Tech prophet Jaron Lanier, now a Santa Cruz local, returns to a primary passion – music
Jaron Lanier is well-known for both his accomplishments in high tech and his criticisms of its effects. But he also maintained a rigorous career as a musician. And now, back in Santa Cruz where he once lived as a busker, he’s returning to his musical roots with a show at Kuumbwa and a new composition to be performed by the Santa Cruz Symphony. Read more from Wallace Baine.
OPINION: A tale of two fumigants, three local schools and formidable ag adversaries
Students at Ohlone Elementary, Pajaro Middle and Hall District Elementary schools in the Pajaro Valley continue to face toxic fumigants drifting from nearby fields, despite years of lawsuits and mounting evidence of cancer risks, activist Woody Rehanek writes in a Community Voices op-ed. California regulators and Monterey County’s agricultural commissioner insist their reviews and safety measures meet the law, but the data, Rehanek insists, tells a different story about safety. Earthjustice lawyers made the wrong argument in July, he says, and failed to address the “big picture” of the cumulative use of pesticides. Read his opinion piece here.
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