Reduce stress! Find your groove! Play your cat’s food container!
Jim Greiner, master percussionist, thinks we are all too stressed. He implores us to find our inner child and offers quick techniques to connect with our individual life rhythms. He also teaches us how to transform cat food into a musical instrument. Watch his Community Voices videos here.
➤ MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD: Here’s how to contribute a letter to the editor
Icons of Santa Cruz: Mosaic project Watsonville Brillante aims to represent city’s entire cultural heritage
Transforming an anonymous parking garage, artists, led by Kathleen Crocetti, are creating a gigantic quilt-like representation of Watsonville’s human story, a portrait of the city’s soul created with small pieces of ceramic tile. This “mind-blowing” work may be the most ambitious public art project in Santa Cruz County’s history. Wallace Baine has the story.
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Outage over; balloons cause power loss, PG&E warns grads and dads
Around 6,400 households and businesses on Santa Cruz’s Westside and elsewhere lost power Friday morning after Pacific Gas & Electric said a metallic balloon entangled in its equipment touched off the outage around 9 a.m. The utility restored power to the vast majority of customers by 12:45 p.m. Here’s what happened — and a warning from officials.
- Events & Food Drives Project Manager at Second Harvest Food Bank
- Box Office Manager at Santa Cruz Shakespeare
- Detention Nurse Specialist II at The County of Santa Cruz
- IT Business Systems Analyst at The County of Santa Cruz
- Horticulture Programs Technician at Cabrillo College
- Bus Operator (Driver) at Santa Cruz METRO
- Advanced Accounts Payable Coordinator at Ecology Action
- Executive Director at Family Service Agency of the Central Coast
- Participant Service Representative at Community Health Trust of Pajaro Valley
- Finance Director at Volunteer Center of Santa Cruz County
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‘It’s a momentous event’: Santa Cruz Juneteenth celebrates 30 years — and a new national holiday
Santa Cruz Juneteenth organizers are feeling the momentum of the historic Juneteenth last year — when it was declared a national holiday — and are looking forward to another milestone: 30 years celebrating it in Santa Cruz. Hillary Ojeda has the report on the local events this weekend.
‘I do belong here’: A community leader explains how the outdoors can feel like a scary, non-inclusive place
Says local United Way head Keisha Browder: “We went to Natural Bridges and then to Henry Cowell. And it was like, ‘Wow.’ So beautiful. And I’m saying, ‘I do belong here.’” She is participating today in the second annual Liberation Paddle Out, part of Santa Cruz’s celebration of Juneteenth. Mark Conley with the feature.
In case you missed it …
➤ Ask Lookout: Did the Virgin Mary actually once visit a lake in Watsonville? (Wallace Baine)
➤ EATERS DIGEST: Seabright Deli delights, Alderwood expands chef’s counter and Capitola Tap House opens (Lily Belli)
➤ ‘Skyscrapers’ in Santa Cruz? 17-story building plans moving forward as city tackles its housing problem (Max Chun)
➤ The ‘No’s had it on Measure D. Now the big question for RTC: What can it say yes to, and when? (Mark Conley)
➤ Officials expect COVID vaccines to be available to children under 5 early next week. Here’s what you need to know (Hillary Ojeda)