Global Pollution Carries Local Implications
The discussion of global pollution has become nearly synonymous with that of CO2, but research from two UC Santa Cruz scientists is proving another harmful global pollutant is on the rise — mercury. Along with a team of researchers, Peter Weiss-Penzias, UCSC assistant researcher and...
Beach Flats Lease Renewed for Three Years
Santa Cruz City Council approved an agreement with Seaside Company for a new three-year lease on 16,000 square feet of the Beach Flats Community Garden at Tuesday night’s packed city council meeting. Seaside will reclaim 10,000 square feet for its own landscaping purposes. Over 100...
Organics Sprout in Popularity
Dick Peixoto starts his mornings at 4 a.m. with a stroll around his Watsonville farm Lakeside Organic Gardens, mingling with the harvesters, talking about daily tasks and keeping an eye out for any yellow-tinted leaves that can be signs of plant disease. One look at...
Santa Cruz to Surf Web at Lightspeed
Santa Cruz will soon receive its first glimpse of some of the fastest internet speeds in the country. The Santa Cruz City Council voted on April 12 to approve a Wireless Broadband Gigabit Grant Award from Siklu Inc., an Israeli radio transmitter company. In partnership...
From Hashtag To Hope
By Connor Jang and Georgia Johnson “What might we achieve if we believed that freedom could come about in our lifetime?” Black Lives Matter (BLM) co-founder Alicia Garza asked the audience of nearly 400 at the Santa Cruz Civic Center. “Black history is important, but...
Sharing Trinkets and Fighting Capitalism
The courtyard on the corner of 703 Pacific Avenue in downtown Santa Cruz is teeming with vegetation and vitality as those in need and those with abundance mingle and connect. It’s here at the SubRosa Community Space on the third Saturday of every month that...
Fungi Fanatics
The forest was brought indoors this weekend, with hundreds of varieties of fungi re-creating a woodland scene, complete with trees and forest floor on display at the annual Santa Cruz Fungus Fair. “They’re really, really weird,” said Christian Schwarz, UC Santa Cruz alumnus and member...
West Cliff Waves Hello To El Niño
With all the rain Santa Cruz has seen in recent weeks, residents may have forgotten the county declared a state of drought emergency just last June, but one look at the San Lorenzo River or the Loch Lomond Reservoir — two of Santa Cruz’s four...
Sacramento Resists #OpRight2Rest
A group claiming to be part of Anonymous, the international cyber hacking organization, has launched #OpRight2Rest against the City of Sacramento in response to the anti-camping ordinance targeting houseless individuals outside City Hall. While Anonymous’ threats are surprising in themselves, Sacramento’s response to the threats...
CA Rings in 2016 With Tighter Gun Control
On Jan. 1, three news laws and provisions to existing laws regarding firearms went into effect in California: SB 199, SB 707 and AB 1014. The laws concern BB devices, firearms on school campuses and temporary emergency gun violence restraining orders, and were passed as part...