Stanford Study Questions School Closures: Concludes Savings Hardly Outweigh Lost Revenue, By Jon Chown • Teen Hero Recalls Harrowing Rescue: Says It Was Just Part of the Job of Being a Lifeguard, By Jon Chown • BRIDGE Foundation to Launch with Natural Bridges Farm Fundraiser • Kaiser Permanente Arena to Host MMA Event • Visit Santa Cruz County Announces New Board Members • Cesar Chavez Middle School to be Central Coast Middle School: Change Gets Final Approval and District Will Honor Asian Americans with a Mural, By Jon Chown • Point-in-Time Count Shows Homelessness on the Rise: County is the Nation’s Least Affordable Rental Market • Local Girl Scouts Visit Washington DC: Young Leaders Represent Their Peers at National Convention, By Jon Chown • Aptos High Leads PVUSD Gains in State English Testing, By Jon Chown • Investigators Seek Info on Car Connected to Dead Infant • Local Moms Organize Free Screening of ‘No Country for Mothers’: Record-Breaking Feature Documentary Comes to Santa Cruz’s Rio Theatre Aug. 21 • Meeting to Focus on Future of Seacliff, New Brighton Beaches • Testicle Festival Returns to South County: Popular Event Raises Funds for Agricultural Causes on Aug. 29, By Jon Chown • Hedgpeth, Geiser Together Again: Athletic Field to be Renamed After Both Legends, By Jon Chown • Pilot Project to Explore Steam as Alternative to Soil Fumigation • PVUSD Approves up to $430,000 For Student Dance Programs • Voters to Decide On Countywide Half-Cent Sales Tax Increase: County CEO Coburn Presents Measure as Response to HR1, By Jon Chown • College Lake Project Faces Treatment, Water Quality and Invasive Plant Challenges • MBEP to Host ‘AI & the Future of Our Region’ Summit • Timber Fire Grows to 2,478 Acres, Threatens 259 Structures in Big Sur, By Jon Chown • Santa Cruz METRO Leaders Selected for Statewide Transit Advisory Roles • How Does California’s New $3,500 EV Rebate Work?, By Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí and Ella Jackson, CalMatters … and much more!
