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Weekender: First Friday fun, French opulence at Cabrillo & feting young poets
Santa Cruz County arts and culture get the Wallace Baine treatment. Continue reading…
Transit advocates protest as RTC delays discussion on contested stretch of Coastal Rail Trail
More than 70 rail and trail supporters rallied in front of the Santa Cruz County building on Wednesday to urge the board of supervisors to approve Segments 10 and 11 of the Coastal Rail Trail after the body failed to do so last week. Supporters are growing concerned that a $67.6 million state grant tied to the project could expire with more delays. Continue reading…
An 18-story building proposed downtown promises to be a project ‘Santa Cruz has never seen’
Clocktower Center would reach 192 feet, towering over all existing and proposed buildings in the city of Santa Cruz. Continue reading…
TEDx returns to present a post-pandemic profile of the best of Santa Cruz County
For the first time since the pandemic, TEDx Santa Cruz will present a number of TED talks by local speakers to a local audience, presenting, consciously or not, a profile of what Santa Cruz County believes itself to be. Continue reading…
Israel/Palestine: A Jewish elder’s journey
Octogenarian Sheila Carrillo remembers the joy, the promise of Israel, a new Jewish homeland, elicited in her Jewish family when she was a child. In 2016, her views on Israel shifted greatly after she started learning about the lives of Palestinians. Now she actively campaigns against the current war in Gaza and for Palestinian liberation. Continue reading…
