While the state is the first to offer free breakfast and lunch to all students, California schools aren’t required to provide meals that adhere to students’ religious or cultural beliefs. This has an especially big impact on Muslim students.
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Supervisors: We want more control over placement of sexually violent predators
The board of supervisors voted Tuesday to direct county administrators to oppose taking in sexually violent predators in Santa Cruz County until state law is amended to give local jurisdictions more power in the decision-making process. The move will have no impact on the case of Michael Cheek, a man diagnosed as a sexually violent predator, whose placement in Bonny Doon is facing opposition from residents.
Posted inCoast Life
‘Nothing has introduced more people to surfing than the Boogie Board’: Tom Morey opened the waves to the masses
A lifelong dreamer and tinkerer, Tom Morey created a stubby, lightweight bodyboard that changed beach culture forever. The Boogie Board delighted millions and enraged purists who suddenly found their favorite breaks as crowded as a freeway. Morey died last week at 86.
Posted inHealth & Wellness
What Colin Powell’s death tells us — and doesn’t — about COVID-19 and vaccines
Experts say the death of the former secretary of state, who was suffering from an acute cancer of the blood, should not be interpreted as a failure of COVID-19 vaccines in the broader population.
Posted inFood & Drink
Born from the pandemic, pop-up shops thrive on East Cliff Drive
Two pop-up places, Coffee Conspiracy and S.C. Bread Boy, provide their food and drink to customers along East Cliff Drive. The owners of both decided to strike out on their own after getting laid off from jobs in the service industry amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Posted inEducation
Seeking more stability, better pay, UCSC lecturers inch toward strike after UC offer: ‘It’s not an adequate proposal’
Lecturers across the University of California system, including at UC Santa Cruz, organized rallies last week following UC management’s latest contract proposal. After reaching a bargaining impasse and authorizing a strike in June, lecturers believe the UC has more to bring to the table.
Posted inLatest News
MORNING LOOKOUT: Pajaro Valley fire updates; Quake anniversary; COVID vaccines for the homeless
A number of Santa Cruz County nonprofits are teaching kids how to grow and cook food, and develop stronger connections…
Posted inEnvironment
California records driest year in a century
The average accumulation of rain and snowfall across the state totaled only 11.87 inches during the 2021 water year, which ran Oct. 1, 2020, through Sept. 30.
Posted inCOVID Today
What sways homeless people to get COVID-19 shots? It could be other homeless people
In L.A. County, health officials are enlisting people living in tents, RVs and makeshift shelters to help get unhoused people vaccinated.
Posted inBusiness & Technology
Post-pandemic California: Comeback or decline?
Is California making a big comeback from pandemic, as Gov. Gavin Newsom insists, or is it facing decline? New studies frame the issue.
