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🌱 Roaring Camp + Harlem Globetrotters Come To Town
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Up and at 'em, Santa Cruz! Let's get you started this Wednesday with everything you need to know going on in town today.
First, today's weather:
Sunshine. High: 61 Low: 39.
Here are the top stories in Santa Cruz today:
- Santa Cruz police department awaits wave of new recruits (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
- How Much Has Santa Cruz County's Water Supply Improved? (Good Times Weekly)
- Popular Roaring Camp Railroad at Center of Santa Cruz Rail Dispute (NBC Bay Area)
- $500K grant to expand broadband access to as many as 4,000 low-income families (Lookout Santa Cruz)
- Farewell to Soif Wine Bar (Good Times Weekly)
- Quick Bites | Restaurants, shops get ready for Valentine's Day (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
- Santa Cruz County approves partnership to expand broadband acess546 (KION)
- A fusion of talent, 'The Hill We Climb' welcomes masterful artists to Santa Cruz County (Lookout Santa Cruz)
- More victims come forward after Aptos deli employee was arrested for sexual assault (KSBW Monterey)
- A new steward: 'Gateway to Big Basin' property sold to conservation nonprofit (Lookout Santa Cruz)
- Harlem Globetrotters bring their basketball magic to kids in Santa Cruz (KSBW Monterey)
- Wind Advisory issued for Santa Cruz Mountains (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
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Today in Santa Cruz:
- Rockin' Pop-Up: Terrestrial Planets of our Solar System (online) (12:00 PM)
- LGBTQ Task Force - Santa Cruz City Schools (3:30 PM)
- Virtual Writers' Open Mic Night - Virtual Library (6:00 PM)
- DL TWI Parent Informational Nights- Zoom (6:00 PM)
- Soquel High School 8th Grade Open House (6:00 PM)
- SHS Open House - Soquel High School (6:00 PM)
- MHMS Open House - Santa Cruz City Schools (6:30 PM)
- Nature Journal Studio (6:30 PM)
From my notebook:
- Visit Santa Cruz County: "Castle Rock State Park - great views + plenty of spots to bask in the winter sun. 🦎 Want to get here? Check our bio link and story for info on Goat Rock at Castle Rock, plus other great hikes in Santa Cruz County. 🥾🪨🌲 Photo 📷 | @far..." (Instagram)
- Santa Cruz Warriors: "Happy Birthday, Ryan! 🎂🎈 #SeaDubs" (Facebook)
- Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter: "What is "speed petting" ? Come find out on Friday, February 11th from 4-6pm at the Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter! Enjoy food from Areperia 831 and meet adoptable animals. ALL adoptions between noon-6pm on 2/11 will be just $14 and Are..." (Facebook)
- Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission (RTC): "The RTC is seeking community input on several aesthetic features to be incorporated into the Highway 1 Auxiliary Lanes and Bus-on-Shoulder Project (Bay Avenue/Porter Street to State Park Drive). Visit the project webpage to watch a short..." (Facebook)
- Santa Cruz Water Department: "In addition to our efforts to protect the sources of our drinking water, we take efforts to protect the species that we share the water with. This photo, taken by Shmuel Thaler, shows our team monitoring the salmonoid fishery in the San ..." (Facebook)
- Santa Cruz Pony Colt Palomino Baseball Leagues: "Try out for the 2022 Santa Cruz Pony Baseball spring season! Sunday, February 6 at 9:30am at Harbor High School. We're having a FULL redraft so all players, including returning, must try out to be considered for the player draft. Arrive ..." (Facebook)
- Santa Cruz City Government: "Our City Parks & Rec Department is grateful for a U.S. Fish and Wildlife grant to help its mission to save the endangered Santa Cruz tarplant -- new plantings begin this week! Read more: https://loom.ly/akBCEEY" (Facebook)
- Rotary Club of Freedom CA: "The Rotary Club of Freedom will meet Tuesday, February 1 in the Agricultural History Museum at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds at 12:15 PM. Our guest speaker is Freedom Rotarian Ron Sandidge. He has spent many years traveling, living, ..." (Facebook)
- City of Santa Cruz Public Works: "🚗 Turn safely to avoid crashes -- here's how! En español: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kukF4G... #SantaCruzRegionalStreetSmarts" (Facebook)
- Santa Cruz City Government: "New water meters are coming your way! Please be on the lookout for our notices in your mail!" (Facebook)
- Santa Cruz County Chamber of Commerce: "⭐⭐⭐ NEW MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! ⭐⭐⭐ We're so pleased to welcome new 2022 member Connections Santa Cruz! The overriding value of Connections Santa Cruz treatment programs is that they are founded on the belief that all persons are entitled to..." (Facebook)
- Nextdoor Neighbor, Blacks Beach: "Just reminding those of you who have been keeping up with this nest the last 5 years; - its up and running again (wish them luck): " (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.
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