New Donut Shop Owners + UC Santa Cruz Goes Remote

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

First, today's weather:

Cool with rain and drizzle. High: 58 Low: 53.

Here are the top stories today in Santa Cruz:

1. Santa Cruz Pet Owners Warned: Viral Disease On The Rise Locally (Santa Cruz Patch)
2. University of California Santa Cruz going remote for 2 weeks in January (KSBW Monterey)
3. Dunlap's Donuts Delivers Deliciousness (Good Times Weekly)
4. Omicron Cases Detected In Santa Cruz County (Santa Cruz Patch)
5. New platform textbooks and course materials (UC Santa Cruz)
6. Santa Cruz Christmas Travel Forecast: Best, Worst Times To Travel (Santa Cruz Patch)
7. Santa Cruz County records another COVID death (Santa Cruz Sentinel)

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Today in Santa Cruz:

• New Teacher Community Meeting - Harbor High School (3:45 PM)

From my notebook:

• Santa Cruz Police: "Doing some last minute shopping? #HolidayShoppingSafetyTips | Being alert and taking the below precautions from Santa Cruz PD will help keep you safe this holiday shopping season: 🚗 Park in well-lit areas. 🛍 Avoid shopping alone. 🚶‍♂️..." (Facebook)
• Santa Cruz Public Libraries: "Have you seen the current art up at the Downtown Branch? Burt Levitsky's work is up now. Come in anytime the Branch is open and view local artists work." (Facebook)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Extreme East Side: "anyone have some leftover acrylic yarn they dont need ? - or know where i can get some low cost ones?:) Thank you all!" (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Westlake Neighbors: "Dear Community - Does anyone have an extra Christmas Tree Stand?? We have looked everywhere and can’t find ours. Please let me know asap. We already have our tree. I’m happy to pay for it. Thank you so much Feel free to call or text me W..." (Nextdoor)

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— Courtney Teague