Representatives at the State Level
With the presidential election drawing the majority of media attention, local representatives tend to get lost in the coverage. Representatives from the California Senate 17th District, which covers Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, Monterey and San Luis Obispo counties, and the California Assembly 29th District covering...
State Ballot Measure Breakdown
Seventeen state ballot measures will be put before the California voters at the Nov. 8 election. Citizens will be voting on an array of issues ranging from marijuana legalization and death penalty reform to increased state taxes and medical drug costs. To unpack the complexities...
CORRECTION: City Council Forum
In our Special Election Issue, we mistakenly misattributed Drew Glover and J.M. Brown’s answers regarding Santa Cruz’s sleeping ordinance ban. The correct responses are below. Are you in favor of the town’s current sleeping ordinance ban? Why or why not? J.M. Brown “The end to...
Vote Local!
Nov. 8 isn’t all about Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Those headed to the polls must be diligent about the capacity for change local government wields. Local officials are important — they fund libraries and fix roads, they appoint police and fire chiefs, they set...
SCPD too Quick on Trigger
As of Oct. 26, 879 people have been killed by police this year. On Oct.16 alone, three were shot and killed in police-related incidents, according to The Guardian. The 32-year-old Santa Cruz resident, Sean Arlt, was one of them. From 10 feet away, Arlt was...
The Overcrowding Problem
Whether it’s circling the West Remote parking lot searching for spaces, living in a triple intended as a double or watching the loop buses pass by, students are feeling the effects of overcrowding. There are over 650 more students on campus this fall than last...
Stop the Dakota Pipeline
Nearly 1,200 miles of pipeline stretching from North Dakota to Illinois will potentially affect the lives of 17 million people who rely on the Missouri River for water. A portion of the pipeline cuts within a close half mile of the Standing Rock Sioux reservation...
Coverage Quiet on Haiti
Hurricane Matthew left a path of destruction in its wake and was the longest-lasting category 5 hurricane on record in the Eastern Caribbean. It died down to a category 1 hurricane on Oct. 8 as it hit North Carolina. As of Oct. 12, 39 people...
Status Over Survivor
*Trigger warning: this editorial contains references to sexual harassment. When he rubbed her neck, she felt uncomfortable. When he squeezed her, she froze with shock. When he grabbed her hands and placed them on his hips and kissed her, she cried in a bathroom stall...
Pulitzer for Washington Post, Exile for Snowden
Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden was on a plane to Hong Kong in May 2013 when media outlets, including The Washington Post, began publishing leaked documents describing the U.S.’s post 9/11 domestic surveillance programs. By the time he landed, the U.S. government had already issued...