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First District Supervisor Manu Koenig will hold a Budget Overview Town Hall Wednesday, April 24 at 6:00 pm in a hybrid meeting at the Sheriff's Center Community Room, 5200 Soquel Avenue in Santa C...
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Heat pumps, an energy-efficient way to both heat and cool homes, are a necessary element of California's climate goal of net zero carbon emissions. Here's what they are, how they work, and how to get one.
Long-duration energy storage is essential if renewables are to become the basis for a future, carbon-neutral power grid. Here's how California is leading the race to store energy from solar, wind, and other clean sources for use whenever it's needed.
California has used reclamation districts to turn millions of acres of unusable swamps into fertile agricultural land, starting in the earliest days of the Gold Rush. Here’s how it happened.
California is a leading producer of agricultural crops. So it’s not surprising to find cutting-edge ideas taking root here.
Solar power, and a network of giant battery storage facilities, are playing an essential role in moving California toward its goal of exclusive reliance on renewable energy sources.
Tips for creating wildlife-friendly habitat in Santa Cruz County, no matter where you live.
What do resource conservation districts protect? Pretty much everything that’s worth saving.
Residential wells are drying up in the state’s main agricultural region at the same time that agricultural businesses consume almost 90 percent of the water there.
Santa Cruz County's water system is run by a decentralized collection of entities.
Santa Cruz is one of the few California communities that receive 100 percent of its water from local rainfall.
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During a report at the April 3 Council meeting, Scotts Valley City Manager Mali LaGoe announced the California Department of Housing and Community Development had certified its Housing Element—on its first try.
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In part II of "Have you Been Canceled?", a look at California's homeowner's insurance crisis, Rachel Anne Goodman talks with Deputy Insurance Commissioner and spokesperson for Commissioner Ricardo Lara, Michael Soller.
From Santa Cruz Local...
A proposed budget for 2025 cuts money for road repairs. Storms in 2023 caused about $140 million in damage to county-maintained roads, county staff said.
In this program, State Senator John Laird and Executive Director of Consumer Watchdog, Carmen Balber discuss California's homeowner's insurance crisis and whether Commissioner Ricardo Lara's proposed fixes will actually help the flight of insurance companies from the state or make it worse.
From San Lorenzo Valley Post...
California State Parks staff continues to move forward with the Big Basin Redwoods State Park Facilities Management Plan (BBFMP).
As kelp forests in some parts of the state transform into barren seafloor, California Department of Fish and Wildlife leaders are set to consider a petition that aims to protect kelp with new no-fishing zones that include Pleasure Point and offshore of Natural Bridges State Beach.
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From The Pajaronian...
A newly introduced Assembly bill could keep younger kids off e-bikes, and require testing for others. But some in the industry say the rules go too far.
UCSC professor Karen Holl has spent years monitoring ecosystems around the world, and she dug into that well of knowledge during a presentation titled, “Can We Save the World by Planting Trees?” in the Felton Branch Library’s community room.
The new bicycle and pedestrian overcrossing of Highway 1 at Chanticleer Avenue in Santa Cruz is part of the Highway 1 Corridor Project. Plans call for north and southbound auxiliary lanes and bus-on-shoulder improvements the 41st Avenue and Soquel Drive interchanges.
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