COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing no Longer Required at UCSC in-person Commencement
Important dates for graduates: Deadline to register for Slug Crossing: May 19 @ 11:59 p.m. Deadline to order regalia: May 21 @ 8:59 p.m. From a fully virtual commencement to the newly created Slug Crossing, UC Santa Cruz’s 2020 and 2021 graduating classes have watched…
Santa Cruz County eases COVID-19 restrictions heading into spring
As of April 4, there are 15,363 cases of COVID-19 in Santa Cruz County, including 200 deaths and 14,975 recovered. For updated information on vaccine eligibility, please check the Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency (HSA) website. As of April 4, UC Santa Cruz has…
Santa Cruz County Vaccine Rollout Gains Momentum
As of 6 pm. On Wednesday, Jan. 13, there are 11,275 cases of COVID-19 in Santa Cruz County, including 111 deaths and 8,375 recovered cases. COVID-19 vaccination efforts are ramping up in Santa Cruz County. After receiving its first shipment on Dec. 15, the county…
Boardwalk Closes Again After One Weekend As Santa Cruz COVID Cases Rise
As of Nov. 18 at 11:00 p.m, there are 3,628 cases of COVID-19 in Santa Cruz County, including 27 deaths and 2,962 recovered cases. For a weekend, a Santa Cruz mainstay returned. On Nov. 7, the Boardwalk became the first amusement park in California to…
Santa Cruz County Loosens COVID-19 Restrictions
As of Oct. 29 at 11:40 a.m, there are 2,861 cases of COVID-19 in Santa Cruz County, including 25 deaths and 2,621 recovered cases. A recent decline in reported cases prompted Santa Cruz county officials to relax COVID-19 restrictions on activities and business operations, but…
Pumpkin Patches Provide Alternative for Safe Fall Fun
Halloween 2020 will be different from any other Halloween we’ve experienced before. Come Oct. 31, streets once filled with candy-seeking children dressed up as ghosts and superheroes will be empty. While trick-or-treating is highly discouraged, there are still ways to have safe fall fun while…
Restrictions Extended for Santa Cruz Street Vendors
A once familiar sight for many Santa Cruz residents will continue to be absent from West Cliff Drive’s sidewalks. On Aug. 14th, the city manager’s office issued an executive order prohibiting street vendors from operating there due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The prohibition was set…
Digital Quarter Poses New Challenges For Students and Teachers
Previous fall quarters at UC Santa Cruz held an expectation of frosh and veteran slugs alike carrying moving boxes, bubbling with the exciting prospect of starting a new journey in higher education. But with the UC system’s transition to mostly online teaching to mitigate the…
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…
Census Bureau Deadline Oct. 5 Despite Federal Order
Despite a court order from federal judge Lucy Koh extending the deadline to fill out the U.S. Census to Oct. 31, the U.S. Census Bureau tweeted Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross’s announcment of a new deadline of Oct. 5. — just four days away. The…