RIDE/ROOM SHARING: For those wanting to share rides to and/or rooms in Santa Cruz, we’ve set up a self-organizing forum at Google Groups:
http://groups.google.com/group/mediasummit
Please post your needs here and try to find partners…
For room reservations, please contact the University Inn & Conference Center directly and tell them you are booking for the “Publicizing Truths with Consequence” conference. They have a very simple website that gives you some sense of the place and services offered – click here to view .
University Inn & Conference Center
611 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Phone: 831-426-7100
Toll Free: 1-866-827-2466
Fax: 831-429-1044
Other Recommended Options (near, neat and cheap)
– Click on names for websites
Travel Lodge Santa Cruz Riviera
619 Riverside Avenue
Broadway & Riverside, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060
Phone: 831-423-9515
Fax: 831-423-1159
E-Mail: Kenblala@yahoo.com
Continental Inn
414 Ocean Street
Santa Cruz, California 95060
Hotel: 831-429-1221
Fax: 831-426-8561
Reservations: 800-343-6941
Santa Cruz Hostel : Carmalita Cottages
321 Main St., Santa Cruz, CA 95060
1-831-423-8304/ 1-888-GO-HI-USA
Group Reservation:1-831-429-8541 / groups@hi-santacruz.org
Reservation by internet: click here
Email: info@hi-santacruz.org
Ocean Pacific Lodge
301 Pacific Ave Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Phone: (831) 457-1234
We shall also soon have some homestay opportunities with Santa Cruz residents – please check back in late December for details and contact info.
TRANSPORTATION
San Jose Airport <-> UCSC University Inn & Conference Center
Earlybird Airport Shuttle
– charges by trip, not person – $73 for up to 3 passengers, each extra passenger $10 more
Phone: (831) 462-3933
Fax: (831) 462-6946
Earlybirdshuttle@aol.com
Santa Cruz Airporter
– 9 passenger van ferries guests to/from the San Jose Airport every 90 min from 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM – $40/person
Phone:(831) 475-0234
No website
OFFSITE TOURISTO INFO
http://www.ci.santa-cruz.ca.us/pr/parksrec/photogallery/thumb_sanlorenzopark.htm
San Lorenzo River directly to the
Pacific Garden Mall and downtown:
Click here for Google Map of area and Eateries
Welcome to Red. Lounge in front of the fire place with friends, great food, and cocktails at Red Restaurant and Bar. Red offers large, small, and shared plates made primarily with organic ingredients and inspired by a variety of influences including American and Mediterranean cuisine. Red Restaurant and Bar is sophisticated and elegant with menus that are fun and young. Open for dinner and late night dining, Red is located upstairs in the Historic Santa Cruz Hotel at the corner of Cedar and Locust in downtown Santa Cruz.
Santa Cruz Parks:
http://www.ci.santa-cruz.ca.us/pr/parksrec/
Santa Cruz local news media
http://www.cruzio.com/local_info/news_media.html
Santa Cruz local info:
http://www.cruzio.com/local_info/index.html
Santa Cruz Visitors Center:
http://www.santacruz.org/index.shtml
University Inn:
http://www.ucscinn.com/
FOR THOSE DRIVING
Santa Cruz is located on California’s Monterey Bay – 75 miles south of San Francisco, 45 miles north of Monterey and Carmel, and just over the coastal mountains from Silicon Valley and the San Jose International Airport. Detailed maps available here!
GENERAL INFO
Dates: January 25~27, 2008
Location: UCSC Inn & Conference Center
Registration cost: $50 / Stuidents $30 (requires student ID)
Room rates: Single occupancy: $90; Double: $45: Triple: $30 (plus 10% tax)
Website: www.truthemergency.us
Email contact: \n janice@911truth.org
Phone contact: 785-597-5729