READ THE SERIES: “Unsung Santa Cruz” features Santa Cruzans like Renee Fenker who make the area a better place to live. Credit: Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz 
(Courtesy Boots McGhee) 
READ THE STORY: Cabrillo vice president is charged with embezzlement, misappropriation of funds from former job
Credit: Via Cabrillo College
READ THE STORY: Santa Cruz surfer Nat Young scratches back onto the world tour in honor of his mom Credit: Via Nat Young’s Instagram 
READ THE STORY: UCSC announces remote instruction for first two weeks of winter 2022 quarter
Credit: UC Santa Cruz
READ THE COLUMN: Forget about keeping Santa Cruz weird; have we lost our once-notorious edge entirely? 
READ THE STORY: Rain causes over 18,000 to lose power; evac warning in San Lorenzo Valley Credit: Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz 
READ THE STORY: Omicron in Santa Cruz: First two cases of variant identified in residents in their mid-20s Credit: Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times 
READ THE STORY: Santa Cruz reverses course, votes to move forward on first SB 35 development with 831 Water Street Credit: Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz 
READ THE STORY: Is Santa Cruz’s reported vaccine rate inaccurately low? It just might be because of this UCSC-related quirk 
READ THE STORY: Watsonville Community Hospital reaches preliminary agreement for sale to avoid closure Credit: Nick Ibarra / Lookout Santa Cruz 
READ THE STORY: Greenway submits signatures for proposed initiative on use of rail line Credit: Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission
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