSC leader Analicia Cube interviewed as part of the report on the first ever "State of the City" meeting. Improving the quality of life of our city.
KION (May 17, 2016)

Weekend weather litters beaches in Santa Cruz County
Local community group “Take Back Santa Cruz” issued a call of action to its members on Sunday, to help clean up local beaches including Seabright ...
KION (March 9, 2016)

Hits and Misses: Needle number shocks but its the ugly truth
The truth is that TBSC has successfully helped keep this community’s ugly drug and discarded-needle problem in front of the public. It’s not easy to look at it, but the group deserves thanks for keeping it out there.
Santa Cruz Sentinel (February 22, 2016)

In three years, group collects 10,000 discarded syringes in Santa Cruz County
A Santa Cruz group that has collected and tracked discarded syringes for more than three years reached a milestone this month. It collected its 10,000th syringe.
Santa Cruz Sentinel (February 21, 2016)

Report: 4 Year Old Has Corralitos Needle Stick Injury
Take Back Santa Cruz’s Needles Solutions Team says an eighth person - the fourth child - has been stuck with a needle left in public
Santa Cruz Patch (January 17, 2016)

Drug Needles Wash Onto Santa Cruz beaches during El Nino
TBSC Needle Solutions Team alerts the press
KSBW (January 12, 2016)

Storm Flow Brings Syringes to Santa Cruz Beach
Santa Cruz Sentinel (January 12, 2016)