🌱 SeaDubs Beach Cleanup + Bayview Hotel Fire

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

First, today's weather:

Rather cloudy. High: 66 Low: 43.

Here are the top stories in Santa Cruz today:

1. Meet The SeaDubs And Help Clean Up Beaches In Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz Patch)
2. Small Fire Ignites in Historic Bayview Hotel (Good Times)
3. 'What about me?': She wanted a Santa Cruz woman in Sacramento, so veteran politico Gail Pellerin called her own number (Lookout Santa Cruz)
4. Lookout's new COVID Dashboard (Lookout Santa Cruz)
5. What Characteristics Should Santa Cruz's Next Police Chief Have? (Good Times)
6. 'A Force of Nature': Land Conservation Pioneer Diane Porter Cooley Dies (Good Times)
7. Community Programs Operations Director (Lookout Santa Cruz)
8. Santa Cruz researchers conduct new study that shows effects of wildfire smoke on wine (KSBW Monterey)
9. Local Jobs: See Who's Hiring In The Santa Cruz Area (Santa Cruz Patch)
10. One Santa Cruz County farmer’s quest to grow sustainable, locally raised meat (Lookout Santa Cruz)

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Today in Santa Cruz:

• Senior Show: Stella Brown (Online Exhibition) (12:00 AM)
• When We Paint Our Masterpiece: The Art of the Grateful Dead Community (12:00 AM)
• Just Futures: Black Quantum Futurism, Arthur Jafa, and Martine Syms (12:00 AM)
• Harbor Spirit--Twin Day! - Harbor High School (12:00 AM)
• Project Scout Tax Preparation Assistance (10:00 AM)
• Joby Aviation to host Community Blood Drive on March 15 (10:00 AM)
• 10 x 10: Ten Women / Ten Prints - University of California Santa Cruz-Exhibits (12:00 PM)
• District Advisory Committee - Santa Cruz City Schools (6:00 PM)

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Events:

• Fundraiser for Divine Equine Therapy Assisted Riding. (March 16)
• Honey Hot Shots (March 20)
• Equinox Climate+Land+Water Meditation (March 20)
• 🌷 Spring Equinox Ceremony ~ Native Flute Meditation and Drum Journey (March 20)
• American Diabetes Association Diabetes Alert Day: Understand Your Risk (March 22)
• Indie Pop Star Michelle Lambert Returns to Chinatown’s Clarion Performing Arts Center! (March 26)
• Stanford Art & Anatomy Summer Program (April 11)
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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