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Good morning Santa Cruz! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How is Santa Cruz’s senator shaping California’s new budget outlook?
  • How Bob Weir’s tiny shorts ended up tied to UC Santa Cruz
  • Why Ocean Street filled with black-clad protesters and blaring car horns

Also on today's calendar: Illuminated Sound: An Energy-Infused Sound Bath and 7 more events.

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Today's riddle: What did one elevator say to the other? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

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  • Monday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 66 and low of 44 degrees.
  • Tuesday: Plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 68, low: 45.
  • Wednesday: Plenty of sun, with a high of 68 and low of 48 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Newsom unveils final California budget proposal, projecting smaller-than-anticipated deficit (abc10.com) — California’s new budget proposal projects a much smaller deficit than earlier forecasts, and Santa Cruz’s own Sen. John Laird is helping explain why. He says updated revenue data and different assumptions about a downturn narrowed the gap, while lawmakers now begin months of negotiations that will shape funding for schools, health care, and safety-net programs across the state.
   

• Bob Weir, a Virtuoso of Hot Pants (nytimes.com) — Bob Weir’s famously short “Bobby Shorts” even came up when he and bandmate Mickey Hart announced in 2008 that the Grateful Dead archive would go to UC Santa Cruz. The piece looks back on how his tiny cutoffs, preppy polos, and Birkenstocks turned the late guitarist into an unlikely men’s style icon far beyond Deadhead circles.
   

• Thousands gather in Santa Cruz for anti-ICE protest (santacruzsentinel.com) — Thousands of residents packed Ocean Street in Santa Cruz on Sunday for a large anti-ICE demonstration mourning the police shooting of Renee Good in Minnesota. The protest, organized by Indivisible Santa Cruz County, stretched from Water Street to Soquel Avenue and followed earlier vigils in Santa Cruz and Watsonville, reflecting strong local outrage over federal immigration enforcement tactics.
   

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    Monday January 12
  • Loops at the Library - Knit/Crochet @ Garfield Park Branch
    Garfield Park Branch Library Garfield Park
    12:00 pm
    • Wednesday January 14
  • Preschool Storytime @ the Garfield Park Branch Library
    Garfield Park Branch Library Garfield Park
    10:30 am
  • Make & Explore @ Garfield Park
    Garfield Park Branch Library Garfield Park
    3:00 pm
  • Afterschool STEAM: Minecraft @ Aptos
    The Betty Leonard Community Room , Aptos
    3:30 pm

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  • Yesterdays sunset was a special event
    My caregiver and cousin helped me to the beach I wrote down on slips of paper traumatic things I needed to let go of… each paper I read aloud and… (Nextdoor Live Oak)
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    no collar. not sure if chipped. contact us if you have lost your sweet greenish yellow eyed black kitten approximately +6mos year (Nextdoor Cayuga)
  • Dignity Health posted a job opening for Housekeeper in Santa Cruz. Apply here.
  • University of California Santa Cruz posted a job opening for Music Department: Performance Practice & Performing Ensembles Lecturer Pool in Santa Cruz. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Santa Cruz here.

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  • SLV wrestler Ollin Bates takes fourth at Apple Cider Classic after enduring injury (santacruzsentinel.com)

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