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From Hell to the Hall of Fame: The astonishing story of Sandy Stone

By Wallace Baine

Longtime Santa Cruz County resident Sandy Stone has been named to the National Women’s Hall of Fame, the first transgender woman so honored, thanks to her amazing contributions in everything from computer science to music to transgender studies.

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10 hot jobs in Santa Cruz County: Week of April 26

Are you on the lookout for a new career path in Santa Cruz County? Look no further! We’ve curated a list of the top 10 Santa Cruz County job opportunities recently posted to our job board, spanning various industries and roles.




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RTC needs to answer hard questions about rail trail

The Regional Transportation Commission has not done its job on the rail-trail debate, writes local activist Jack Brown. Here, he offers 12 questions he believes commissioners have failed to answer. Brown supported Measure D, the 2022 Greenway ballot initiative calling for a trail-only option. He says Santa Cruz County has lost too much time and money on a flawed idea.

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Board of supervisors has what it needs to move rail-trail project forward

The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors needs to vote Tuesday to move forward with the coastal rail-trail project, writes Matt Farrell, board chair of Santa Cruz County Friends of the Rail and Trail. If not, our community won’t meet the state’s requirements to receive nearly $68 million in state grant funding, he says. Two supervisors, Manu Koenig and Bruce McPherson, voted no on the most recent round.

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