Aptos
EDUCATION
High School Graduation & Giant Dipper, 1979
I graduated high school on the Saturday before Memorial Day 1979. We lived in San Jose, but my graduation party was at a beach house in Aptos. Family and a few high school friends attended. When the party died down, my dad had my older brother take me, my siblings and friends to Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk for a night of rides and fun. The Boardwalk was not very busy, so we were able to go on all the rides we wanted with very little wait time. I took the opportunity to do something I had only dreamed of. . . I rode the Giant Dipper from front to back that night! I wanted to experience the Giant Dipper from every car and learn what it was like from every possible vantage point. Was it really worth waiting longer to get the front or back cars? It was THRILLING! And, I learned that I like the FIRST CAR FRONT ROW BEST! Never again would I settle for a ride in a middle car just so we could move on to the next attraction. It’s been more than 45 years, but I still wait to ride in the front row of the Giant Dipper. I’m usually the oldest person getting on, but I don’t care. . . my arms are in the air and I’m smiling and remembering the night I rode in every car for my high school graduation!
Scotts Valley Montessori school stirs controversy with policy limiting gender, religion talks in class
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Santa Cruz County college wins international robotics competition
APTOS, Calif. — Cabrillo College announced Tuesday that the Cabrillo Robotics Club recently won first place in the Marine Advanced Technology Education World Championships. The club was tasked with building a Remotely Operated Vehicle capable of executing simulated industry applications, such as observation, inspection and physical tasks in various aquatic environments.
Morning Lookout: Scotts Valley Montessori controversy, heat wave to last through the week, and a low-impact camping op-ed
Well hello again, everyone. Hope the week is off to a good start, even if it’s a little hot for your liking. Unfortunately, it looks like that heat is going to stick around for a little longer. Today we’re looking at temperatures in the high-80s and into the 90s — and it might even hit low-100s in the mountains.
Scotts Valley High Student Remembered With Scholarship Fund
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UCSC’s Encampment, Arrests and Workers Strike – Talk of the Bay
This Talk of the Bay with Meilin Obinata explores UC Santa Cruz’s Journey of Encampment, Arrests and Worker Strikes. We will learn about what led to the Friday, May 31st arrests of protesters on the University of Santa Cruz campus. Our guests include people arrested on that date who told us about the campus protests and arrests. We covered topics including the economic impact of research from the University of California, eyewitness accounts of the arrests, eyewitness accounts of emergency vehicle access, and reactions to a statement by the Chancellor of the UCSC, Cynthia Larive. Note that we called the Chancellor’s office on Friday, 5/31/24, on the day of the arrests and Monday, 6/3/24 but no one was answering the phone lines when we called. Larive did not attend the 6/14/24 UCSC graduation. KSBW obtained an email from Larive including the following: “…commencement is for our graduates and their families and friends, and we believe this decision will help keep the focus where it should be… on you.”
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