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Hello, neighbors! It's me again, Michael Wittner, your host of the Santa Cruz Daily.
First, today's weather:
Cool with variable cloudiness. High: 65 Low: 44.
Here are the top stories today in Santa Cruz:
- Activist hacker pleads guilty to federal charges (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
- HP Acquires Santa Cruz-Based Videoconferencing Firm For $3.3B (Santa Cruz Patch)
- Santa Cruz electric vehicle chargers now charge twice as fast (KSBW Monterey)
- University of California, Santa Cruz film course aims to free wrongfully convicted people (KSBW Monterey)
- Westside: Key characters and famous folks (Lookout Santa Cruz)
- Opinion: A Personal Look at the 'Murder Capital' Years (Good Times)
- Letter | Santa Cruz water use already at 'rationed' level (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
- Second COVID-19 booster coming to Santa Cruz County soon (KSBW Monterey)
- Santa Cruz blows huge lead, wins in OT to keep playoff hopes alive | NBA G League (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
- LOOKOUT PM: What we know about that next booster & summer food-and-drink events reemerging (Lookout Santa Cruz)
- Brand New Bookie's Pizza Aims to Match Renowned Sante Adairius Beer (Edible Monterey Bay)
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Today in Santa Cruz:
- Tech Talks: Smartphone 101 (Apple) (11:00 AM)
- Parcel Tax Oversight Committee - Santa Cruz City Schools (5:30 PM)
- Scotts Valley Genre Book Club - Virtual Library (7:00 PM)
From my notebook:
- Santa Cruz Skateboards: "We know what you are thinking, and YES these trucks are on backwards. @carverskate Surf Skate Cruisers are available NOW ‼️ Tap in for more info then get to cruzin' 😎 #SantaCruzSkateboards" (Instagram)
- Visit Santa Cruz County: "It's time for another chance to win a trip to Santa Cruz County! This week's prize includes a 2-night stay at @hotelparadox in a Poolside Room with complimentary parking & $100 credit to @solaire_sc, 4 passes to ride the train at @roarin..." (Instagram)
- Santa Cruz SPCA: "Look at this inquisitive little face! 😻 Here's what MAGGIE has to say about herself: Hey, I'm MAGGIE! 🧡 Some say I'm a special girl around here, being an orange tabby that's female! That's not all...I am also FIV+, which means indoor l..." (Facebook)
- Santa Cruz Warriors: "#SeaDubs pulling off the win! Final game of the season at Austin this Friday. 🏀 SCW vs Austin Spurs 🗓️ Apr. 1 🕠 5:30pm PT 📺 NBC Sports Bay Area / California PLUS" (Facebook)
- Santa Cruz Warriors: "Beautiful move indeed 🤩 #SeaDubs Eli cashing in 13 pts so far!" (Facebook)
- Santa Cruz Warriors: "OT wins make you 😃 Invisalign || #WinningSmiles Shout-out to SCW Team Dentist Dr. Justin Shyba from Soquel Dental Office, who helped us get our winning smiles!" (Facebook)
- Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks: "Join us for the Pescadero Guided Walk this Sunday, April 3, at 10 a.m.! This leisurely two-hour stroll will lead participants on the mile-long Sequoia Audubon Trail through the Pescadero Marsh. Learn about the fascinating human history o..." (Facebook)
- Santa Cruz Warriors: "End Q1 #SeaDubs 37 | Stars 33 ✈️ LJ clear for take off ! #SeaDubs NBC Sports Bay Area / California PLUS" (Facebook)
- Santa Cruz Warriors: "18-in-1 SOAP 😂🧼 What's in the 📦 || Sheet Metal Workers' Local 104" (Facebook)
- Santa Cruz Warriors: "End Q3 #SeaDubs 88 | Stars 92 Kendall straight down to Selom ⚡" (Facebook)
- Santa Cruz City Government: "Community Meeting Announcement – 530 Front Street Wednesday, April 13th, 2022, from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Join the applicant, Swenson Builders, to view the proposed design, ask questions, and provide feedback for the mixed-use project located..." (Facebook)
- Santa Cruz Warriors: "Sky high for the lob ⛅ Be There Live || Ticketmaster" (Facebook)
- Santa Cruz Water Department: "While going through some old photos for a presentation, this one popped up. Thanks to Sunday night's rain, we likely have steelhead smolts swimming through here on their way to the Monterey Bay right now! Happy Watershed Wednesday!" (Facebook)
- Santa Cruz Warriors: "As a part of Women's Empowerment Month presented by Chase, the #SeaDubs donated breakfast to the employees at the Walnut Avenue Family & Women's Center to thank them for all they do in the community! 🍽️🍎" (Facebook)
- Santa Cruz County Chamber of Commerce: "Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks (Friends) announced today that online registration for Kids2Parks, an innovative park-equity program to bring students from Title 1 schools to State Parks, will open Friday, April 1, at www.thatsmypark.o..." (Facebook)
- Santa Cruz City Government: "With grant funding, we have upgraded 12 of our 13 electric vehicle charging stations to Blink electric vehicle chargers with faster charging speed than the previous models that were 10 years old and failing. The new Blink chargers can re..." (Facebook)
- Gault Elementary School: "🐬Thank you for the donations!! ♥️ ¡Gracias por las donaciones!🐬" (Facebook)
- Santa Cruz Warriors: "Underhand from the 3-point line! Can you try and copy LJ? Get creative and reply with a video to show us what you got! 💥 Try and Copy That || MRC Smart Technology Solutions" (Facebook)
- City of Santa Cruz Parks and Recreation: "🚶♂️🚵♂️ Come share your thoughts on this 2.2-mile bicycle and pedestrian system project!" (Facebook)
- City of Santa Cruz Public Works: "With grant funding, we have upgraded 12 of our 13 electric vehicle charging stations to Blink electric vehicle chargers with faster charging speed than the previous models that were 10 years old and failing. The new Blink chargers can re..." (Facebook)
- UCSC Libraries: "Hey slugs, just a reminder that this event will be at the Museum of Art and History in Santa Cruz on April 9th, from 7pm to 10pm. Great way to spend an evening!" (Facebook)
- Friends of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries: "From Santa Cruz Public Libraries: La Selva Beach Library hosts a talk by Robert Strayer, PhD, "Ukraine and Russia: Contextualizing a War" at 11am on April 2. Pre-registration required for in-person and virtual participants. Register: htt..." (Facebook)
- Santa Cruz County Chamber of Commerce: "We are excited to announce our first workshop series event of the year, which will be jheld on April 6th at Hotel Paradox, from noon to 12pm. Come join Tanner Tedsen, from Tedsen Insurance Agency, for a conversation on the policies that ..." (Facebook)
- Santa Cruz County Parks Department: "Santa Cruz County Parks is offer Spring Day Camps April 4-8 at Aptos Village Park and Quail Hollow Ranch. Play, Discover, Explore! County Parks provides quality spring break camps that engage and have a positive impact on youth in our co..." (Facebook)
- Santa Cruz County Parks Department: "Simpkins Family Swim Center is offering Lifeguard Training Courses. Email swimcenter@scparks.com for more information or visit our website at www.scparks.com" (Facebook)
- Santa Cruz County Parks Department: "Come help remove invasive Himalayan blackberry and other non-native plants from the riparian area of Bull Creek, in Felton Discovery Park next to the Felton Library! Please RSVP at: https://forms.gle/ZShjQ7kjb7Eg... (This is a link to ..." (Facebook)
- Santa Cruz County Parks Department: "Pool Little and Junior Guard Summer online registration opens, April 9th at 8am. Visit our website for dates, times and fees. www.scparks.com" (Facebook)
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— Michael Wittner
About me: I am excited to be returning to Patch as a Roving Editor, a job that will allow me to find out what's going on in communities all over the country. I worked as a Patch Field Editor from April 2020 to June 2021, covering Agoura Hills, Beverly Hills, Calabasas, Malibu, and Northridge-Chatsworth. Before then I was the Associate Editor of the Jewish Journal, a biweekly paper covering the Jewish community north of Boston. I grew up in Marblehead, Massachusetts, a small, seaside town north of Boston, and graduated from Bard College in New York, and then got my masters in teaching from New York University. Feel free to send any story ideas to michael.wittner@patch.com.
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