🌱Rent Relief Deadline + Harbor Sunrise

Welcome back, Santa Cruz! Here's everything you need to know to get this Tuesday started off right.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny. High: 62 Low: 45.

Here are the top stories today in Santa Cruz:

1. CA'S COVID Rent Relief Application Deadline Is This Thursday (Santa Cruz Patch)
2. Santa Cruz Photo Of The Day: Yacht Harbor Sunrise (Patch)
3. Watsonville Men Arrested Following Stabbing (Patch)
4. HP Inc. moves to acquire Santa Cruz’s Poly (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
5. Salinas, Santa Cruz among the least affordable places to live: Study (KSBW Monterey)
6. Santa Cruz freshman Eli Fitchen-Young wins 1,600 race in Sunnyvale | Local Roundup (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
7. Hot jobs: 10 open roles in Santa Cruz County (Lookout Santa Cruz)
8. Controversial ‘thin blue line’ flag rejected for Capitola City Hall (East Bay Times)
9. Who's Hiring In The Santa Cruz Area? Check Out New Local Jobs (Santa Cruz Patch)
10. California lawmakers struck a deal on eviction protections. What does it mean for tenants? (CalMatters)

Today in Santa Cruz:

• Viva los Libros: Latinx Artist Books in UCSC Special Collections (12:00 AM)
• See you when I see you… Black Student Life at UCSC, 1965-Present (12:00 AM)
• Senior Show: Stella Brown (Online Exhibition) (12:00 AM)
• When We Paint Our Masterpiece: The Art of the Grateful Dead Community (12:00 AM)
• Modified Day: CAASPP - Harbor High School (12:00 AM)
• 10 x 10: Ten Women / Ten Prints - University of California Santa Cruz-Exhibits (12:00 PM)
• Holistic Digital Security and Early Career Human Rights Researchers: Inspiring Industry Change (12:00 PM)
• Food + Community: Documenting and Celebrating how We Eat (1:00 PM)
• City Council Study Session - Santa Cruz City (3:00 PM)
• Special City Council Meeting - Santa Cruz City (4:30 PM)

From my notebook:

• Santa Cruz Skateboards: "@keith_meek’s new ‘Slasher’ 9.123” x 31.67” shape is ready to rip ✅ Swipe to see Meekster in action! 🔪 #SantaCruzSkateboards" (Instagram)
• Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter: "Happy News!!! Little Britta was adopted today😊 Britta (on left) has a wonderful new family including big brother Baloo who was adopted from our Shelter two years ago. Photo 2 is Britta at her new home. What a silly goofy girl?!!😂 Britt..." (Facebook)
• Santa Cruz SPCA: "Last week we did ✨8✨ adoptions!!! 🥳🥳🥳 HUGE congratulations to long-timer, AIDEN! As well as Bruno, Sassy. Stella, AJ, Billy, Chance and Holly who all found their forever homes! 😍" (Facebook)
• Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter: "The Watsonville Animal Shelter is open! Hours of Operation: Monday*- Saturday (CLOSED SUNDAY) 9 a.m.-noon, 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. (closed noon to 1 pm). *We are open on Mondays, but the front door is locked. Please ring bell for service during ..." (Facebook)
• Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks: "Western Monarch Butterfly populations have seen a huge and unexpected bounce-back from their critically low numbers in 2020. That’s great news, but they still need our help! You can get involved by planting native, nectaring flowers to h..." (Facebook)
• Santa Cruz Little League: "THANK YOU to all who generously gave to this year's Hit-A-Thon! We exceeded our goal and raised $25,910 for the league. We sincerely appreciate everyone's support in helping us achieve our goal. The Farm Phillies team raised the most mon..." (Facebook)
• Friends of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries: "The beautiful stained glass window above the circulation desk at Boulder Creek Library has been preserved through the renovations. The piece was designed by San Lorenzo Valley artist Virginia Fordice in memory of her son, Gunnar Erik For..." (Facebook)
• Santa Cruz Water Department: "Great news! Last night's storm was way more productive than expected, and Loch Lomond Reservoir is now at over 90% full! Thankfully even though March came in like a lamb it's going out like a lion." (Facebook)
• City of Santa Cruz Parks and Recreation: "This April will mark 10 years of the Santa Cruz World Surfing Reserve and the start to the newly signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Save The Waves and Santa Cruz Parks and Recreation!! 🌊🤝 With this MOU, the City of Santa Cru..." (Facebook)
• Santa Cruz Public Libraries: "The beautiful newly-renovated La Selva Beach Library presents an in-person talk by Robert Strayer, PhD, "Ukraine and Russia: Contextualizing a War" at 11 a.m. on April 2nd. Dr. Strayer will discuss the historical context for the current ..." (Facebook)
• Santa Cruz Rotary Club: "Our Rotary meetings are such fun! Fridays at lunch... a great way to start the weekend. And we gave the veteran's housing project an $18,000 check! Click the link to start with the first slide. https://www.santacruzrotary.com/march-25-20..." (Facebook)
• Santa Cruz Warriors: "📸 Check out the pictures from the last two home games of the year! #SeaDubs 🔗 scwpics.com" (Facebook)

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— Sara Schaefer

About me: I am originally from the wonderful town of Fort Wayne, Indiana and now live in the California East Bay. With Midwest roots in my heart, I have a love for all the simple things in life: family, outdoors, good music and food! Wanting to share people's stories and be a voice for them, I began my journalism career in broadcast news after graduating from Ball State University with a degree in Journalism and a degree in Telecommunications. My love for writing goes back to as long as a I can remember. I strive to write stories that are meaningful and have an impact. (Human interest stories are my favorite!) When not at work, I love spending time with friends and family or doing anything involving nature. I'm a big animal lover and an overprotective cat mom. As a Local Editor for Patch, I cover stories in Danville, Dublin, Livermore, Pleasanton, San Ramon, Santa Cruz and Watsonville. I would love to hear your stories and connect with you to learn how to best share what's going on in your community. Please feel free to send your thoughts my way at Sara.schaefer@patch.com