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Commentary: Support for Resolution Against PG&E

December 1, 2020December 12, 2020 slvpost.comCZUFire, environment0 comment

Your speedy endorsement action is needed to support the proposal of Supervisor Bruce McPherson and Ryan Coonerty: ‘Resolution to support the County of Santa Cruz Filing a Formal Complaint Against PG&E with the CPUC’ Your response of support will show your PG&E tree removal concerns to the Board of Supervisors. PG&E has applied tree removal methods that are investigated by CalFire… Read More

Santa Cruz County Sheriff Department with K9800

Commentary Opinion

Commentary: Reimagining Public Safety

August 1, 2020August 29, 2025 slvpost.com

By Chris Finnie Defund the Police? I first heard of this on a sign held by a young man at a Boulder Creek Black Lives Matter protest. When I asked what he meant, he asked me, “Wouldn’t you rather see more money spent on education instead?” It turns out to be a bigger issue than that, with lots of different… Read More

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Commentary: Silver Linings During the Pandemic

August 1, 2020August 30, 2025 slvpost.com

By Kathryn Gordon There seems to be plenty to fret about these days, a pandemic, the news, long lines and new procedures at the market, inability to gather with friends and family for social reasons or important family traditions and ceremonies. Wasn’t life hard enough before we had to worry, that something invisible to the naked eye, could be lurking… Read More

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Columns Commentary Valley People

Know Better, Do Better: The Complex Task of Talking About Race

August 1, 2020December 30, 2020 slvpost.comracism0 comment

Why is it so hard to talk about race? What do white-identified people who want to be part of the solution need to be aware of to move the healing process forward? Read More

San Lorenzo Valley High School graduation 2020

Commentary Schools

A Standard Introduction Just Won’t Do

July 1, 2020July 13, 2025 slvpost.comSLVUSD. graduation0 comment

SLV High School Principal Jeff Calden Addresses 2020 Graduates Good morning and welcome to the first EVER SLV Graduation Parade! Today we celebrate the San Lorenzo Valley High School Graduating class of 2020. My name is Jeff Calden and I am proud to be the principal of SLV High. This morning we are being broadcast live on KBCZ.org. Finally, KBCZ… Read More

Commentary

My Racist Childhood

June 30, 2020July 30, 2025 slvpost.com

By Liz Chausse I have been able to think of nothing but racism and politics for weeks now. Like so many people, I’m filled with anger and sadness every day because of what’s going on in our country. Anger about the corruption in politics and sadness about the cruelty of racism. The way racism is embossed onto the fabric of… Read More

Commentary

The Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave

June 30, 2020July 30, 2025 slvpost.com

By Laurie Bruton “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. I recently received a letter addressed to the school district that advised those of us in charge to pay attention to racism and to do something about it. Through long lost memories I heard my dad’s words: “There are opportunities for everyone, but the chances and… Read More

Commentary Coronavirus

Thunder and Pink Lightning

June 4, 2020April 18, 2025 slvpost.comCOVID-19, pandemic0 comment

l finally got a COVID-19 test and it was a mo-fo! Employee Health made an appointment for me based on the level of exposure, my health history, and the presence of symptoms. Read More

Commentary Environment Government

COVID-19: Just the Break the Earth Needed

June 4, 2020April 16, 2025 slvpost.comclimate, COVID-190 comment

In one month, a microscopic virus has provided the wakeup call that climate activists have been heralding for half a century. It is also providing an unprecedented disruption to entrenched habits that could spell hopeful relief for the rampant global pandemic that eclipses COVID-19: climate change. Read More