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• San Lorenzo Valley residents prepare for impacts from El Niño
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• Watsonville residents share priorities for local leaders: ‘Everything is so expensive’
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• Your Nov. 3 Santa Cruz County election guide is here
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• PVUSD Superintendent Heather Contreras leaving for another role
  Superintendent of Pajaro Valley Unified School District, Heather Contreras, will leave her position once her c…
• Watsonville Hospital leaders say they must shutter their maternity ward or face imminent closure
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• Greensite endorses Coonerty as he shifts his tone on ‘oversized’ housing
  Ryan Coonerty in an interview with Santa Cruz Local on Sept. 19. (Amaya Edwards — Santa Cruz Local/CatchLight…
• A candidate running for a PVUSD seat arrested for alleged fraud, but still on the ballot
  There are four open seats on the Pajaro Valley Unified School District board up for election on the Nov. 3 bal…
• Monitoring invasive beetles in Santa Cruz County
  Blake Shaw points out an invasive beetle’s bore hole. (Amaya Edwards — Santa Cruz Local/CatchLight Local) Help…

• The News: October 12, 2026
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• Indigenous Californians Win some Big Battles
  Tribes throughout the state have reason to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day on…
• The News: October 5, 2026
  Voter guides and ballots are in the mail; The November 3 2026 California General…
• A Leak in the Midst of the AI Firehose
  As terror of A.I. grips the entire culture, we continue to take careful steps fo…
• The News: September 28, 2026
  We briefly examine the phenomena of porch geese; Local news continues local elec…
• Working With Robots
  Writing for robots is one thing; working with them is something else entirely.
• Why and How We Are Using A.I. to Do Journalism
  As we ramp up to launch our white-hat AI product, we review what Open AI knew ab…
• The News: September 21, 2026
  Local voters are unhappy about Flock automatic license plate cameras, data cente…
• 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…

• 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
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• An Ad Targeting Susan Collins’s Opponent, Troy Jackson, Airs in the Wrong Portland
  An executive with the Republican super PAC that paid for the ad attacking Mr. Ja…
• Federal Agents Search Home of Rep. Ilhan Omar
  The search takes place within the 60-day window of the midterm elections, when t…
• NATO Details Plan to Shield Ukraine’s European Allies From Russia
  With the Russians intensifying sabotage, arson and cyberattacks against European…
• A Trump Loyalist, a Turkish Investor and a Battle for Wealth and Influence
  A Turkish businessman once allied with the Maduro regime has tied the knot with…
• Judge Orders Trump Administration to Answer for Tree Removals at D.C. Golf Course
  During a four-hour hearing, a federal judge demanded answers from the Trump admi…
• With My Father’s Alzheimer’s Progressing, I Learned to See Beyond the Loss
  Making a book of my dad’s train photos shifted my gaze away from all that he was…
• After Russian Diesel Deal, Trump Faces New Crisis Over Ukraine
  President Trump’s surprise decision to suspend sanctions on Russian diesel fuel…
• Is Universal Basic Income the Answer to A.I.-Fueled Job Losses?
  For more than a year, The New York Times followed recipients of universal basic…
• Trump Gives Putin a Hand in Russia’s Economic War With Ukraine
  President Trump is moving to buy Russian diesel while also pressuring Ukraine to…
• Meta Unveils New Series of Advanced A.I. Models
  The new models, Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, are meant to compete with cutt…

• Six Ukrainian energy sites hit by Russia since Trump announced ceasefire, Zelensky says
  Despite the US president announcing energy infrastructure would not be targeted…
• Analysis: Trump's global headaches worsen weeks before crucial elections
  As election day looms, the president turns his eyes overseas for help with a pre…
• Qantas flight grounded after bedbug outbreak
  The flight from Italy to Australia was cancelled after passengers on the plane’s…
• Pupil arrested after two teachers shot at French school
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• Saudi minister vows 'serious response' to Houthi attacks on airports
  It comes after the armed group hit Riyadh’s international airport and another fa…
• Why Moscow is staying tight-lipped on Trump's energy ceasefire
  While Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky suggests he would sign up to a ceasefire on e…
• Fridges in French supermarkets hit by cyber attack
  Hundreds of stores were targeted by the overnight hack, which spoiled fresh and…
• Immigration agents search Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's home
  Omar, an outspoken Trump critic, said the search was “an attempt to target polit…
• South Africa's deputy police chief resigns after being charged with sexual offences
  Shadrack Sibiya had denied grooming a 16-year-old and raping an 18-year-old.
• Watch: What could Trump's energy ceasefire mean for Ukraine?
  The BBC’s Dan Johnson reports from Kyiv, where Ukrainians face another winter wi…

• Mark Zuckerberg Says Meta Has Reached AI 'Frontier', Rejects Calls For Slowdown
  Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the company has reached the AI “frontier” with its…
• Google's Fitbit Edge Debuts a Replaceable Battery, Brings Back the Screen
  Google has introduced the $179 Fitbit Edge, a new fitness tracker with a 1.34-in…
• Russia Was Not Ready For the Data Center War It Started With Ukraine
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: When Russia began attacki…
• Hackers Heat French Supermarket Fridges, Sparking Fires and Spoiling Food
  Hackers remotely manipulated connected refrigeration systems at hundreds of Fren…
• AI Coding Agents Generate More Code, But Not More Software
  A study of more than 700 software firms found that AI coding agents significantl…
• Amazon In Talks To Buy AI Startup Decart For Around $7 Billion
  Amazon is reportedly in talks to acquire AI startup Decart in a deal that could…
• Q3 2026 Was Historically Bad For PC Shipments
  PC shipments fell 20.1% year over year to 62.7 million units in the third quarte…
• Should We Beware of Other License Plate Surveillance Companies Besides Flock?
  NPR reports: Police officers in cities across the U.S. are quick to extol the vi…
• How the US Nuclear Plant Fleet Is Leaning Into AI
  “This year, nearly the entire fleet of 94 U.S. nuclear reactors has been offered…
• Let's Encrypt to Cut SSL Certificate Lifetimes to 64 Days in February 2027
  Let’s Encrypt “will shorten the default validity period of its TLS certificates…

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