In search of ‘QSC’: A quintessential Santa Cruz Day
What constitutes a “quintessential” Santa Cruz day? Maybe it’s good coffee, a breakfast burrito, visits to Santa Cruz’s most iconic vistas and a reminder of what makes downtown so compelling as a reflection of the city’s unique personality. Wallace Baine offers his agenda.
10 hot jobs in Santa Cruz County: Week of June 6
Looking for a new job in Santa Cruz County? Explore the top 10 exciting job opportunities across industries like education, health care and more. Your next career move starts here!
Community gathers to repaint Black Lives Matter mural
Community members and Santa Cruz city leaders gathered Saturday to repaint the Black Lives Matter mural in front of city hall, marking the fifth year since the public art piece was first created and the second time in two years it was repaired after an act of vandalism. Kevin Painchaud was on hand.
22 miles, 9 stops and $4.3 billion: RTC unveils vision for 30-minute train service in Santa Cruz County
Passenger train service between Santa Cruz and Pajaro could cost $4.28 billion to build and up to $41 million annually to operate, according to a new report detailing the vision for a 22-mile rail network through Santa Cruz County. Read more here.
Santa Cruz’s MAGLeft needs to rethink its dangerous rhetoric on Palestine
Wynn Hausser, a member of Temple Beth El and a lifelong advocate for social and racial justice, responds to a recent Lookout op-ed about the dangers of conflating pro-Palestinian rhetoric with antisemitism. He believes the authors, three Jewish women, are ignoring “the excesses of the anti-Zionist/Free Palestine movement and the consequences of its hateful rhetoric.” Read his Community Voices opinion piece here.
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