🌱 Eagle Over Loch Lomond + Santa Cruz Library Raises $1M

Hey, Santa Cruz! Here's everything you need to know to get this Friday started off right.

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First, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy. High: 67 Low: 46.

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Here are the top stories today in Santa Cruz:

1. Photo | Eagle graces skies over Loch Lomond (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
2. Santa Cruz County public defender reveals July 1 transition plan (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
3. Some UC Santa Cruz classes to remain online throughout quarter (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
4. Santa Cruz Council Lets Housing Development Proceed (Santa Cruz Patch)
5. Santa Cruz County featured on New York Times '52 Places' list (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
6. Santa Cruz Public Libraries funding gap filled (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
7. Local surfers Alex Fry, Shaun Burns eliminated in Pismo Beach | Local Roundup (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
8. Hard-charging sportfish still in Monterey Bay | Fish Rap (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
9. BOLO Best Bets: Get all jazzed up as the calendar heads to February (Lookout Santa Cruz)

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Today in Santa Cruz:

• Soquel High School Winter Formal @ Coconut Grove (5:00 PM)

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From my notebook:

• Visit Santa Cruz County: "The busiest of weeks call for the chillest of weekends. 😌 Anyone due for a mellow escape on the coast? 🤚 Photo 📷 | @kathleenfitz #visitsantacruz #santacruz #capitola #ocean #flowers #coast #coastal #coastalliving" (Instagram)
• Visit Santa Cruz County: "We'll have what she's having. 😍 Santa Cruz County isn't short on amazing coffee shops, and at @catcloudcoffee, they've got some 💯 eats too. What are some coffee shop meals, treats, and snacks you love in town? 🥐🥑🍞🌯🍩 Photo 📷 | @st..." (Instagram)
• Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office: "Suspect Arrested for Sex Offenses Involving Minors On January 26, 2022 Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office detectives arrested 39-year-old Carlos Gomez Velasco of Watsonville for multiple sex offenses involving minors. He was arrested on ..." (Facebook)
• Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter: "Meet adoptable puppies Gus and Woody. They are 2 months old and listed as Labrador retrievers. Gus and Woody are likely littermates rescued from poor living conditions- they have not been here long, but have been happy and social. They a..." (Facebook)
• Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter: "Every Sunday from 11am-1pm you can swing by Greater Purpose Brewing Company to meet adoptable dogs! The pups have so much fun meeting new people and many dogs have found their forever home at this event. Will we see you there?" (Facebook)
• Santa Cruz Warriors: "Another one in Rio Grande Valley. 🏀 SCW vs. Rio Grande Valley Vipers 🗓️ JAN 27 🕖 5:30 PM PT 📺 NBC Sports Bay Area / California PLUS" (Facebook)
• Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks: "Tidal extremes are back this weekend, and it's perfect for afternoon tide pool exploring. The low tide schedule for Santa Cruz beaches is below. Consult a tide chart for the low tides near you. Friday, Jan 28 1:34 pm 🌊 -0.69 Saturday, J..." (Facebook)
• Santa Cruz City Government: "The City of Santa Cruz today announced it was awarded $29 million in funding for the 100 percent affordable Pacific Station North mixed-use project from the California Strategic Growth Council's Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communi..." (Facebook)
• Santa Cruz Public Libraries: "Yesterday @friendsscpl held a press conference in front of Library Headquarters to announce that they have exceeded their goal of raising 1 million dollars for library building projects. We would like to congratulate the Friends of the S..." (Facebook)
• Santa Cruz SPCA: "🔊AROUND THE SHELTER🔊 Sound ON for the ultimate ASMR experience, brought to you by Queen and her Kong. OR, sound off because you're grossed out. Slurp slurp 🤣 #dailyenrichment" (Facebook)
• Friends of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries: "We did it! $1 million raised for improvements at Aptos, Branciforte, and Garfield Park branches. Library advocates and community volunteers gathered in front of the Santa Cruz Public Library headquarters on Wednesday to make the announce..." (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.