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Warriors get warm, fuzzy for ‘Pajama Night’ | G League basketball
As a special surprise, Nick Zeisloft and Ryan Taylor brought tickets for the kids and their families to attend the Santa Cruz Warriors game on Saturday, which is dubbed ‘Pajama Night.’
Can Jordan Poole emerge as Steph Curry’s longterm backup?
Jordan Poole will likely start at point guard for the Warriors until Steph Curry's return.
Surfcasting tips to haul in surfperch | Fish Rap
The greatest thing about surfperch fishing is the consistent and constant accessibility. For residents, they are literally “The fish at the end of the street.” Casting bait, artificials or [...]
Business Digest: Youth N.O.W. celebrates 10 years
WATSONVILLE Youth N.O.W. celebrates 10 years Youth N.O.W. will celebrate its 10-year anniversary with a chamber mixer from 5-7 p.m. Feb. 27 at 31 Carr St., Watsonville. The event will feature food, pr [...]
Kurtenbach: The Warriors are out to save all the busts, and it’s brilliant business
The Warriors are tripling down on their success by signing the 2016 NBA Draft bust.
NFL owners approve 17-game season, playoff expansion; plan now up to players association
The addition of another wild card team in each conference could happen as soon as the 2020 postseason.
Ex-Warriors center DeMarcus Cousins: ‘I wasn’t supposed to be on the floor’ in the Finals
DeMarcus Cousins left the Warriors for the Lakers, but has yet to play this season because of an ACL injury sustained in a pickup game.
Big Google lease widens search giant’s Mountain View footprint
Search giant Google has leased a 220,000-square-foot office building at 750 Moffett Blvd. in Mountain View, according to Santa Clara County property documents filed on Feb. 14.
Cabrillo men’s basketball secures conference title | Local Roundup
Gabe Mack had 22 points as the Cabrillo College men's basketball team beat Monterey Peninsula and earned no worse than a share of the Coast Conference South Division title.
California will pay millions to settle suit claiming it violated childrens’ rights by not teaching them to read
The state's $50 million payout to needy schools, announced today, resolves a sweeping lawsuit that put California on trial for failing to give low-income students equal access to literacy instruc [...]

The Top Dog Film Festival
The Top Dog Film Festival was launched in 2017 to showcase the incredible bond between dogs and their people through independent films. Touring annually the Top Dog Film Festival screens over 2 hours [...]
Luna Sea Valentine’s Day Clean-up
Meet at the “Luna Sea Lounge” (815 Almar Ave. #14) between 9-10:30am to pick up receptacle and sign up for the private evening soiree (food and beverages provided, sign up required for ent [...]
Santa Cruz Boardriders Club Victorious in Morro Bay
The Santa Cruz Boardriders Club just returned from their trip down to Morro Bay where they competed in the 2nd event of the 2020 season in the northern division of the West Coast Boardriders Club.&nbs [...]
Rail Trail Award, Celebration and New Directions
January has been a momentous month for the Coastal Rail Trail in Santa Cruz. We began construction of Segment 7 – Phase I on Tuesday, Jan. 21. This 1.2 mile long bike/pedestrian path will [...]
SKATEABLE ART FEATURE FOR SEACLIFF VILLAGE PARK
The County of Santa Cruz is pleased to announce a partnership between Santa Cruz County Parks, local philanthropists, Friends of Santa Cruz County Parks and the community to expand recreational opport [...]
Ciggy Board Brigade — The Year in Review
“…a good filmmaker looks for the story after the shooting while a bad one goes in with a point to prove. So the more honest the filmmaker, the longer it takes” (Miyamoto Musashi, Do [...]
Friday the 13th Lucky Day for Entangled Humpback Whale in Monterey Bay
(Moss Landing, CA) – It was a multi-day, community effort that ended in a humpback whale swimming free after it was successfully disentangled in Monterey Bay on Friday, December 13th. Responders [...]
WOMEN’S ADVENTURE FILM TOUR COMING TO SANTA CRUZ
WOMEN’S ADVENTURE FILM TOUR January 25 @ 7 pm Rio Theatre, Santa Cruz This short film festival is a celebration of the inspiring women around us who are doing extraordinary things in the [...]

Woman meets doctor who saved her life
"I will love you always forever": Woman has emotional reunion with doctor who saved her life.
Man walks into 24 Hour Fitness, sexually assaults woman doing pushups, police say
Police said a good Samaritan in the class intervened.
Larry Tesler, creator of copy, cut and paste function, dies at 74
"Your workday is easier thanks to his revolutionary ideas," Xerox said on social media.
Salinas Valley State Prison program pairing inmates with shelter dogs expands
The dogs receive 24 hour care, love, and training, while the inmates receive unconditional love.
This new federal law will make it easier to dial 911 from hotel room land lines
The change could make it safer, easier to call 911 from a work line.
Makes you think: Customs agents found organ in jar being brought across US border in mail truck
Customs agents found an important human organ in a jar crossing the border in a mail truck. Now they're keeping it in quarantine. Here's where it was being sent.
Woman killed in New Orleans Mardi Gras float accident
A 58-year-old woman was killed when she was rolled over by a float Wednesday evening during a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, police said.
Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders tweets support of UCSC strikers
"I strongly urge the president of the UC system to stop threatening them," wrote Sanders in a tweet.

Warriors get warm, fuzzy for ‘Pajama Night’ | G League basketball
As a special surprise, Nick Zeisloft and Ryan Taylor brought tickets for the kids and their families to attend the Santa Cruz Warriors game on Saturday, which is dubbed ‘Pajama Night.’
Can Jordan Poole emerge as Steph Curry’s longterm backup?
Jordan Poole will likely start at point guard for the Warriors until Steph Curry's return.
Surfcasting tips to haul in surfperch | Fish Rap
The greatest thing about surfperch fishing is the consistent and constant accessibility. For residents, they are literally “The fish at the end of the street.” Casting bait, artificials or [...]
Business Digest: Youth N.O.W. celebrates 10 years
WATSONVILLE Youth N.O.W. celebrates 10 years Youth N.O.W. will celebrate its 10-year anniversary with a chamber mixer from 5-7 p.m. Feb. 27 at 31 Carr St., Watsonville. The event will feature food, pr [...]
Kurtenbach: The Warriors are out to save all the busts, and it’s brilliant business
The Warriors are tripling down on their success by signing the 2016 NBA Draft bust.
NFL owners approve 17-game season, playoff expansion; plan now up to players association
The addition of another wild card team in each conference could happen as soon as the 2020 postseason.

Warriors get warm, fuzzy for ‘Pajama Night’ | G League basketball
As a special surprise, Nick Zeisloft and Ryan Taylor brought tickets for the kids and their families to attend the Santa Cruz Warriors game on Saturday, which is dubbed ‘Pajama Night.’
Can Jordan Poole emerge as Steph Curry’s longterm backup?
Jordan Poole will likely start at point guard for the Warriors until Steph Curry's return.
Surfcasting tips to haul in surfperch | Fish Rap
The greatest thing about surfperch fishing is the consistent and constant accessibility. For residents, they are literally “The fish at the end of the street.” Casting bait, artificials or [...]
Business Digest: Youth N.O.W. celebrates 10 years
WATSONVILLE Youth N.O.W. celebrates 10 years Youth N.O.W. will celebrate its 10-year anniversary with a chamber mixer from 5-7 p.m. Feb. 27 at 31 Carr St., Watsonville. The event will feature food, pr [...]
Kurtenbach: The Warriors are out to save all the busts, and it’s brilliant business
The Warriors are tripling down on their success by signing the 2016 NBA Draft bust.
NFL owners approve 17-game season, playoff expansion; plan now up to players association
The addition of another wild card team in each conference could happen as soon as the 2020 postseason.

U.S. agency that handles Trump's secure communication suffered data breach
The U.S. defense agency responsible for secure White House communications said Social Security numbers and other personal data in its network may have been compromised, according to a letter seen by R [...]
Bloomberg campaign spends over $220 million in January
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg's campaign spent $220.6 million in January, with most of the money going to television advertising, his campaign said on Thursday.
Trump adviser Stone sentenced to 3-1/3 years in prison for lying in Russia probe
A federal judge on Thursday sentenced President Donald Trump's long-time adviser Roger Stone to three years and four months in prison and said his lies to lawmakers investigating Russian interfer [...]
Jurors begin third day of deliberations in Weinstein rape trial
Jurors weighing rape and sexual assault charges against former movie producer Harvey Weinstein began their third day of deliberations in criminal court in Manhattan on Thursday.
Factbox: Stone is one of dozens ensnared in Trump-Russia probe
Roger Stone, a long-time associate of President Donald Trump, was due to be sentenced on Thursday in a criminal case that sprang from former Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation that do [...]
Jurors in Weinstein rape trial ask to review Rosie Perez testimony
Jurors in Harvey Weinstein's rape trial appeared to take a methodical approach in their deliberations on Wednesday, asking to review testimony from a former production assistant who says Weinstei [...]

Russia is interfering in 2020 election to help Donald Trump, intelligence officials tell Congress
The official was part of a briefing to the House Intelligence Committee, which is chaired by Democratic Trump enemy Adam Schiff, and told lawmakers about Russia's repeat offending.
George and Amal Clooney's mansion is surrounded by flood water
The Thames has spilled over its banks and left the Hollywood star's tennis court, the veranda of his summer house and much of the lawn in Sonning, Berkshire, completely underwater.
Mike Bloomberg's heiress equestrian daughter, 37, is dating 40-year-old investment advisor
Presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg's daughter Georgina is dating private investment advisor Justin Waterman, DailyMail.com can reveal.
Coroner says Hollywood sex therapist Amie Harwick was strangled
Amie Harwick, 38, died Saturday and her ex-boyfriend Garth Pursehouse was charged with murder and first-degree residential burglary with the enhanced allegation of lying in wait.
Was Orwell's 1984 his wife's idea? That's the suggestion in a new biography
Sylvia Topp recounts the relationship George Orwell had with his first wife Eileen Maud O'Shaugnessy, in a new book. British author suggests Eileen's poem inspired a novel by Orwell.
Woman on rollerblades dies after she is struck by speeding car that split in half after hitting tree
A woman using rollerblades was killed after she was hit by waht was left of a speeding car that slammed into a tree and split in half in Pompano Beach, Florida, on Wednesday.
Another 90 evacuees released from quarantine in Texas where one is in treatment for coronavirus
About 90 people at Lackland Air Force Base were released on Thursday after being under quarantine for coronavirus while several ill Americans are still stuck in Japan.
Asian American student, 16, is attacked by high school bullies in 'racial backlash' over coronavirus
Community leaders in Los Angeles County held a news conference last week condemning racism aimed at Asian Americans as officials warn against misinformation online about the coronavirus.

The Debate Exposed Bloomberg’s Downside — But It Was There All Along
On Wednesday, I was working on a story about how our primary forecast was handling former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg when other things got in the way. Truth be told, I’m glad I got distrac [...]
Biden Has Been Losing Black Voters. Will Bloomberg’s Bad Debate Change That?
After poor showings in Iowa and New Hampshire, Joe Biden’s campaign is pinning its hopes on South Carolina — in particular, the black vote there. The rise of Sen. Bernie Sanders and former [...]
BYU Is Scorching The Nets From Even Farther Back
When Brigham Young replaced retiring head coach Dave Rose with former assistant Mark Pope last offseason, there was a sense of continuity. Pope was Rose’s assistant for four years before he move [...]
Politics Podcast: Just How Bad Was That Debate For Bloomberg?
In a late-night installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew assesses the candidates’ performances in the Nevada debate. The candidates were more adversarial than in past debate [...]

USC announces free tuition for students from families making less than $80G
USC announced Thursday that it will be waiving all tuition fees for any student who comes from a family that makes less than $80,000.
5 of the most devastating earthquakes in US history
In 2019, California was rocked by back-to-back earthquakes measuring 7.1 and 6.4, respectively. The quakes brought renewed attention to the state’s vulnerability given its boundaries around [...]
California apologizes for role in internment of Japanese Americans during WWII
California lawmakers on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution formally apologizing for its role in sending 120,000 Japanese Americans to internment camps during World War II.
Homelessness in New York City: Here are the statistics
Like several other major cities, New York is feeling the effects of the homelessness crisis. The last homelessness survey was taken in January of 2019 by "Continuums of Care," which pas [...]
ICE anti-'sanctuary' campaign results in 2 arrests of illegal immigrants
Federal immigration officials on Wednesday a new campaign to inform the public about undocumented immigrants released onto the streets by local law enforcement helped them nab two men i [...]
Missouri girl, 11, gives birth in bathtub, police say; 3 relatives charged
Three family members of an 11-year-old Missouri girl who gave birth in a bathtub after allegedly being raped by a teenaged boy.
Paratroopers deployed to Middle East after Baghdad attack have returned home, officials say
The U.S. Army’s famed 82nd Airborne Division said 800 paratroopers have returned home to Fort Bragg, N.C., on Thursday after a hasty deployment to the Middle East following the attack [...]
BYU new honor code leaves out 'homosexual behavior' section
Brigham Young University – a private Mormon college in Provo, Utah – updated its honor code Wednesday, omitting a previous section forbidding “homosexual behavior.”

Goodnight, and good luck
A valedictory note from Al Jazeera America on what we tried to bring to the online news landscape
A long road to reintegration for Rwandan ex-combatants
Despite programs aimed at helping former fighters recover and rebuild, many struggle to find their place in society
The Cabula 12: Brazils police war against the black community
Brazil's anti-police movement continues to fight for the soul of Cabula, even as death threats intensify
Nevada governor says he doesn't want Supreme Court consideration
Republican Brian Sandoval, reportedly under consideration by Obama for the nation's top court, says he's not interested
Elegy for a website where Native voices mattered
AJAM reported on tribal communities and offered coverage on Indian Country that few could match
Poisonous lands: Pennsylvania prison built next to toxic dump
Prisoners and area residents are hit by toxic fumes that could cause fatal harm

Tanker truck crashes and burns on Indiana highway
A tanker truck has overturned causing a huge fire on a highway in Indianapolis, Indiana. The driver was rescued by passersby and rushed to a hospital with serious injuries. (Feb 20) &nbs [...]
AP Top Stories February 20 P
Here's the latest for Thursday, February 20th: Roger Stone sentenced; Germany mourns Hanau shooting victims; Mexican authorities arrest two suspects in child fatal kidnapping; Portuguese lawmaker [...]
Man who bought 100-round magazine for Dayton mass shooter sentenced to 32 months
Ethan Kollie bought parts for the assault-style rifle used by Connor Betts in last year's mass shooting in Dayton.
More than 12M in Southeast bracing for snowstorm; Charlotte, Raleigh under winter weather alerts
A winter storm was forecast to bring up to 6 inches of snow to the Southeast; Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina, under winter weather alerts.

Brazilian senator shot during strike by military police
A Brazilian senator was shot Wednesday while trying to intervene in an illegal military police strike in the northeastern state of Ceara, video from the chaotic scene shows.
Food crisis in the Horn of Africa: What to know
A locust infestation in the Horn of Africa is bringing about one of the worst food crises in the region in more than 70 years, officials have warned.
Lawyers for Julian Assange seeking French asylum
A defense team for Julian Assange said Thursday they will seek asylum in France for the WikiLeaks founder, who is facing extradition to the United States and 175 years in prison for espionage charges. [...]
Spanish police rescue workers trapped in illegal underground tobacco factory
Spanish police on Thursday rescued six workers who were found trapped and gasping for air in an illegal tobacco factory hidden beneath a mountain village in southern Spain.
Japan train rider pressed emergency button after passenger coughed with no mask amid coronavirus outbreak
Coughing is now leading to train delays in Japan – all because of the Coronavirus.
Muslim man stabbed at London mosque: reports
London authorities report an elderly Muslim was stabbed while praying at one of the city's biggest mosques Thursday afternoon as officers arrested a man on [...]