The Seymour Marine Discovery Center launched a new podcast Tuesday to connect Santa Cruz County’s scientists, problem-solvers and community members. While the new show spotlights local environmental success stories, the studio itself offers an inclusive space for anyone in the community to record and share their message, conservation-focused or not.
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‘Shocking’: What Supreme Court ruling on transgender policy means for California students
In a ruling this week, the Supreme Court blocked California’s policy barring school districts from requiring teachers to “out” transgender students to their parents, unless the students gave permission.
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Cabrillo trustee leaves board meeting after confrontation over racist comments; staff criticize rest of board for inaction
At two consecutive Cabrillo College governing board meetings, trustee Steve Trujillo drew criticism for singling out a Black staff member during a discussion about a racist video and for later invoking his past relationship with a Black partner while defending himself, before abruptly leaving Monday’s meeting. Faculty and staff denounced the remarks and the board’s failure to intervene.
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Santa Cruz City Schools to break ground on county’s first educator workforce housing March 18
Santa Cruz City Schools is set to break ground on an $80 million housing project – the county’s first educator housing complex. The project on the Westside will have studios, one-bedroom apartments, two-bedroom apartments and three-bedroom apartments for 100 staff.
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La junta de Soquel Union Elementary School District considerará despidos mientras maestros y distrito llegan a un punto muerto
La junta del Soquel Union Elementary School District considerará una propuesta de despidos durante su reunión del miércoles, al mismo tiempo que las negociaciones contractuales entre el sindicato de maestros y el distrito se estancan.
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Soquel Union Elementary board to consider layoffs as teachers, district reach impasse
The Soquel Union Elementary School District board is set to consider eliminating nearly 17 full-time-equivalent positions Wednesday as contract negotiations with the teachers union reach an impasse over wages and benefits.
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Big cats, bigger protections: Santa Cruz County mountain lions now listed as threatened
Mountain lions in Santa Cruz County recently gained new protections under the California Endangered Species Act after years as candidates for listing. Protecting six distinct puma populations around the state is a win for many dedicated researchers, but the move heightens the concerns about potential land-use and livestock impacts for developers, ranchers and farmers.
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Wave of California teacher strikes ‘is no coincidence’
The California Teachers Association organized to trigger a wave of negotiations and potential strikes to garner public attention and flex political muscle.
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UCSC alumni to celebrate life and legacy of Tom Lehrer with performance in April
UC Santa Cruz alumni will reunite on April 11 to honor the life and legacy of Tom Lehrer, a beloved math educator as well as American musician, singer-songwriter and satirist who taught at the university for decades and died last summer at 97.
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AI images scandalized a California elementary school. Now the state is pushing new safeguards
Adobe’s artificial intelligence generated sexualized images in response to prompts for a fourth grade book project. The incident coincided with the release of new state guidelines to prevent harmful AI in schools.
