Santa Cruz County Bulletin Board

A Review of School Lunch

Some of the meals they serve us at Live Oak Elementary School, where I’m a fourth-grader, are kind of simple, like bagels with cream cheese, which they serve us almost every day, sometimes with ap...

Parents Not Thrilled About School Starting in August

Some Santa Cruz parents say summer is getting shorter and shorter for their kids, seriously cutting down their childhood because school is starting earlier and earlier. Parents at Santa Cruz and P...

Teaching Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

by LitWits founders and teachers, Becky and Jenny "Hands-on, memorable, meaningful ways to teach this book, and pull out its many powerful lessons, LitWits style. Last week we taught Mildred [...]

ACLU Challenges Unconstitutional Seizure of UCSC Student's Phone

SAN FRANCISCO, March 5, 2025 — The ACLU Foundation of Northern California, the Center for Protest Law & Litigation, and civil rights attorney Thomas Seabaugh filed a motion today to challenge ...

12 Lessons from Fire to Help Us Live Lighter and Freer

by Dr. Casey Means Disasters can be our greatest teachers. Less than two months have passed since the LA fires, and for everyone I know whom the fires have touched, [...]

March 5 – 11, 2025

Highlights this week: Greensite... on the Ballot Measure... Steinbruner... Write your supervisors, lithium... Hayes... Cotoni Coast Dairies, 2064: A Dystopia... Patton... The Apprentice... Matlock...

Why Shopping with a Purpose Matters: How Your Purchase Changes Lives

The Power of Shopping with a Purpose In a world where gift-giving can sometimes feel routine, choosing a gift that gives back brings a deeper meaning. At the Homeless Garden Project, every item so...

Watershed Rangers Take Action!

Watershed Rangers go above and beyond to make change and educate the San Lorenzo River community!

Wednesday 3/26: "How to Survive a War Zone" - Understanding Gaza Film Series

SEIU Local 521 Union Hall, 517 Mission St, Santa Cruz

Frontline Healthcare Workers Vote to Approve Three-Day ULP Strike at Watsonville Community Hospital

Healthcare workers vote by a margin of 98% in favor of a strike as Pajaro Valley Health Care District officials refuse to bargain in good faith to fix the short-staffing patient care crisis and wo...

Picture This: Cultivating Our Compassionate Community

Storytelling event aims to build, sustain and celebrate a culture of compassion within the context of resolving homelessness in Santa Read More

Rain, Mushrooms, Fire, and More

Another round of rain enlivens the vibrant living system that is Molino Creek Farm. Citrus ripens, quince/hazels/milkmaids/houndstongue blossom, and grass and herbs thicken and deepen in every fie...

Saturday 3/22: Showing Up for Racial Justice Santa Cruz County - Community Meeting

Quaker Hall, 225 Rooney, Street Santa Cruz

Saturday 3/8: Tesla Takedown Protest at the Seaside, Ca Tesla Showroom

Tesla Showroom, 1901 Del Monte Blvd, Seaside, CA 93955

Trails Through the Woods

What could possibly be wrong with trails through the woods? Ad hoc, unsanctioned, illegal, illicit, unapproved…choose your adjective to precede the ‘trails through the woods’ phrase and then ask ‘...

Beginning of Burgeoning

Plants and animals are awakening to the waning Winter and the approaching Spring. Spring Equinox is March 20, 2:01 a.m.; daylight savings starts March 9. The days are getting longer and, recently,...

Getting Messy in a Different Way

My name is Alison Alkon and I’m a professor in the community studies program at UCSC. I do research and write and teach about food justice, meaning the ways that inequalities likerace, class and g...

Growing Together: Volunteer Spotlights

Volunteers are the heart of everything we do at the Homeless Garden Project. Everyone who joins us has their own story, their own reason for showing up. In this series, we're handing them the mic ...

Scam and Fraud Prevention Workshop for Older Adults

By Volunteer Center AmeriCorps Seniors Are you an older adult who would like to learn how to protect yourself from scams? There are effective ways to protect yourself and avoid becoming a victim. ...

The Best Cinnamon Roll Spots in Santa Cruz County

Santa Cruz County is home to some of the best cinnamon rolls on the California coast, with bakeries and cafés crafting these sweet treats to perfection. Whether you prefer them [...]

Wednesday 3/12: Battery Energy Storage System Protest!

Courtyard Marriott Santa Cruz, 313 Riverside Avenue, Santa Cruz

Tuesday 3/4: Light for Our Democracy Solidarity Rally in Monterey

Window on the Bay, 717 Del Monte Ave, Monterey

Tuesday 3/4: Monterey: Stop the Tyranny!

Window on the Bay, 717 Del Monte Avenue, Monterey

Tuesday 3/4: Salinas: Unite Against Oppression & Dictatorship!

200 Lincoln Avenue, 93901, Salinas

Saturday 4/12: Free for All: The Public Library Screening and Discussion

Fireside Community Room, Scotts Valley Branch Library, 251 Kings Village Rd, Scotts Valley

4/4 The Art of Nature: First Friday

Get to know Santa Cruz’s WILD SIDE at the Museum of Natural History! Nerd out on your night out during monthly after-hours events, featuring rotating themes, vendors, and activities. FREE admissio...

Un-Natural Acts in the Natural World

We Live in the Natural World - yes, we do. All of us. All life. All the time. However, the majority of humans on this benighted and much abused planet have yet to get the memo, and they haven't fi...

Weekly Review March 2 – 8

This Weekly Review features public meetings in Santa Cruz County as of the time of publication, March 1 at 11:00 am. Meeting status changes will be updated as they are announced throughout the wee...

Tuesday 3/4: Santa Cruz: Rise Against Tyranny!

Santa Cruz Town Clock, N. Pacific Ave & Water St, Santa Cruz

February 26 – March 4, 2025

Highlights this week: Greensite... Notes from Australia... Steinbruner... aftermath of the battery fires, and more... Hayes... Autocracy Continues to Build... Patton... Don't be a scaredy-cat... M...

Native dune species will be planted March 15 to increase coastal resilience FEB 28, 2025 —APTOS, CA — California State Read More

Why Cut Redwoods?

More than a decade ago, Sempervirens Fund was confronted with a choice: do we actively manage the forests we protect to improve their health, or do we continue to protect the redwoods as we have f...

3/26 Plein Air in Plain Sight – The Legacy of Santa Cruz Nature Painting

Santa Cruz has been an outdoor painting hotspot since the 1890’s, well-known across the nation as a destination for exploring art while surrounded by nature. In fact, the Seabright Community in pa...

Lawsuit Seeks Records on DOGE Structure, Musk’s Mission in Trump Administration

WASHINGTON, February 27, 2025 — The Center Biological Diversity today sued the Trump administration, including Elon Musk, to obtain public records on the activities of the so-called Department of ...

Saturday 3/1: Protest at the Tesla dealership in Seaside

Tesla Dealership • 1901 Del Monte Blvd, Seaside, CA 93955

Mountain Mama: Spring Cleaning for the Soul and Home

As the first hints of spring arrive in the mountains, the urge to shake off the dust of winter and welcome the new season is irresistible. Spring cleaning isn't just about tidying up—it's ab...

Stations: Monte Vista

The Loma Prieta Branch of the Southern Pacific Railroad is the only line in the Santa Cruz Mountains where the terminus was substantially moved. Yet both of its terminal stations were given the sa...

Top Dog Film Festival 2025

March 22nd at 7 pm, Rio Theatre Supporting the Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter Join us for our Yappy Hour Read More

City of Santa Cruz Launches New Street Sweeping Pilot Program

Program will implement new "No Parking Zones" signage in selected city areas. Santa Cruz, CA [February 26, 2025] – The Read More

Explore ‘Nature in Your Neighborhood’ at Free Book Talk

Renowned author and illustrator Marni Fylling will share her latest illustrated field guide at Natural Bridges State Beach on March Read More