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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‘Books shouldn’t gather dust’: Chef David Kinch to sell personal culinary library at Bad Animal
World-renowned chef and Santa Cruz resident David Kinch will sell his personal collection of culinary books at downtown’s Bad Animal on Feb. 3 and Feb. 4.
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Santa Cruz City Council votes to cut down 120-foot downtown redwood tree
A 120-foot redwood tree at the corner of Walnut Avenue and Lincoln Street will meet its end after the Santa Cruz City Council voted to chop it down. The decision didn’t come without some sparks, however.
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More than a month in, how has Santa Cruz’s oversized vehicle ordinance gone so far?
The City of Santa Cruz has handed out more than 200 citations as part of its controversial overnight parking ban, which took effect Dec. 4. City staff say everyone seeking overnight safe parking has been able to access the program, but homeless service providers and ordinance opponents remained concerned about the law’s wider implications.
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Santa Cruz group brings a keen eye to the highest aspirations of fine-art photography
Pixel Printers of Santa Cruz represent eight fine-art local photographers all focused on emphasizing the power of the image as printed on paper. The Pixels’ new group show opens Friday at the R. Blitzer Gallery.
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Former Olympian, acclaimed swim coach Richard Thornton died of accidental drowning
Legendary Bay Area coach Richard Thornton’s Jan. 4 death at The Hook in Pleasure Point has been ruled an accidental drowning, according to the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office. He was 65.
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‘He was always really giving’: Family, coworkers remember UCSC bus driver Dan Stevenson as smart and caring
More than a month after the Dec. 12 bus crash on the UC Santa Cruz campus, family members and coworkers of Dan Stevenson, who died Dec. 29 from injuries sustained in the crash, remembered him as a caring person who loved a good laugh and said they are still reeling from the accident.
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Santa Cruz mayor receives verbal apology from teen who made anonymous death threat following cease-fire vote
Fallout from the Santa Cruz City Council’s decision Jan. 10 to reject a cease-fire resolution escalated to an anonymous death threat made against Mayor Fred Keeley, one police said they found credible. This week, the maker of the threat was identified.
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Court dismisses professor’s free speech lawsuit against UCSC over DEI statement
A federal court judge dismissed a lawsuit against UC Santa Cruz senior officials on Friday over the school’s requirement that candidates for academic positions submit a diversity statement with their applications. The judge ruled that John D. Haltigan hadn’t proved that he had standing. Haltigan alleged the school’s policy violated his free speech rights.
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Dolphin Restaurant, damaged in December storm surge, awaits its fate on Santa Cruz Wharf
A storm surge at the end of December damaged several pilings on the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf directly under the Dolphin, a 63-year-old diner. The City of Santa Cruz, which owns the building and the wharf, hasn’t yet determined whether the Dolphin will need to be demolished and rebuilt in order to make repairs.