A blog post this week by a Black Muslim woman details an alleged violent attack by security guards at the Catalyst Club on Santa Cruz’s Pacific Avenue — and a “rude, callous, patronizing and racist” response by police.
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Rising seas, worsening wildfires endanger Big Basin, other California parks
Big Basin, nearly wiped out by fire, remains closed as the state struggles to protect nearly 300 parks from climate change. Solutions are costly: thinning forests, adding sand to beaches, moving parking lots and buildings.
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Morning Lookout: Looking back on a pandemic year, a special environmental report on kelp forests and more
Most middle school children in Watsonville have benefited from a visit to the Watsonville Wetlands. It’s a non-profit…
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Morning Lookout: Environmental injustice in Pajaro Valley, Cabrillo name change, expanded vaccine eligibility
Wild Poppies – a small local olive oil business – was created by two sisters, Kim Null and Jamie de Sieyes. Their…
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Santa Cruz road construction update: Pacific Avenue work north of Beach Street to start today
Traffic will be impacted on Pacific Avenue and Front Street, north of Beach Street and south of Second Street through May. Two other projects — one set for next week and one ongoing — are nearby.
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Santa Cruz County district attorney joins patient safety lawsuit against senior living giant Brookdale
Brookdale operates a senior housing campus in Scotts Valley that isn’t part of the lawsuit, which singles out 10 Brookdale skilled nursing facilities. But District Attorney Jeffrey Rosell says it’s important to be part of the case anyway. Brookdale denies the allegations.
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Here’s why your electricity prices are high and soaring
PG&E customers pay 80% more than national average.
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Cal Fire talks ‘drought and climate change’ while breaking down response to CZU Lightning Complex fires
The first of two virtual community meetings summarized the CZU Lightning Complex fires and covered how conditions were such that 64,000 acres burned within Santa Cruz County in August.
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Don’t forget, it’s almost time to spring ahead one hour
Daylight Saving Time kicks in this weekend. Here’s exactly when, and some background on bi-annual clock changing.
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One year after Breonna Taylor’s death, Santa Cruzans — and a nation — remember
A group of Santa Cruz area residents gathered at the city’s clock tower Saturday to rebuild a Black Lives Matter “altar” exactly one year after Taylor was killed by police in Louisville. Other memorials took place nationwide.