Guadalupe Bartolo and Maria Valdez
Opinion from Community Voices
Posted inOpinion from Community Voices
My Stanford education was best in class, yet left big ‘life skills’ gaps
Marisa Messina went to private schools and attended Stanford University for college and business school. But, she writes, she still finds her education lacking in fundamentals, particularly life skills — like handling personal finances, doing home repairs and dealing with emotions. She wonders what a proper modern education should include — and who is responsible for filling in the holes.
Posted inOpinion from Community Voices
Coonerty: Data drove my work, but Santa Cruz’s stories have my heart
Ryan Coonerty is bidding farewell to public life after 16 years in office. Here, he talks about his legacy, his Santa Cruz family’s addiction to stories (his sister owns and runs Bookshop Santa Cruz) and why atoms rightly rule the universe. He also shares his biggest mistake.
Posted inOpinion from Community Voices
This really is a season of magic and memories
Lookout columnist Claudia Sternbach remembers her “Christmas pasts” in Santa Cruz, when as a young mother she tried to give her daughter the sort of memories she didn’t have as a child. She remembers window shopping at Leask’s department store on Pacific Avenue and when shopkeepers handed out cookies and cocoa. Now, she realizes, the memories are more hers than her daughter’s. She’s OK with that. The memories sustain her all year.
Posted inOpinion from Community Voices
It’s time for Watsonville to move forward, but also to protect farmland
Measure Q was a huge success for Watsonville, writes advocate and former farmer Sam Earnshaw; by renewing the urban limit line, voters showed they don’t want Watsonville to sprawl unchecked like San Jose. Instead, he and others “envision a more positive and imaginative future for our city.”