UPDATED: Student Protesters Blocking Access To UC Santa Cruz

Photos of striking students from earlier this week along Highway 17.

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UPDATED: Thursday, March 5, 9 a.m.

Notice from the Santa Cruz Police Department:

Protestors have shut down the UCSC campus as of 6:30 this morning.

Bay Street at High Street is completely closed with no access past that intersection.

SCPD is working with USCSPD and will update road closures if they occur.

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Thursday, March 5, 8:12 a.m.

School officials at the University of California, Santa Cruz are advising individuals not to come to campus this morning due to protesters blocking road access to the University.

The campus remains open, but individuals are advised to not try to get onto campus. University officials reported protesters started blocking the west entrance to the university around 4:45 a.m.

The university is also reporting Coolidge and Hagar drives have been blocked at the intersection by protesters.

The University Library will be closed today and is expected to reopen Friday.

Protesters are demonstrating against possible tuition hikes planned across the university system.

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• Going On Now: Hwy 1 Closed to NB Traffic at Junction of Hwy 17 in Santa Cruz
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--Images via Liberate our Education on Facebook.

--Bay City News

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