Zero-emission buses, groundbreaking on the downtown Santa Cruz transit center and 60 units of downtown Watsonville housing are among the projects to be funded by a grant announced Monday, part of more than $690 million the state of California is spending on transit in 2023.
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Morning Lookout: Big housing numbers vs. small town, CARE Court coming and a mechanic’s view
In this edition of In the Public Interest, Christopher Neely looks at what’s ahead for Community Assistance, Recovery…
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Fears grow as floodwaters threaten to drown this California city and prison complex
The only thing preventing floodwaters from inundating the city of Corcoran is an aging, 14-mile-long wall of dirt. Can it hold?
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The crew manning the Santa Cruz Harbor dredge was tasked with keeping the harbor mouth clear from excessive storm debris…
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In this edition of In the Public Interest, Christopher Neely delves into regional housing allocation numbers, how many…
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Morning Lookout: Watsonville lunch fare, Highway 9 update, 4/20 haze & Student Lookout
A three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that limits can be placed on the use of a car horn in…
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Don’t toot your own horn: Honking is not free speech, judges rule
A three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that limits can be placed on the use of a car horn in the name of public safety.
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Student Lookout: Vegan bites, stress relief recs and some mild film disappointment
UC Santa Cruz and the City of Santa Cruz have been embroiled in a lawsuit since February 2022 over UCSC’s plan to boost…
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Supreme Court sides with FDA on abortion pills, blocks Texas rulings for now
The conservative Supreme Court refused to second-guess the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of abortion pills as safe and effective.
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Oakland Trader Joe’s store becomes first to unionize in California
Workers at the Trader Joe’s store in Oakland’s Rockridge neighborhood voted to unionize, but the national organizing effort suffered a setback.