A town hall and concert event set for Sunday at Vets Hall in downtown Santa Cruz will bring local politicians, environmental activists and musicians together to oppose Donald Trump’s plans to drill for oil and mine for minerals off California’s coast.
The Trump presidency and Santa Cruz County
News and opinion coverage of reaction in Santa Cruz County to the election of Donald Trump to a second term as president, plus news from around California via Lookout’s content partners.
Posted inEducation
Por miedo, menos estudiantes indocumentados de Cabrillo buscan servicios a más de un año de la ofensiva migratoria de Trump
Más de un año después de que el presidente Donald Trump iniciara una ofensiva migratoria, los estudiantes indocumentados en Cabrillo College evitan cada vez más los servicios del campus y los programas de ayuda financiera debido al temor de exponer información personal. El personal del colegio reporta una disminución en la participación y un aumento de la ansiedad entre los estudiantes, incluso cuando la escuela amplía recursos para tranquilizarlos y apoyarlos.
Posted inEducation
Out of fear, fewer undocumented Cabrillo students seeking services more than a year into Trump immigration crackdown
More than a year into President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, undocumented students at Cabrillo College are increasingly avoiding campus services and financial aid programs due to fear of exposing personal information. College staff report declining participation and heightened anxiety among students, even as the school expands resources to reassure and support them.
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Trump wants data on California’s trans and abortion care. Can the state stop him?
In a legal battle between the Trump administration and California over transgender and abortion care, will businesses be caught in a fight between hostile Justice Departments?
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Trump endorses Republican Steven Hilton for California governor, reordering wide-open race
President Donald Trump has endorsed Republican Steve Hilton for California governor, reordering a crowded, wide-open race to lead the nation’s most populous state.
Posted inFood & Drink
Fresno raw dairy farm recalls some cheese products as FDA investigates E. coli outbreak
A Fresno dairy producer that health authorities have been investigating amid an ongoing outbreak of E. coli is recalling some of its raw cheese products, after initially refusing to do so.
Posted inOpinion from Community Voices
I’m a lifelong pacifist living in Santa Cruz; in 1980, I had an encounter with the Islamic Revolution
Local peace activist, former union leader and retired sociologist Paul Johnston took a journey into revolutionary Iran 46 years ago on a mission to de-escalate the Iran hostage crisis. The trip showcased how hope, power and politics collided at a pivotal moment in history. What began as a mission for peace exposed deeper truths about manipulation on both sides of the hostage crisis. Today, as the U.S. bombings continue, the consequences of those days still echo. Here, he offers a personal reckoning with war and memory and repeats the enduring call to seek peace.
Posted inBusiness & Technology
Big change for California small businesses: No more SBA loans for non-citizens
Non-U.S. citizens lost access beginning in March to Small Business Administration funding for small businesses, which provide the bulk of new jobs in California.
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Santa Cruz chapter of Singing Resistance unites ‘No Kings’ rally in song
A new grassroots movement called the Singing Resistance emerged Saturday at Santa Cruz’s third “No Kings” rally. It’s part of a national trend, spawned from protests in Minneapolis.
Posted inOpinion from Community Voices
My great-grandparents were incarcerated during World War II: We can’t look away today
UC Santa Cruz student Skyla Tomine is terrified by the language she hears in the news, including the term “enemy alien.” It sounds chillingly familiar to Executive Order 9066, which forced her great-grandparents and other Japanese Americans into internment camps. The harm, she writes, is lasting. Many people she knows insist they would have stepped in to help her grandparents and others. It’s time, she writes, to prove it.
