County Stay-at-Home Order in Effect 12/17
REGIONAL STAY-AT-HOME ORDER IN EFFECT TOMORROW County of Santa Cruz Press Release: To preserve...
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Governor Newsom Issues Regional Stay-At-Home Order
Due to increasing cases of COVID-19 Governor Gavin Newsom has ordered non-essential travel to be...
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Opinion: The Great American Mask War
A recent study from Germany found that face masks reduced the daily growth rate of reported infections by around 40%. Another study concluded that “wearing of face masks in public corresponds to the most effective means to prevent interhuman transmission.” The CDC recommends them. So public health officers and public officials started mandating masks.
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Everything Was Great, Until it Wasn’t: Recalling a Flagship Moment Aboard the Grand Princess
Recalling a Flagship Moment Aboard the Grand Princess during the time of the Coronavirus COVID-19
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Beaches Reopen, 3rd COVID Death, SIP Expires July 6
County reports third COVID-19 related death. Beaches reopen tonight at midnight. The Shelter in Place order expires on July 6th. Face coverings for ages 2 and older and social distancing remains required indefinitely.
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Closer Together, Further Apart
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, and panic-buying has emptied the shelves of pantry staples and hand sanitizer. We live in interesting times.
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Thunder and Pink Lightning
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.
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COVID-19: Just the Break the Earth Needed
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.
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COVID-19 Geek Response Call to Action
Santa Cruz tech community responds to coronavirus impact on low income families
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For the Love of San Lorenzo Valley
Love letter to the San Lorenzo Valley from P. Maya Morgan
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The Wrinkly Beat: Transition
There is a chance that, when this pandemic is finally over, things will be disturbing and painful for a good while. But that’s transition for you.
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Remarkable Times A remarkable feature of the coronavirus is how it has put into stark relief issues that have long been simmering in the American landscape. It is as if most of the water has drained away to reveal a lost town on...
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