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Matthew Swinnerton Matthew Swinnerton

Onewheel: Built to Destroy Boredom

Onewheel was invented to destroy boredom. Whether you're on a coffee run or charging trails, these perpetual carving machines are easy to learn and an absolute joy to ride.

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Matthew Swinnerton Matthew Swinnerton

Zero Motorcycles 2020 Brand Video

Inspired by cutting edge aerospace design, the new look of the SR/S is rooted in its all-new aerodynamic fairing. Like all things Zero Motorcycles, form follows function.

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Matthew Swinnerton Matthew Swinnerton

Available Resources and Programs for Businesses

Economic Development Director, Bonnie Lipscomb, and Business Liaison, Rebecca Unitt walk Santa Cruz businesses through available resources and programs in the following video. Learn More at ChooseSantaCruz.com/coronavirus and please feel free to share the video with the community.

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Matthew Swinnerton Matthew Swinnerton

Santa Cruz Tech Exchange Laptop Donation Program

Students must now shelter at home due to the Covid-19 pandemic and distance learning indefinitely. While the school districts are providing chromebook loaners to kids, there are not always enough to go around and they are in fact loaners.

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Adrian Dolatschko Adrian Dolatschko

Santa Cruz Works Sees Super Growth

The strength of our local tech community around Santa Cruz Works has only grown. As we welcome more than 2,700 new subscribers, we are uniting more of Santa Cruz with the local businesses they know and love.

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Matthew Swinnerton Matthew Swinnerton

To surf, to not surf, or to simply ADAPT?

The beaches are closed. The beaches are open. A vocal scientist says she "wouldn’t go in the water for a million dollars.” The confusion leaves passionate surfers to confront an ocean of COVID-19 fear and answer the question — to surf, to not surf, or to simply ADAPT? In this haunting short by Kyle Buthman, we get a glimpse of the answer.

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Matthew Swinnerton Matthew Swinnerton

Santa Cruz County Bank Named Super Bank

Santa Cruz County Bank, with assets over $1 billion, is a top rated community bank headquartered in Santa Cruz County. Today the bank announced receipt of its tenth consecutive designation of Super Premier performing bank by The Findley Reports, Inc. based upon 2019 financial performance.

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Matthew Swinnerton Matthew Swinnerton

UCSC Alumnus Leads Massive Testing

Among DeRisi’s crowning achievements was inventing the ViroChip, a device that played an instrumental role in assisting with the identification of the deadly SARS coronavirus in 2003. Yet DeRisi, for all of his long history on the front lines of virus research, has never seen anything quite like COVID-19.

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Matthew Swinnerton Matthew Swinnerton

CleanFuture UVC Wand from Aeraosis

With these uncertain times and no clear end in sight, bring your home or business peace of mind by sterilizing it with a UVC wand daily. With 15+ Watts of power, you get ultra-fast sterilization times and a deeper clean every time.

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