Hello again, friends,
I hope everyone’s week is off to a good start. We’re looking at a mild, classic Santa Cruz day, with clear skies and highs in the mid-60s.
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Wallace Baine — that’s right — Wallace Baine makes a guest appearance, and writes about a new, ambitious arts and multimedia festival called Ripple Effect. It opens up on Thursday, and includes a vast array of exhibits and activities at venues across the county that range a broad number of disciplines including visual and performing arts, photography, stand-up comedy, film, and much more.
Lily Belli reports that salmon fishing finally reopened after a three-year closure, but there are some caveats. Those include staggered fishing seasons and limited quotas to prioritize a careful recovery. In any event, Lily writes that it will allow smaller fishing boats to get back to it once again.
In our Community Voices opinion section, housing advocate and former Santa Cruz mayor Don Lane says that despite the rapid growth in various parts of the city, it still has not built enough housing. In his latest op-ed, he takes a look back, and says that Santa Cruz limited growth for many years.
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The Big Ripple: An ambitious new arts festival hopes to spark a colorful and creative future for the county’s arts community
Ripple Effect, a new, creative arts festival covering the entire county, officially launches on Thursday. It will feature a wide range of activities involving visual and performing arts, film, photography, and much more.
After years of shutdown, commercial salmon season to open May 16, with staggered dates
After a three-year closure, salmon fishing has reopened in the Monterey Bay Area with limited quotas and staggered seasons designed to support a cautious recovery. While the season remains tightly managed, it offers opportunity for smaller, lower-overhead boats — particularly those in Santa Cruz — to get back on the water.
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