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First Friday at Cruzio Featuring Liminal Space!
Liminal Space Art Collective is a group of Santa Cruz artists building bridges and dreaming of the future through interactive and immersive art. After covid surges had atomized the already fractur...
Ecology Action
Listed under: Environment Transportation Water Sustainability
Recent Business Closures Are a Wakeup Call for San Juan Bautista
At a San Juan Bautista Planning Commission meeting back on Aug. 27, Chairman Jose Aranda said he had been told that one of the cityâs businessesââa major player here in townââwould likely close in a few weeks.
San Benito/Monterey Awarded $6.2 Million to Address Homelessness
Expanding Californiaâs unprecedented support for local efforts to create long-term solutions to address homelessness, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that 37 regional grantees representing 100 local communities and organizations statewide will receive more than $827 million in new state investments to create new housing, shelter and support for those experiencing homelessness.
From CalMatters...
Bird Flu Jumped From Cows to People. Now Advocates Want More Farmworkers Tested
A strain of bird flu that imperiled California poultry and cattle has jumped to people. In humans, the symptoms are mild and the virus has not been transmitted among people.
Californiaâs Transition Off Carbon Fuels Could Upset Gasoline Supply, Prices
California motorists buy and consume a billion gallons of gasoline each month and are very sensitive about pump prices, which are markedly higher than those in other states. Naturally, they are a political football.
Hollister Planning Commission Moves Draft 2040 General Plan Forward
On Oct. 25, the Hollister Planning Commission unanimously approved recommending that the City Council adopt the 2040 general plan and certify its environmental impact report.
Despite Housing Crisis, San Benito County Planners Deny Project
After a two-year-long push and pull, the San Benito County Planning Commission denied the 141 single-family-unit project known as Lands of Lee, proposed for Fairview Road in Hollister.
This California Proposition Is Drawing the Most Campaign Spending
Proposition 33 on local rent control and the related Proposition 34 are attracting the most campaign cash by far of the 10 ballot measures. But the amount pales to what was spent on dueling sports betting measures in 2022.
Californiaâs Plan to Overhaul a Key Climate Program â Raising the Cost of Gas â Ignites Debate
The state air board will vote on changes to its landmark clean fuel program that would cut more greenhouse gases but could raise the cost of gas and diesel.
San Benito Health Foundation Steps Into the Health-Culture Intersection
Dr. Erica Ceballos had been working at the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social in Tijuana for nine years when she was referred to apply for a program that allowed Mexican doctors to practice in underserved areas in California. Three years later, she was celebrating alongside her San Benito Health Foundation colleagues and community members at the 24th Binational Health Week.
A Tu Gusto, LLC Recalls Frozen Croquette Products Produced Without the Benefit of Inspection and Undeclared Allergens
Dynarex Corporation Expands Recall to Include Additional Products Due to Possible Health Risk
Atwater's Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Tree Nuts in "Spider Web Tart"
Democratic institutions are at work statewide, dealing with local issues and big stuff including the California Delta.
An international network of business leaders are working to build local alliances and solve global problems.
Californians are being asked to approve two bond measures totaling $20 billion in the election now underway. What does that mean, and how does it work? Find out here.
As voters receive their ballots for the 2024 presidential election and important statewide and local races, we look at efforts to build democracy, and efforts to weaken it.
Making a better world for women and preparing women to make a better world.
The legacy of âservice clubsâ such as Soroptomists and Rotary lives on in a new generation of social clubs and volunteer organizations.
Volunteering and looking out for one another is central to community life.
A spectacular piece of land north of Santa Cruz shows what a determined group of people, with the help of a tenacious little media company, can do.
The Cotoni Coast Dairies National Monument, just north of Santa Cruz, brought a community together.
California's first big reservoir project in decades is underway, as the state finally gets rid of some old dams. Environmental responsibility meets aridification.
We check in on efforts to raise some dams in the state to store more water, and to raze some dams to to let water run free.
What happens if you have a democracy and nobody shows up?
We look at one of many local efforts to cultivate the local civic engagement talent pool.
As some municipalities struggle to find people to run for elected offices and advisory boards, we look at the civic engagement pipeline.
In which we salute the hard workers who make California the fifth largest economy on the planet.
Things bloom best when people get their hands dirty.
For one thing, "citizen," like "garden," can be used as a verb.
In the midst of charges that California, and its favorite daughter Kamala Harris, are soft on crime, lawmakers step up in the name of public safety.
Nobody is happy with the current situation. Especially California Governor Gavin Newsom.
Californians are fed up with flash mob shoplifting, smash and grab theft and an alarming uptick in Fentanyl deaths.
Faster Internet Coming to Coastside San Mateo
Earlier this year, the state of California awarded Cruzio $5.65 million to improve internet infrastructure in our region. Using state-of-the-art technology, the funded project will bring high-spee...
2024 Fall Festivals in Gilroy
Get away to Gilroy, CA for some fall family fun! In September and October, you can experience a trio of festivals celebrating community and culture in the âGarlic Capital of [...]
7th Annual Cardboard Challenge takes place Sept. 30th-Oct. 5th
Time to get CREATIVE! Launching our 2024-2025 Artists in the Schools Program
Black-footed Cats
black-footed cats can be found in parts of southern and central southern Africa despite it's adorable size and general appearance, it is believed to be the worldâs deadliest cat hey achieve the hi...
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