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City of Santa Cruz awards Joby with $500,000 loan for local job creation
The Santa Cruz City Council approved a motion at its meeting Tuesday to provide local aeronautical company, Joby Aviation, with a loan of $500,000 to establish an employment center and...
Santa Cruz police arrests ‘Black Lives Matter’ mural vandal
Santa Cruz Police have identified 49-year-old Santa Cruz County resident Taj Blum as the scooter-riding, paint-dumping vandal who defaced the "Black Lives Matter" mural in front of Santa Cruz City...
Huge Santa Cruz redwood will come down; objectors include ‘tree whisperer’ who says she knows its name
Self-described tree whisperer Andrea Ruiz, who spoke during the comment period, said the tree’s name is “Thom” and that it is 254 years old.
Lawsuit challenging UC Santa Cruz diversity statement dismissed
Last spring, a self-employed scientist filed a lawsuit against UC Santa Cruz officials over the school’s requirement for jobseekers to include a diversity, equity and inclusion statement, or DEI statement,...
Police recommend charges against teen for Santa Cruz mayor death threat
Police are investigating a 16-year-old Watsonville teen's alleged role in threatening the life of Santa Cruz Mayor Fred Keeley last week.
California study finds redwood trees store buds, carbon for fire events
A recently published multi-year study conducted at Big Basin Redwoods State Park shows that long-stored carbon reserves and ancient, dormant buds within redwood trees allow the plants to recover faster...
Protesters shut down UC Santa Cruz entrance in support of Palestine
Hundreds of UC Santa Cruz students, faculty and community members gathered at the base of UC Santa Cruz campus Thursday to show support for the Palestinian people and end to...
UC Santa Cruz students march for end to Israel-Hamas war
Hundreds of UC Santa Cruz students gathered at the Quarry Plaza on the UCSC campus Wednesday to demand the university divestment from weapons manufacturers and an end to the latest...
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk announces new rides opening next spring
Two new rides are coming to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk next year: a Ferris wheel and the fast-spinning Surge.
Anchovies invade Santa Cruz Small Craft Harbor
An influx of anchovies, thousands possibly millions of the baitfish, inundated the waters near the Santa Cruz coastline this week, drawing sea birds of all sorts, and stoking concerns at...