🌱 Clock Tower Standoff + Midyear Budget

Santa Cruz CA

18 February, 2022

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Happy Friday, neighbors! Here's everything you need to know going on today. First, today's weather: Partly sunny. High: 66 Low: 41. Here are the top stories in Santa Cruz today: 'A shift in what will be tolerated': It's a Clock Tower standoff between city, Food Not Bombs over permits (Lookout Santa Cruz) Most CZU fire-damaged Fall Creek trails in Henry Cowell reopen (Santa Cruz Sentinel) Midyear budget report a reality check of Santa Cruz County's finances (Santa Cruz Sentinel) Photo | Surfer prepares to take on waves at Pleasure Point (Santa Cruz Sentinel) Newly-opened Veterans Village Provides Path for Healing (Good Times Weekly) Coast Line | Wildlife undercrossing work begins on Highway 17 (Santa Cruz Sentinel) 19-Year-Old Man Missing In Santa Cruz: Sheriff (Santa Cruz Patch) Santa Cruz's Nat Young ties for ninth at Hurley Pro Sunset Beach | Local Roundup (Santa CCS boys, girls basketball playoffs: Five things we learned from seeding meeting (The Mercury News) Santa Cruz seeded No. 1 in D-III; Five county teams make CCS playoffs | Boys basketball (Santa Cruz Sentinel) Housing Identified as Key For New Vision of Watsonville's Downtown (Good Times Weekly) Today's Santa Cruz Daily is brought to you in part by our friends at Verizon. They're building the fastest 5G network in the country. To learn how 5G is going to change life for you and your community — and to get access to this amazing technology — click here. And thank you Verizon for sponsoring this community resource in Santa Cruz! Today in Santa Cruz: Concrete Ship History Walk (11:00 AM) Tommy Chong Meet & Greet at KindPeoples (12:00 PM) Conversations for Change: What's in a name? Exploring Local Institutional Name Changes (12:00 PM) Tommy Chong Meet & Greet (3:00 PM) AATAT Presents: "'da Kink in My Hair" (7:30 PM) Disputes and Demurrals - University of California Santa Cruz-Concerts & Performances (8:00 PM) Dirty Cello and Tom Rigney and Flambeau at the Rio Theatre (8:00 PM) From my notebook: Santa Cruz Skateboards: "Today we are stoked to talk about and put to the test #ErickWinkowski's 10.34 x 30.54 'Dope Planet' Pro Model Deck! Erick's latest Pro Model features Cruz Missile 2 Concave & rad artwork by our friend @tallboy666 in a fun new colorway! I..." (Instagram) Visit Santa Cruz County: "No bad days in Pleasure Point! 🌊🙌🌴 Photo 📷 | @saltyyogagirl #visitsantacruz #santacruz #pleasurepoint #nobaddays #humpday #humpdaymotivation #oceanview" (Instagram) Visit Santa Cruz County: "February's snow moon setting over the SS Palo Alto… 🌊🌕❄️ Want some history on the SS Palo Alto, aka, The Cement Ship? Check our story! 🛳 Photo 📷 | @bennys_journey #visitsantacruz #santacruz #aptos #seacliffstatebeach #seacliff #sspa..." (Instagram) Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter: "Hi People!👋 It's me Lilly🐶 - just hanging out in a foster home waiting for some amazing human to adopt me. I have been a really good girl in my foster home and I love playing with my foster brother Pixel. Check out the photos and video..." (Facebook) Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks: ""The ocean is a mighty harmonist." — William Wordsworth" (Facebook) Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks: "🚧State Parks will be working intermittently this year to protect the public restroom at Rio del Mar State Beach.🚧 When the project is complete, the dune system will provide a level of protection to the public facilities at Rio del Mar ..." (Facebook) Santa Cruz SPCA: "Newbie Alert!🩺 This is Phoebe and she was recently transferred into our care from our partners over at the Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter. She'd been found roaming stray, hopping on three legs, with a crushing femur/hip injury. If you..." (Facebook) Santa Cruz Warriors: "#SeaDubs are back 🏠 🏀 SCW vs. Texas Legends 🕔 7pm PT 📺 NBC Sports Bay Area / California 📱 My Teams APP 🎟️ bit.ly/3BpQfm0" (Facebook) Santa Cruz Water Department: "We're flushing the entire water system. Flushing is the practice of moving water at high velocity to remove sediment from the water and any materials that have collected on the insides of pipes. Best practices call for flushing water sys..." (Facebook) Santa Cruz Water Department: "We've started flushing your water system. Flushing is the practice of moving water at very high velocity in order to remove sediment from the water, and any materials that may have accumulated on the insides of pipes. Industry best pract..." (Facebook) Santa Cruz County Chamber of Commerce: "SCORE, the nation's largest network of volunteer, expert business mentors, is dedicated to helping small businesses get off the ground, grow and achieve their goals. SCORE is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and a resource partner of t..." (Facebook) Santa Cruz City Government: "☀️ Let's see what is going on in Santa Cruz this weekend! ☀️ Sunday, Feb 20th, 10am-5pm 🛍️ The Downtown Makers Market is back! Come support our amazing local makers this weekend. Pacific Ave between Cathcart St and Lincoln St will be cl..." (Facebook) City of Santa Cruz Public Works: "We are scheduled to begin the Escalona Drive Culvert Rehabilitation project on Tuesday, Feb 22. During weekday construction hours 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., Escalona will be closed to traffic from Hollywood to Walnut Ave -- we apologize for this i..." (Facebook) Friends of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries: "Garfield Park Branch Library renovations in progress thanks to your ongoing support! View of the side yard at the library from Naglee Street in Santa Cruz. This Carnegie Library was designed by architect W. H. Weeks in the Classical Revi..." (Facebook) UCSC Libraries: "Work with us in the Library! Interested applicants are invited to attend an informational webinar on 3/2 & 3/3 to learn more about the positions, the campus, and the University Library. Please register to attend. Read more at http://ow.l..." (Facebook) Santa Cruz Public Libraries: "Capitola Branch will be closed on Friday, February 18th due to a planned electric service interruption. We will resume service on Saturday, February 19th. La biblioteca de Capitola estará cerrada el viernes 18 de febrero debido a una int..." (Facebook) City of Santa Cruz Parks and Recreation: "☀️ Let's see what is going on in Santa Cruz this weekend! ☀️ Sunday, Feb 20th, 10am-5pm 🛍️ The Downtown Makers Market is back! Come support our amazing local makers this weekend. Pacific Ave between Cathcart St and Lincoln St will be cl..." (Facebook) Santa Cruz County Chamber of Commerce: "ONE WEEK until our first Business After Hours Networking Mixer of 2022! It will be hosted by Hilton Santa Cruz/Scotts Valley on Thursday, February 24th, 5:00-7:00PM 🕔. Now under new ownership – Remington Hotels – we are so pleased to we..." (Facebook) UCSC Libraries: "Here is a perspective drawing of the Upper Academic Plaza from the Residential Building in Merrill College. This was drawn sometime in 1968. Have you ever been to this spot? To see more, go to: http://ow.ly/AiEa50HTYXo" (Facebook) More from our sponsors — thanks for supporting local news! Events: Fun filled Rabbit Adoption event by The Rabbit Haven (February 20) "Befana: A Christmas Fable" returns! (February 26) Taxes in Retirement Webinar (February 28) Learn How To Reduce Your Risk For Heart Disease During American Heart Month (February 28) Add your event Loving the Santa Cruz Daily? Here are all the ways you can get more involved: Send a friend or neighbor this link so they can subscribe Get your local business listed in front of readers Send me a news tip or suggestion at [email protected] Alrighty, you're all caught up for today! I'll be back in your inbox tomorrow with another update. — Michael Wittner About me: I am excited to be returning to Patch as a Roving Editor, a job that will allow me to find out what's going on in communities all over the country. I worked as a Patch Field Editor from April 2020 to June 2021, covering Agoura Hills, Beverly Hills, Calabasas, Malibu, and Northridge-Chatsworth. Before then I was the Associate Editor of the Jewish Journal, a biweekly paper covering the Jewish community north of Boston. I grew up in Marblehead, Massachusetts, a small, seaside town north of Boston, and graduated from Bard College in New York, and then got my masters in teaching from New York University. Feel free to send any story ideas to [email protected].