Santa Cruz Businesses Adapt to COVID Restrictions
Over a dozen Santa Cruz storefronts have shuttered their doors since March, including iconic haunts 99 Bottles and The Poet & The Patriot Irish Pub. But over the same span of time, about 90 businesses received new licenses in the city of Santa Cruz, including…
Food Not Bombs Receives Notice to Vacate Front and Laurel
Volunteers of local meal aid organization Food Not Bombs (FNB) were greeted last Friday morning with a notice requiring them to vacate their current place of operations on the corner of Front and Laurel Street and move to a location on the other side of…
CZU Lightning Fire Contained: Mudslides Pose New Concern in Fallout
The CZU Lightning Complex Fire is 100 percent contained as of Sept. 22, reported Cal Fire. The San Mateo and Santa Cruz fire fighting units continue to monitor remaining smoldering and prepare for evacuations due to possible landslides, caused by fire debris and root loss,…
Building Community: Mutual Aid Funds in Santa Cruz County
Volunteer run mutual aid funds have been making waves throughout the country since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more about what mutual aid funds in Santa Cruz are doing to build community amid COVID and the CZU lightning fires.
Food Not Bombs: Forty Years of Free Meals
Food Not Bombs began in Boston. There, forty years ago, Keith McHenry and seven of his friends donned military uniforms and held a bake sale in front of the local nuclear power plant’s headquarters. They told passersby that they were going to use the proceeds…
Students Leave Santa Cruz but Their Leases Continue
When thousands of students signed yearlong leases for off-campus housing last summer, few could have foreseen any reason their stay in Santa Cruz would be cut short. But as the pandemic forced most of the student body to return home, student renters have found themselves…
Extended Census Deadline Opportunity to Revamp Outreach During COVID-19
Reminders to fill out the U.S. Census have probably flooded your mailbox for the last couple months, but as COVID-19 puts a halt on usual outreach tactics, Santa Cruz County census workers have restrategized to make sure as many people as possible fill out this…
Post-Recall, City Council Responds to COVID-19
By Kora Fortun and Annemarie McGreehan The Santa Cruz County Clerk Office certified results from the March 3 election on April 7, and the recall of Santa Cruz City Council members Drew Glover and Chris Krohn passed. Fifty-one percent voted to recall Krohn, and 53…
A Glimpse into the Santa Cruz Skate Scene
This article was written prior to the COVID-19 outbreak. The sound of wheels scraping smooth cement echoes throughout Derby Skate Park. Skaters gain speed as they glide down the sides of the snake run into the bowl. Someone speeds across, launching himself out of the…
Santa Cruz County Adopts E-Ballot Markers
Santa Cruz County’s new accessibility enabled voting machines have everything election experts ask for — they’re touch-screen, won’t keep your data on file and aren’t connected to the internet. When I tried one out on Feb. 11, county clerk Gail Pellerin led me into a…