Community Members Unsatisfied with Proposed SHW
About 30 UC Santa Cruz faculty, students, community residents and members gathered at the Merrill Cultural Center on Wednesday to share their verbal and written comments regarding the Student Housing West (SHW) project draft environmental impact report. This was one of two additional public hearings...
‘When in Doubt, Bhangra it Out’
Rocking vibrant and ornate Punjabi suits known as salwar kameez, the UC Santa Cruz Bhangra Dance Team, called Apna Virsa, hyped the crowd with their vivacious energy and several attendees lunged forward cheering and dancing on to the dance floor, as if to join the...
Santa Cruz Announces Water Shortage Alert
Beginning in October, the rainy season in Santa Cruz brings about 24 inches of winter rainfall on average. By the end of February this year, Santa Cruz saw slightly under 8.5 inches. Due to the recent abnormally dry winter season, Santa Cruz’s water department officials...
Santa Cruz Takes on Climate Change
Emilio Martinez Castañeda, Beach Flats Community Garden gatekeeper, stepped into the garden and looked out at all of the rows of destroyed maize after what he considered the most devastating flood of his 48 years in Santa Cruz. It would take more than three months...