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Several people leaned over the side of the wharf to watch a group of sea lions basking on the wharf’s lower structure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020352\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_00861.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020352\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_00861.jpg\" alt=\"An overhead view of a large group of people on a wharf facing a person by a microphone.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_00861.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_00861-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_00861-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_00861-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_00861-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_00861-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Cruz Mayor Fred Keeley addresses the media and public at a press conference marking the reopened wharf downtown on Jan. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sacramento residents and regular visitors Mike Knezovich and Joan Krueger said they were devastated when they heard of the collapse and came back for the reopening just weeks after they got engaged on one of the nearby cliffs overlooking the wharf.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are so happy, this is our favorite place,” Krueger said. “Today, we’re going to go to the shops and support them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020354\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_01024_duo-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020354\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_01024_duo-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"On the left side: Several people stand in front of a business with a sign that says "Noland's." On the right side image, a mural can be seen of plants as people walk past.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"845\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_01024_duo-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_01024_duo-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_01024_duo-1020x337.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_01024_duo-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_01024_duo-1536x507.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_01024_duo-2048x676.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_01024_duo-1920x634.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Businesses reopened to the public on the Santa Cruz Wharf downtown. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The part of the wharf that collapsed was under construction, making it vulnerable to the nearly 20-foot waves that battered it on Dec. 23, before it collapsed amid the high surf and heavy rain. Two people had to be rescued while a third person swam to safety, according to the Santa Cruz Fire Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of those rescued was Norm Daly, economic development manager for the city of Santa Cruz, who spoke to KQED after the opening ceremony.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were doing our typical inspection rounds … we noticed there was heavy swell activity but nothing to be alarmed about. In one second, I was 25 feet above the water, and one second later, I was in the ocean,” said Daly, who was rescued by lifeguards with Jet Skis, sustaining minor leg injuries. “Climate change … is a big challenge for the entire California coastline. I think the wharf is well suited to survive most impacts, although we don’t know exactly what some of those impacts will be. But at the moment, the wharf is 100% safe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020348\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_00360.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020348\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_00360.jpg\" alt='A person wearing a white uniform holds a tool above an illuminated sign that says \"Oysters.\"' width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_00360.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_00360-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_00360-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_00360-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_00360-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_00360-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An employee of FireFish Grill washes the windows after nearly 2 weeks of business closure of the Santa Cruz Wharf. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For businesses, the timing of the collapse was unfortunate.[aside postID=\"news_12019684,news_12020079\" label=\"Related Stories\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is normally a big time for us that helps us get through some of the slower months,” said Gino Marini, a fourth-generation owner of a local candy shop, Marini’s. “It’s been kinda stressful. … We’re just ecstatic that we’ve been able to open again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alisha Dodds, manager of Gilda’s on the Wharf, said it’s been a rollercoaster and that they were excited to be open again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve had a ton of our regulars come out to support us, and they feel like extended family,” Dodds said. “The Santa Cruz Wharf has been around for over a hundred years, and I think it will continue to be around for over a hundred years. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are so happy, this is our favorite place,” Krueger said. “Today, we’re going to go to the shops and support them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020354\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_01024_duo-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020354\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_01024_duo-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"On the left side: Several people stand in front of a business with a sign that says "Noland's." On the right side image, a mural can be seen of plants as people walk past.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"845\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_01024_duo-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_01024_duo-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_01024_duo-1020x337.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_01024_duo-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_01024_duo-1536x507.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_01024_duo-2048x676.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_01024_duo-1920x634.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Businesses reopened to the public on the Santa Cruz Wharf downtown. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The part of the wharf that collapsed was under construction, making it vulnerable to the nearly 20-foot waves that battered it on Dec. 23, before it collapsed amid the high surf and heavy rain. Two people had to be rescued while a third person swam to safety, according to the Santa Cruz Fire Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of those rescued was Norm Daly, economic development manager for the city of Santa Cruz, who spoke to KQED after the opening ceremony.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were doing our typical inspection rounds … we noticed there was heavy swell activity but nothing to be alarmed about. In one second, I was 25 feet above the water, and one second later, I was in the ocean,” said Daly, who was rescued by lifeguards with Jet Skis, sustaining minor leg injuries. “Climate change … is a big challenge for the entire California coastline. I think the wharf is well suited to survive most impacts, although we don’t know exactly what some of those impacts will be. But at the moment, the wharf is 100% safe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020348\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_00360.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020348\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_00360.jpg\" alt='A person wearing a white uniform holds a tool above an illuminated sign that says \"Oysters.\"' width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_00360.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_00360-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_00360-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_00360-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_00360-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_00360-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An employee of FireFish Grill washes the windows after nearly 2 weeks of business closure of the Santa Cruz Wharf. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For businesses, the timing of the collapse was unfortunate.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is normally a big time for us that helps us get through some of the slower months,” said Gino Marini, a fourth-generation owner of a local candy shop, Marini’s. “It’s been kinda stressful. … We’re just ecstatic that we’ve been able to open again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alisha Dodds, manager of Gilda’s on the Wharf, said it’s been a rollercoaster and that they were excited to be open again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve had a ton of our regulars come out to support us, and they feel like extended family,” Dodds said. “The Santa Cruz Wharf has been around for over a hundred years, and I think it will continue to be around for over a hundred years. We just have to have a plan of yearly maintenance. … I think the city will prioritize that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020350\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1333px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_00455.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020350\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_00455.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people stand on a pier with seals underneath.\" width=\"1333\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_00455.jpg 1333w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_00455-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_00455-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_00455-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_00455-1024x1536.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1333px) 100vw, 1333px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the media and the public watch seals at the edge end of the pier prior to a press conference for the reopening of the Santa Cruz Wharf downtown on Jan. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A local nonprofit, Community Bridges, is providing $500 stipends to low-income employees who lost wages — including some of the staff of Gilda’s. The city is in talks with each of the about 20 businesses on the wharf about potential rent reductions to soften the blow, although Mayor Keeley said the 110-year-old pier may eventually need to be reimagined.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020355\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_01111.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020355\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_01111.jpg\" alt=\"A white man wearing glasses and a black shirt faces forward with a white man wearing a hat in the background.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_01111.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_01111-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_01111-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_01111-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_01111-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_01111-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Cruz Mayor Fred Keeley speaks with the media after a press conference marking the reopened wharf downtown. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“What is the right wharf? Given climate change, given what we’re going to experience, this is the new normal. What [are] the things we can do to make sure we have a wharf 100 years from now?” asked Keeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No decision has been made on the future of the pier. Keeley said he does not expect the end of the wharf to be rebuilt, although he stated that any future discussions on the wharf would take into account the views of Santa Cruz residents and businesses at the wharf.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Cruz City Councilmember Sonja Brunner’s district includes the harbor where the wharf is located.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020349\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_00399.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020349\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_00399.jpg\" alt=\"A person holding a microphone stands in front of a camera person with a truck behind them.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_00399.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_00399-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_00399-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_00399-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_00399-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250104_SantaCruzWharfReopen_DMB_00399-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the media work at the edge end of the pier prior to a press conference for the reopening of the Santa Cruz Wharf downtown. \u003ccite>(David M. 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"content": "\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/santa-cruz\">Santa Cruz\u003c/a> wharf is set to reopen on Saturday, nearly two weeks after a 150-foot portion \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12019684/santa-cruz-wharf-partially-collapses-as-pacific-storm-pounds-californias-coast\">collapsed into the water\u003c/a> amid a surge of strong waves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Cruz officials had previously suggested that the wharf \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020079/santa-cruz-wharf-likely-to-be-closed-for-weeks-after-partial-collapse\">could be closed for weeks\u003c/a> or longer as they worked to figure out whether it was structurally safe. Several pieces of heavy machinery that fell into the water also posed a potential risk to the pier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Namely, there was a large crane, and there was a skid steer… We wanted to identify those to make sure that those didn’t become hazards in running into the wharf through future storms,” said Tony Elliot, director of Santa Cruz Parks and Recreation, which oversees the wharf.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But after completing a sonar and engineering assessment, city officials said they found that the wharf was safe and that the machinery was not close enough to pose a risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Coast Guard said in a statement that it also reviewed the findings, agreeing with the city’s assessment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The crane was located approximately 160 feet southeast of the collapsed face of the Wharf, which is a safe distance away,” said Marine Safety Specialist Response Francis Schiano. “The crane is stuck at this time and not moving around.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city plans to hold a reopening ceremony at the wharf on Saturday morning. The end of the wharf closest to the collapse will be closed to foot traffic, though that portion was already closed off prior to the collapse as crews worked to repair damage caused by last winter’s storms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the weeks ahead, crews will work to recover the sunken machinery, Elliot said. The city will also work on a broader effort to clean up the debris from the collapse, including many large structural columns called pilings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We lost somewhere around 300 pilings in the wharf collapse, and we know that that debris has spread throughout Santa Cruz County and perhaps beyond,” Elliot said. “We’re working very closely again with the U.S. Coast Guard, with California State Parks, Santa Cruz County, a number of stakeholders to remove that debris and get the region cleaned up from this disaster.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12019693\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1016px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12019693\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SantaCruzWharf-1020x929-1.jpg\" alt=\"A broken pier floating in the water, with big waves.\" width=\"1016\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SantaCruzWharf-1020x929-1.jpg 1016w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SantaCruzWharf-1020x929-1-800x512.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SantaCruzWharf-1020x929-1-160x102.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1016px) 100vw, 1016px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A portion of the Santa Cruz wharf collapsed in the early afternoon on Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, as heavy surf from Pacific storms pounded California’s coast. \u003ccite>(Santa Cruz Fire Department/Instagram)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Elliot also cautioned beachgoers to look out for the debris at nearby beaches and exercise caution. After the collapse, debris washed up on beaches as far as 10 miles south of the wharf.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some beaches and some areas remained closed and hazardous. So, on behalf of the city and the partners that we’re working with to clean up debris, we just encourage the community to stay safe. Don’t climb on the debris,” Elliot said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still left unanswered is whether the city plans to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12019798/repair-work-left-santa-cruz-wharf-vulnerable-to-collapse-a-rebuild-is-uncertain\">rebuild the section that collapsed\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The wharf is more than a century old, and city officials have publicly questioned how long it can withstand years of being battered by large waves, especially if climate change means those stronger ocean swells \u003ca href=\"https://news.ucsc.edu/2019/01/wave-power.html\">become more frequent\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12019798 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/GettyImages-2190738186-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a press conference days after the collapse, Santa Cruz Mayor Fred Keeley said rebuilding may not be the best move.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we experienced in the last couple of days — this is what we need to plan for. This was not what was planned for when the wharf was built,” Keeley said. “I personally wonder how many times the federal government or any other entity is going to pay to repair and replace this very, very old technology.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elliot, with Parks and Recreation, said the city plans to include the community in any discussions about the future of the wharf, whether it gets rebuilt or not, but the area’s significance to Santa Cruz is undeniable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a place that’s very important to our community, culturally and economically,” Elliot said. “It’s a place that hosts nearly 3 million visitors per year. So it’s a really important piece of the fabric of the city of Santa Cruz, and it’s a place that we want to invest in well into the future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Coast Guard said in a statement that it also reviewed the findings, agreeing with the city’s assessment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The crane was located approximately 160 feet southeast of the collapsed face of the Wharf, which is a safe distance away,” said Marine Safety Specialist Response Francis Schiano. “The crane is stuck at this time and not moving around.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city plans to hold a reopening ceremony at the wharf on Saturday morning. The end of the wharf closest to the collapse will be closed to foot traffic, though that portion was already closed off prior to the collapse as crews worked to repair damage caused by last winter’s storms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the weeks ahead, crews will work to recover the sunken machinery, Elliot said. The city will also work on a broader effort to clean up the debris from the collapse, including many large structural columns called pilings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We lost somewhere around 300 pilings in the wharf collapse, and we know that that debris has spread throughout Santa Cruz County and perhaps beyond,” Elliot said. “We’re working very closely again with the U.S. Coast Guard, with California State Parks, Santa Cruz County, a number of stakeholders to remove that debris and get the region cleaned up from this disaster.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12019693\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1016px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12019693\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SantaCruzWharf-1020x929-1.jpg\" alt=\"A broken pier floating in the water, with big waves.\" width=\"1016\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SantaCruzWharf-1020x929-1.jpg 1016w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SantaCruzWharf-1020x929-1-800x512.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SantaCruzWharf-1020x929-1-160x102.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1016px) 100vw, 1016px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A portion of the Santa Cruz wharf collapsed in the early afternoon on Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, as heavy surf from Pacific storms pounded California’s coast. \u003ccite>(Santa Cruz Fire Department/Instagram)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Elliot also cautioned beachgoers to look out for the debris at nearby beaches and exercise caution. After the collapse, debris washed up on beaches as far as 10 miles south of the wharf.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some beaches and some areas remained closed and hazardous. So, on behalf of the city and the partners that we’re working with to clean up debris, we just encourage the community to stay safe. Don’t climb on the debris,” Elliot said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still left unanswered is whether the city plans to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12019798/repair-work-left-santa-cruz-wharf-vulnerable-to-collapse-a-rebuild-is-uncertain\">rebuild the section that collapsed\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The wharf is more than a century old, and city officials have publicly questioned how long it can withstand years of being battered by large waves, especially if climate change means those stronger ocean swells \u003ca href=\"https://news.ucsc.edu/2019/01/wave-power.html\">become more frequent\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a press conference days after the collapse, Santa Cruz Mayor Fred Keeley said rebuilding may not be the best move.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we experienced in the last couple of days — this is what we need to plan for. This was not what was planned for when the wharf was built,” Keeley said. “I personally wonder how many times the federal government or any other entity is going to pay to repair and replace this very, very old technology.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elliot, with Parks and Recreation, said the city plans to include the community in any discussions about the future of the wharf, whether it gets rebuilt or not, but the area’s significance to Santa Cruz is undeniable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a place that’s very important to our community, culturally and economically,” Elliot said. “It’s a place that hosts nearly 3 million visitors per year. So it’s a really important piece of the fabric of the city of Santa Cruz, and it’s a place that we want to invest in well into the future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Construction work likely contributed to the partial collapse of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/santa-cruz\">Santa Cruz\u003c/a> wharf as strong waves pounded the coast early this week, city officials said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the second consecutive year of damaging swells sent a 150-foot section of the end of the wharf \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12019684/santa-cruz-wharf-partially-collapses-as-pacific-storm-pounds-californias-coast\">tumbling into the ocean on Monday\u003c/a>, it’s not clear whether it will be rebuilt, especially as climate change fuels \u003ca href=\"https://news.ucsc.edu/2019/01/wave-power.html\">more powerful waves\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The construction work was being done to repair damage from last year’s winter storm swells, which closed that section of the wharf. It included tearing down a restaurant and removing part of the roadway to access and replace pilings that were damaged or missing, which reduced the weight holding down the end of the wharf.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The buildings and the roadway are sufficient weight to push down on the wharf and on the pilings to keep it in place,” Santa Cruz Mayor Fred Keeley told KQED on Thursday. “Then this large front came in with these very large waves, and picked up the front of the wharf and tore it off.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The work had to be completed between September and March — rendering the wharf more vulnerable during winter months when \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12019814/strong-dangerous-waves-return-to-northern-california-coast-through-the-weekend\">big storm surges are more likely\u003c/a> — due to requirements from the California Coastal Commission related to nesting birds. City officials said the construction work was on schedule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The waves that brought down the end of the pier were nearly 19 feet tall. Three workers, a public restroom, and heavy equipment crashed into the ocean. None of the workers, who were assessing the section’s structural stability when it collapsed, were seriously injured.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tony Elliot, director of Santa Cruz Parks and Recreation, called Monday’s waves “the largest swell that we’ve seen in 30 years.” He said “the totality of the construction work,” along with the large waves and last year’s damage, all contributed to the collapse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All of the components really need to be in place for it to be as structurally sound as possible,” Elliot said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The repair work included replacing 70 pilings at the end of the wharf, and workers had completed about 20 or 30, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a Friday press conference, city officials pointed to a lawsuit from several residents under the name Don’t Morph the Wharf, saying it led to yearslong delays for parts of the Wharf Master Plan that could have strengthened the structure against storms and high surf.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have projects that have been ready to go that could have prevented this,” City Manager Matt Huffaker said, referring to city plans from 2015 to expand, renovate and reinforce the wharf.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“From my point of view, delay is disaster,” Keeley said about the lawsuit. A spokesperson for the group did not respond to a request for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City officials said Friday they are confident the remainder of the wharf is structurally sound, but an assessment is underway and expected to be completed within several days. The wharf remains closed in the meantime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heavy machinery including a crane and a skid steer loader were lost, and need to be recovered from the sea floor before the wharf can be reopened, Huffaker said. If another large swell comes in, the waves could smash the machines into the wharf’s pilings, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, several beaches are closed and residents are advised to avoid the water as the huge pilings, weighing hundreds of pounds apiece, and other large debris drift in the ocean. The public restroom that was on the end of the pier floated about a half mile south and settled at the mouth of the San Lorenzo River. Debris has washed up on beaches 10 miles south of the wharf.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While business owners and residents are eager for a reopening timeline, city officials have said they are focused on the immediate next steps. The city is working with business owners to potentially reduce or waive rent until the wharf reopens, which officials hope is a matter of weeks, not months, Huffaker said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12019900\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12019900\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/DSCF5912-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/DSCF5912-2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/DSCF5912-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/DSCF5912-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/DSCF5912-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/DSCF5912-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/DSCF5912-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/DSCF5912-2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf on a windy day in September 2024. \u003ccite>(Nik Altenberg/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>An uncertain future\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In the longer term, the historic pier’s future has been thrown into question. 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None of the workers, who were assessing the section’s structural stability when it collapsed, were seriously injured.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tony Elliot, director of Santa Cruz Parks and Recreation, called Monday’s waves “the largest swell that we’ve seen in 30 years.” He said “the totality of the construction work,” along with the large waves and last year’s damage, all contributed to the collapse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All of the components really need to be in place for it to be as structurally sound as possible,” Elliot said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The repair work included replacing 70 pilings at the end of the wharf, and workers had completed about 20 or 30, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a Friday press conference, city officials pointed to a lawsuit from several residents under the name Don’t Morph the Wharf, saying it led to yearslong delays for parts of the Wharf Master Plan that could have strengthened the structure against storms and high surf.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have projects that have been ready to go that could have prevented this,” City Manager Matt Huffaker said, referring to city plans from 2015 to expand, renovate and reinforce the wharf.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“From my point of view, delay is disaster,” Keeley said about the lawsuit. A spokesperson for the group did not respond to a request for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City officials said Friday they are confident the remainder of the wharf is structurally sound, but an assessment is underway and expected to be completed within several days. The wharf remains closed in the meantime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heavy machinery including a crane and a skid steer loader were lost, and need to be recovered from the sea floor before the wharf can be reopened, Huffaker said. If another large swell comes in, the waves could smash the machines into the wharf’s pilings, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, several beaches are closed and residents are advised to avoid the water as the huge pilings, weighing hundreds of pounds apiece, and other large debris drift in the ocean. The public restroom that was on the end of the pier floated about a half mile south and settled at the mouth of the San Lorenzo River. Debris has washed up on beaches 10 miles south of the wharf.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While business owners and residents are eager for a reopening timeline, city officials have said they are focused on the immediate next steps. The city is working with business owners to potentially reduce or waive rent until the wharf reopens, which officials hope is a matter of weeks, not months, Huffaker said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12019900\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12019900\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/DSCF5912-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/DSCF5912-2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/DSCF5912-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/DSCF5912-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/DSCF5912-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/DSCF5912-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/DSCF5912-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/DSCF5912-2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf on a windy day in September 2024. \u003ccite>(Nik Altenberg/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>An uncertain future\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In the longer term, the historic pier’s future has been thrown into question. 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"content": "\u003cp>Ballot measures to increase local funding for early childhood and youth programs are headed toward victory in three California jurisdictions:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>In Sonoma County, 61% of voters approved a\u003ca href=\"https://www.yesoniforkids.com/\"> quarter-cent sales tax by \u003c/a>to raise about $30 million annually to shore up the county’s crumbling child care system and provide mental health services for the youngest kids.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>In Santa Cruz, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityofsantacruz.com/government/city-departments/city-clerk/2024-elections/november-5-2024/measure-z-sugar-sweetened-beverage-tax\">a soda tax \u003c/a>to raise about $1.3 million annually for services that benefit young people is garnering 51.60% of votes, according to the latest tally announced Wednesday.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>In eastern Los Angeles County, 62% of voters in Pomona have approved\u003ca href=\"https://www.pomonakidsfirst.com/\"> a measure to set aside 10% of the city’s budget for children’s programs and services\u003c/a> — including child care and housing assistance for families with young children.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The early election results show voters understand that local governments play an important role in providing adequate funding for kids as communities face problems like unaffordable child care, said Margaret Brodkin, founder of Funding The Next Generation, a nonprofit that promotes local ballot initiatives that support children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve watched the states struggle and had promises broken. We have no idea what’s going to happen with the federal government at this point, which makes it all the more important to have local communities step up,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brodkin led a 1991 ballot initiative in San Francisco that made it the first city in the nation to dedicate a portion of its annual budget to children. Voters reauthorized the Children and Youth Fund twice and passed a measure in 2004 to expand access to preschool for 4-year-olds and in 2018 to impose a commercial rent tax to fund \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11948690/business-tax-provides-crucial-funding-for-early-childhood-education-and-care-in-san-francisco\">early care and education\u003c/a> for infants and toddlers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those successful campaigns became models for pro-kid ballot measures in other cities and counties. In the Bay Area, voters in Oakland agreed in 2018 to \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/boards-commissions/childrens-initiative-oversight-commission\">pay a new parcel tax\u003c/a> to expand access to preschool and help high school students prepare for college, and two years later, Alameda County \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984169/state-court-upholds-alameda-county-tax-measure-yielding-hundreds-of-millions-for-child-care\">voters approved a 0.5% sales tax \u003c/a>to fund child care and health care for the neediest young children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anti-tax groups sued to block the San Francisco and Alameda County tax measures, arguing they needed a two-thirds supermajority vote to pass, but state courts ruled initiatives placed on the ballot by private citizens only need a simple majority to win.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rulings bolstered children’s advocates in Sonoma County, who spent a decade gathering enough support to establish a local funding stream for children’s services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We polled many, many times over the years and just could not be confident that we could get two-thirds,” said Angie Dillon-Shore, executive director of First Five Sonoma County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A simple majority requirement made getting the sales tax measure on this November’s ballot more feasible, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"more early childhood ed coverage\" tag=\"early-childhood-education-and-care\"]The measure earned support from a broad coalition of local elected officials, business and community organizations, while it had no formal opposition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The results show voters were frustrated with the shortage of child care in Sonoma County, Dillon-Shore said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xAETmxI5XcsYTYHegEi0TwfFAkix-2zw/view\">A study found \u003c/a>the county lost 450 licensed child care slots after the destructive North Bay wildfires in 2017. After the COVID-19 pandemic, so many child care workers left their jobs that the county was only left with 52% of the slots it once had. That made it hard for parents, especially mothers, to return to work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s quite clear now that the public knows that child care providers are some of the lowest-paid folks in our economic engine and yet they do some of the most important work,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brodkin said getting these measures on a ballot can be a hard sell to voters who aren’t used to voting for children’s services. In 2016, efforts to raise a local tax for that purpose failed in Napa, Marin and Solano counties. In 2022, parcel tax measures to fund child care failed in South San Francisco and Monterey County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, she said the strategy works best at the local level when people who are feeling the impact of the problem get organized to campaign for change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a wonderful thing for a community to work on because it’s your neighbors, it’s your kids, it’s the childcare center down the street or the family day care home your kids have gone to,” she said. “The results [of new funding] are very palpable for people, and they can immediately appreciate it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Pomona, community advocates spent years pushing for a greater city investment in young people before gathering enough signatures to put a measure on the November ballot, seeking a permanent funding stream for youth services and programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure, called the \u003ca href=\"https://www.pomonakidsfirst.com/\">Pomona Kids First Initiative\u003c/a>, would require the city to spend at least 10% of its budget on kids and create a city Department of Youth & Children to administer the funds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An opposition campaign, dubbed “Save Our Pomona Public Library,” countered that the measure would lead the city to reduce library hours, police, fire and other essential city services. On its website, it characterized the Heising-Simons Action Fund, a Los Altos-based social welfare organization that donated $160,000 to support the measure, as “Bay Area billionaires who know nothing about Pomona and care even less about the impact of this measure on our city.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pomona mayor Tim Sandoval, several city council members and the region’s largest newspaper — the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin — endorsed a no vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters credit young people and families for building strong public support for the measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Looking at what’s happening at the state and national level, I think the lesson here is that we need to create more opportunities to empower voters locally,” said Jesus Sanchez, co-founder of the nonprofit Gente Organizada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We gave our community a vote in investing in themselves and their kids and their families, and they overwhelmingly decided, yes, that’s the right thing to do,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Attorneys for a student who is suing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/uc-santa-cruz\">UC Santa Cruz\u003c/a> over a temporary campus ban she received after last spring’s pro-Palestinian protests are accusing university police of targeting her with a retaliatory, overly broad search in an apparent effort to stifle her speech.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Laaila Irshad is the lead plaintiff in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12003855/uc-santa-cruz-students-professor-sue-over-campus-bans-after-pro-palestinian-protest\">a lawsuit filed last month\u003c/a> on behalf of two students and a professor who were temporarily barred from UCSC’s campus, saying their suspensions were illegal and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12006851/uc-santa-cruz-campus-bans-protesters-fundamentally-unfair\">caused great harm\u003c/a> during the last two weeks of the spring academic session.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Less than a week after instruction began this fall, attorneys said, Irshad had her phone seized by university police.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a fire alarm went off early on Oct. 1, she was standing outside the dormitory where she serves as the resident advisor when police approached with a search warrant for her phone, according to Chessie Thacher, an ACLU of Northern California attorney representing Irshad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The warrant was issued based on a sealed affidavit that allegedly outlines probable cause to believe the phone’s contents include evidence of a felony.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the affidavit is sealed, Thacher said her team has reason to believe the warrant is unrelated to the protest that led to Irshad’s arrest and the separate but related civil rights lawsuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11989566\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11989566\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-2153876773.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-2153876773.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-2153876773-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-2153876773-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-2153876773-160x106.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">UC Santa Cruz workers who are union members of UAW 4811, part of the United Auto Workers, and pro-Palestinian protesters carry signs as they demonstrate in front of the UC Santa Cruz campus on May 20, 2024, in Santa Cruz. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The kicker for us was that this search warrant, served in such a public way, had a picture of Laila on it, and it wasn’t a picture of her student ID — it was a picture of her giving an interview to a news reporter about her involvement in the case,” Thacher told KQED. “This just feels like it has a retaliatory motive or intent, or an attempt to kind of say to Ms. Irshad: ‘Proceed with caution because we are intent on silencing your speech.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorneys filed a motion on Friday declaring that Irshad plans to petition the court to destroy or void the warrant, return her phone, order the destruction of all seized information and unseal the affidavit at a hearing in December. If the warrant isn’t voided, she is requesting that the court seal her phone until there can be a hearing about her claim that the warrant is overly broad and the phone contained communication that falls under attorney-client privilege.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scott Hernandez Jason, a spokesperson for UC Santa Cruz, said in an email that the warrant was related to an “active investigation that began prior to the lawsuit” and could not share any additional information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last May, Irshad was among 112 protesters \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11988397/many-protesters-arrested-at-uc-santa-cruz-pro-palestinian-encampment\">who were arrested\u003c/a> after police in riot gear were deployed to a pro-Palestinian encampment in a little-used parking lot near the base of UC Santa Cruz’s hilly campus. Rachel Lederman, another of the protesters’ attorneys, told KQED in September that throughout the night, officers squeezed in on the protesters and eventually detained many of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11988048\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11988048\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/GettyImages-2153876794.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1250\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/GettyImages-2153876794.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/GettyImages-2153876794-800x521.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/GettyImages-2153876794-1020x664.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/GettyImages-2153876794-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/GettyImages-2153876794-1536x1000.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">UC Santa Cruz academic workers represented by UAW 4811 and pro-Palestinian protesters carry signs as they demonstrate in front of the campus on May 20, 2024. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Irshad and others who were detained received temporary campus bans under Section 626.4 of the California Penal Code, which allows university officials to revoke consent for a person to be on campus for up to 14 days “whenever there is reasonable cause to believe that such person has willfully disrupted the orderly operation of such campus or facility.” Entering the campus while the ban is in place is a misdemeanor punishable by jail time or a fine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Irshad, fellow student Elio Ellutzi and professor Christine Hong joined a lawsuit over their bans in September, accusing UC Santa Cruz of illegally applying Section 626.4. The bans were issued without a hearing, which is unlawful unless the person’s presence on campus constitutes a “substantial and material threat of significant injury to persons or property,” according to the lawsuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12008430 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-09-KQED-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although some students had hearings, they did not begin to take place until at least a week after the bans were issued, Lederman said in September.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The protesters are asking the court for an injunction to prevent UC Santa Cruz from issuing these bans and a declaration that doing so is illegal, as well as a preliminary injunction that would halt the university’s use of the tactic until the case is ultimately decided.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Irshad, who was a resident advisor last year as well, said she was compensated for her RA work with free campus housing and meal points — both of which she lost access to when she was barred from campus. She also said she could not access her computer, complete assignments or attend class, ultimately leading her to fail courses, according to a declaration filed in Santa Cruz Superior Court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The search warrant for her phone was issued on Sept. 25, about two and a half weeks after her lawsuit was filed and five days after filing for the preliminary injunction. Thacher said the “series of events” is troubling to the attorneys.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also believes that the warrant itself — which gives officers access to all data on Irshad’s phone since it first stored data — is overly broad because it does not define a time period and searches her entire digital history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If Ms. Irschad was not a plaintiff in a civil rights lawsuit against the UC Santa Cruz Police Department and others, this warrant would still be overbroad,” Thacher said. “But she is a plaintiff in a civil rights lawsuit against [UCSC], and the events here … are really troubling. 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In a statement announcing the charges, District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said the demonstration created an extreme safety risk.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli> President Joe Biden’s decision to bow out of his reelection campaign has transformed the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12000078/berkeley-igs-poll\">2024 election for California voters\u003c/a>, according to a new poll from UC Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS).\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1993870/dignity-where-there-was-little-to-be-found-inside-the-fight-for-california-needle-exchange-programs\">Needle Exchange Programs Now Operate in Most California Counties. But the Pushback Continues\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Harm reduction advocates in parts of California with starkly different political histories, Santa Ana and Santa Cruz, are hoping the state approves their respective applications to run syringe exchange programs. 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"content": "\u003cp>Ever since Hawaiian princes first brought surfing to Santa Cruz in 1885, the city has been on the cutting edge of a lot of surfing technology. It’s where surfers first began using wetsuits in the 1950s and a decade later, where builders first used CNC machines to automatically shape surfboards. Now, a new local company is contributing to that history of innovation while also making the sport more environmentally friendly: It’s using a 3D printer to craft surfboards out of recycled hospital trays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a Santa Cruz garage, a huge homemade metal machine lays a clear plastic filament down, row by row. This 3D printer uses a digital file to create a three-dimensional object. Over the next couple of days, the rows will form a surfboard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This was the first board that kind of sparked the drive for everything else,” said Patricio Guerrero, pulling a finished board out of a rack next to the printer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The surfboard is hollow and translucent, with a diamond-shaped lattice pattern running through it. It almost looks like frosted glass, but it’s not much heavier than a normal surfboard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Beginnings\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Guerrero started printing surfboards in his garage in the fall of 2022 and tested the first one at Steamer Lane, one of the most famous surf spots in Santa Cruz. People have been surfing there since the 1930s, and Steamer Lane has seen plenty of homemade boards. But this was the first made from a 3D printer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was super nervous,” Guerrero recalled. “Man, maybe I’ll just jump in the water, and the whole thing will just break right under me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the board worked, and Guerrero ended up surfing for two hours. From there, he started printing more surfboards. 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It’s hard to say exactly how many boards are made each year. They’re made by big manufacturers but also by hobbyists in their garages. The best estimate is somewhere in the tens of millions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The majority of those millions of boards are not environmentally friendly. Most surfboards start as a plastic foam block — called a blank — with a thin piece of wood running down the middle. They’re then sanded down to a desired shape and covered in fiberglass and plastic resin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The foam cores in most surfboards can’t easily be recycled, and they don’t biodegrade. Old or broken surfboards usually end up in landfills, where they crumble into smaller and smaller pieces that can pollute water and soil.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But 3D-printed boards don’t need foam. They’re mostly hollow, and they can be made from recycled plastic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can basically melt it down and create a filament that then you feed into your printer,” Guerrero said. For Swellcycle, he started ordering filament made from recycled hospital trays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Soon, Guerrero recruited a business partner to design the boards and started sending them to local surfboard shapers for the final fiberglassing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Cruz surfboard shaper Vince Broglio was the first to work with one of Guerrero’s boards. Throughout his nearly 40-year career, he has mostly worked with typical foam boards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’ll have two different types of blanks, ones of polyurethane and ones EPS, expandable foam,” he said. “Hand-shaping a blank that will take me about two hours.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Broglio’s shaping room is a two-room shack with an ocean view. The walls are lined with photos of waves, and shelves are packed with materials like fiberglass, carbon fiber and plastic resins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In one room, Broglio uses a planar to shape a foam blank, which he then sands by hand. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Beginnings\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Guerrero started printing surfboards in his garage in the fall of 2022 and tested the first one at Steamer Lane, one of the most famous surf spots in Santa Cruz. People have been surfing there since the 1930s, and Steamer Lane has seen plenty of homemade boards. But this was the first made from a 3D printer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was super nervous,” Guerrero recalled. “Man, maybe I’ll just jump in the water, and the whole thing will just break right under me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the board worked, and Guerrero ended up surfing for two hours. From there, he started printing more surfboards. He began using recycled materials and founded a startup, which he called \u003ca href=\"https://swellcyclesurfboards.com/\">Swellcycle\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11989359\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2381px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11989359\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DCS_8998.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2381\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DCS_8998.jpg 2381w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DCS_8998-800x645.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DCS_8998-1020x823.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DCS_8998-160x129.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DCS_8998-1536x1239.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DCS_8998-2048x1651.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DCS_8998-1920x1548.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2381px) 100vw, 2381px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patricio Guerrero holds an early version of a Swellcycle 3D printed board in his garage in October 2023. \u003ccite>(Erin Malsbury/KAZU)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>A wasteful industry\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Surfboards are an estimated $13 billion global industry. It’s hard to say exactly how many boards are made each year. They’re made by big manufacturers but also by hobbyists in their garages. The best estimate is somewhere in the tens of millions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The majority of those millions of boards are not environmentally friendly. Most surfboards start as a plastic foam block — called a blank — with a thin piece of wood running down the middle. They’re then sanded down to a desired shape and covered in fiberglass and plastic resin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The foam cores in most surfboards can’t easily be recycled, and they don’t biodegrade. Old or broken surfboards usually end up in landfills, where they crumble into smaller and smaller pieces that can pollute water and soil.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But 3D-printed boards don’t need foam. They’re mostly hollow, and they can be made from recycled plastic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can basically melt it down and create a filament that then you feed into your printer,” Guerrero said. For Swellcycle, he started ordering filament made from recycled hospital trays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Soon, Guerrero recruited a business partner to design the boards and started sending them to local surfboard shapers for the final fiberglassing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Cruz surfboard shaper Vince Broglio was the first to work with one of Guerrero’s boards. Throughout his nearly 40-year career, he has mostly worked with typical foam boards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’ll have two different types of blanks, ones of polyurethane and ones EPS, expandable foam,” he said. “Hand-shaping a blank that will take me about two hours.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Broglio’s shaping room is a two-room shack with an ocean view. The walls are lined with photos of waves, and shelves are packed with materials like fiberglass, carbon fiber and plastic resins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In one room, Broglio uses a planar to shape a foam blank, which he then sands by hand. 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It smells strongly of plastic resin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11989436\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1710px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11989436\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DCS_1741-scaled-e1717785056555.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1710\" height=\"1237\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DCS_1741-scaled-e1717785056555.jpg 1710w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DCS_1741-scaled-e1717785056555-800x579.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DCS_1741-scaled-e1717785056555-1020x738.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DCS_1741-scaled-e1717785056555-160x116.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DCS_1741-scaled-e1717785056555-1536x1111.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1710px) 100vw, 1710px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A nearly finished foam surfboard is ready for fiberglassing and the final resin coating in Vince Broglio’s shaping room in October 2023. \u003ccite>(Erin Malsbury/KAZU)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“When you’re laminating a board or ‘glassing,’ you’re putting the fiberglass and resin on the board and putting out a finished product,” Broglio said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said glassing one of the 3D-printed boards wasn’t very different than working with a normal surfboard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It looked really cool when it was done, you know, see-through board and all that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Broglio said it could be hard for surf culture to accept new things, but that 3D printing is just another tool.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know there’s going to be guys [who say], ‘Oh my God, the soul of it’s gone,’ but, you know, you got to have somebody that knows surfing that’s been shaping and all that to design the board in the first place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Introducing something new\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Swellcycle prototyped more boards and kept working with local shapers. 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It’s like you’re on a glowing hovercraft, and it’s pretty neat to see how excited people get,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11989437\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1706px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11989437\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DSC04397-scaled-e1717785275208.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1706\" height=\"1292\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DSC04397-scaled-e1717785275208.jpg 1706w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DSC04397-scaled-e1717785275208-800x606.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DSC04397-scaled-e1717785275208-1020x772.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DSC04397-scaled-e1717785275208-160x121.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DSC04397-scaled-e1717785275208-1536x1163.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1706px) 100vw, 1706px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Swellcycle team experiments with a variety of board shapes and plans to eventually sell several different models in October 2023. \u003ccite>(Erin Malsbury/KAZU)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On a sunny morning on the cliff above the surf spot Steamer Lane, people gathered around the printed surfboards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Dude, it’s trippy how it’s kind of see-through,” said one surfer who stopped to ask the Swellcycle team questions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It feels great,” said surfer Antonio Ramirez, who had just finished trying one out in the water. “I love it. 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There, the pelicans spread their 7-foot wingspans and took off to the skies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With these releases, we’re sending them home to the ocean healthy and in great condition to fly wherever they need to go,” said Dr. Rebecca Duerr, director of research and veterinary science at International Bird Rescue, in a press release.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the last two months, International Bird Rescue in Sausalito has been helping take nearly 340 brown pelicans — a fully protected species — discovered between Monterey and Santa Cruz to the organization’s wildlife rescue centers. Of the eight birds released Thursday, the longest stay in Bird Rescue’s care was 39 days, and the shortest was 15.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The birds come in with a variety of challenges. The one thing they all have in common is starvation and anemia,” JD Bergeron, chief executive officer of International Bird Rescue, told KQED. “Some birds require medication; some require veterinary surgical interventions because of injuries they’ve endured from trying more desperate attempts to find food.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11988343\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11988343\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240530-BrownPelicans-31-BL-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240530-BrownPelicans-31-BL-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240530-BrownPelicans-31-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240530-BrownPelicans-31-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240530-BrownPelicans-31-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240530-BrownPelicans-31-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240530-BrownPelicans-31-BL-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240530-BrownPelicans-31-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">International Bird Rescue members release eight rehabilitated brown pelicans, the first group to be returned to the wild, at Fort Baker in Sausalito on May 30, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bergeron was one of three to release the birds, alongside Bird Rescue’s Russ Curtis and Cheryl Reynolds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Experts are still baffled by the die-off, but \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1992933/california-has-a-theory-on-why-brown-pelicans-are-starving-and-dying\">theories behind the tragedy\u003c/a> include weather patterns affecting the food supply and making the water murkier, making it more difficult for the birds to see and catch fish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is investigating the onslaught of hurt pelicans. The issue mirrored a similar case in 2022 when nearly 800 starving pelicans were rescued following severe storms in California that year. Of those rescued, about 394 pelicans returned to the wild.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11988329\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11988329\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240530-BrownPelicans-13-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240530-BrownPelicans-13-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240530-BrownPelicans-13-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240530-BrownPelicans-13-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240530-BrownPelicans-13-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240530-BrownPelicans-13-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240530-BrownPelicans-13-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">International Bird Rescue members release eight rehabilitated brown pelicans at Fort Baker in Sausalito on May 30, 2024. Hundreds of these birds were found beginning in mid-April. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bird Rescue has a banding program that will allow its researchers to monitor how the birds do in the wild after their release.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As food on beaches has become harder to come by, brown pelicans have shown up in some unusual places, like ponds, backyards and even Giants stadium.[aside postID=science_1993017 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0557-1-scaled-e1716592525607-1020x737.jpg']“Fans were excited to see that bird, but we knew that the bird was experiencing challenges and disorientation, that’s not normal behavior,” Bergeron said. “People are seeing more pelicans in places they don’t normally hang out, and that is the number one sign” that there is a problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even as some birds have recovered and are released, more pelicans are still showing up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can’t keep them in care forever, and we can’t fix what’s ailing the ocean,” Duerr said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service urges people to keep a safe distance from pelicans and not touch the birds. Report an injured or sick pelican to the \u003ca href=\"https://wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Laboratories/Wildlife-Health/Rehab/Facilities?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery\">local wildlife rehabilitation facility\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/ninathorsen\">Nina Thorsen\u003c/a> contributed to this report. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>At Cabrillo College near Santa Cruz, Nikia Chaney stands out. You can spot her bright pink hair from a distance. She’s also the only Black professor out of the community college’s 165 tenured or tenure-track faculty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I first got hired in 2019, I didn’t look up the demographics of the school or anything like that. I was just really happy I had a full-time job,” she said. But after arriving on campus, she started to feel isolated. “You don’t have faculty members who look like you,” she said. [pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Nikia Chaney, professor, Cabrillo College\"]‘You don’t have faculty members who look like you.’[/pullquote]The California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office, the agency representing all 116 of the state’s community colleges, wants “to have the makeup of our faculty and staff mirror the student population we serve,” spokesperson Melissa Villarin said. For years, the office has tried to increase diversity as state legislators pumped money into attempted solutions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Faculty diversity has increased slightly over the past 15 years, but \u003ca href=\"https://www.cccco.edu/-/media/CCCCO-Website/docs/report/2021-equal-employment-opportunity-report-a11y.pdf?la=en&hash=A749704DB539925B90348A325C5F207819A0A912\">a report the chancellor’s office issued in November\u003c/a> acknowledged that “progress remains slow.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Villarin said that there is no single explanation why but that the problem often lies in recruitment, hiring and retention. For example, the application website for community college jobs is “outdated,” and panels that select candidates often need to be more diverse and better trained, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a separate \u003ca href=\"https://bsa.ca.gov/pdfs/reports/2022-113.pdf\">state audit\u003c/a> released in February 2023, some college districts said it’s hard to find qualified professors when few people in their communities have the necessary graduate degrees. In other cases, the report said, faculty find “higher-paying positions elsewhere.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a nationwide problem. When everybody is focused on trying to diversify your faculty, it’s going to be your Harvards and Yales who are going to pay you the most,” said Olivia Cheche, a program associate in higher education at the nonprofit think tank New America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"See your college's demographics for tenured and tenure-track faculty\" aria-label=\"Table\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-Qy0qF\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/Qy0qF/7/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"535\" data-external=\"1\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Table: Erica Yee, CalMatters Source: \u003ca href=\"https://datamart.cccco.edu/Faculty-Staff/Default.aspx\">California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office\u003c/a>. Get the data: Created with \u003ca href=\"https://www.datawrapper.de/_/Qy0qF/\">Datawrapper\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The largest discrepancy across California’s community colleges is for Latino faculty. Latino students represent nearly half of community college students, but less than 20% of tenured or tenure-track faculty are Latino. The same disparity holds for Latino administrators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To help, state lawmakers and the chancellor’s office have introduced new hiring initiatives and poured an estimated $90 million into reforms in the last 20 years. Half of that money has come in the last three years. But the audit said college districts still have a ways to go.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Hostile and unwelcoming’ for Black students\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At her first English department meeting, a coworker handed Chaney \u003ca href=\"https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Y5EwESDU6GYgX9-B5YDtSrpVt4Z7IC8W/view\">a 2018 report\u003c/a> about diversity at the college. “African American students experience Cabrillo College as a hostile and unwelcoming environment,” the report said, citing interactions with other students, faculty and administrators. These students also noted a lack of representation across the school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It made my heart sink,” Chaney said. [pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Olivia Cheche, program associate, New America\"]‘It’s that idea of having a role model that looks like you. That might be the encouragement a student needs to pursue a higher education.’[/pullquote]Numerous studies show that a more diverse faculty benefits students and can even help to close achievement gaps between white students and students of color. Using years of data from DeAnza College, a community college in Cupertino, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/A-Community-College-Instructor-Like-Me-Race-and-Ethnicity-Interactions-in-the-Classroom.pdf\">one study\u003c/a> found that students who are Black, Latino, and Native American/Pacific Islander get better grades, are more likely to pass a course and are less likely to drop classes when they had a professor who looked like them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s that idea of having a role model that looks like you. That might be the encouragement a student needs to pursue a higher education,” Cheche said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Statewide, the report from the chancellor’s office shows that the percentage of tenured or tenure-track community college professors identifying as Black is about the same as that of Black students: between 5% and 6% in 2022, the most recent data available. The percentage of community college administrators who identify as Black is even higher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But representation is uneven. At Lassen Community College in Susanville, there are no full-time Black faculty members, even though more than 1 in 10 students are Black. In San Luis Obispo and at other rural colleges across the state, similar disparities persist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, just over 1% of Cabrillo College students identified as Black, according to data from the chancellor’s office. Chaney is committed to helping those students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know myself as an educator. I’m not going to be able to be in a place and not do anything. It’s what keeps me here, but I also really love it,” she said as she set up a classroom for an end-of-year celebration for students in Umoja, a state-funded academic program to support Black students, though anyone can participate. Umoja has existed on other campuses for years, but Chaney helped launch the first iteration at Cabrillo College last fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11971637\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11971637 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/CMEducation02.jpg\" alt=\"A teacher happily dancing in a classroom of community college students.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/CMEducation02.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/CMEducation02-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/CMEducation02-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/CMEducation02-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/CMEducation02-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/CMEducation02-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Professor Nikia Chaney leads students and others in dance during an Umoja community event at Cabrillo College in Aptos on Dec. 7, 2023. \u003ccite>(Loren Elliott/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Standing underneath a poster for Black History Month, she turned on the music to the sounds of a drum circle. “Do I have some volunteers who are going to get up and dance with me?” she said as people slowly trickled in. About 15 students and staff, most of whom were not Black, attended the event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kyla Kientzel, who is biracial and an Umoja student, said she appreciates the efforts that Chaney is making for students like her. “It kind of makes me more comfortable when there’s people that look like me around. I’ve never had a Black teacher before,” she said. One time in Chaney’s English class, Kientzel wrote about her first name, which was given to her by her father, who is Black. “I get to write about my experiences, and she understands,” Kientzel said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Catching a flight to work\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Cabrillo College has two campuses, one in the wealthy seaside community of Aptos and another just 20 minutes away in the inland farming town of Watsonville. About 80% of residents in Watsonville identify as Latino, and Latino students there said it had a “welcoming” and “very communal” climate in the campus’ 2018 diversity report. In Aptos, which is 75% white, that welcoming spirit fades, the report said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across both campuses, about 18% of faculty identify as Latino, compared to roughly 46% of Cabrillo students. [pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Adam Spickler, trustee, Cabrillo College\"]‘My heart really is there for Nikia [Chaney]. It’s not right, and it’s something we need to address.’[/pullquote]The district is well aware of the lack of diversity, particularly when it comes to Black faculty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My heart really is there for Nikia [Chaney]. It’s not right, and it’s something we need to address,” said Adam Spickler, a trustee of the community college district’s board. “I feel like we’ve done fairly well increasing diversity in other ways. But we need to turn that attention to African American faculty — no doubt.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As an example of improvements, Spickler pointed to increased diversity among the college’s administration. Out of the 23 administrators this year, three are Black, and four are Latino.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Spickler said the overall lack of diversity isn’t surprising given the demographics of Santa Cruz County. While the region has large and growing Latino and Asian communities, about 1.5% is Black, according to the most recent census data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How the demographics of California's community college students compare to its faculty\" aria-label=\"Grouped Bars\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-cde3Q\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/cde3Q/3/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"581\" data-external=\"1\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Growing up in the area and now as a student, Kientzel doesn’t always feel safe. “When I’m by myself, I get treated fine, but when I’m with my brothers, we get followed in stores. We always make sure we have our hands out of our pockets so they don’t think we’re trying to steal anything,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mikias Abesha is the president of the Umoja club and a third-semester student at Cabrillo College. But as an international student from Ethiopia, he finds the lack of diversity isn’t the only challenge. [pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Mikias Abesha, an international student from Ethiopia, Cabrillo College\"]‘Everything is different. In my first semester, I did not understand any of my teachers.’[/pullquote]“Everything is different,” he said. “In my first semester, I did not understand any of my teachers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His first language is Amharic. He said Umoja was a respite for him, where he met advisors who made him feel at home. Now, his goal is to transfer to UCLA. “Los Angeles will be much more diverse,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Chaney, the experience was untenable. She said her daughter was one of only a few Black students in her elementary school and was often bullied by other students. After living in Santa Cruz County on and off for two years, she decided to move back near friends and family near San Bernardino, where the Black community is also much larger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I need to be in a town where people look like me,” she said. Now, she flies in once a week for classes and campus programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Millions spent to diversify faculty\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Legally, public colleges can’t consider the race or ethnicity of a job candidate because of a constitutional amendment California voters passed in 1996 that banned affirmative action. Voters reaffirmed the ban in 2020. But the chancellor’s office and state auditors agree that colleges can use other means to achieve the same goal — such as providing diversity training to all staff members involved in hiring, so they can better recognize and correct for their own biases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11971638\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11971638 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/CMEducation03.jpg\" alt=\"An aerial shoot of a community college campus.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/CMEducation03.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/CMEducation03-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/CMEducation03-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/CMEducation03-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/CMEducation03-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/CMEducation03-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A general view at Cabrillo College in Aptos on Dec. 7, 2023. \u003ccite>(Loren Elliott/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 2021, the chancellor’s office required college districts to develop a plan for promoting diversity in hiring. Villarin said 68 out of 73 districts have submitted a plan to the chancellor’s office as of Oct. 1, the final deadline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said the remaining districts include Los Angeles and Glendale, as well as the districts that represent colleges in Eureka, Stockton, Cupertino and Los Altos. They will submit their plans in “the coming days,” she said. [aside label='More Stories on Community College' tag='community-college']Colleges are also required to analyze the demographics of their job applicants, but the state audit found only one out of the four community college districts surveyed had done so. Fermin Villegas, a deputy counsel for the chancellor’s office, said his team would be providing “more oversight and monitoring” in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of the millions of dollars the Legislature earmarks each year for efforts to diversify hiring, most are sent to the state’s 73 community college districts, which then distribute it to the 116 community colleges. Last year, most districts received about $139,000, Villarin said. Reports show the districts used the money to mentor and train potential and current faculty, among other efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following recommendations from the chancellor’s office, Cabrillo College is trying a “cluster” model: \u003ca href=\"https://www.cabrillo.edu/human-resources/applicant-resources/\">hiring for eight new \u003c/a>positions simultaneously focused on the candidates’ qualifications in their academic fields and their commitment to serving marginalized students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One advantage of cluster hiring is that it can help avoid scenarios in which one faculty member becomes the token person of color, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.asccc.org/content/cluster-hiring-faculty-diversification\">a memo\u003c/a> from the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chaney said she’s not the only advocate for Black students on campus and pointed to the work of a few Black and Latino administrators and staff who support students in other ways. Many arrived at the college within the last year or two and lived in the county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chaney said it’s valuable to have mentors who live in the community, but it’s also important to have faculty who know Black culture, even if, like in her case, those two aren’t the same.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the Umoja event ended, Chaney didn’t have time to clean up, so her colleagues carried the leftover food and supplies to their cars. “I’ve got to run,” she said, hugging each person as she said her goodbye. She drove to San José to catch a flight home that afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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