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• Trump administration bars Harvard from enrolling foreign students
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• Federal judge blocks immigration authorities from revoking international students’ legal status
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• 49ers’ award-winning corner Lenoir extols virtues of Saleh, Purdy and highlights Super Bowl goal
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• Trump administration files motion to end protections for immigrant children in federal custody
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• NOAA predicts ‘above average’ number of storms in hurricane season starting June 1
  With just more than a week before it starts, Americans should prepare for an “above average” hurricane season…
• Arizona State AD Graham Rossini: Progress in Year 1, but major challenges remain
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• Bored with manicured lawns, some homeowners adopt No Mow May all year long
  By KRISTIN M. HALL NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — No Mow May encourages homeowners to stash the lawn mower each sprin…
• Trump’s DOJ accuses Medicare Advantage insurers of paying ‘kickbacks’ for primo customers
  By Julie Appleby, KFF Health News When people call large insurance brokerages seeking free assistance in choos…
• What to know about the tensions between Iran and the US before their fifth round of nuclear talks
  By JON GAMBRELL DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran and the United States will hold talks Friday in Rome,…

• Trump administration bars Harvard from enrolling foreign students
  By COLLIN BINKLEY, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Trump administration revoke…
• Lawsuit: East Bay-based Workday’s hiring technology prevented people over 40 from getting hired
  By Clare Duffy, CNN New York — Pleasanton-based tech firm Workday is facing a co…
• Federal judge blocks immigration authorities from revoking international students’ legal status
  By JANIE HAR, Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — A judge in California blocked the…
• 49ers’ award-winning corner Lenoir extols virtues of Saleh, Purdy and highlights Super Bowl goal
  SAN JOSE — Deommodore Lenoir vividly recalls last season’s 49ers opener, when he…
• Blighted San Jose site where 200-plus homes are eyed goes up for sale for $35 million
  SAN JOSE — A downtown San Jose site of blight where a student housing tower is p…
• NOAA predicts ‘above average’ number of storms in hurricane season starting June 1
  With just more than a week before it starts, Americans should prepare for an “ab…
• Arizona State AD Graham Rossini: Progress in Year 1, but major challenges remain
  Arizona State athletic director Graham Rossini has been on the job for one year,…
• Bored with manicured lawns, some homeowners adopt No Mow May all year long
  By KRISTIN M. HALL, Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — No Mow May encourages ho…
• Map: Here’s where the small plane crashed into a San Diego neighborhood
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• 12 classic road trip books to take you on a ride this summer
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• First Friday at Cruzio Featuring Liminal Space!
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• Faster Internet Coming to Coastside San Mateo
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• 🎨 First Friday at CruzioWorks!🎨
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• Black-footed Cats
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• Hidden Fortress Opens Cafe at Cruzioworks
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• Cruzio Got a Grant. What That Means for You
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• Cruzio Rides the Giant Dipper (and More)
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• Federal Internet Subsidies are Gone — But We’re Still Helping
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• SCLU Takes the Win at the Memorial Day Surf Contest
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• Equal Access in Watsonville, CA
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• Trump Administration Halts Harvard’s Ability to Enroll International Students
  The move was a major escalation in the administration’s efforts to pressure the…
• Kennedy and Trump Paint Bleak Picture of U.S. Children as ‘Sickest Generation’
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• Small Plane Crash in San Diego Kills at Least 2, Officials Say
  The crash of the plane, a Cessna Citation jet, also injured eight other people a…
• Takeaways From the White House’s ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Report
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• Deadlocked Supreme Court Rejects Bid for Religious Charter School in Oklahoma
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• What a White House Report Says (and Doesn’t Say) About Pesticides and Health
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• In Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Trial, Kid Cudi Testifies to His Car Being Torched
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• NOAA Announces 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season Prediction
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• New Novels to Read This Summer
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• 21 Nonfiction Books Coming This Summer
  How did streetwear become high fashion? Why are there so many serial killers in…

• Trump administration ends Harvard's ability to enrol international students
  The move escalates the administration’s row with America’s oldest university ove…
• What we know about the Israeli embassy staff shooting
  Police say the victims, a young couple, were shot by a man who shouted “free, fr…
• On the South African road incorrectly identified as a 'burial site' by Trump
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• Denmark to raise retirement age to highest in Europe
  From 2040, Danish people born after 31 December 1970 will be eligible to retire…
• US Supreme Court blocks public funding for religious charter school
  A split Supreme Court ruling upholds a lower court decision that prohibited Okla…
• UK signs £101m-a-year deal to hand over Chagos Islands
  Under the deal, the UK will lease back the Diego Garcia military base from Mauri…
• UN says 90 lorry loads of aid now in Gaza after three-day delay at crossing
  The aid, including flour and baby food, was picked up three days after Israel ea…
• 'Multiple fatalities' after small plane crash in San Diego neighbourhood
  Several homes were destroyed and cars caught fire after the private aircraft cra…
• 'World's greatest designer' Jony Ive joins OpenAI to 'reimagine' computers
  The man who designed the iPad, iMac and iPhone will try to come up with a new ge…
• Busy hurricane season expected as forecasters fear Trump cuts
  The warning comes as cuts to American research raise fears over the ability to t…

• Missing FEMA money strains Scotts Valley city budget
  Steve Clark, right, and Krista Jett joined the Scotts Valley City Council after…
• Pajaro Valley school district grapples with shrinking budget
  Teachers and supporters rally against potential layoffs at Pajaro Valley Unified…
• New wildfire hazard maps, rules for Santa Cruz County residents
  Cal Fire maps outline areas with high fire hazards. Find your home in the intera…
• Santa Cruz passenger rail options outlined
  Passenger rail could run above Beach Street at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk or…
• New soil tests start after Moss Landing battery fire
  A Jan. 16 battery fire in Moss Landing has prompted health and environmental con…
• Felton Fire loses chief, service contract with Ben Lomond
  Some Felton firefighters have said the agency is not prepared to respond to 911…
• Watsonville rail trail, train depot options presented
  Transportation staff show a proposed rail trail map to a resident in Watsonville…
• Santa Cruz affordable housing measure expected on Nov. 4 ballot
  Elaine Johnson, executive director of Housing Santa Cruz County, kicks off a cam…
• Santa Cruz council to consider taller buildings, new Warriors arena downtown
  Spruce Street could close to vehicles from the Kaiser arena to Pacific Avenue as…
• 5 takeaways on Santa Cruz County housing production
  Twenty-nine homes in Aptos Village Phase II finished construction in May. They a…

• Julia Gitis on Newsracks and SF’s New Community Information Hub (Part II)
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• What Is a Community Foundation?
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• CEQA: The Surprising Story of the State’s Keystone Environmental Law
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• De-weaponizing CEQA
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• Earth Day 2025 Preview
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• Silicon Valley’s Earthbound Roots
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• Stewart Brand’s ‘Whole Earth’ and its Place in the Universe
  Meet the hippie intellectual who changed the world with the first published phot…
• The News: April 28, 2025
  California prepares for fire season and California Local forks The Newsletter.
• How Chaos Theory Pioneer Ralph Abraham Made His Way to Santa Cruz
  It was a short strange trip.
• Gratitude and Generosity
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• US Treasury Unveils Plan To Kill the Penny
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• Anthropic Releases Claude 4 Models That Can Autonomously Work For Nearly a Full Corporate Workday
  Anthropic launched Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4 today, positioning Opus 4 a…
• Russia To Enforce Location Tracking App On All Foreigners in Moscow
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• Verizon Asks For An End To Its Phone Unlocking Requirements
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• Google Has a Big AI Advantage: It Already Knows Everything About You
  Google’s expansion of Gemini’s data access through “personal context” represents…
• Signal Deploys DRM To Block Microsoft Recall's Invasive Screenshot Collection
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• OpenAI Targets 100 Million AI Device Shipments in Record Time After $6.5 Billion Deal
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• Usage of Semicolons In English Books Down Almost Half In Two Decades
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: “Do not use semicolons,”…
• Wisk Aero, NASA Sign 5-Year Partnership To Advance Sustainable Autonomous Flights
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• New Bacteria Have Been Discovered on a Chinese Space Station
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• Julia Gitis on Newsracks and SF’s New Community Information Hub (Part II)
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• What Is a Community Foundation?
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• CEQA: The Surprising Story of the State’s Keystone Environmental Law
  54-year-old environmental law is often blamed for causing the state’s housing cr…
• De-weaponizing CEQA
  A radical overhaul of the California Environmental Quality Act appears imminent….
• Earth Day 2025 Preview
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• Silicon Valley’s Earthbound Roots
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• Stewart Brand’s ‘Whole Earth’ and its Place in the Universe
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• The News: April 28, 2025
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• How Chaos Theory Pioneer Ralph Abraham Made His Way to Santa Cruz
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• Gratitude and Generosity
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