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Matthew Swinnerton Matthew Swinnerton

Local Business Adapted Quickly During Covid-19

Agus and her husband Wiki are two creatives that moved to Santa Cruz last year. Like many people in the neighborhood, they moved here because of the waves and the beauty of the mountains.

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Doug Erickson Doug Erickson

PPP: Perils, Pitfalls, and Problems

So you've finally made it through the PPP application process with your bank and you're about to get the PPP loan, or you got it already.  Congratulations.  But did you read the fine and not-so-fine print?

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Matthew Swinnerton Matthew Swinnerton

Digital NEST, Rises to The Challenges of COVID-19

Digital NEST, a youth workforce development and empowerment center located in Watsonville and Salinas, CA, has moved all of their in-person classroom curricula online and has found new ways to support a community in need.

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Matthew Swinnerton Matthew Swinnerton

Twitter Employees Can Work From Home Forever

Twitter will allow employees to work from home for as long as they want. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey told his employees Tuesday that many of them will be allowed to work from home in perpetuity, even after the coronavirus pandemic ends, according to a company spokesperson.

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Matthew Swinnerton Matthew Swinnerton

Taking care of business - GetVirtual

UC Santa Cruz–based nonprofit enlists student interns to help small businesses weather the COVID-19 lockdown by advising them in making the pivot from analog to digital during economic downturn

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Matthew Swinnerton Matthew Swinnerton

Santa Cruz CyberCamps for Students – 6th-12th Grades!

Santa Cruz County Office of Education is working closely with Cabrillo College Computer Information Systems Department to offer a Cyber Security Enrichment Program for students entering 6th grade through 12th grade across the county.

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Matthew Swinnerton Matthew Swinnerton

Part 1: A Brief History of AI and ML

For most people the term "Artificial Intelligence" conjures up images from movies. The menacing killer robots from The Terminator or perhaps something more subtle and sinister like HAL from 2001. Definitely entertaining and thought provoking but the concepts covered are more science fiction than science.

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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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