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Good morning, people of Santa Cruz! Michael Wittner here with your brand-new edition of the Santa Cruz Daily.
First, today's weather:
Fog, then some sun. High: 62 Low: 44.
Here are the top stories in Santa Cruz today:
- Salinas, Santa Cruz among the least affordable places to live: Study (KSBW Monterey)
- Santa Cruz County nonprofit to distribute $657,000 in immigration scholarships (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
- Tannery Arts Center to Use Grant For New Performance and Dance Building (Good Times)
- Santa Cruz Jersey Mikes To Donate Sales To Special Olympics (Patch)
- Photo | Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk will open for spring break (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
- Vino Cruz Delivers a Variety of Innovative Dishes to Soquel Diners (Good Times)
- Mentone's Lunch Menu Pops with House-Cured Salmon and More (Good Times)
- Santa Cruz's Julia Moore named Player of the Year | All-SCCAL girls soccer (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
- Santa Cruz's true-crime classic (Lookout Santa Cruz)
- Santa Cruz bucks statewide trend, has lowest water users in the state (KSBW Monterey)
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Today in Santa Cruz:
- Viva los Libros: Latinx Artist Books in UCSC Special Collections (12:00 AM)
- See you when I see you… Black Student Life at UCSC, 1965-Present (12:00 AM)
- Senior Show: Stella Brown (Online Exhibition) (12:00 AM)
- When We Paint Our Masterpiece: The Art of the Grateful Dead Community (12:00 AM)
- Modified Day: CAASPP - Harbor High School (12:00 AM)
- Launch your Paralegal Career - University of California Santa Cruz-Training Events (10:00 AM)
- STARS Rally - Bonny Doon Elementary Distict (11:30 AM)
- 10 x 10: Ten Women / Ten Prints - University of California Santa Cruz-Exhibits (12:00 PM)
- Food + Community: Documenting and Celebrating how We Eat (1:00 PM)
- STEAM @ Home Kits: Make a colorful woven turtle (1:00 PM)
- ePerformance Tool Navigation - University of California Santa Cruz-Learning & Development (1:30 PM)
- Festival Choir Concert - Santa Cruz High School (6:30 PM)
From my notebook:
- Santa Cruz Skateboards: "Hand or Dot, which are you rocking? @justinsommer_ reps both in new colorways available now ✔️ tap in for more info! 📸: @instapizzle #SantaCruzSkateboards" (Instagram)
- Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks: "BYO coffee and pastries to Waddell State Beach. On your way, pop into Whale City Bakery in Davenport for treats. ☕🥐Yum! #FindNewAdventure 📸 | LIVE WELL with Kate" (Facebook)
- Santa Cruz Warriors: "Congratulations JROB! 🥳 Robinson has been named NBA G League Player of the Week for games played March 21-27! Robinson led the #SeaDubs to a 3-0 record, averaging 26.3 points, 6.3 rebounds, 7.7 assists, 1.7 steals and 37.8 minutes durin..." (Facebook)
- Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter: "Check out our online store! All proceeds benefit the animals at the Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter. " (Facebook)
- City of Santa Cruz Parks and Recreation: "😀 Players from the UC Santa Cruz Women's Basketball Team are running the Spring Break Mini Basketball Camp for ages 4-6! 🏀Camp runs M-F, April 4-8, 10-11 a.m. at the London Nelson Community Center. 🏀Camp is only $23 for residents and ..." (Facebook)
- Santa Cruz Warriors: "🛫 Road Warriors #SeaDubs 🏀 SCW at Salt Lake City Stars 🕖 6 PM PT 📺 NBC Sports Bay Area / California PLUS" (Facebook)
- Santa Cruz Public Libraries: "The Pigeon wins! 🌭 Thanks to everyone who participated in our Literary March Madness. 😍 #literarymarchmadness" (Facebook)
- UC Santa Cruz Police Department: "Our in person class starts NEXT WEEK!😊 We are very excited to see some new faces and are looking for more people to join our 10 week course. It is not too late to sign up!" (Facebook)
- Santa Cruz County Parks Department: "Santa Cruz County Parks won for our New Website! Thank you California Park & Recreation Society" (Facebook)
- UCSC Libraries: "It's the first Monday of the quarter, everyone. This quote sets the tone of it all! Remember - set goals, make plans, and it'll all come along smoothly. Good luck, you've got this!" (Facebook)
- Santa Cruz Water Department: "Huge reservoirs serving multiple cities remain very low. However, our story is different in Santa Cruz." (Facebook)
- Santa Cruz Warriors: "Throwin' it back to Smiley 🙂 #SeaDubs Be There Live || Ticketmaster" (Facebook)
- Santa Cruz County Chamber of Commerce: "⭐⭐⭐ NEW MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! ⭐⭐⭐ The Santa Cruz County youth has unlimited potential. We don't want to take that for granted, we want to ensure our youth has a shot at making their dreams reality. The Reggie Stephens Foundation is always ..." (Facebook)
- Santa Cruz High School PTA: "Graduation for the class of 2022 is quickly approaching, and the Grad Night Committee is planning a safe and sober post-graduation celebration at the Coconut Grove on May 27th, 2022 from 9pm-2am. Given this event is solely run by parent ..." (Facebook)
- UCSC Libraries: "Welcome back, slugs! How was your spring break? Do you feel ready for the new quarter? Let us know in the comments below!" (Facebook)
- Santa Cruz County Parks Department: "County Parks Summer Guide is here! We are offering youth programs, classes, adult trips, summer camps for kids, free family-friendly activities, and more! Registration starts online April 9th at 8am. https://scparks.com/Home/FindAProgram..." (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.
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