Tag: Covid-19
News Briefs | Published June 28, 2024
FEMA reimburses Santa Cruz County nearly $18M for Covid-related expenditures
Reps. Jimmy Panetta and Zoe Lofgren helped secure federal funding from the Federal Emergency Management...
San Lorenzo Valley schools grapple with declining enrollment post-Covid, wildfires
San Lorenzo Valley classrooms still have hundreds of students fewer than they did before the coronavirus pandemic and massive wildfires rocked the region.
While San...
Post-pandemic learning-loss picture comes into focus for North County schools
In recent weeks, North County educators have highlighted positives in data emerging from standardized tests taken since the end of the pandemic.
But they also...
News Briefs | Published Oct. 13, 2023
Teen Public Art Workshop features renowned artist
Santa Cruz Public Libraries (SCPL) has announced an exclusive Teen Public Art Workshop with renowned artist Lea de...
Scotts Valley Unified School District takes action to reduce student absences
On Tuesday night, the Scotts Valley Unified School District designated September as Attendance Awareness Month as part of an effort to crack the whip,...
News Briefs | Published Sept. 15, 2023
Covid-19 test kits now available at libraries
Santa Cruz Public Libraries has announced the availability of Covid-19 Test Kits at all library branches.
These free kits,...
As local economic recovery accelerates, report highlights workforce needs in Santa...
The 2023 State of the Workforce report by the Santa Cruz County Workforce Development Board (WDB) shows that the local economy is experiencing a...
SVUSD considered calling CPS over boy’s pandemic protest
Court documents in a lawsuit brought by a 7-year-old Brook Knoll Elementary School student against the Scotts Valley Unified School District show the superintendent...
Lawsuit continues over SVUSD pandemic policies
On April 12, Scotts Valley Unified School District Superintendent Tanya Krause shared, in a message to the community, her “surprise” that President Joe Biden...
Local tourism reaches more than $1.4B in Santa Cruz County region
As National Travel and Tourism Week reaches its midpoint in the United States, Visit Santa Cruz County (VSCC) announced that the local tourism industry...
