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• Learn to identify invasive beetles that threaten trees in Santa Cruz County
  An oak tree in Henry Coe State Park. (Nik Altenberg — Santa Cruz Local file) Shothole borer beetle meetings 10…
• Fallout from Watsonville airport land use dispute throws hotel, shopping center into jeopardy
  Land use disputes related to the airport have landed the city of Watsonville in court numerous times. (Amaya E…
• With developer chosen, Town Center plan in Scotts Valley advances
  The Scotts Valley Town Center plan stretches across 58 acres in the center of the city, including commercial s…
• Santa Cruz to build a new type of mental health care center for youth
  Serenity Smith, who lived at a residential treatment facility in Santa Cruz in 2024, drives to work in Aptos o…
• With less stability, less community, homeless displaced from Coral Street struggle to make it
  Kevin Kraft poses for a portrait on the San Lorenzo River levee. (Amaya Edwards — Santa Cruz Local/CatchLight…
• Santa Cruz County immigration arrests steadily increase as nationwide arrests surge
  A federal crackdown on immigrants was poised to begin in the San Francisco Bay Area in October 2025 before Pre…
• Pajaro residents can get Uber credits through new transit partnership
  Seniors 65 and older, veterans and people with disabilities can get discounted Uber rides through a pilot prog…
• Watsonville NICU closure approaches two months with no opening in sight
  Sandra Morioka speaks at an informational picket organized by the nurses union at Watsonville Community Hospit…
• First look: who is running for Watsonville City Council
  The current members of Watsonville City Council. Four seats are up for reelection in the Nov. 3 election. (Ama…

• Bad News for the News Industry
  McClatchy slashes newsrooms nationwide, including at its once-great flagship, th…
• The News: September 14, 2026
  The 25th anniversary of 9/11 is observed across the state; Local news is reporti…
• California Forever. Religious freedom now.
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• California Forever Faces a Setback
  The Solano County Board of Supervisors punts, effectively killing an assembly bi…
• The News: September 7, 2026
  What the Flock? People hate being spied on; cities and towns are gearing up for…
• California Local 2.0
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• The News: August 31, 2026
  Candidates for local office are campaigning for the Nov. 3 election, but there a…
• Cat Breed's 'Swim California' Champions the California Coast
  As she attempts the first-ever swimmer’s journey from Oregon to the Mexican bord…
• The News: August 24, 2026
  In which we extol local and regional theatre; tell tales of extraordinary youth;…
• A Visit with the Rotarians of the Santa Cruz Mountains
  We head to beautiful Ben Lomond to attend a Sunrise Rotary meeting featuring gue…

• 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!🎨
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• Black-footed Cats
  This cat looks a little like Cruzio Internet’s logo black-footed cats can be fou…

• Kennedy Center Supporters Rally Amid Fears of Trump’s Demolition
  Photos of President Trump reviewing a poster board with the title “Kennedy Cente…
• Two Centuries On, Smithsonian Connects Jefferson’s Hair to Hemings’s Children
  A new book describes how cutting-edge genomics techniques yielded “extraordinary…
• Paramount Weighs Some Concessions in Bid to Finalize Warner Bros. Merger
  Seeking to settle a lawsuit with 12 states, Paramount has discussed measures to…
• Steven Kolb, CFDA Head, Resigns After Confrontation With PETA Protesters
  Steven Kolb, the head of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, has steppe…
• The Kennedy Center Is Trump’s Most Grotesque Obsession
  Nothing has so thoroughly highlighted his indefatigable petulance.
• U.S. and Denmark Reach Security Deal on Greenland, Trump Says
  The full contours of the deal were unclear, but Denmark and Greenland both indic…
• Trump Says He Has Banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico From White House
  The president cited reporting from the outlets that he deemed “fake news.” It wa…
• Gemini AI Hacked Three Companies in a Testing Breakout, Google Says
  A third-party test company inadvertently gave internet access to Google’s Gemini…
• Anthropic Pursues IPO Despite Its A.I. Safety Warnings
  The company is expected to reach $100 billion in annualized revenue this year, e…
• A Central African Hotel Has Become a Nightmare Prison for U.S. Deportees
  Witnesses say men were hooded and beaten in Equatorial Guinea. The autocratic go…

• Trump says he is banning CNN and Politico from White House
  The US president has had a tense and fiery relationship with the US media throug…
• Google's Gemini AI hacked three companies in security test
  The AI model accessed the internet and guessed credentials to three websites, a…
• Saudi Arabia issues first air raid alerts for Riyadh since Houthis escalated attacks
  Residents later received the all-clear after explosions were reported in the cap…
• Kerry Kennedy: 'It would be a tragedy' if Kennedy Center is demolished
  The BBC’s Caitríona Perry spoke to the late president’s niece, as protesters gat…
• I found love at an Irish matchmaking festival – and I want others to do the same
  Mary Timby flew to Ireland on a whim last year and met her boyfriend at a matchm…
• Tata Sons: India's corporate crown braces for upheaval amid boardroom revolt
  The Tata boardroom battle has intensified over a re-appointment of its chairman…
• Grim discoveries of murdered women spark fear in South Africa
  Dineo Motapane is one of nine recent victims whose deaths have left a nation tra…
• A four-minute warning isn't enough: Russia's new relentless missile tactics exhaust Kyiv residents
  Increasingly frequent and ferocious attacks on the Ukrainian capital have left m…
• US and Denmark reach deal over Greenland after Trump annexation threats
  Trump says the agreement will give the US “permanent control over security, and…
• Trump signs sweeping Russia sanctions bill
  The bill is named after the late Senator Lindsey Graham, a staunch advocate of a…

• Has the James Web Space Telescope Discovered a New 'Black Hole Star'?
  The James Webb Space Telescope has been picking up little red dots in almost eve…
• AI Insiders Issue New Warnings – Including Former Anthropic Engineer Jacob Coxon
  Neither OpenAI or Anthropic is acting responsibly, warned AI researcher Jacob Co…
• Will California Gut Its Net Neutrality Law to Comply with Trump Admin Demands?
  In 2021, America approved $65 billion to fund broadband internet services as par…
• Rust is Now a 'Tier One' Language at Microsoft
  The Register reports: When Microsoft’s developers and engineers sit down to code…
• Journalist Calls Out 'Collective Amnesia' of Schools' Romance With Big Tech Over AI
  “Turns out, Silicon Valley isn’t especially altruistic,” writes the nonprofit ed…
• America Acknowledges for the First Time: It Has Deployed Weapons In Space
  Tuesday U.S. Space Force chief Douglas Schiess said his branch of the U.S. milit…
• Ex-Google DeepMind Researcher Also Warns AI Could 'Kill All Humans'. But Meta's Zuckerberg Believes Safety is Up to Each AI Company
  Reuters reports that a former Google DeepMind employee “became the latest AI res…
• Iran Strikes On Amazon Data Centers Caused Permanent Loss of Customer Data
  Ars Technica reports: Half a year after Iranian drone strikes knocked out multip…
• Hackers Stole Flock's Camera Software, Revealing How the Company Tracks Cars and People
  “Hackers ripped down a Flock camera above a roadway, made a near-complete copy o…
• 'Zuckoff' App Detects Meta Smartglasses, as Meta Plans Camera-Free Version, Loses Money, and Offers Social Media Subscriptions
  The New York Post reports: A new app called Zuckoff can detect if a user is near…

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