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As temperatures drop to 80 degrees on Sept. 5 in Seaside, half a dozen activists at the Center for Change craft signs for two protests scheduled for later that day in both Salinas and Monterey. Doors are cracked open and fans whir, but it's not enough to cool down the activists' frustration over President Donald Trump's announcement earlier that morning that he would end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA.
President Trump's decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, inspired protests throughout the Monterey Bay Area Tuesday. It also raised fears among some local DACA recipients who crossed the border illegally as children.
At Hartnell Community College in Salinas, nearly 900 students are DREAMers (students who qualify for DACA). The Mi Casa Center is a safe place on campus where they can gather.
"It has been a difficult time for the Mi Casa staff," says Bronwyn Moreno, who runs the center.
WATSONVILLE, Calif. - Talk about President Trump ending the DACA program has sparked concern among residents and even politicians in our area.
The DACA program grants work permits to undocumented immigrants who arrived in the country as children. And the decision to do away with it could impact thousands of people, many of them here on the central coast.
Many say the decision could cause a lot of political tension. And Congressman Jimmy Panetta says to make things work, both sides will have to unite.
WATSONVILLE >> Around Santa Cruz County, Ernestina Saldana's is a familiar face, a strong advocate in the battle for immigrants' rights.
Monday's annual Labor Day Picnic — relocated from its usual spot at DeLaveaga Park in Santa Cruz to the Watsonville city center — was no exception.
SALINAS, CA – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) announced that the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) received a federal grant totaling $377,776 per year for five years from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences to study T cell signaling.
SALINAS, CA – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) announced that the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) received a federal grant totaling $819,502 from the National Human Genome Research Institute. The funds will be used for a project called "Dockstore," a platform for sharing tools & workflows on the Cloud Commons.
SALINAS, CA – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) announced that the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) will receive a federal grant totaling $566,827 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The funds will be used to develop the framework to identify climate-resilient management strategies and evaluate the impacts of climate change on marine species and fishing communities off of the West Coast of the United States.
SALINAS, CA – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) announced that the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) will receive a federal grant totaling $136,647 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The funds will be used to produce forecasts of ocean conditions along the entirety of the West Coast of the United States, delivering predictions up to a year in advance. The University will use this capability for marine animal management, and to advise fisheries on what areas are likely to yield the best catch of targeted species.
SALINAS, CA – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) announced that the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) will receive a federal grant totaling $414,885 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The funds will be used to quantify the impact of three regional Integrated Ocean Observing Systems (IOOS), namely the Central and Northern California Ocean Observing System (CeNCOOS), the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) and Mid-Atlantic Coastal Ocean Observing System (MARACOOS).
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded two research grants to help California strawberry farms manage soil disease.
One grant for US$4.5 million supports a national team of experts led by the University of California (UC) Davis to identify strawberry plants naturally resistant to certain diseases.
The other grant for US$2.5 million supports another national team of experts led by UC Santa Cruz to continue research on bio-fumigation (a natural process that suppresses soil disease).