🌱 Live Oak Trial + Directly Elected Santa Cruz Mayor?

Happy Thursday, people of Santa Cruz! Here's everything you need to know about what's happening locallytoday.

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First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and cool. High: 56 Low: 33.

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Here are the top stories in Santa Cruz today:

1. Live Oak woman to face attempted murder charges at trial (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
2. Capitola hit and run suspect turns themselves in546 (KION)
3. Hard Core Compost receives grant from CalRecycle to improve site (Lookout Santa Cruz)
4. Coast Line | Curtain to rise on 'Little Shop of Horrors' at SLV High School (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
5. Morning Lookout: A uniquely Santa Cruz 2/22/22 moment and more (Lookout Santa Cruz)
6. Things To Do in Santa Cruz: Feb 23-March 1 (Good Times Weekly)
7. Capitola Collectacon is Central Coast's Biggest Comic Con Yet (Good Times Weekly)
8. Opinion: Burgers to Fuel a Comeback (Good Times Weekly)
9. Letter to the Editor: Go Bus-Trail (Good Times Weekly)
10. Santa Cruz Area Pets Who Need A Home: Katya, Sophia, Emma & More (Santa Cruz Patch)
11. Directly elected mayor in the cards for city of Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
12. Guest Commentary | Let Roaring Camp take over freight operations on Santa Cruz Branch Line (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
13. News & Announcements (santacruzpl.org)
14. Three unvaccinated individuals die of COVID in Santa Cruz County (East Bay Times)
15. Central Fire to use old Aptos library for firefighting training exercise (KSBW Monterey)
16. Charmant Vineyards Makes Public Debut Saturday (ediblemontereybay.com)
17. LOOKOUT PM: Watsonville Community Hospital's fate in the balance (Lookout Santa Cruz)

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Today in Santa Cruz:

• JavaScript Coding - Virtual Library (3:00 PM)
• CAPS Graduate Men's Group - University of California Santa Cruz-Meetings & Conferences (5:15 PM)
• Trey Anthony Master Class - University of California Santa Cruz-Training Events (7:00 PM)
• Trey Anthony Master Class - University of California Santa Cruz-Concerts & Performances (7:00 PM)
• Our Community Reads - Red Diaper Babies: Growing Up During the HUAC Years of the 1950s (7:00 PM)
• Scotts Valley Genre Book Club - Virtual Library (7:00 PM)

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From my notebook:

• Nextdoor Neighbor, Seabright: "In search of a room/studio for a friend in Santa Cruz. - Very successful plumbing contractor with reliable income and great references. Indoor/outdoor kitty friendly. Budget of $1000-$1500 Thanks! ❤️" (Nextdoor)

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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.