All posts tagged "news"
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115California NewsUnion Leaders Say County Employees Ready to Strike
More than 100 Santa Cruz workers filled the County Supervisors chambers, where many demanded pay increases and other requests
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148CoronavirusPfizer Says Vaccine Is Highly Effective in Children Ages 5 to 11
The Biden administration has been eagerly promoting the prospect of protection for the 28 million children aged 5 to 11
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75National NewsBiden Crafts a Climate Plan B: Tax Credits, Regulation and State Action
The United States has a new plan that will still meet its ambitions to sharply cut greenhouse gases that are warming the...
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97California NewsWatsonville Pilots Association Sues City Over Housing Project
Lawsuit claims the City undercut California Environmental Quality Act guidelines, the State Aeronautics Act and a court order involving zoning changes
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120California NewsMobile Home Park Prevails: Residents Won’t See Rent Increase, for Now
A Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge sided with residents who had been battling a large rent increase since 2017
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168California NewsPressure Mounts on UC System to Reach Agreement with Lecturer Workforce, Strikes Loom
The threat of multiple strikes this fall could cancel instruction for a third of undergraduate students attending University of California institutions
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173California NewsCounty Selects Aranda as Artist of the Year
Guillermo “Yermo” Aranda co-founded a number of organizations and projects, including the murals of Chicano Park in 1973, now a National Historic...
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570California NewsLocal Agencies’ Conservation Efforts Hope to Help Coho Salmon Populations Rebound
Coho babies hadn’t been spotted in the Laguna Creek lagoon since 2005, but biologists have recorded 2-year-old coho there, this year
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168CoronavirusDo Americans Really Need Boosters? CDC Panel Is Wrestling With the Data
Scientific advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention home in on vaccine efficacy, advantages of mixing different vaccine types and...
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116California NewsCounty Moves to Oppose All Sexual Predator Placements
Convicted violent sexual predator Michael Cheek’s placement hearing inspires Santa Cruz County to seek changes to California law
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401Art‘Artivism’ Spreads Across Santa Cruz Walls and Streets
The ‘Sea Walls’ murals features art that teaches children about ocean issues specific to the area
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398California NewsDungeness Crab Season Could be Delayed Again this Year
Dungeness crabbing has been proven to be directly related to many whale entanglements
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273California NewsAs Cal Fire Makes Progress on Estrada Fire, Questions Linger About Burn
Why go through with the burn at the sprawling Estrada Ranch despite Friday’s 87-degree heat and dry conditions?
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258National NewsBiden’s Plans Raise Questions About What U.S. Can or Cannot Afford to Do
Can a country already running huge deficits afford the scope of spending that the president envisions?
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393National NewsWhy are ‘Ghost Guns’ Becoming More Common?
By Matt Weir In the beginning of September, San Francisco became the first city in the state to ban the buying or...
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384EnvironmentAs Droughts Worsen, What will Become of UCSC’s Slimy Icon?
While wet weather will entice buried slugs back to the surface, persistent drought still poses a threat to slug populations.
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2551California NewsLGBTQ Resolution Stirs Controversy in PVUSD Meeting
Pajaro Valley Unified School District unanimously approves resolution proclaiming October as LGBTQ+ History Month
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395California NewsCapitola Drivers will Soon Ride ‘Green Wave’ Down 41st Avenue
Caltans teaming up with Capitola to bring drivers synchronized lights all the way down 41st Avenue to the northbound and southbound highway...
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506California NewsSanta Cruz City Council Rejects Affordable Housing Project, Probes Equity in Cannabis Industry
Santa Cruz City Council approves a report that examined the demographics of cannabis businesses in Santa Cruz; aims to increase diversity in...
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340California NewsPVUSD Elementary Schools Plagued by Multiple Power Outages
Pacific Gas & Electric calls the outages “Enhanced Powerline Safety Settings," implemented to help mitigate wildfire risks
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651California NewsMan Accused of Killing Girlfriend Pleads ‘Not Guilty’
Alberto Scalant, 33, is accused of stabbing 32-year-old Robin Kern to death
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254California NewsScotts Valley Increasing Access and Preservation for Glenwood Preserve
Scotts Valley City Council agreed to eliminate the confusing one-way system and increase access to the City’s large recreation outlet for local...
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449California NewsWatsonville’s First Cannabis Dispensary Opens
The 3,600-square-foot warehouse that's home to The Hook is located on a stretch of road on Hangar Way where two additional dispensaries...
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285California NewsCapitola Fills Police Chief With In-House Hire
After a nationwide search Andrew (Andy) Dally will be named as the new chief
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470CoronavirusFDA Panel Recommends a Moderna Booster for Many Americans
The Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously to recommend a booster shot of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine
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414California NewsCounty Closes on Purchase of West Marine Building
The 121,000-square-foot building will allow the consolidation of existing and additional South County services into one location
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341California NewsAll California Public High School Students Will Soon Have to Take Ethnic Studies
California high schoolers will be taught about the struggles and contributions of African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans and other ethnic groups
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441California NewsHearing Begins in Pleasure Point Kidnapping, Murder Case
Preliminary hearing begins for the four men who investigators say kidnapped and murdered a Pleasure Point man two years ago
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5362California NewsElectric Light Rail Demonstration Set for Watsonville this Weekend
Residents will have the opportunity to ride on a clean-energy, accessible streetcar along a section of the Santa Cruz Branch Rail Line...
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448California NewsCity Council Deems Kmart Property a Public Nuisance
Declaration gives the Watsonville the right to remove the people living behind the vacant building
