🌱 New Ben Lomond Clinic + Colorado Fire 35% Contained

Rise and shine, Santa Cruz! Let's get you all caught up to start this day off on an informed note. Here's everything worth knowing around town today.

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First, today's weather:

Plenty of sun. High: 62 Low: 43.

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Here are the top stories in Santa Cruz today:

1. Santa Cruz Supes To Consider 3 Project Homekey Approvals (Santa Cruz Patch)
2. Big Sur Fire At 700 Acres, Containment Grows (Santa Cruz Patch)
3. Photo | Solo truck gets stuck on Graham Hill Road in Santa Cruz Mountains (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
4. Santa Cruz Community Health opens new clinic in Santa Cruz Mountains (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
5. PVUSD addresses teacher vacancies in wake of complaint, vows to keep hunting for new classroom leaders (Lookout Santa Cruz)
6. 'That was a great 20 years': Soif Restaurant to close its doors Saturday; new plans for space in the works (Lookout Santa Cruz)
7. Lack of virus protection forces Santa Cruz workers to plan strike (People's World)
8. State Route 9 Restoration Begins Monday in Santa Cruz (NBC Bay Area)

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Today in Santa Cruz:

• Santa Cruz Small Business Support & Networking (Leads Club) (12:00 PM)
• Living Trust Seminar - Santa Cruz, CA - January 25, 2022 (12:30 PM)
• Site Council - Harbor High School (3:45 PM)
• Budget Advisory Committee - Santa Cruz City Schools (5:00 PM)
• Pollinators and Urban Community Gardens with Stacy Philpott (online) (6:00 PM)
• Monarch Parent Education Night - Santa Cruz City Schools (6:30 PM)

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From my notebook:

• Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter: "Did you know that right now at SCCAS all dogs over 50lbs are available for adoption for just $50!? This includes their spay/neuter surgery, vaccinations, and flea/tick prevention. We have so many beautiful big dogs looking for homes, ple..." (Facebook)
• Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks: "Psssst 👀 The view at Shark Fin Cove is spectacular for photos — from up on the cliff or down on the beach. 😉📸 #FindNewAdventure" (Facebook)
• Santa Cruz Warriors: "Check out the 📸 from the Hardwood Classics game! #SeaDubs 🔗 scwpics.com" (Facebook)
• Santa Cruz County Chamber of Commerce: "Congratulations to Santa Cruz Community Health (SCCH) on the Grand Opening of New Clinic in Ben Lomond🏥! Santa Cruz Community Health San Lorenzo Valley Chamber of Commerce The new health center will increase access to high-quality, affo..." (Facebook)

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You're officially in the loop for today. I'll catch up with you bright and early tomorrow morning with another update!

— 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.