Santa Cruz Weekly News
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1.6KStates Are Expanding Access to Vaccines. The Supply Isn’t Keeping Up.
State officials ready to administer more shots every day—if they could get them
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1.6KCalifornia Shifts Vaccine Priorities Again: People with Health Conditions Are Eligible Next Month
Californians with high-risk medical conditions will qualify for Covid-19 vaccines starting March 15
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3.0KDisasters, Evacuations Don’t Slow Santa Cruz Mountains Housing Market
While fires and mudslides send some residents packing, housing market still reaches new heights
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3.0KThis Year’s Dungeness Crab Fishery a Shell of its Former Self
Struggles roll in like waves for one of the oldest and largest fisheries in California
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1.3KCalifornia Economy Czar Dee Dee Myers on Vaccines, Reopening
Myers talks about the state’s evolving Covid-19 recovery plan
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1.3KCounty Health Director Urges Prioritization of Older Adults for Vaccines
Health officials warn of predicted surge in Covid-19 cases next month
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1.4K4The Journey to Unionization at Bookshop Santa Cruz
Bookshop owner says worker demands surrounding the effort caught her by surprise
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1.2KVolunteers Needed to Help Landscape New Ramsay Park Pumptrack
Completed pumptrack will provide arena for bicycling, skating, rollerblading and scootering
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1.1KPedestrian Struck and Killed by Semi in Santa Cruz
Woman struck near intersection of River and Water streets
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8801Scotts Valley Weighs Whether to Curb ‘Targeted Picketing’
Proposal would prohibit picketing within a football field’s length of a person’s home
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1.1KSanta Cruz Groups Support Older Adults During Pandemic
Older adults have been more isolated from the community than ever amid pandemic
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1.8KUCSC Researchers Win Grant to Develop More Sustainable Aquaculture
Researchers hope to find more environmentally sustainable food for farmed trout
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1.3KWatsonville City Council Votes to Move George Washington Statue
Washington statue being moved from City Plaza to Watsonville Public Library
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1.3KA Play-by-Play Recap of PVUSD’s Week of Firings and Rehirings
The unprecedented firing and rehiring of PVUSD Superintendent Michelle Rodriguez
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1.3KCentral Fire Appoints New Chief, Finalizes Merger with Aptos/La Selva
John Walbridge named the new chief of Central Fire
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1.3KEight Virtual Santa Cruz Science Events
Spy on elephant seals, take guided virtual tours and learn about local research
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1.3KFalling Case Rates Could Mean Return to Class for Some Students
Waiver process requires buy-in from the district’s board of trustees, parents, labor groups
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1.2K1Bookshop Santa Cruz Employees Vote to Unionize
Organizers hope for pay transparency and guaranteed annual or semi-annual raises
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1.6K6Regional Transportation Commission Votes to Advance Rail Trail
County can move forward with plans to build passenger rail service, with trail running alongside
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1.5K‘Cruel’ Digital Race For Vaccines Leaves Many Seniors Behind
Enormous demand has overwhelmed cumbersome, inconsistent scheduling systems
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1.5KDespite Months to Prep, Why California Lags on Covid-19 Vaccination
California is not the only state struggling
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1.6KBeauty-Industry Workers Sue State for Handling of Pandemic Shutdowns
Beauty-industry workers say they’ve been unfairly targeted during Covid-19 shutdowns
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2.7K2Are We Losing the Western Monarch Migration?
Experts blame habitat destruction, climate change and insecticide use
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1.5KComplaint Filed Against Sheriff’s Office in Tamario Smith Case
Complaint alleges failure to properly supervise Smith, who died in custody
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1.7KCan the US Keep Covid Variants in Check? Here’s What It Takes
Several variants began drawing scrutiny at end of 2020
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1.2KHuge Gaps in Vaccine Data Make It Next to Impossible to Know Who Got the Shots
Health officials are struggling to collect critically important information such as race, ethnicity and occupation
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2.6K1Staff of Life Set to Open Watsonville Location March 30
Staff of Life is one of few independently owned natural grocery businesses in the county
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2.0K7Santa Cruz County Health Officials Hit Covid-19 Vaccine Milestone
County could finish vaccinating people age 75 and older by end of next week, officials say
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1.8KHow Seals Are Uncovering Secrets of the Southern Ocean
New grant awarded to UCSC enlists the help of seals to learn about Antarctic waters
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1.4KWhy Even Presidential Pressure Might Not Get More Vaccine to Market Faster
President Joe Biden plans to invoke Defense Production Act to provide more vaccines
