In the wake of a fatal bus crash and a damaging California Highway Patrol report that called UC Santa Cruz transit operations “an imminent threat to public safety,” students shared their frustrations at a town hall meeting Friday.
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CHP says UC Santa Cruz transit service ‘imminent danger to public safety’ after shuttle inspections
The California Highway Patrol classified UC Santa Cruz’s transit service as an “imminent danger to public safety” after conducting inspections in the wake of December’s bus crash on campus. UCSC officials say they’re making improvements.
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Santa Cruz Metro floats plan to take over UCSC campus loop bus service
As UC Santa Cruz faces increasing pressure from students and union workers to improve its bus system, campus and Santa Cruz Metro officials say they’re in talks to do just that. Outgoing Metro CEO Michael Tree says the talks are very preliminary for Metro to take over the campus loop buses.
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UCSC plan to scrap housing priority process for a lottery raises alarm among students
Many UC Santa Cruz students are concerned they won’t get on-campus housing next year after officials eliminated its priority-based housing selection process. Campus officials say students shouldn’t lose hope.
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Fate of Ben Lomond’s Alba Schoolhouse uncertain as district mulls sale
After the historic Alba Schoolhouse in Ben Lomond burned down in the 2020 CZU Lightning Complex fire, the school district that owns the property and the community group that was leasing it hoped to rebuild. But insurance payments complicated those plans and now the district is studying how it might be able to sell the property.
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UC delays vote to ban political statements on its websites until March
University of California regents agreed Thursday to delay a vote on limits to what faculty and others can post on university channels until March. Among those speaking out against the proposal is Christine Hong, a professor of critical race and ethnic studies at UC Santa Cruz.
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UCSC event looks deeper into the history behind ‘The 1619 Project’
UC Santa Cruz professor Greg O’Malley leads an in-depth presentation Feb. 1 of what the world was like in 1619, a year that has come under more cultural focus since the 2019 publication of The New York Times long-form journalism work “The 1619 Project.”
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Students deserve a better transportation system – regardless of what caused the fatal December bus crash
Lookout politics columnist Mike Rotkin, who sits on the Regional Transportation Commission and the Santa Cruz Metro board of directors, weighs in on the problems of buses at UC Santa Cruz and the sad death of UCSC bus driver Dan Stevenson. Rotkin, who teaches a course at UCSC through Merrill College, says students deserve better service for the $171 quarterly fees they pay. He thinks a merger with Metro is necessary, but wonders how the transit agency will manage such a complicated deal, given CEO Michael Tree’s imminent departure.
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Cal State faculty ends strike after reaching a tentative contract agreement
California State University faculty agreed to a 5% raise Monday night after months of negotiations, ending what would have been a weeklong strike at the nation’s largest four-year public university system.
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Nearly 500 CSUMB faculty and staff join historic Cal State labor walkout
After months of negotiations, university officials and the faculty union remain far apart on key contract terms. Cal State provided a 5% general raise; the union wants 12% this year.