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With growing popularity of tech like ChatGPT, county restricts AI for hiring, requires more public disclosure

Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors meeting on Sept. 19, 2023.

With growing popularity of tech like ChatGPT, county restricts AI for hiring, requires more public disclosure

By Christopher Neely

Quick Take

In a unanimous vote Tuesday, the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors approved a policy on artificial intelligence...

Business & Technology

Santa Cruz medtech company Capstan Medical raises $31.4 million in new funding round, looks to local expansion

Capstan Medical founder Dan Wallace, the Westside medtech startup's chief technology officer, and CEO Maggie Nixon (right).

Business & Technology

Santa Cruz medtech company Capstan Medical raises $31.4 million in new funding round, looks to local expansion

By Jessica M. Pasko

Quick Take

Capstan Medical, founded in 2020, is developing a minimally invasive technology to treat mitral and tricuspid valve...

Opinion from Community Voices

Could Dave have talked HAL into opening the pod doors if HAL was an advanced AGI?

A scene of a spaceship from the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey"

Opinion from Community Voices

Could Dave have talked HAL into opening the pod doors if HAL was an advanced AGI?

By Doug Erickson

Quick Take

Doug Erickson, Santa Cruz tech guru and founder of Santa Cruz Works, helps us understand artificial intelligence by...

Wildfires

As California fires worsen, can AI come to the rescue?

Wildfires

As California fires worsen, can AI come to the rescue?

By Hayley Smith

Source: Los Angeles Times

Quick Take

Cal Fire is the first fire agency to use artificial intelligence to look for signs of wildfires and directly alert...
Aptos

Aptos, Microsoft’s new default font, chosen for the community’s ‘widely ranging landscape and climate’

Aptos

Aptos, Microsoft’s new default font, chosen for the community’s ‘widely ranging landscape and climate’

By Hillary Ojeda

Quick Take

Aptos is a sans serif font, which is designed to be easily readable and features letters that are simpler, with fewer...
Opinion from Community Voices

AI is our friend, even in Santa Cruz County. Why are we so afraid of it?

Opinion from Community Voices

AI is our friend, even in Santa Cruz County. Why are we so afraid of it?

By Doug Erickson

Quick Take

Local tech guru and Santa Cruz Works co-founder Doug Erickson ponders the fear surrounding artificial intelligence and...
Wallace Baine

In the Age of Doomscrolling, how do we find hope in the always-on drumbeat of bad news?

Wallace Baine

In the Age of Doomscrolling, how do we find hope in the always-on drumbeat of bad news?

By Wallace Baine

Quick Take

The central experience of our era is a constant, surround-sound, 24/7, weaponized and ruthlessly engineered sense of...
Business & Technology

Joby Aviation opens new Santa Cruz office, where another revolutionary company once did business

Business & Technology

Joby Aviation opens new Santa Cruz office, where another revolutionary company once did business

By Wallace Baine

Quick Take

Monday was another landmark moment in the unfolding story of Joby Aviation, as the company welcomed more than 100 local...

Civic Life

Higher Ed

How small is too small? UC Regents delay approval of new UCLA dorm, questioning room size

Higher Ed

How small is too small? UC Regents delay approval of new UCLA dorm, questioning room size

By Teresa Watanabe

Source: Los Angeles Times

Quick Take

UCLA is planning a student housing project offering most rooms for just $600 a month — but just 265 square feet for...
Weather

California home insurers plan return to fire zones under new deal

Weather

California home insurers plan return to fire zones under new deal

By Sam Dean

Source: Los Angeles Times

Quick Take

Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced Thursday that he struck a deal with the insurance industry to encourage...
Watsonville

Sutter executive Stephen Gray chosen as new CEO of Watsonville Community Hospital

Watsonville

Sutter executive Stephen Gray chosen as new CEO of Watsonville Community Hospital

By Hillary Ojeda

Quick Take

Watsonville Community Hospital’s governing board is set to vote next Wednesday to appoint Stephen Gray as its next CEO....
K-12 Education

‘Kids are having to use their deadname’: Students say gender policies make schools feel unsafe

K-12 Education

‘Kids are having to use their deadname’: Students say gender policies make schools feel unsafe

By Melissa Gomez

Source: Los Angeles Times

Quick Take

New policies requiring schools to notify parents if a student is gender-nonconforming are seeping into campus culture in...

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Health

Opinion from Community Voices

Anderson Cooper is helping me understand grief — and podcasting

Opinion from Community Voices

Anderson Cooper is helping me understand grief — and podcasting

By Claudia Sternbach

Quick Take

Lookout columnist Claudia Sternbach has fallen for Anderson Cooper. His podcast, anyway. On it, he unpacks his grief at...
Civic Life

California Planned Parenthood employees unionize, say they’re overworked as abortions increase

Civic Life

California Planned Parenthood employees unionize, say they’re overworked as abortions increase

By Shreya Agrawal

Source: CalMatters

Quick Take

Planned Parenthood clinics in Southern California saw a sharp increase in abortions after the Supreme Court struck down...
Health & Wellness

Updated COVID vaccine to hit Santa Cruz County providers within weeks following FDA approval

Health & Wellness

Updated COVID vaccine to hit Santa Cruz County providers within weeks following FDA approval

By Max Chun

Quick Take

The Food and Drug Administration approved the newest COVID vaccine booster Monday, and it is expected to become...
Opinion from Community Voices

I had never been arrested for anything. But I got addicted to crack and woke up in jail in Santa Cruz at 50.

Opinion from Community Voices

I had never been arrested for anything. But I got addicted to crack and woke up in jail in Santa Cruz at 50.

By Justin Marc

Quick Take

Justin Marc, a second-generation Santa Cruz milkman, spent 19 months in jail in Santa Cruz for check fraud, fueled by an...

Environment

Environment

El Niño is getting stronger, and odds are tilting toward another wet winter for California

Environment

El Niño is getting stronger, and odds are tilting toward another wet winter for California

By Hayley Smith

Source: Los Angeles Times

Quick Take

There is a 95% chance that El Niño will persist into next year, and a 71% chance that it will become a “strong” El Niño,...
Latest News

Smoky conditions in Santa Cruz County expected through late Thursday, potentially Friday

Latest News

Smoky conditions in Santa Cruz County expected through late Thursday, potentially Friday

By Hillary Ojeda

Quick Take

Smoky winds from the wildfires in far northern California and southern Oregon are bringing smoke to the Santa Cruz area,...
Environment

Thousands of California wells are at risk of drying up despite landmark water law

Environment

Thousands of California wells are at risk of drying up despite landmark water law

By Ian James

Source: Los Angeles Times

Quick Take

Researchers examined plans for managing groundwater in the Central Valley. They found local plans leave thousands of...
Environment

San Diego closes off a sea lion hot spot where selfie-taking humans are just too much

Environment

San Diego closes off a sea lion hot spot where selfie-taking humans are just too much

By Jeremy Childs

Source: Los Angeles Times

Quick Take

The San Diego City Council voted unanimously to temporarily close access to Point La Jolla year-round due to dangerous...

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City Life

Food & Drink

Izzy’s Ices brings East Coast Italian ice to downtown Santa Cruz

Food & Drink

Izzy’s Ices brings East Coast Italian ice to downtown Santa Cruz

By Lily Belli

Quick Take

Italian ice, a popular frozen treat back East that’s like “a cross between a snow cone and gelato,” has found its way...
City Life

Midtown Fridays ending season with a bang as organizer celebrates a milestone

City Life

Midtown Fridays ending season with a bang as organizer celebrates a milestone

By Wallace Baine

Quick Take

The Sept. 29 edition of Midtown Fridays will be double the size of the usual block party along Soquel Avenue, with Santa...
Food & Drink

Pouring Hispanic culture into craft beer, Buena Vista Brewing booms

Food & Drink

Pouring Hispanic culture into craft beer, Buena Vista Brewing booms

By Lily Belli

Quick Take

At Buena Vista Brewing Co., Chuck and Phil Ornelas channel their Hispanic heritage into their beers. Just four years...
Food & Drink

Introducing Lookout wine correspondent Laurie Love: Fall harvest, Bargetto turns 90, nebbiolo in Santa Cruz

Food & Drink

Introducing Lookout wine correspondent Laurie Love: Fall harvest, Bargetto turns 90, nebbiolo in Santa Cruz

By Laurie Love

Quick Take

In the launch of Laurie Love on Wine, meet Lookout’s new wine correspondent, get an update on harvest and vineyard...

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