🌱 High Mountain Winds + Bonny Doon Court Ruling

Morning, Santa Cruz! Let's get this Thursday started off right. Here's everything you need to know around town today.

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First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny. High: 61 Low: 40.

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Here are the top stories today in Santa Cruz:

1. Santa Cruz emergency responders watch as high winds sweep through the mountains (KSBW Monterey)
2. Photo | Strong wind gusts blow sand across Twin Lakes State Beach (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
3. Flushing COVID away: Santa Cruz back to wastewater testing in hopes of creating better virus surveillance (Lookout Santa Cruz)
4. Appellate Court rules on Bonny Doon placement for convicted rapist (KSBW Monterey)
5. Forward Progress Stopped On New Big Sur Fire (Santa Cruz Patch)
6. UC Santa Cruz: UCSC Researchers Study Effects Of Wildfire Runoff On Steelhead Sense Of Smell (Press Release Desk)
7. Things To Do in Santa Cruz: Feb. 2-8 (Good Times Weekly)
8. Roaring Camp's beach train at center of Santa Cruz railroad tussle (The Mercury News)
9. Are Santa Cruzans dividing up their lots? A look at SB 9 one month in, as new law gets digested (Lookout Santa Cruz)
10. Opinion: A Closer Look at How We Function—Or Don't (Good Times Weekly)
11. Santa Cruz County man charged with sexually assaulting underage deli workers remanded to house arrest (The Mercury News)

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Today in Santa Cruz:

• Tech Talks: iPhone Health App (Apple) (11:00 AM)
• JavaScript Coding - Virtual Library (3:00 PM)
• CAPS Graduate Men's Group - University of California Santa Cruz-Meetings & Conferences (5:15 PM)
• HHS 8th Grade Open House - Santa Cruz City Schools (6:00 PM)
• Trivia on Tap - Offsite Library (6:30 PM)
• Planning Commission Meeting - Santa Cruz City (7:00 PM)

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From my notebook:

• Visit Santa Cruz County: "#HumpdayMotivation: be happy like Atlas! 🐶 We're halfway though the week! Want to take your pup to the beach? Check our story for some of the best dog-friendly beaches in Santa Cruz County. 🌊🐕 Photo 📷 | @itsatlasthegolden #visitsa..." (Instagram)
• Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office: "We are looking for dedicated and motivated Deputy Sheriff Trainees and Correctional Officers to join our team. If you are looking for a new challenge every day and want to make a difference, check out our website and apply today! scsheri..." (Facebook)
• Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks: "Are there different kinds of redwoods? How do coastal redwoods grow to become the tallest trees on earth?🌲 Join us at Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park this Saturday, Feb 5 at noon and learn about these ancient trees during a docent-led ..." (Facebook)
• Santa Cruz SPCA: "We've just filled up our Cat Wing again so we could use some of those feel-good pheromones that help calm some of the kitties to ease their transition to a new, scary environment (even though our shelter isn't scary!) 🐱 We could use eit..." (Facebook)
• Santa Cruz Warriors: "LJ with the reverse POSTER !! Be There Live || @Ticketmaster" (Facebook)
• Santa Cruz City Government: "Due to the SB 946 law enacted in recent years, sidewalk vending can now only be restricted for health and safety reasons. The City is working on establishing Sidewalk Vending guidelines and will soon be making Sidewalk Vending recommenda..." (Facebook)
• Santa Cruz Warriors: "The Santa Cruz Warriors and Chase invite all to join us for the "Protests & Town Halls, Now What?" virtual webinar, which will focus on personal stories of racism & inequity, and the Black experience. #BlackHistoryMonth 🗓️ Feb. 8th 🔗 b..." (Facebook)
• Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission (RTC): "The RTC is looking for community members to join the Measure D Taxpayer Oversight Committee, which is tasked with reviewing how the funds generated by the Measure D transportation tax are being spent. Applications are being accepted for ..." (Facebook)
• Santa Cruz County Chamber of Commerce: "Registration is now open for our first Business After Hours Networking Mixer of 2022 🥂👥👥! It will be hosted by Hilton Scotts Valley on Thursday, February 24th, 5:00-7:00PM 🕔. Now under new ownership – Remington Hotels – we are so ple..." (Facebook)
• UCSC Libraries: "Hey Slugs, our friends at the IST, have an opportunity for a Marketing and Communications internship as part of Chancellor's Undergraduate Internship Program (CUIP) 2022-2023. Applications due by Monday 2/7! https://careers.ucsc.edu/inte..." (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.