Historic Girls Volleyball Season + Man Points Gun-Shaped Item

Morning, Santa Cruz! Here's everything you need to know to get this Thursday started. Here's everything going on around town today.

First, today's weather:

Variable cloudiness. High: 63 Low: 49.

Here are the top stories in and around Santa Cruz today:

1. Soquel parking program kaput after supervisors eliminate code language (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
2. Man points gun-shaped lighters at people passing by in Santa Cruz County (KION)
3. Gov. Newsom appoints Santa Cruz resident to 14th District Agricultural Association (KSBW The Central Coast)
4. Discount Offered For Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk 2022 Season Passes (Santa Cruz Patch)
5. Santa Cruz County's Holiday Lights Celebration Opens Friday: How To Get Tickets (Santa Cruz Patch)
6. California Monarch Butterflies Fluttering Back After Record Low (Santa Cruz Patch)
7. 4 Years After Disbanding, Santa Cruz Garage Rockers Redlight District Reunite (Good Times Weekly)
8. Santa Cruz’s historic girls volleyball season comes to a close in NorCal D-III regional final (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
9. Santa Cruz County leaders call on Gov. Newsom for road repairs (KSBW The Central Coast)

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Today in Santa Cruz:

• Picture Retake Day - Happy Valley Elementary School District (12:00 AM)
• Topic: Tech Talks: Media Manipulation (Apple/Android) (11:00 AM)
• Intro to E-bikes - Virtual Workshop (12:00 PM)
• Green Schools Committee - Santa Cruz City Schools (5:00 PM)
• School Board Mtg. - Bonny Doon Elementary Distict (5:30 PM)
• Trivia on Tap - Offsite Library (6:30 PM)
• Planning Commission Meeting - Santa Cruz City (7:00 PM)
• Late Night @ the MAH (7:00 PM)

Santa Cruz Patch Notebook

• Santa Cruz Police: "Happy Tuesday, Santa Cruz! Comment below with your traffic-related concerns and enforcement requests. Our motor officers, Linman and Venegas, would love to help out! #santacruzpolice #keepingyousafe #motorofficer #policeofficer #hometown..." (Facebook)
• Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office: "Yesterday afternoon deputies responded to the area of Thurber Lane and Soquel Drive for reports of a man with a gun, who appeared to be pointing it at people passing by. Within minutes deputies arrived and located the man near a business..." (Facebook)
• Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks: "Meet us this Saturday at 11 a.m. for a coastal walk at Wilder Ranch State Park! On this 2.5 mile family friendly walk, we'll explore the plants, animals and geology of our coastal bluffs. Bring water, hat, closed-toed shoes, layered clot..." (Facebook)
• Santa Cruz SPCA: "We are so excited to announce that we have been selected to participate in #SantaCruzGives and it starts TODAY! 🥳 Let's goooooo! 🎉 Visit https://santacruzgives.org/non... to learn more about this ..." (Facebook)
• City of Santa Cruz Parks and Recreation: "Please join the free and bilingual virtual event, Earth is Not An Ashtray, November 18th, 6-7 p.m.! The event will cover the many ways the tobacco industry harms our earth with a focus on environmental justice. ✨✨ Parks & Recreation and ..." (Facebook)
• Santa Cruz Public Libraries: "We are thankful for the Friends of the Library and our Volunteers. Our Friends groups are THE BEST. Without them we would never be able to achieve all of the new buildings and remodels and without our Volunteers the programming, communit..." (Facebook)
• City of Santa Cruz Public Works: "🦃 Thanksgiving fast approaches! Find more recycling and waste reduction tips at www.cityofsantacruz.com/recycleright." (Facebook)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Thursday off right! I'll catch up with you bright and early tomorrow morning with a new update. If you're into these newsletters, consider inviting some of your friends and neighbors to read along. You can send them this link to subscribe.

— Courtney Teague

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