Santa Cruz County’s move into the orange tier of COVID-19 restrictions on Wednesday allowed for various businesses to reopen — including the beloved Yoga studios.
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Seeking ‘safety & community’: College minister forms local Asian American group, plans vigil to grieve, heal
In the wake of the Atlanta-area shootings, Stephanie Cheung took to social media to organize a group for Santa Cruz’s Asian American community. On Saturday, the new group is holding a vigil at the county administrative building to gather in solidarity for the victims in Georgia and Asian American elders who have been attacked and killed.
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‘I don’t deserve to be called that’: Asian American teens in Santa Cruz County talk race, identity, pain
With an ongoing national reckoning over the treatment of Asian Americans, Lookout assembled a group of Santa Cruz area teens and tweens to come together for a discussion about their experiences.
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The Hashimoto doctrine: Keep vigilant against racism and stand up for civil rights for Asian Americans
Through the thriving Watsonville-Santa Cruz chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League, Watsonville’s Mas and Marcia Hashimoto are keeping vigilant against racism and violence — which they say they’ve experienced their entire lives.
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‘I might be dead right now’: Asian man describes brutal attack on S.F. street
A string of attacks against Asian residents in the Bay Area has left members of the Asian American community on edge.
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Does California need a hotline for reporting hate crimes? Just ask Atlanta
Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi (D-Rolling Hills Estates) has proposed a hotline to report hate crimes to the California Department of Justice.
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California approves ethnic studies curriculum for K-12 schools after years of debate
California’s top education policy making body voted Thursday to adopt a model curriculum in ethnic studies, ending a years-long and tortuous debate over the content and place of such coursework in public education in the state.
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Asian Americans have been verbally and physically attacked, shunned during pandemic, study shows
About 68% of the anti-Asian attacks documented during the pandemic were verbal harassment, 21% were shunning and 11% were physical assaults.
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UC Santa Cruz alum Gillian Welch takes home folk-music Grammy
Welch, a child of Hollywood who credits Santa Cruz for turning her toward traditional music, came away with a Grammy for Best Folk Album Sunday.
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PHOTOS | ‘We’ve been waiting for this’: Santa Cruz County returns to red tier
Santa Cruz County residents and businesses moved to the less restrictive red tier Wednesday … again. From working out to eating and drinking up, life moved closer to normal.