Here is a list of the top 10 attended Santa Cruz Works events of 2020. Each month we now average 4-5 events a month with over 50 events held in 2020.

Read about how the Santa Cruz tech community came together to help the local economy, the collective brain power at UCSC that made COVID-19 testing faster and more accurate and how the local businesses got creative.

While the number of open tech jobs took a hit in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, some labor economists and tech recruiters are expecting a surge in hiring in the field in 2021.

A CruzHacks participant pivots during COVID 2020 Realtime: a new social networking app built around pop-up video chats. And lands $4M in funding.

Less than a month remains before CruzHacks 2021! A new format, new challenges, new hardware solutions, and new opportunities.

Chris Miller and team created a computer controlled camera that uses a machine learning algorithm to detect dogs who are pooping on your lawn.

Parallel Flight Technologies was founded with the mission of creating unmanned systems to save lives, property and the environment.

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

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.

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.

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.

David Earle founded Praxis Works in Santa Cruz, and grew the company to a world-renown bike component company. His 2020 challenges turned out to be a blessing.

The Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County Neighbor to Neighbor Fire Relief Grant for Small Businesses provides up to $5,000 in grant funding for businesses affected by the CZU Complex Fires.

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.

Joby’s aircraft operating in conjunction with Uber’s ride-hailing app could offer customers a seamless way to use ride-hailing services and air taxis in a single trip.

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.

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.

If you are working from home due to Shelter-in-Place or because you know it is the right thing to do, you might be entitled to $500. Find out how!

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

Joby Aviation welcomes new $75M investment from Uber as it acquires Uber Elevate and expands partnership.