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Customers entering and exiting the Starbucks on Mission Street on Santa Cruz's Westside.

Santa Cruz Starbucks stores among first in California to get OK for union vote

by Max Chun April 5, 2022April 9, 2024

The Starbucks stores on Ocean Street and Mission Street are two of the first three of the coffee giant’s California locations to go to a union election after getting the go-ahead from the National Labor Relations Board.

Manu Koenig talks to a First District constituent at Anna Jean Cummings Park.

Politics & Policy

Manu the senior supervisor? First-time politico battles ‘tangle of wires,’ resistance to inevitable change

by Mark Conley April 5, 2022

One year and three months into his first political foray, First District County Supervisor Manu Koenig has run into some walls, prodded himself into patience and picked up some things the hard way. But he says he’s learning and doesn’t seem deterred by the challenges he’s come up against thus far.

Shivika Sivakumar talks about her role as Student Union Assembly president at UC Santa Cruz.

Education

Zoom, social anxiety, new fun — and sleep: UCSC student body president talks reemerging student life

by Hillary Ojeda April 4, 2022December 17, 2023

UC Santa Cruz Student Union Assembly President Shivika Sivakumar describes the “revival” on campus after two COVID-torn years — and her favorite projects as students manage through unprecedented times.

Chef Todd Parker uses a custom sauce for each pizza, like this one topped with Fogline Farm chicken and barbecue sauce.

Food & Drink

EATERS DIGEST: Bet on the new Bookie’s, salmon streaming in and captivating cookies

by Lily Belli April 1, 2022April 11, 2024

Crab season is departing early, but salmon is on deck, and Santa Cruz spring has sprung in the form of a fine-dining spin on Detroit pizza inside Sante Adairius’ Midtown portal.

Politics & Policy

‘A marathon at sprint pace’: Matt Huffaker is off to the races as Santa Cruz’s new boss, but can his feet move fast enough?

by Mark Conley April 1, 2022

In the city of Santa Cruz, it’s been a rough, tumultuous stretch for all elected officials and staff trying to triage issues — largely centered around homelessness. New Santa Cruz City Manager Matt Huffaker calls this a “medium-size city with big-city problems,” and he’s trying to be the type of leader to facilitate solutions.