🌱 RTC Roaring Camp Back To Drawing Board + Tsunami Funding

Happy Saturday, neighbors! Here's everything you need to know around town today.

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First, today's weather:

Partly sunny. High: 65 Low: 41.

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Here are the top stories in Santa Cruz today:

1. RTC, Roaring Camp to go back to drawing board over Felton Line (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
2. Morning Lookout: Rail debate passion and skirting an affordable housing law (Lookout Santa Cruz)
3. Santa Cruz County man accused of sexually assaulting young employees ordered held without bail (The Mercury News)
4. Rep. Panetta asks Gov. Newsom for funding for Santa Cruz tsunami damage (KSBW Monterey)
5. Photo | Crescent moon shines over Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
6. Attention Tomboys: Popular music video series makes a big return (Lookout Santa Cruz)
7. Santa Cruz 'aggressive' traffic enforcement cites 138 (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
8. Unlawful Search Lawsuit Against SVPD Officers Proceeds (Good Times Weekly)
9. Wealthy town has an answer against building affordable housing: Mountain lions (Lookout Santa Cruz)
10. Elephant seals return to California coast after 6,000-mile ocean journey (San Francisco Chronicle)
11. Santa Cruz County Chamber Of Commerce: The Political Season Is About To Hit Full Speed (Press Release Desk)
12. More than 1,000 Santa Cruz Tarplants to be planted (KSBW Monterey)

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Today in Santa Cruz:

• Communi-Tea Party (9:00 AM)
• Nature Club: Finding Fungus at DeLaveaga (10:00 AM)
• Guided Coastal Walk (11:00 AM)
• Old-Growth Redwood Tours (12:00 PM)
• Historic Ranch Ground Tours (1:00 PM)
• "Natural Habitats" Jurors' Talk (4:00 PM)

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From my notebook:

• Visit Santa Cruz County: "Morning coffee order: please leave room for cream and ocean views. ✌️☕️🌴🌊 Photo 📷 | @saltyyogagirl #visitsantacruz #santacruz #pleasurepoint #santacruzcounty #goodmorning #happyfriday #tgif #friyay #morning #sunrise #weekendvibes #co..." (Instagram)
• Santa Cruz Police: "B.A.D.G.E.S Traffic Operation Results in 138 Citations Yesterday, SCPD conducted a multi-agency deployment of sixteen traffic officers participating in B.A.D.G.E.S. (Before Aggressive Drivers Get Everyone Stopped) in the City to focus on..." (Facebook)
• Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter: "Congratulations to Aria and Suki🥳🎉" (Facebook)
• Santa Cruz SPCA: "It's #FosterFriday 🥳 and we are here to share SORREL with you again! 😻 Sorrel has been in foster for a while now, so we've learned a thing or two about his preferences. He's asked us to note that he does NOT like pate canned food, but ..." (Facebook)
• Santa Cruz Police: "Suspect Prowler Busted Last night, Officer Becerra conducted extra patrols on the Westside when he saw a man looking into driveways and vehicles prowling with a flashlight. The suspect was so focused on prowling for potential valuables t..." (Facebook)
• Santa Cruz Warriors: "#SeaDubs are back home in Santa Cruz 🌊 Presented by Kaiser Permanente Thrive 🏀 SCW vs. Rio Grande Valley Vipers 📍 Kaiser Permanente Arena 🕖 7:00pm PT 📺 NBC Sports Bay Area / California 📲 MyTeams App" (Facebook)
• Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks: "The biggest scarf sale of the season is happening now through Sunday, Feb. 6 on our ParkStore Online! 🧣 Stock up and save with our collection of scarves on sale 40%-50% off! These versatile scarves can be worn as a hair covering, headba..." (Facebook)
• City of Santa Cruz Public Works: "Date Change! Our Street Smarts "Be Safe Be Seen" pedestrian safety booth at First Friday Abbott Square Market has been moved to March 4. It offers activities for youth, traffic safety education and reflective items to help pedestrians be..." (Facebook)
• Habitat for Humanity Monterey Bay: "From foundation to framing, it's such a treat to see a home take shape⁠ #affordablehousing #santacruzhousing #construction #homebuilding #volunteer" (Facebook)
• Santa Cruz Public Libraries: "Black History Month reading suggestions! Check out The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead. We have this book in print, large type, audio CD, Playaway, eBook, eAudiobook, and as a book discussion kit! This book won many awards inclu..." (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.