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Adrian Dolatschko Adrian Dolatschko

CruzHacks 2021 - Join Now!

CruzHacks brings together a community of students and professionals to design solutions for real world problems, with the inclusion of tech.

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Doug Erickson Doug Erickson

2021 Predictions by Hometown Heroes

Say goodbye and good riddance to 2020. We asked our 2020 Hometown Heroes for their 2021 predictions. The light at the end of the tunnel is not a train.

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Doug Erickson Doug Erickson

2020 Holiday Gift Guide Support Local Businesses

As we enter another lockdown, it is more important now than every to support your local businesses. And guess what? Most of them deliver. Help your favorite community business by buying locally.

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Adrian Dolatschko Adrian Dolatschko

USAF Offers Fast Funding for Startups

The United States Air Force has a new open-topic solicitation called AFWERX (20.3) that can provide startups with rapid funding to accelerate technological innovations.

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Matthew Swinnerton Matthew Swinnerton

Colligan Family Gift Expands UCSC COVID-19 Testing

A gift from Bud and Rebecca Colligan will expand testing capacity and help fund a new, dedicated laboratory space to house the diagnostic lab in the Genomics Institute’s facilities at the Westside Research Park.

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Matthew Swinnerton Matthew Swinnerton

Steve Blank Resigns from Pentagon Panel

Steve Blank resigned in protest at the Trump White House's recent purge of the board's membership, replacing members with arch Trump loyalists and campaign staffers.

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Doug Erickson Doug Erickson

Recording: Community Speed Investing

Santa Cruz Works and Sail Community Capital announce the first in a series of events enabling our community to invest in local startups. A bit of Shark Tank with the heart of Santa Cruz.

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Guest User Guest User

The Future of Drone Technology

The advancements made in drone technology have been able to provide solutions and encounter new discoveries, which can be amazing or frightening.

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Doug Erickson Doug Erickson

Drive-in Movie Night Comes to the Capitola Mall

Santa Cruz based audio/visual company, JBQAV and Capitola Mall’s chief of operations are happy to announce a drive-in movie night showing a classic & family friendly film for the holidays on December 20th, 2020.

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Doug Erickson Doug Erickson

Awardees: Hometown Heroes 2020

There were 50+ nominees for Hometown Heroes 2020. In this article, watch each of the 17 Awardees make their acceptance speech.

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Matthew Swinnerton Matthew Swinnerton

Slugs Lauded as Hometown Heroes

UC Santa Cruz is well represented at this year’s Santa Cruz Works Hometown Heroes awards ceremony, with Chancellor Cynthia Larive, a host of faculty and staff members, and numerous alumni slated to be honored.

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Matthew Swinnerton Matthew Swinnerton

Walk The Talk EPISODE 1 - Toby Corey

Watch Toby Corey talk with Aaron Huang about Get Virtual. Learn how Get Virtual is helping local businesses affected by COVID-19 the tools to adapt to the virtual landscape.

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