A storm caused by an atmospheric river is set to hit the area early Sunday morning, dumping up to 3 inches of rain in urban areas and nearly twice that in the coastal ranges.
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Posted inFood & Drink
EATERS DIGEST: Crabs are here, and Sante Adairius welcomes a new brewer
Monterey Bay’s commercial crab season will open Thursday, but crabs from Northern California have already made their way to Santa Cruz; Sante Adairius welcomes a new brewer and releases a collaboration with Venus Spirits.
Posted inCOVID 2022
Vaccine update: Rates, where to find a COVID shot or test; wait, cost and turnaround times
New Leaf Community Markets brand manager Lindsay Gizdich said the store is moving from Pacific Avenue in order to have…
Posted inCOVID 2022
Santa Cruz County COVID-19 update: Infections, hospitalizations, deaths and demographic data
New Leaf Community Markets brand manager Lindsay Gizdich said the store is moving from Pacific Avenue in order to have…
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Watsonville special election: Vanessa Quiroz-Carter wins District 2 council seat
New Leaf Community Markets brand manager Lindsay Gizdich said the store is moving from Pacific Avenue in order to have…
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Affordable housing development focused on farmworkers approved
New Leaf Community Markets brand manager Lindsay Gizdich said the store is moving from Pacific Avenue in order to have…
Posted inK-12 Education
New-look school safety programs off and running: Aptos, Watsonville piloting SRO-mental clinician pairing
The Pajaro Valley Unified School District is moving forward with the implementation of its school policing pilot program, which pairs a mental health clinician with a school resource officer at Watsonville and Aptos high schools. At its regular meeting on Wednesday, the district’s board of trustees is slated to discuss what metrics should be recorded and used to measure the program’s success.
Posted inK-12 Education
A computer science call to action: National education week kicks off in Santa Cruz County
The Santa Cruz County Office of Education is bringing a week of activities and guest speakers for the region’s educators, students and families in an effort to encourage young people to learn computer science. Educators say they hope it will both spark interest in computer science jobs as well as encourage the innovative and analytical skills that come with the subject.
Posted inCity Life
Watsonville writer Jaime Cortez brings the focus to the fields in his semi-autobiographical new book, ‘Gordo’
“Gordo” zeroes in on the conditions migrant farmworkers faced in the 1970s from the point of view of a chubby kid with a taste for Mexican wrestling masks, uncertain of his own sexuality and what is expected of him from the demands of manhood. Cortez will discuss the book Thursday in a virtual conversation with Bookshop Santa Cruz.
Posted inCity Life
WALLACE BAINE: Ready or not, ‘We’re the Elders Now’ brings a sense of inevitable reality
The new song from Watsonville’s Michael Gaither, perfect for that autumnal post-Thanksgiving vibe, faces head-on that bewildering moment when you realize that you’re part of the supposedly wise-old-owl generation that you’ve been taught to respect if not revere all your life.