The number of deaths in the county also went up by about 13% compared to last year, but homeless people died at more…
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What to do when ‘The Blue Mind’ is turned to gray by 2020?
Writer, biologist, and philosopher Wallace J. Nichols was living a charmed life until the pandemic took away his livelihood and the fires his family’s home up the ‘Slow Coast’ north of Santa Cruz. Rather than run from the pain of it all, Nichols chose to feel it — and of course write it.
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COVID in California: A pregnancy loss, a coronavirus diagnosis and a recovery in isolation
There are a lot of unanswered questions about the COVID-19 vaccine and how it will be distributed in Santa Cruz County….
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PHOTOS: Here’s what an ICU ward looks like with 0% availability in California
New Leaf Community Markets brand manager Lindsay Gizdich said the store is moving from Pacific Avenue in order to have…
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21 for ‘21: For Juan Morales-Rocha, bridging the digital divide was personal
Morales-Rocha’s advocacy is credited with helping to kick-start a countywide partnership working to bridge the stubborn “last mile” of Santa Cruz County’s digital divide and extend reliable internet to thousands of families.
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We asked, you answered: Surfers offer safety solutions in response to Lookout stories
A Lookout survey asked surfers their thoughts about problems that are making paddling into Santa Cruz waters increasingly dangerous — and what solutions they think might be viable to explore in 2021.
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The last laugh, for now: DNA’s Comedy Lab succumbs to pandemic
After only a year in business pre-pandemic, Santa Cruz’s most prominent comedy club announces its closure on Christmas Eve.
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Analysis: Some said the vaccine rollout would be a ‘nightmare.’ They were right.
There are already signs that the distribution of the COVID vaccines will be messy, confusing and chaotic.
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VACCINE WATCH: Kaiser working with state on vaccine ‘disparity,’ hopes to offer doses to 65-and-older soon
There are a lot of unanswered questions about the COVID-19 vaccine and how it will be distributed in Santa Cruz County. Here’s everything we know, as it becomes available.
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21 for ’21: How Jason Borgen has helped retool schools for an ‘anytime-anywhere’ approach
When the pandemic changed the way schools operate, Jason Borgen, the chief technology officer at the Santa Cruz County Office of Education, and his colleagues had to make sure students had the tools they needed to learn from home and teachers were trained on how to navigate distance learning and online classroom settings.