• Tell us what local issues you care about. We’ll press candidates running for office.
  Races on the Nov. 3 ballot include city council seats in Capitola, Scotts Valley and Watsonville. (Amaya Edwar…
• This PVUSD consultant is paid $4,000 per day. Some trustees want more oversight
  The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees meets in October. (Amaya Edwards — Santa Cruz Loca…
• As big buildings come to Santa Cruz, leaders want suggestions to make them less ugly
  A new survey will help city staff create a design guide for developers in Santa Cruz that may include suggesti…
• With new funds, Felton Fire looks to hire
  In July, Felton Fire property owners voted for an assessment expected to raise $1.7 million annually. (Amaya E…
• Santa Cruz could lower speed limits near schools, business areas
  In 2023, Santa Cruz County ranked worst in the state in reported cyclist deaths and injuries according to the…
• Return of the River Stewards: shelter residents tend to San Lorenzo riverbank ecosystem
  Andrew Kim Kawaoka, 70, prunes a tree during a River Stewards Program event on Wednesday at the San Lorenzo Ri…
• Santa Cruz County election preview: tax proposals, city council fights, empty seats
  In the November general election, voters in Scotts Valley, Capitola and Watsonville are set to choose new city…
• Up to 281 apartments proposed on Seabright Avenue in Santa Cruz
  A proposed senior living facility on Soquel and Seabright avenues could be six stories tall. (Workbench) Commu…
• Pajaro Valley prepares for natural disasters after mass flooding in 2023
  The March 2023 floods highlighted the vulnerability of communities in Pajaro and Watsonville. A new plan is be…
• Santa Cruz transportation leaders weigh loans for highway, rail trail projects
  The first phase of Highway 1 widening from 41st Ave. to Soquel Drive is complete. Proposed bonds would help pa…

• A Visit with the Rotarians of the Santa Cruz Mountains
  We head to beautiful Ben Lomond to attend a Sunrise Rotary meeting featuring gue…
• The News: August 17, 2026
  People have feelings about Flocks; Farewell Jackie the Bald Eagle; Super commute…
• Meet the Real Claude
  Mathematician Claude Shannon gave Anthropic’s AI assistant its name. AI Claude d…
• The News: August 10, 2026
  Kid are back in school; reminders of a changing climate; the tyranny of irony.
• A Summer Day with the Master Gardeners
  Short video: Harvest Day at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center.
• Harvest Day 2026 at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center
  Take a trip to the beloved “Hort Center” with our friends from Sacramento Digs G…
• Trusting in Claude (to a Point)
  Anthropic’s AI assistant displays remarkably human-like tendencies, but Claude i…
• The News: August 3, 2026
  Good times in the Delta; good intentions in Tahoe; Government Intelligence is ad…
• Trusting in Claude (to a Point)
  Anthropic’s AI assistant displays human-like tendencies, but Claude is definitel…
• The News: July 27, 2026
  Authorities have yet to determine what’s behind the cyclospora outbreaks; and co…

• Cruzio at the CPUC: What We Shared About Connecting San Jerardo
  On April 22, 2026, Cruzio had the opportunity to speak on a panel at a Californi…
• Cruzio celebrates completion of Equal Access Summits to the Sea project
  SANTA CRUZ- Cruzio Internet is celebrating the completion of their ambitious Equ…
• The Critters We See When We Build Infrastructure
  Out on the job, Cruzio’s top-notch tech crews encounter all sorts of animals. We…
• An Otterly Excellent Story
  As if you needed it, there’s another reason to love our local sea otters: they’r…
• Local Businesses & Giant Octopus Celebrate Cruzio’s 35th Birthday
  We edited this photo to look like a 1950s horror movie. But the tentacles were r…
• Giant Slugs & Giant Sloths — That’s So Santa Cruz
  In the Santa Cruz Mountains we’re used to getting slimed by banana slugs, which,…
• First Friday at Cruzio Featuring Liminal Space!
  Liminal Space Art Collective is a group of Santa Cruz artists building bridges a…
• Faster Internet Coming to Coastside San Mateo
  Earlier this year, the state of California awarded Cruzio $5.65 million to impro…
• 🎨 First Friday at CruzioWorks!🎨
  🎨 First Friday at CruzioWorks!🎨 Get ready to immerse yourself in a vibrant eveni…
• Black-footed Cats
  This cat looks a little like Cruzio Internet’s logo black-footed cats can be fou…

• Fire Near Reno, Nev., Prompts Evacuations of Homes and Hospitals
  The Hawk fire has burned over 13,000 acres and is encroaching on the northern pa…
• Iran Warns Gulf States Not to Join Trump’s Economic War
  Iran’s new hard-line national security adviser, Mohsen Rezaei, vowed to prevent…
• Hayden Panettiere’s Final Battles: Mysterious Pain and Trouble With an Ex
  In the year before the actress’s death, she struggled to walk at times and worke…
• What Canadian Goods Will Take Trump’s 50% Tariffs? Some Pretty Strange Items.
  Buoys, dog muzzles, capes, national flags and “base metal statuettes” from Canad…
• Jeffries and Kushner Meet Privately as Midterm Attacks Fly
  President Trump’s son-in-law and the man in line to be speaker of a Democratic-l…
• America’s Desert Metropolis Is on the Short List to Lose Water
  Decades ago, Arizona won funding for a massive Colorado River project by agreein…
• Twitter Broke the Left. X Will Break the Right.
  Democrats paid a price for forming their politics on Twitter; the right will pay…
• Angry Ohio Voters Could Turn Their State Purple Again
  A governor’s race, a Senate contest and enough congressional contests to swing c…
• How Big Tech Captured American Schools
  Companies like Google and Microsoft have used their money, their might and their…
• U.S.-Canada Trade War: What to Know About Tariffs and the Negotiations
  Canada suspended trade negotiations, triggering President Trump’s 50 percent tar…

• Trump waves green flag to start IndyCar race through Washington streets
  The president took a ceremonial lap of the track before the race, which is the c…
• Trump says Canada wants 'benefits' of being US state after trade talks collapse
  Canada’s PM said he was “reluctantly” announcing retaliatory tariffs and accused…
• Guinea rubbish landfill collapse kills 30
  A mound of rubbish at a major waste site buried several homes in the capital, th…
• France links sharp rise in drownings to heatwaves
  A government minister says people have been taking risks by going into the water…
• Frustration builds in Indiana town struggling without power for 12 days
  In the town of Gary, where a third of residents live in poverty, people say they…
• Kejelcha breaks men's half marathon world record by 29 seconds
  Ethiopia’s Yomif Kejelcha breaks the men’s half marathon world record in a time…
• Zelensky should be asked what he knew about government corruption, sacked minister tells BBC
  Mykhailo Fedorov has also called for wartime elections to be held in Ukraine.
• DR Congo and M23 rebels agree roadmap for peace talks
  Representatives met in Switzerland to work out next steps to resolve the conflic…
• Wicker Man director's sons complete their late father's film trilogy
  The final film in the folk horror trilogy brings closure to the saga as well as…
• Robot boxing, football and sprinting at World Humanoid Games
  The second-edition of the five-day competition kicked off in Beijing, China, on…

• OpenAI Faces Safety Scrutiny After Introducing 'ChatGPT For Teens'
  This week OpenAI launched a version of ChatGPT exclusively designed for teenager…
• Iran-linked Cyberattackers Shut Down a UK Power Plant for Four Days
  “Iran shut down a British power plant for four days in an unprecedented cyber at…
• Slovakia Finds Russian Backdoor In Traffic Speed Cameras
  Slovakia acquired speed cameras to modernize its traffic control– but there was…
• Stanford Economist Now Believes an AI Job Apocalypse Is Unlikely
  “There is still no sign of economy-wide job destruction,” says economist Erik Br…
• 23 Years After SimCity 4's Release, 'Eternal Commuter' Bug Finally Fixed
  “It began life just a year after SimCity 4’s 2003 launch,” writes the blog PCGam…
• Canonical is Funding a PhD to Automate C to Rust Translation
  An anonymous reader shared this report from the blog It’s FOSS: Canonical has co…
• Supply Chain Issues Delaying US Grid Batteries' Installation
  Falling prices have made grid-scale storage batteries more attractive, reports B…
• Debian is Voting on Whether to Allow AI-Assisted Contributions
  Debian developers are voting on whether to ban AI-assisted contributions, report…
• Defamation Suit Demanding Elsevier Retract Paper Heads Closer To Trial
  Retraction Watch reports: A trial date has been set in a $1 billion defamation c…
• Microsoft Blames Windows Gaming Issues On RGB Lighting Devices
  BleepingComputer reports: Microsoft says ongoing issues causing games to crash o…

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