Jail Officers Get $10K Hiring Bonuses + New Homelessness Manager

Morning, neighbors! It's me again, Courtney Teague, your host of the Santa Cruz Daily.

First, today's weather:

Patchy fog in the morning. High: 68 Low: 52.

Here are the top stories in Santa Cruz today:

1. Pacesetters consider transit options with a safety lens in Aptos after stabbing (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
2. Santa Cruz County approves corrections officer hiring bonuses (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
3. How Racially Segregated Is Santa Cruz? Study Weighs In (Santa Cruz Patch)
4. Santa Cruz Billionaire Makes The Forbes 400 List (Santa Cruz Patch)
5. UCSC awarded $1.9 million to create more art (KSBW Monterey)
6. Santa Cruz hires new city homelessness manager (Santa Cruz Sentinel)

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Today in Santa Cruz:

• R.E.A.D.: Reach Every Amazing Detail @ Downtown (3:00 AM)
• JavaScript Coding (3:00 AM)
• Principal and Friends Coffee - Harbor High School (8:30 AM)
• Tech Talks: Password Management (Apple) (11:00 AM)
• Tech Talks: Password Management (Apple) Tech Talks: Password Management (Apple) (11:00 AM)
• Living Trust Seminar - Santa Cruz, CA - October 7, 2021 (12:30 PM)
• ePerformance Tool Navigation - University of California Santa Cruz-Learning & Development (2:00 PM)
• JavaScript Coding - Virtual Library (3:00 PM)
• Tech Task Force - Santa Cruz City Schools (3:45 PM)
• AIRC Fall Welcome - University of California Santa Cruz-Meetings & Conferences (4:00 PM)
• Future of Product Development: Virtual Reality & Wearable Tech (6:00 PM)
• Trivia on Tap - Offsite Library (6:30 PM)

Santa Cruz Patch Notebook

• Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks: "We're loving this Santa Cruz Sentinel article summarizing the new Big Basin Redwoods State Park history book: "startling original research reveals many previously unknown aspects of the park." Read more: https://bit.ly/3Fm2wcU The book i..." (Facebook)
• Santa Cruz SPCA: "Time's are a changin'! ⏰ We've officially expanded open hours! 🥳 We're looking forward to showing off our new building and hope you love it as much as we, and the animals do. Thank you for your patience while we navigated a global pande..." (Facebook)
• Santa Cruz County Parks Department: "You're invited to a HOWLoween Doggie Date Night event at Brommer St. Park on October 23rd. Bring your dog and join us to watch the movie Hocus Pocus in the park! This event is open to everyone and reservations are not required. Arrive at..." (Facebook)
• Santa Cruz County Parks Department: "Join us for the 5th annual Floating Pumpkin Patch! There will be a games and treats, stand up paddle boards, and a great pumpkin raffle. Prizes include gift certificates to local businesses and attractions. Event entry: $7 for adults, $5..." (Facebook)

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— Courtney Teague

About me: Courtney has covered Tri-Valley and Santa Cruz County for Patch since 2019. She publishes recipes in her weekly Patch column, Cooking with Courtney, and at feedthesoulblog.com. She was born and raised near Los Angeles and holds degrees from the University of Hawai`i at Manoa, where she fell in love with journalism as an editor of her college newspaper. Courtney went on to report for Honoulu Civil Beat, The Washington Post, Napa Valley Register and USC Center for Health Journalism. Follow her reporting on Twitter @courtneynteague.

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