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San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District Education Local News 

State Superintendent Releases Guidelines for Reopening Schools

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State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond released a 62-page initiative for reopening schools in the fall titled Stronger Together: A Guidebook for the Safe Reopening of California’s Public Schools. Requirements include use of face masks, limited class sizes, and social distancing. View the document here: https://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/he/hn/documents/strongertogether.pdf Read More
redwoods state parks Business Tourism 

Tourism Update from Visit Santa Cruz County

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This afternoon (Tuesday, June 9) Santa Cruz County Health Officer Gail Newel released an updated Health Order regarding COVID-19. The new Health Order removes lodging restrictions for hotels, motels, inns, bed and breakfasts, vacation rentals, RV parks, campgrounds and any other short-term lodging businesses. As of midnight, Friday June 12th lodging businesses may resume operations including hosting visitors traveling to Santa Cruz County. All… Read More
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Closer Together, Further Apart

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It might be the understatement of the decade to say that things have been turned upside down lately. In a few short weeks, our lives have been drastically altered by a potentially deadly new disease, and rapid social and economic upheaval has jolted everyone out of their routines. Terms like “shelter in place” and “social distancing" have entered the lexicon,... Read More
Events Music 

Virtual Ecstatic Dance Saturdays Through 12/19

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Our VX – Virtual Ecstatic Dance in Santa Cruz Every Saturday Morning 10 AM to Noon (Pacific Time Zone) with Daniel Mollner as DJ and host!(Also on Monday nights 8-10 PM) Timing (Pacific Time Zone)10:00am – 10:15am – Everyone Settled / Technology Managed10:15am – 10:30am – Opening Circle / Intention Setting10:30am – 11:30am – Ecstatic Dance11:30am – noon – Closing… Read More
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County Sheriff Update on Ben Lomond Crime Spree and Deputy Ambush

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From the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office: On Saturday June 6th at around 1:30 p.m., we received a call about a suspicious van parked off the road near Jamison Creek, Boulder Creek. The caller saw guns and bomb making materials inside the van. When deputies arrived, the van was seen leaving the area and tried to follow it, finally finding it… Read More
Sterling the Bubblesmith Events 

6/25 Inspirational Bubble Artist’s Virtual Visit

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Inspirational Bubble Artist Does Virtual Visit for Summer Reading Sterling the Bubblesmith, a.k.a. the artist Sterling Johnson has performed versions of his remarkable hand-blown bubbles for over 45 years. He is the only person to ever put a bubble inside a bubble inside a bubble on stage without any tubes or straws, and the first person to walk completely through a bubble film! Join… Read More