“Helping girls grow with the flow in science, technology, engineering, art and math, as well as surfing” is the Drop In Coalition’s mantra. It was developed in honor of the Pleasure Point entrepreneur who bonded with and inspired his group of like-minded friends in the water and out. It also is geared toward rectifying one of Atre’s most troublesome questions when he began surfing: Where are the people who look like me?
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He sued SeaWorld to liberate the whales. Then he started getting postcards from them
Ten years after a legal activist filed a lawsuit for orcas held in captivity, he began receiving postcards from them.
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Morning Lookout: Gail Pellerin’s wisdom, caregivers’ holiday sacrifices
These four local Santa Cruz County nonprofits make it their mission year-round to empower youth, fight hunger, and…
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Keeping ‘the tradition going for the families’: CZU damage can’t keep Crest Ranch from its holiday mission
After facing the CZU fire last year and navigating COVID-19 restrictions, owners of Christmas tree farms are welcoming visitors back to their farms. They say they’re swamped with customers on their first days of sales.
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Police, retailers struggle to respond to smash-and-grab ‘flash mob’ robberies
As smash-and-grab ‘flash mob’ robberies continue, police and retailers try to fight back.
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Giving thanks with selflessness: Caregivers sacrifice holiday time with family to serve elderly clients
Caregivers say they are incredibly grateful for the trust they have been given and impact they have on their clients’ lives. But they ask people to remember they often give up their own holidays to serve the some of the most vulnerable among us.
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Three men guilty of murdering Ahmaud Arbery — convictions carry sentence of life in prison
It took the jury less than two days to find three white men guilty of chasing down and murdering Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man, in Brunswick, Ga.
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Morning Lookout: Reevaluating 831 Water St., volunteers needed and shooting asteroids
Tsim Schneider’s latest book “The Archaeology of Refuge and Recourse” explores the dual practices of refuge and recourse…
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California’s coast embraces child COVID-19 shots, but demand lags inland
It’s a pattern that has experts concerned and could have serious implications for how a coronavirus winter surge could spread through various regions of the state.
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Santa Cruz City Council rescinds denial, set to reevaluate 831 Water St. project
While the fate of Santa Cruz’s first SB 35 project could be legal entanglements for the city, there are signs that the…