Thursday traffic trouble spots around Santa Cruz County.
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Posted inPolitics & Policy
Santa Cruz sustainability committee seeks a young environmental activist
The City of Santa Cruz is seeking an environmental activist age 24 or younger to join its new Sustainability and Resiliency Committee, which will advise the city council on climate issues.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
National Library Week, downtown library festival deliver much to check out
Between the long-awaited groundbreaking of the downtown Santa Cruz library mixed-use project set for this spring and National Library Week coming up on April 6-12, Santa Cruz County bibliophiles have plenty to celebrate this month.
Posted inCapitola & Soquel
Capitola man arrested, charged with robbing a minor at knifepoint
The Capitola Police Department arrested a 21-year-old male last Friday on multiple charges stemming from a fight involving a knife two days earlier.
Posted inLatest News
Wednesday evening traffic: Highway 1 lane closures for electrical work
Wednesday traffic trouble spots around Santa Cruz County.
Posted inEducation
Live Oak elementary teachers to join statewide rally Wednesday for better education funding
Live Oak School District teachers will join educators from 32 districts Wednesday in a coordinated push for increased education funding. The district’s teachers say they have reopened contract negotiations on a host of issues, including compensation and class sizes, after two rounds of layoffs.
Posted inLatest News
Tuesday evening traffic: Highway 1 Southbound closures in Capitola/Soquel
Tuesday traffic trouble spots around Santa Cruz County.
Posted inEducation
Two unions at UCSC walk off the job Tuesday for one-day strike across UC system
UC Santa Cruz patient care, dining and transportation workers plan to join a University of California-wide one-day strike Tuesday, which workers say was in response to the university’s bad-faith bargaining during negotiations for new contracts.
Posted inBusiness & Technology
Tourism drives February job growth in Santa Cruz County, but federal policies cast shadow
Santa Cruz County added 700 jobs in February, the first full month of the new Trump administration. But the region’s tourism shows warning signs as hotel revenue drops and forecasters predict a decline in international travelers to the U.S.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Art, poetry and the moment in history the focus of three local events
Poets converge on Bookshop Santa Cruz on Tuesday night – and again at Satori Arts on April 15 – to respond to the 2024 election, while Friday brings “Night of Ideas” to the Westside, a mini-festival with the theme of “Activism, Creativity and Collective Imagination.”
