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Susan True and her team at Community Foundation Santa Cruz County were the crucial link between Santa Cruz County’s...
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Artist and teacher Kathleen Crocetti is using an imposing downtown parking structure in Watsonville to reflect the...
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Third District County Supervisor Ryan Coonerty was already having a difficult year before the August fires tested his...
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In a turbulent year for schools everywhere, Jennifer Buesing, a Santa Cruz native and the director of school safety for...
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As the founder and executive director of the Tannery World Dance & Cultural Center, Cat Willis is leading the way in the...
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Leslie Conner, CEO of Santa Cruz Community Health Centers, can’t wait to break ground on a new 20,000-sq. ft. clinic in...
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If you build a solid nest at home, it’s a pretty good jumping-off point for building community nests far and wide. At...
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Morales-Rocha’s advocacy is credited with helping to kick-start a countywide partnership working to bridge the stubborn...
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When the pandemic changed the way schools operate, Jason Borgen, the chief technology officer at the Santa Cruz County...
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When the Boulder Creek native lost her own house to the CZU Lightning fire, she sprung into action to assist others who...
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Phil Kramer, executive director of Housing Matters, wants to take the compassion and love Santa Cruz County used to get...
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As senior rabbi at Temple Beth El and one of Santa Cruz County’s most high-profile religious leaders, Paula Marcus has...
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Santa Cruz County Bank’s Creedence Shaw helped lead a team to keep the local economy from cratering. Then he donned...
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“We’ve got more crises to come, and we need to build our communities in ways that absorb the shocks — and maybe even...
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Bonnie Lipscomb and her team at the City of Santa Cruz’s Economic Development office had to set aside business-as-usual...
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Educator Ruby Vasquez and her friends regularly visit the agricultural workers of the Pajaro Valley with a message of...
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A young activist came out of nowhere in 2020 to spur dramatic gatherings of diversity discussion and police reform. But...
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Ann Morhauser of Annieglass was overseeing a small luxury manufacturing business with a national market and a local...
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The UC Santa Cruz professor and infectious disease expert is searching for a clearer understanding of COVID-19 — in his...
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The former Silicon Valley entrepreneur/executive is adamant that consumer behavior has changed and will never go back to...
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Sibley Simon, president of a nonprofit housing development company, is building 120 units of permanent supportive...
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