New Year Editor’s Note BY BRAd kava Can we make the new normal better? That’s our goal for 2021, to take what we’ve learned during the long shelter-in-place directive and save some of the best things for the new year. Those include more board games and less video games; more walks and fewer drives; more socializing with neighbors; more time spent looking over homework and school work; more time to slow down and quit running around like an Uber service. One thing we’ve learned is that the county’s bike lanes aren’t safe. We’ve spent more time cruising on two wheels than ever and now we are really worried about what…
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Bigfoot Coloring Page
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Local Artist Logan Ryan
Logan Ryan Local Artist Fourth Grade | San lorenzo valley elementary Logan Ryan is a fourth grade student at San Lorenzo Valley Elementary. Besides drawing he loves playing with his two hamsters, Peanut and Goober, playing the piano, baking sweets and playing video games. Logan has always enjoyed drawing and prefers drawing in pencil.
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Paying for your Santa Cruz Home
The Santa Cruz real estate market is being reshaped by out-of-towners moving in now that so many people can work anywhere they choose. However, it seems not to have occurred to many people here that they can do the same thing: get an “out of town” job without the commute out of town. There are many well-paying jobs “over the hill” that no longer require a daily commute.
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Eco Tours
One of our guiding philosophies is that viewing the natural beauty of the Elkhorn Slough should have minimal impact on the wildlife and environment
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Giving Birth During a Pandemic
The silver lining of the pandemic is the added layer of insulation that it gives new parents.
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Lovingkindness Meditation
Practicing loving kindness meditation ultimately changes how we relate to ourselves and others; we start to feel less isolated and more connected.
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Creative Workouts
Over 25 local women shared their pandemic-clad workouts, expanding beyond their limits and quite literally pushing boundaries.
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Saving the Monarchs
The decline of the monarch butterfly began in the 1980s and continues today but there is hope. Many species have been brought back.
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Approaching Health in the New Year
Approaching Health in the New Year Winter Wellness Through an Ayurvedic Lens By Gretchen McNelis It is 2021! Congratulations! You made it! We all deserve a pat on the back now that the long haul we have called 2020 is over. 2021 will start with its share of bumps, I am sure. Yet, I cannot help but have a real sense of hope for this coming year. The beginning of the year finds us smack in the middle of winter. In the natural world, things have slowed down, retreated even for the season. Light is shorter, dark is longer. Keeping in sync with the rhythms of the planet, winter is…
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Carry Forward
The greatest treasure is appreciating coming together and gathering. Truly being grateful for it
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January Celebrations
Friday 1New Year’s Day Saturday 2Happy Mew Year for Cats DayNational Science Fiction Day Sunday 3 International Mind-Body Wellness Day an opportunity to celebrate how a healthy mind and healthy emotions means a healthy body! The mind, body and soul connection plays an integral role in our overall health and well-being. Our emotions, purpose, spirituality, experiences, goals, beliefs, habits and actions all have an important impact on mind-body harmony and overall health. That is why we celebrate International Mind-Body Wellness Day at the start of each year, because nothing is more important than creating the best you possible, and what better time than the new year for a new you?JRR…
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Face to Face School
Demonstrating an admirable resilience in the face of a pandemic, students have adapted and adjusted to the times, and teachers have shown that their valiant efforts and unwavering passion can and will educate children across many platforms and over a variety of wavelengths.
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Local Transportation Project Funding Approved
The funding works to address a number of issues that are particularly acute in the mid and south county areas.
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January Teacher of the Month
Krista Holt is pictured below with her puppets, Puppy and Snail, who are important “friends” in our class and help us with our Social Emotional & Growth Mindset lessons each week. “We end every class meeting with the class poem, ‘Let love shine through in all you do,’ says Holt.
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Positive Parenting Vital to Well-being
Dear parents, foster parents, grandparents, relative caregivers, and other adults raising children and teens: We’re celebrating you in January 2021!
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Positive Parenting January
Celebrate Positive Parenting Awareness in January JANUARY 2021 MARKS 9th ANNUAL POSITIVE PARENTING AWARENESS MONTH IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY First 5 Santa Cruz County SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, CA – First 5 Santa Cruz County, which manages the Triple P — Positive Parenting Program, today announced January 2021 has been proclaimed Positive Parenting Awareness Month by the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors for the ninth consecutive year. The proclamation is especially meaningful this year, as parents and caregivers may have struggled with the health, economic and socio-emotional impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, wildfires and racial injustices. Triple P offers proven strategies that help parents and caregivers strengthen relationships with their…
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Patient to Hygienist
Dientes Provides Opportunities to Achieve Dreams Former Dientes Patient Daniel Uriostegui Starts His First Day as a Hygienist BY (Santa Cruz, CA) As tough as 2020 has been, December 7th is a moment to celebrate for Dientes Community Dental Care as they welcome newly minted Registered Dental Hygienist (RDH) Daniel Uriostegui, once a patient – now a hygienist. Daniel Uriostegui’s journey to becoming a hygienist began at age 10, with his first visit to Dientes. “I was nervous but remember being so impressed at how friendly everyone was and how they took their time to explain everything to me. I knew, then, that I wanted to do something in the dental…
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2020 Holiday Guide
To say these holidays are like no other is an understatement, but if there’s one positive thing to come out of this pandemic, it’s the realization that we need to support our neighbors and help each other. As Bookshop Santa Cruz owner Casey Coonerty Protti says, “Amazon doesn’t need your money, our local merchants do.” This is a good time to stop browsing online, support local businesses, find special gifts and explore your community all at once. This gift guide highlights local businesses countywide to help you bring a little piece of Santa Cruz County to your holiday celebrations Aptos Red Apple Cafe – AptosDeer Park Marketplace783 Rio Del Mar…
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The Nutcracker Must Go On
The Nutcracker Must Go On Out of the Theater and Into the Parking Lot by sarah hirshland For 13 years running, the students and staff of the International Academy of Dance (IAD) have gifted us with their interpretation of the famous ballet, The Nutcracker, performed every year at the Cabrillo College TheaterThat show has been cancelled because of the pandemic. Now, the troupe has re-imagined what can be done so the show goes on.The students, who range from ages four to adult will be putting on a curbside show. They will perform in a large parking lot at 320 Encinal St. where the audience can watch safely.Shows will be Saturday…
