Greetings, California Locals, and welcome to our second member newsletter and the first 24 hours of daylight saving time in 2022. We’ve got a couple of articles to share today, including an explainer on what the heck is behind this semiannual tinkering with time. We also look at the silver linings behind skyrocketing gas prices (there are some), and recommend some of the best podcasts about the Golden State. Plus, you’ll find links to top stories from our California Local Media Allies and other Santa Cruz County media outlets.
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Wrinkles in Time
On March 13, in every state except Arizona and Hawaii, everyone with older cars and alarm clocks will be struggling to remember how to change the time as we spring forward. But didn't California vote to stop this insanity? Then why, despite the will of the voters, are we stuck with daylight saving time? To understand why, we have to travel back to the past.
Daylight Saving Time, Explained
After a 2018 vote authorizing the state legislature to make daylight saving time year-round, Californians are still changing their clocks twice per year. How did we get here?
Pain (and Gain) at the Pump
Russia’s war on Ukraine has already set off a new surge in oil prices, and the uncertainty in energy markets appears likely to get worse with the ban on Russian oil imports. Rising gas prices are a bad thing politically for any sitting president and anybody in the driver’s seat. But in the long run, for the country and the world as a whole, are high gas prices really that bad?
Winery owner and UC Santa Cruz chemistry professor Phil Crews teamed up with a group of researchers to conduct a study on how the taste of wine was affected by wildfire smoke.
(03/13/2022) → Read the full KSBW NBC/ABC report
In 2011, four onprofit partners—Sempervirens Fund, Peninsula Open Space Trust, Land Trust of Santa Cruz County and Save the Redwoods League—began revitalizing San Vicente Redwoods alongside the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band. Soon work will begin on a public trail system.
(03/08/2022) → Read the full Santa Cruz County Sentinel report
Now that district-by-district representation is bringing about a major overhaul of local governance in the city of Santa Cruz, some suggest it’s time for a “strong mayor.” But first voters need to say “yes” in June.
(03/08/2022) → Read the full Lookout Local report
This week, two consent calendar items before the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors were passed unanimously. Their intent: to regulate the behavior of officials and members of the public alike.
(03/08/2022) → Read the full Santa Cruz County Sentinel report
Parents have bombarded schools with “threatening messages,” angry emails and even in-person exchanges with teachers and office staff, says Santa Cruz County Superintendent of Schools Faris Sabbah.
(03/08/2022) → Read the full Lookout Local report
Historic moments of local Indigenous resistance to colonization are highlighted in a new book by Martin Rizzo-Martinez, “We Are Not Animals: Indigenous Politics of Survival, Rebellion, and Reconstitution in Nineteenth-Century California.” The book includes a forward by Amah Mutsun Tribal Band Chairman Valentin Lopez.
(03/08/2022) → Read the full Santa Cruz County Sentinel report
