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COVID K-12

California schools back with fewer COVID rules, lagging vaccine rate. Winter surge coming?

A student in a mask arrives at a Los Angeles school.

California schools back with fewer COVID rules, lagging vaccine rate. Winter surge coming?

By Rong-Gong Lin II, Luke Money

Source: Los Angeles Times

Quick Take

Health experts are watching to see how schools do without expansive masking and testing for COVID-19, especially with...

Affordability, teacher housing, student well-being: Superintendent outlines county’s top challenges

Santa Cruz County Superintendent of Schools Faris Sabbah

K-12 Education

Affordability, teacher housing, student well-being: Superintendent outlines county’s top challenges

By Hillary Ojeda

Quick Take

As schools welcomed students back to classrooms this past week, education leaders, including Santa Cruz County...

Time, turnover, parent pushback: Superintendent Tanya Krause details challenges as she pursues equity in Scotts Valley

Tanya Krause, superintendent of the Scotts Valley Unified School District, at a vaccination clinic

K-12 Education

Time, turnover, parent pushback: Superintendent Tanya Krause details challenges as she pursues equity in Scotts Valley

By Hillary Ojeda

Quick Take

Santa Cruz County’s fourth-largest school district is seeing a 30% turnover of staff this year amid issues of...

COVID K-12

CDC: Masks can come off in schools unless COVID metrics are high

COVID K-12

CDC: Masks can come off in schools unless COVID metrics are high

By Matt Barnum

Source: Chalkbeat

Quick Take

Though the state of California isn’t aiming to revisit its guidance on masks in schools until next week, the federal...
COVID K-12

What is social emotional learning? Branciforte Middle parents, educators and students provide insights

COVID K-12

What is social emotional learning? Branciforte Middle parents, educators and students provide insights

By Hillary Ojeda

Quick Take

Education agencies across the country have been working for years to implement social emotional learning programs in...
COVID K-12

How Santa Cruz County’s public schools have avoided the higher absence rates, sickouts seen elsewhere

COVID K-12

How Santa Cruz County’s public schools have avoided the higher absence rates, sickouts seen elsewhere

By Hillary Ojeda

Quick Take

While Santa Cruz County public schools have taken on the burden of teaching students in person during a pandemic,...
COVID K-12

Next step in keeping Santa Cruz schools going: ‘Substantial Exposure.’ What we know about that new protocol

COVID K-12

Next step in keeping Santa Cruz schools going: ‘Substantial Exposure.’ What we know about that new protocol

By Hillary Ojeda

Quick Take

As COVID-19 continues to challenge school districts’ responses to unprecedented rates of transmission in their...
COVID K-12

‘We’re in this together’: Pajaro Valley schools return to class amid Omicron and surge of absences

COVID K-12

‘We’re in this together’: Pajaro Valley schools return to class amid Omicron and surge of absences

By Hillary Ojeda

Quick Take

Santa Cruz County’s largest school district returned to school this week as the Omicron variant continues to contribute...

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

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...
Civic Life

Parking battle leaves Santa Cruz County’s lone national monument gated from the public

Civic Life

Parking battle leaves Santa Cruz County’s lone national monument gated from the public

By Christopher Neely

Quick Take

More than six years after President Barack Obama included the Cotoni-Coast Dairies area on Santa Cruz County’s northern...

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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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