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Cover Picturesque Piano in the Sand, By Jondi Gumz 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 18 19 20 21 22 25 5 7
Community News UCSC Announces Long Range Plan: School Plans For 28,000 Students by 2040, By Jondi Gumz COVID Death Toll Reaches 111: Hospitalizations Down Since New Year’s High, By Jondi Gumz • Health Officer Suspends Elective Surgeries To Save ICU Beds Public Schools to Resume In-Person Cohorts Jan. 19 Loved Ones Lost • Bay Fed’s Richard Roark Honored • Clarita Cortes joins CASA • Bruce McPherson to Chair Board of Supervisors $2.6 Million Gift for Tutoring at Cabrillo • Online Courses Work for Some, Not All; 18% Enrollment Drop Due to COVID, Fire Girl Scouts Debut Cookie Delivery Via GrubHub Sea Breeze Tavern On The Market: Rio Del Mar’s Oldest Commercial Building Up For Sale; Asking $799,900 • El Pajaro Women’s Business Center Opens in Watsonville How Does Your Food Bank Work? The Great Believers: Our Community Reads 2021: Rebecca Makkai’s Novel About the Start of the AIDS Epidemic Can You Help These Scotts Valley Heroes?, By Joanne Purdy Guzman Huerta, Valdez to speak Jan. 26 • Homeless Count Planned for Jan. 19, By Jondi Gumz Palace Art’s Santa Cruz Store Closes: Inventory Moving to Kings Plaza Store in Capitola PV Water Board Approves $1.2 Million Conservation Program Budget John Laird Sworn in as State Senator; Session Starts Jan. 11 • Stay Connected Through the Volunteer Center of Santa Cruz County Highway 1 Along Big Sur To Stay Open • Saturday Shakespeare Turns to ‘Richard III’ on Zoom National News President Trump Impeached; Panetta Votes Yes Second Round of PPP Loans
California News 16 Progress in EDD Pandemic Unemployment Aid Fraud 23 California’s First Master Plan for Aging
Monthly Horoscope • Page 26 – Uranus Direct: The Week For History Books, By Risa D’Angeles Community Calendar • Arts & Entertainment – Pages 28, 29
Featured Columnists 24 Who Do You Compete With?, By Ron Kustek 24 Problem Solved: How Do I Cancel my Verizon Phone Plan?, By Christopher Elliott 27 Classes On Campus Prove Safe At Mount Madonna School, By Ann Goewert, Ph.D., Head of School 30 Your Vaccine Questions Answered, By Zach Friend, Second District Supervisor 31 Now’s the Time for Bare Root Stock, By Tony Tomeo
SCCAS Featured Pet • Page 31 – Not A Mouse
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