Santa Cruz County Bulletin Board

Cucumber, Kale, and Spiced Cashew Salad

March 29 – April 4, 2023

Highlights this week: BRATTON...more about Carlos Palacios. GREENSITE...will return next week. SCHENDLEDECKER...First quarter City Council report card. STEINBRUNER...Aptos Village & Barry Swe...

Saturday 4/15: Cesar Chavez Day of Service and Plant Sale

Homeless Garden Project Farm

Saturday 4/22: Earth Day Santa Cruz

Downtown Santa Cruz. Free parking will be available at the County building, located at 701 Ocean St. It is a short walk across the pedestrian bridge to the event.

Saturday 4/15: What's Home? A Night of Creative Listening Across Differences

The 418 Project

April Fools Day March to End Homelessness

One of the agenda items at the weekly Food Not Bombs meeting was that morning’s Lookout story “In the Public Interest: A new law-and-order approach to homelessness in Santa Cruz?”

Found Treasure: Cafe dal Mare Pistachio Cake

Grape Escape: SLO Coast Wine

Pajaro Farmworkers, Class, Climate & Justice With Pamela Sexton & Elon Ortez

Thousands of farmworkers and their families are fighting for survival after a flood and dangerous health and safety conditions.

Maligne Reopens With More Approachable Perspective

Pastry Chef Stephanie Prida Returns to Santa Cruz with Big Plans

What Went Wrong at Cotoni Coast Dairies?

Someone new on the scene recently asked me to explain the history of what went wrong at Cotoni Coast Dairies. After many, many years, the property still isn’t being managed for wildlife or public ...

Hidden Hills Brewing and Blending Exudes Craft in Carmel

Weekly Review March 26 – April 1

NOTE: With the end of the Covid-19 emergency declaration, county and city meetings have returned to in-person or hybrid meetings. Unless otherwise noted, meetings are in-person. This Weekly Review...

Friday 3/31: Santa Cruz Hi-Rise

Resource Center for Non-Violence, 612 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz

March 22 – 28, 2023

Highlights this week: BRATTON...Carlos Palacios days off??, search for book writer, East Meadow Update and sad news. GREENSITE...the city ignores its own heritage tree laws. SCHENDLEDECKER...will ...

Oh Goodness, What Rain!

Rain and storms and wind and hail and thunder, and more rain keep buffeting the landscape around Molino Creek Farm. At the same time, we welcome the new moist spring and its seasonal phenomena: wa...

East Meadow Update 3/17/23

On March 15 and 16, 2023 the UC Regents took up UCSC’s latest proposal for Student Housing West. With almost no deliberation they approved the proposal unanimously.

New Eastern Monarch Butterfly Count Indicates Pollinator Still Threatened

Long-Term Decline of 90% Going Into Endangered Species Act Decision

New Study Finds West Coast Groundfish Are a Super Food

De Tierra Vineyards Sold

March 22, 2023 – De Tierra owners Dan McDonnal and Alix Bosch have sold the Corral de Tierra vineyards and Carmel tasting room to Jeff Meacham and Andrew Schoenfeld. 

Sugar Rush: Collective Santa Cruz Kicks Off Sweet Season

The Pajaro Levee Break, Immigrants, Labor & Climate Crisis With PVFT1936's Pamela Sexton

PVFT Local 1936 Delegate Pamela Beth Sexton adult education teacher talks about the effect of the broken levee on the immigrant farmworker community, systemic racism and the role these farmworker...

Mayor Keeley Targets the Homeless with Surprise Traffic Median Motion

At the March 14th meeting of the Santa Cruz City Council, Mayor Fred Keeley introduced a surprise motion targeting homeless residents who panhandle on traffic medians (watch video below). Keeley's...

Food Not Bombs Will Not Be Silenced

A global war is boiling in the back kitchen with the noisy rattling of a brass kettle on a gas stove left unattended. Millions of us stand at the register discovering our food stamps have diminish...

Weekly Review March 19 – 25

NOTE: With the end of the Covid-19 emergency declaration, county and city meetings have returned to in-person or hybrid meetings. Unless otherwise noted, meetings are in-person and no longer acces...

Lawsuit Launched Over U.S. Delay on Petition to Phase Out Oil Drilling on Public Lands

WASHINGTON, March 16, 2023 — Conservation groups today filed a notice of their intent to sue the U.S. Interior Department for failing to respond to a petition to phase out oil and gas extraction o...

Court: U.S. Failure to Protect Pacific Humpbacks From Deadly Entanglements Was Unlawful

SAN FRANCISCO, March 15, 2023 — A federal court ruled in favor of the Center for Biological Diversity yesterday in a lawsuit arguing that the National Marine Fisheries Service failed to protect en...

Monday 3/20: Defend Food Not Bombs Right to Share Food & Protest

Resource Center for Nonviolence

March 15 – March 21, 2023

Highlights this week: BRATTON...Food Not Bombs, read this horizontally, save the trees. GREENSITE...on Reflections from Down Under. SCHENDLEDECKER...winter blues. STEINBRUNER...S Cruz water demand...

Found Treasure: Food Teacher of the Year Imogen Erickson

Sign Up Now to Get Help and Help Others

We've all seen the destruction and loss caused by last weekend's storms and flooding. Many of you have reached out to offer help and support – thank you. Our Volunteer Mobilization team is w...

Reserve Visitor Notice

The Reserve's Trails and Visitor Center will be open for usual public access hours (9am-5pm, Wednesday-Sunday) beginning Saturday, March 18th. As of this posting, there are several road closures o...

Saturday 3/18: Protest nonstop war and militarism - demand negotiations!

Town Clock (Water Street) Santa Cruz

Grape Escape: King City Crowns Pelio and Furthermore Big Winners at 30th Annual Monterey Wine Competition

East Meadow Update 3/12/23

There is a major new development in the long and tangled story of Student Housing West with its reckless proposal to develop the East Meadow. The University has just asked the UC Regents for appro...

Bureaucracy is not Democracy

The democratic process in United States government, federal, state and local, has been replaced by an impenetrable and obfuscatory bureaucracy. Democracy is rule by the people. The United States g...

Are you ready to shift the narrative?

You know the usual suspects – the people who always show up for every campaign, event, and meeting.  The businesses that say yes to sponsorships, release their employees to mentor, coach and...

Forcing the Homeless of Santa Cruz into the Harsh Torrents of the Atmospheric River

A Special Kind of Cruelty

Get to Know Local Groundwater Resources

Groundwater Awareness Week (GWAW) was March 5-11. In case you missed it, GWAW was established in 1999 by the National Ground Water Association (NGWA) and The Groundwater Foundation to highlight [...]