• Learn to identify invasive beetles that threaten trees in Santa Cruz County
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• 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…
• PVUSD and teachers union reach tentative agreement after 11 months of negotiations
  Brandon Diniz, president of the Pajaro Valley Federation of Teachers, speaks to the Board of Trustees in Octob…

• 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.
  Local opposition stalls the planned Delta city, while a former president speaks…
• 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…
• The News: August 17, 2026
  People have feelings about Flocks; Farewell Jackie the Bald Eagle; Super commute…

• 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
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• U.S. Has Deployed Weapons in Space, Air Force Secretary Says
  Troy E. Meink’s comments were the first public acknowledgment of American weapon…
• ‘Every Awards Show Could Be Sponsored by Botox, but This One Stood Out’: 3 Writers Assess the Emmys
  Have we reached peak TV? Did we a long time ago?
• There’s a Reason Europe Is So Obsessed With Immigration
  Immigration has become a prism through which all the continent’s ills are viewed…
• Jimmy Fallon Doesn’t Trust Trump to Handle A.I. Concerns
  “We’re relying on Trump to beat A.I.; I don’t even think Trump can beat Wordle,”…
• Bob Mackie, Cher and the Ultimate Revenge Dress
  The designer’s bedazzling, feathered creations made waves onstage, including at…
• Supreme Court Blocks Trump Administration Plan to Screen Mail-In Ballots
  The Trump administration had asked the justices to allow a new Postal Service pl…
• Emmy Winners 2026: See the Full List
  Here are the winners from the 78th Emmy Awards.
• An Heir to a Thai Beer Empire Accused His Brother of Sexual Abuse. Then He Took on His Family.
  Siranudh Scott, an heir to Thailand’s Singha beer empire, has prompted a rare pu…
• Architects of Japan’s Easy-Money Policies Are Changing Their Minds
  As the Bank of Japan weighs another rate increase on Friday, a divide over how J…
• ‘Widow’s Bay’ Dominates, and 7 Other Takeaways From the 2026 Emmys
  The Apple TV horror-comedy about a haunted island took home 14 Emmys, including…

• China tightens travel restrictions for citizens
  Observers say the new rules will further tighten the Chinese government’s contro…
• Nato jets down drone that entered Lithuanian airspace
  The origin of the drone is currently unknown, but authorities say it likely ente…
• Superstars and broken records: 2026 Emmy highlights
  The 78th Primetime Emmy Awards were hosted by Law & Order star Mariska Hargitay…
• Ukraine's postal workers deliver lifeline under Russian fire
  The state post service delivers pensions, medicine and letters to people just mi…
• Welsh actor Matthew Rhys makes Emmy Awards history with double win
  He becomes the first person to win two lead acting prizes in one night at the pr…
• Trump says AI safety fears a 'hoax' as he rejects calls for greater safeguards
  The US president’s comments come after Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark told the…
• AI regulation faces political deadlock as calls grow for Congress to act
  With Trump opposed and Congress divided, new safety legislation on AI is unlikel…
• US confirms for first time it has deployed space weapons
  The US Air Force Secretary says the weapons are necessary to defend the country…
• Supreme Court blocks Trump's plan to restrict mail-in ballots
  The Trump administration had asked the court to lift a federal judge’s temporary…
• Mass nesting brings swarms of turtles to Mexican beach
  Thousands of turtles arrived at La Escobilla beach in Oaxaca within 48 hours, sa…

• ChatGPT-Using Lawyer Cited Its Fake Witnesses and Police Testimony in Court
  Reuters reports: A defense lawyer appealing his client’s murder conviction submi…
• Reservations Go Live for Valve's Steam Frame VR Headset. An Experiment in Progress?
  Reservations are now live for Valve’s “Steam Frame” VR headset (with its Linux-b…
• A Visit to San Francisco's AI-run Store: No Customers, Nothing Useful, And Losing Money Fast
  Previously Andon Labs handled the hardware and software integration for that AI-…
• No Rolling Power Outages for California Since 2020 – Thanks to 17,000 MW of New Battery Storage
  “Californians just made it through the hottest August on record without having t…
• Union Contract with Microsoft Ratified by 1,900 Blizzard Developers and Workers
  Nearly 1900 Blizzard Entertainment workers “voted to ratify their first union co…
• Should US Open-Weight AI Labs 'Distill' Frontier Models Too?
  Silicon Valley giants and national security experts “are calling for action agai…
• 220 Million Traveler Records Exposed In Vietnam-Linked APIS Leak
  A misconfigured Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) database linked to V…
• NASA and IBM Open Source Lunar Mapping Tools
  NASA and IBM have released an open-source AI model trained on a large collection…
• California's Gig Drivers Just Secured Collective Bargaining Power with Newly Certified Union
  A union representing Uber and Lyft drivers was just certified by California’s Pu…
• Flock Worker Calls Police On Reporter – For Filming Them in Public
  “This is what happened when we tried to record Flock installing a new camera on…

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