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Student Lookout: Transit Equity Week and the return of Betty Noodles
Higher Ed
‘It’s a big removal of a barrier’: What housing at California’s community colleges looks like
UC Santa Cruz
UCSC set to open new arts and cultural hub on Santa Cruz’s Westside
UC Santa Cruz launches new center, Campus + Community, to facilitate social justice scholarships
About 5,000 UCSC students still without at least one letter grade for fall quarter in strike’s wake
Cabrillo College Robotics Club wins first place in world MATE ROV Competition
UC intends to dock pay of workers who went on strike
Civic Life
Three reasons Californians won’t want to miss Biden’s State of the Union
Opinion from Community Voices
Only 24 of 911 lost CZU houses rebuilt! We must cut the red tape so my neighbors can come home
Scotts Valley
‘One more step toward healing’: Scotts Valley High community commemorates suicide death of Mateo Deihl
Coast Life
Santa Cruz County Fair board to meet Tuesday amid ongoing Dave Kegebein firing controversy
Health
COVID Today
COVID Dashboard: Transmission up; SC Community Health to host health fair in Ben Lomond
Health & Wellness
COVID emergency declarations are ending. What does that mean for California?
COVID Dashboard: Neighboring counties fall to ‘moderate’ transmission tier
COVID Dashboard: Winter surge fading in Bay Area, across country
Environment
The number of trees that died in California spiked last year. Drought is mainly to blame
California hasn’t seen catastrophic earthquakes recently. But they are ‘in our future’
Three tense years lie ahead as Watsonville residents await the Pajaro levee project’s fixes
Climate
Saving West Cliff: ‘If we decide not to do anything, then you will have nothing’
City Life
Food & Drink
Santa Cruz food and beverage influencers to savor at the NEXTies
With Valentine’s Day around corner, dark chocolate’s metal levels in spotlight
EATERS DIGEST: Ice cream for breakfast, winter citrus and seeking out the cheeseburger from ‘The Menu’
Farnaz Fatemi county’s new poet laureate