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  • Food & Drink

    Unsung Santa Cruz: Restaurant workers share stories from the back-of-house and thrive in a difficult industry

    As the purchasing manager at Gayle's Bakery & Rosticceria, Michael Hanson manages all of the raw ingredients for the thriving Capitola business.
    Food & Drink

    Unsung Santa Cruz: Restaurant workers share stories from the back-of-house and thrive in a difficult industry

    By Lily Belli

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    Post-pandemic, the restaurant industry is more challenging than ever, but within it are stories of hardworking employees...

  • Civic Groups

    Unsung Santa Cruz: Climate activist Pauline Seales bridges generational divides on environmental issues

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    Civic Groups

    Unsung Santa Cruz: Climate activist Pauline Seales bridges generational divides on environmental issues

    By Blaire Hobbs

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    A retired teacher, Pauline Seales has worked behind the scenes on some of the county’s most high-profile environmental...

  • Civic Life

    Unsung Santa Cruz: Beyond trans and reproductive health care, Jen Hastings works to foster understanding

    Jen Hastings has worked in transgender healthcare and advocacy, reproductive care and opioid awareness over the course of 20-plus years.
    Civic Life

    Unsung Santa Cruz: Beyond trans and reproductive health care, Jen Hastings works to foster understanding

    By Max Chun

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    Having worked for years in transgender health care and advocacy, reproductive health care and opioid awareness, Jen...

  • Watsonville

    Unsung Santa Cruz: From her home, she organizes a food distribution program for fellow migrant farmworkers

    Farmworker Ernestina Solorio and Ann Lopez recall how they met while sitting in Solorio's backyard in Watsonville.
    Watsonville

    Unsung Santa Cruz: From her home, she organizes a food distribution program for fellow migrant farmworkers

    By Hillary Ojeda

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    Ernestina Solorio gives her home and her time to ensure farmworker families receive essential items they urgently need.

  • Civic Life

    Unsung Santa Cruz: Tonje Switzer’s ‘condoned activism’ helps others through long-term CZU recovery

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    Civic Life

    Unsung Santa Cruz: Tonje Switzer’s ‘condoned activism’ helps others through long-term CZU recovery

    By Christopher Neely

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    Bonny Doon resident Tonje Switzer has turned the experience of her home burning down in the CZU fire into a way to help...

  • Civic Life

    Unsung Santa Cruz: Cissi Van Wickler and Judy Locke help differently abled youth reach independence

    The CALI Project clients and staff get ready to eat at their weekly Tuesday dinner gathering.
    Civic Life

    Unsung Santa Cruz: Cissi Van Wickler and Judy Locke help differently abled youth reach independence

    By Max Chun

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    After working in local schools for years, Cissi Van Wickler and Judy Locke grew tired of seeing differently-abled...

  • Environment

    Unsung Santa Cruz: Andy Carman matches restless locals with volunteer opportunities in defense of the planet

    Andy Carman is the driving force behind Environteers, a weekly newsletter and online resource to help connect people with opportunities to learn about and protect the environment.
    Environment

    Unsung Santa Cruz: Andy Carman matches restless locals with volunteer opportunities in defense of the planet

    By Wallace Baine

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    Where the enormity of the challenges facing the planet drags some into defeatism, it had the opposite effect on Andy...

  • K-12 Education

    Unsung Santa Cruz: Her classroom and sex education curriculum help students feel safe and included

    Delta Charter High School teacher Jamie Cutter talks about her curriculum in her classroom on Dec. 12, 2022.
    K-12 Education

    Unsung Santa Cruz: Her classroom and sex education curriculum help students feel safe and included

    By Hillary Ojeda

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    As an English and health teacher at Delta Charter High School, Jamie Cutter has her hands full. Students and other...

  • Civic Life

    Unsung Santa Cruz: As the navigator in chief, he’s helping steer county’s most vulnerable into housing

    John Dietz of Housing Matters fist-bumps a client
    Civic Life

    Unsung Santa Cruz: As the navigator in chief, he’s helping steer county’s most vulnerable into housing

    By Mark Conley

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    John Dietz is not your average 85-year-old riding out his golden years. He and his team at the downtown Santa Cruz...

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