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Letters to the Editor

Letter to the editor: Of course new buildings will change the Santa Cruz vibe

Letters to the Editor

Letter to the editor: Of course new buildings will change the Santa Cruz vibe

Letters to the Editor

Letter to the editor: As Santa Cruz builds, multistory downtown housing does not have to be ugly

Letters to the Editor

Letter to the editor: As Santa Cruz builds, multistory downtown housing does not have to be ugly

Nightmare or riverfront nirvana — or somewhere in between? What’s the next Santa Cruz going to feel like?

The Anton project at Laurel and Front is only the first of several new major construction projects in the area.

Santa Cruz

Nightmare or riverfront nirvana — or somewhere in between? What’s the next Santa Cruz going to feel like?

By Wallace Baine

Quick Take

Quick, describe the vibe that characterizes what the one-of-a-kind place that is Santa Cruz is known to be. Now, as the...

Opinion from Community Voices

Toward a March 2024 housing bond measure in Santa Cruz

Opinion from Community Voices

Toward a March 2024 housing bond measure in Santa Cruz

By James Weller

Quick Take

James Weller, a local housing advocate, thinks he has an answer to our community’s most vexing issue, the fact that most...
Opinion from Community Voices

New housing is coming to our communities — be part of the process

Opinion from Community Voices

New housing is coming to our communities — be part of the process

By Don Lane, Elizabeth Madrigal

Quick Take

The next six months will be transformative for Santa Cruz County. In that time, each city council and the county board...
Civic Life

In the Public Interest: Is Santa Cruz’s housing plan too dependent on UCSC’s new development?

Civic Life

In the Public Interest: Is Santa Cruz’s housing plan too dependent on UCSC’s new development?

By Christopher Neely

Quick Take

In this week’s edition of In the Public Interest, Christopher Neely examines how projects at UC Santa Cruz fit into the...
Development

Santa Cruz City Council advances plan for more than 3,700 housing units — a fourfold increase — by 2031

Development

Santa Cruz City Council advances plan for more than 3,700 housing units — a fourfold increase — by 2031

By Christopher Neely

Quick Take

It’s full speed ahead for the accelerated building of housing for the city of Santa Cruz over the next eight years....
Development

For 2024, downtown Santa Cruz’s changes will be nothing less than transformational

Development

For 2024, downtown Santa Cruz’s changes will be nothing less than transformational

By Wallace Baine

Quick Take

New residents will start moving into at least three new downtown Santa Cruz apartment buildings in 2024, and the crack...

Civic Life

Health & Wellness

California confronts the threat of ‘tranq’ as overdose crisis rages

Health & Wellness

California confronts the threat of ‘tranq’ as overdose crisis rages

By Brian Rinker

Source: Kaiser Health News

Quick Take

California officials are stepping up efforts to combat the spread of xylazine, a powerful animal sedative that’s...
Civic Life

Keeley’s grassroots vision for Santa Cruz’s housing bond has been messy and complicated

Civic Life

Keeley’s grassroots vision for Santa Cruz’s housing bond has been messy and complicated

By Christopher Neely

Quick Take

Mayor Fred Keeley wants Santa Cruz community members to take the lead in drafting a housing bond measure to put before...
Opinion from Community Voices

If toilet paper is free in dispensers, tampons should be, too: UCSC needs more period equity

Opinion from Community Voices

If toilet paper is free in dispensers, tampons should be, too: UCSC needs more period equity

By Amanda Safi

Quick Take

Third-year student Amanda Safi wants UC Santa Cruz to pay more attention to menstruators. She is a period activist who...
Latest News

Are you a renter in California? Here’s what to know about tenant protections lawmakers are considering

Latest News

Are you a renter in California? Here’s what to know about tenant protections lawmakers are considering

By Hannah Wiley

Source: Los Angeles Times

Quick Take

California lawmakers introduced bills this year to strengthen rules against high rents and evictions. Landlords and...

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Health

UC Santa Cruz

One of the biggest extinction events in the planet’s history is happening again — in Santa Cruz

UC Santa Cruz

One of the biggest extinction events in the planet’s history is happening again — in Santa Cruz

By Corinne Purtill

Source: Los Angeles Times

Quick Take

Scientists are using a UC Santa Cruz greenhouse to recreate the mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs. They want...
Health & Wellness

Opioid overdose meds will soon be available over the counter in Santa Cruz, but accessibility issues remain

Health & Wellness

Opioid overdose meds will soon be available over the counter in Santa Cruz, but accessibility issues remain

By Max Chun

Quick Take

A new opioid overdose-reversing drug called Opvee is expected to be available over the counter later this year. Santa...
Health & Wellness

Three decades, 10,000 babies and one pandemic later, county health officer Gail Newel announces retirement

Health & Wellness

Three decades, 10,000 babies and one pandemic later, county health officer Gail Newel announces retirement

By Max Chun

Quick Take

Dr. Gail Newel is officially making her four-year stint as Santa Cruz County health officer the final chapter of her...
Health & Wellness

CDC warns of an mpox rebound outbreak this summer

Health & Wellness

CDC warns of an mpox rebound outbreak this summer

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu

Source: Los Angeles Times

Quick Take

A sudden cluster of new cases of the virus formerly known as monkeypox is leading health officials to call for renewed...

Environment

Environment

Great white sharks more common off California coast than previously thought, study says

Environment

Great white sharks more common off California coast than previously thought, study says

By Christian Martinez

Source: Los Angeles Times

Quick Take

If you have swum in the ocean off the coast of Santa Barbara or San Diego recently, chances are you swam next to a young...
Environment

Central Valley flooding offers birds bountiful water; will it also poison them?

Environment

Central Valley flooding offers birds bountiful water; will it also poison them?

By Susanne Rust

Source: Los Angeles Times

Quick Take

Central Valley flooding has raised a new potential threat to migrating birds: massive die-offs from...
Environment

Grazing goats prevent California wildfires — but new salary rules could jeopardize industry

Environment

Grazing goats prevent California wildfires — but new salary rules could jeopardize industry

By Grace Toohey

Source: Los Angeles Times

Quick Take

Goats have become a sustainable way to reduce wildfire fuel in California. But new labor requirements for herders might...
Environment

Juvenile salmon to be released Wednesday at Santa Cruz Wharf

Environment

Juvenile salmon to be released Wednesday at Santa Cruz Wharf

By Jessica M. Pasko

Quick Take

State officials and the nonprofit Monterey Bay Salmon and Trout Project are set to release 160,000 juvenile chinook...

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City Life

Working in Santa Cruz

How I Got My Job: UCSC student Anna Cummins molds passion for pottery into thriving business

Working in Santa Cruz

How I Got My Job: UCSC student Anna Cummins molds passion for pottery into thriving business

By Kaya Henkes-Power

Quick Take

Potter and UC Santa Cruz student Anna Cummins has amassed hundreds of thousands of followers across social media...
City Life

Dancing Waters: Ambitious new downtown public art project to reflect water’s centrality to Santa Cruz history and culture

City Life

Dancing Waters: Ambitious new downtown public art project to reflect water’s centrality to Santa Cruz history and culture

By Wallace Baine

Quick Take

Mosaic artists are working on a stained-glass art piece that is expected to be unveiled sometime in June on what is...
Food & Drink

From cod to squid salad, H&H Fresh Fish offers more than just salmon at Santa Cruz County farmers markets

Food & Drink

From cod to squid salad, H&H Fresh Fish offers more than just salmon at Santa Cruz County farmers markets

By Jean Yi

Quick Take

H&H Fresh Fish started off as a way for Hans Haveman to sell his salmon catch. Now, it mostly gets its catch from other...
Food & Drink

The dish on Nita Gizdich and her fabulous pies

Food & Drink

The dish on Nita Gizdich and her fabulous pies

By Laura Sutherland

Quick Take

Nita Gizdich has been making her famous pies for 57 years. Yes, you can buy them in shops around Santa Cruz County, but...

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