Emergency Alert Test + $5M Cabrillo Grant + 'Women On Waves'

Get on up, Santa Cruz! It's Friday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on today in Santa Cruz.

First, today's weather:

Cool with clouds breaking. High: 64 Low: 50.

Here are the top stories today in Santa Cruz:

1. Santa Cruz County plans emergency alert test for Oct. 21 (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
2. Santa Cruz Gets Taco Truck At Popular Local Brewery (Santa Cruz Patch)
3. Accused vandals of Santa Cruz’s Black Lives Matter mural appear in court (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
4. 216th COVID-19 Patient Dies In Santa Cruz County (Santa Cruz Patch)
5. Cabrillo Receives $5 Million Grant for STEM Education (Good Times Weekly)
6. Why Capitola's Women on Waves is More Than Just a Surf Contest (Good Times Weekly)

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Today in Santa Cruz:

• Regular Day - Santa Cruz High School (12:00 AM)
• Seymour Center Member weekend! - University of California Santa Cruz-Exhibits (10:00 AM)
• Live Oak Book Group Meeting (Virtual on Zoom) (2:00 PM)
• West Cliff Food Truck Series 2021 (4:00 PM)

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Events:

• Symphony League Sale (October 9)
• West Cliff Outdoor Market 2021 (October 9)
• Alameda Island Music & Vinyl Swap (October 10)
• Job Fair 10/13 (October 13)
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Alrighty, you're all good for today. I'll see you soon!

— Courtney Teague

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