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UCSC student leads charge to provide free menstrual products to students on campus
UC Santa Cruz second-year Amanda Safi believes that if toilet paper is free in public restrooms, menstrual products should be too. She’s on a mission to ensure that youth, who can’t afford menstrual products, have access to free pads and tampons.
Posted inEvents, Health & Wellness
Families complain as states require COVID testing for nursing home visits
Relatives say it is important they be allowed to go into nursing homes because staff shortages are affecting care. And many are still upset about lengthy separations from loved ones during lockdowns earlier in the pandemic.
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‘A day on, not a day off’: Volunteering on MLK Day
Solo and in groups, Santa Cruzans took to heart a day of service to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday.
Posted inEvents, Politics & Policy
Yay or nay: How some Santa Cruz business owners view the mixed-use library project
A mixed-use project under development review by the Santa Cruz City Council has become increasingly controversial. Lookout spoke to business owners in the downtown area to gauge their thoughts on the proposal for a new library building and affordable housing complex.
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The real story behind a tech founder’s ‘tweetstorm that saves Christmas’
Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen knows logistics. After touring the Port of L.A., he came up with some solutions to the container ship backlog.
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Video Interview: Getting to know Cosmic, a Santa Cruz-based social impact creative agency
Lookout’s own Ashley Holmes sits down with Eric Ressler, Founder and Creative Director at Cosmic, a Santa Cruz-based creative agency, to talk about their work with social impact organizations both locally and across the US.
Posted inEvents, Housing & Development
Watching the sky warily: CZU fire families worry about rebuilds as rain starts
Santa Cruz County residents looking to rebuild after the CZU Complex fire last year are worried about how the rainy season will affect things. Making things more complicated, some are running up against insurance deadlines.
Posted inEvents, K-12 Education
What to know about universal transitional kindergarten
Universal transitional kindergarten will essentially become California’s version of a universal preschool program, available to all 4-year-olds regardless of income.
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Staying connected while remote. 4 tips for success with a distributed team from local creative agency, Cosmic
Local creative agency, Cosmic, successfully transitioned from working in person to growing into a continent-spanning distributed team. They share four guiding principles aimed at helping other companies navigate the change.