On the second day of the UC Santa Cruz grad student strike, dozens of picketers and supporters gathered at both campus entrances. School administrators announced that instruction would be moved online through at least Wednesday in case pro-Palestinian demonstrators at the base of campus blocked the entrance. The state Public Employment Relations Board said it expects to issue a decision by the end of the week on the University of California’s request to declare the strike unlawful.
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Aptos High School shelters in place due to mountain lion sighting
Aptos High School students and staff sheltered in place Tuesday afternoon after a parent spotted a mountain lion on the baseball field.
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Scorching schoolyards: California groups want more trees, less asphalt at schools
Too few trees at California’s schools mean there’s little protecting students from a warming planet. Here’s how advocates say the state can pay for more shade.
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UC Santa Cruz student workers launch strike over treatment of pro-Palestine protesters
Nearly 1,500 UC Santa Cruz graduate student workers walked off the job on Monday after the union voted to strike in protest of how the University of California, at multiple campuses, used police to arrest pro-Palestine protesters and clear encampments. The student organization running UCSC’s encampment announced that it was moving the encampment from Quarry Plaza to the base of campus in solidarity with the strikers.
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What can exoplanets teach us about love? Astrophysicist Melodie Kao on science and what it means to humans
Astrophysicist Melodie Kao had a rocky road to recognition. In 2016, while still a graduate student, she and her team discovered the first aurorae beyond our solar system, among other phenomena. No one believed her at first, but in today’s golden age of exoplanet research, the team’s finds have opened a new window into these faraway worlds. Kao has spent the past year at UC Santa Cruz as a postdoctoral fellow deepening her research, but now she is leaving for a new job. She talked to Lookout about the find, the ensuing controversy, and why science taught her how to love.
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UC Santa Cruz grad workers prepare to be first among UC’s to strike, starting Monday
About 2,000 UC Santa Cruz graduate workers including teaching assistants and researchers plan to be the first among the University of California campuses to strike starting Monday. Those participating would stop all teaching and wind down their research work after their union voted this week to authorize a strike to protest how some University of California campuses have responded to pro-Palestine encampments.
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Live Oak School District sees more unrest as superintendent letter surprises parents, teachers
Live Oak School District parents and teachers say they were surprised to read a recent letter from the outgoing superintendent about the district’s budget crisis. In it, Daisy Morales disagreed with a County Office of Education financial assessment, leveling allegations that county superintendent Faris Sabbah rejected.
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Tensions escalate for UC Santa Cruz pro-Palestine encampment
Following more than two weeks of UC Santa Cruz students holding an encampment for Palestine in the center of the university campus, administrators and students issued statements Thursday showing that they could be approaching a breaking point.
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After UCSC encampment students block intersection, protests remain in place
UC Santa Cruz students in support of Palestine blocked Hagar Drive and Steinhart Way on Wednesday. The students, who launched the encampment May 1, say they have no plans to leave the camp. UCSC officials said they were disappointed in the Wednesday action.
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Newsom’s budget proposal ditches promise to fund 5 years of growth for UC and Cal State
With California facing a multibillion-dollar deficit, the latest version of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget cuts funding by a combined $200 million for the state’s two public university systems.
