On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expanded the types of COVID booster shots it recommends for Americans, making tens of millions more eligible. Locally, health care providers say they are preparing for the expected spike in demand.
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Future transit preview or limited engagement? Coast Futura will demo Santa Cruz rail option
The battery-powered, zero-emission Coast Futura is offering free rides along the Santa Cruz Branch Rail Line on its clean-energy streetcar. The rides, which must be reserved, will be in Watsonville on Oct. 16-17 and between the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk and Capitola the following weekend.
Posted inEducation
‘Leaving a legacy’: UCSC alumnus and photographer Stephen Louis Marino captures student life through his lens
Stephen Louis Marino graduated from UC Santa Cruz in 1982 but never really left. Marino is not employed by the university, but has taken and donated over 15,000 photos of the UCSC campus and students over the past two decades.
Posted inEnvironment
Save Our Shores hires marine science expert as executive director
Erica Donnelly-Greenan will start her new job as executive director of Save Our Shores on Monday. She takes over for Katherine O’Dea, who announced in April she was stepping down after six-plus years in the position.
Posted inPandemic Life
Simple graduation mirrored a new, simpler existence: One UCSC grad’s newfound perspective
Katharina Pierini first enrolled at UC Santa Cruz in 1994 before life drew her away from her studies. Now a…