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News: June 2020

• Five in Five: Patrick Reilly, Intellectual Property Attorney, IP Society Founder & Tech Futures IP Expert – June 25, 2020
• Santa Cruz Works: Nir Eyal Presents “Indistractable” – June 25, 2020
• Raising a glass (and funds) for research – June 25, 2020
• AgTech Insight Announces Global Team of AgriFood Implementation Experts and Interactive Ecosystem Market Map – June 24, 2020
• A new challenge for engineering students’ capstone projects—COVID-19 – June 24, 2020
• Evidence supports ‘hot start’ scenario and early ocean formation on Pluto – June 24, 2020
• Parallel Flight Technologies Announces Equity Crowdfunding Campaign – June 22, 2020
• Five in Five: Maya Delano of NextSpace – June 20, 2020
• Gasoline out of Thin Air: Our Investment With Prometheus Fuels – June 18, 2020
• In a U.S. first, Santa Cruz set to ban predictive policing technology – June 18, 2020
• 4 Effective Ways to Recession-Proof Your Accounts Receivable Department – June 18, 2020
• Q&A: Program Director Gerry Barañano on How Tech Futures Group Can Help Small Tech Companies – June 18, 2020
• B2B Payments Automation Is Finally Having Its Moment – June 18, 2020
• The Emerging Shape of Recovery – June 16, 2020
• FORBES: Jane Technologies launches Brand Portal and Digital Merchandising modules – June 11, 2020
• UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute Issues Statement on Racial Justice – June 11, 2020
• Five in Five: Brandon Napoli of Santa Cruz Small Business Development Center – June 11, 2020
• UC Santa Cruz postdoc leads #ShutDownSTEM movement as thousands of scientists worldwide to go on strike for Black lives – June 10, 2020
• Poly Studio X Family and Poly G7500 are the First Zoom Rooms Appliances to Receive Zoom Certification – June 10, 2020
• Levered Learning Awarded Research-Based Design Product Certification – June 10, 2020
• Levered Students Make Gains In Math: A Distance Learning Success Story – June 10, 2020
• What’s Next for Cosmic – June 10, 2020
• New method predicts spin dynamics of materials for quantum computing – June 9, 2020
• UC COVID-19 seed funding supports UCSC coronavirus genome browser – June 9, 2020
• UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Community Health unite to test underserved community members – June 9, 2020
• A Framework for Action in Response to Moments of Outrage & Crisis – June 5, 2020
• Black tech leaders issue call to action to fight racial injustice in the Bay Area – June 4, 2020
• Monterey County Office of Education bridging the digital divide – June 4, 2020
• What Can We Do: The Tech Company’s Guide to Advocating for Racial Equity – June 4, 2020
• New laser system provides 3D reconstructions of living deep-sea animals and their mucous filters – June 2, 2020
• New optical technique provides more efficient probe of nanomagnet dynamics – June 2, 2020

News: May 2020

• Field courses boost STEM diversity, study reveals – May 28, 2020
• 26 Questions Members Have About Returning to Your Coworking Space – May 28, 2020
• Monterey Bay Community Power and Silicon Valley Clean Energy sign contract for solar and battery storage – May 28, 2020
• Diverse Voices 2020 Speaker Series Now Online – May 28, 2020
• How to Embrace (and Own) Your Nonprofit’s Digital Fundraising – May 28, 2020
• Science students working in labs have huge impact on testing efforts – May 27, 2020
• infiniRel – Back to the Future – May 26, 2020
• One Small California Town’s 15-Year Fight for Universal Broadband – May 26, 2020
• WG Tech Center Hosts First Virtual Grower Trial Network – May 26, 2020
• Cabrillo College Offers Free Youth Tech Camp for Fourth Year in a Row – May 26, 2020
• UCSC Lab’s DNA technology leads to match in Daralyn Johnson murder case – May 21, 2020
• GetVirtual.Org: Taking care of business – May 21, 2020
• Five in Fifteen: Nada Miljkovic of GetVirtual.org – May 21, 2020
• SupplyShift: Climate Change Impact Tools – May 21, 2020
• 4th Annual Get Hired & UCSC IDEA Hub Pitch Contest on June 3, 2020 – May 21, 2020
• UC Santa Cruz team a finalist in Amazon’s Alexa challenge – May 21, 2020
• SapientX Announces “Telecaster” a Digital Assistant For Telework Systems – May 19, 2020
• COVID Catalyst Fund supports work on rapid serology test at UC Santa Cruz – May 19, 2020
• Cruzio Internet Partners with Aviat to Help Santa Cruz County Office of Education Deliver Free Internet to Low-income Families – May 19, 2020
• U.S. Navy launches tech center in Monterey – May 19, 2020
• Poly Introduces the Blackwire 8225 with Advanced Hybrid Active Noise Cancelling and Acoustic Fence Technologies to Dramatically Reduce Distractions – May 19, 2020
• Five in Five: Josh Resnick of Parallel Flight Technologies – May 15, 2020
• 11th Annual Startup Challenge Monterey Bay Winners Announced – May 15, 2020
• UC’s CITRIS launches COVID-19 response with 25 awards for innovative technologies – May 14, 2020
• Team reveals genomic history of ancient civilizations in the Andes – May 13, 2020
• Genome of beloved sea otter Gidget now available for browsing – May 13, 2020
• Commonwealth Care Alliance Uses Looker to Monitor Impact of COVID-19 on Urgent and Evolving Member Needs – May 12, 2020
• PitchHub Makes Life With Video Easier – May 12, 2020
• Central Coast Joins NavalX Community of Emerging Tech Centers – May 12, 2020
• Parallel Flight Technologies donates 3D Printers to Project PPE 4 Central Coast – May 8, 2020
• Five in Five (times three!): Josh Metz of Monterey Bay DART – May 8, 2020
• RSIGuard: desktop software that helps improve work patterns, posture and workstation setup – May 7, 2020
• UCSC Genomics Institute sequences and assembles eleven human genomes in nine days – May 7, 2020
• New “Innovating in Challenging Times” Webinars Feature Continued Tech Development Amid Crisis – May 6, 2020
• Looker: How to Keep a Distributed Workforce Engaged with Your Data – May 6, 2020
• Digital NEST named one of the Bay Area’s “Best Places to Work” – May 6, 2020
• UCSC alumnus leads massive effort to ramp up COVID-19 testing – May 6, 2020
• Stewardship Index for Specialty Crops (SISC) and SupplyShift announce the soft launch of the new SISC Stewardship Calculator – May 5, 2020
• Local nonprofit Digital NEST rises to the challenges of COVID-19 – May 5, 2020
• GetVirtual: Interns for businesses, college credit for students – May 4, 2020
• Five in Five: Dennis Donohue of Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology – May 1, 2020

News: April 2020

• Voices of the Valley: Rodrigo Nieto Gómez of Naval Postgraduate School – April 30, 2020
• Concentric Power Webinar Covers Innovation during a Crisis – April 30, 2020
• Innovating to Zero COVID19 – April 29, 2020
• UC Santa Cruz diagnostic lab to begin coronavirus testing May 1 – April 29, 2020
• Monterey businesses pivot to provide technical help during pandemic – April 28, 2020
• Five in Five: Suzanne Wouk of SellHound – April 28, 2020
• Baskin School of Engineering names new Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs – April 28, 2020
• Five in Five: Mark Haynes from Haynes, Beffel, and Wollfeld – April 23, 2020
• Coronavirus: Joby’s Marina ‘mega tent’ poised to serve as alternate care site – April 23, 2020
• Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and Wife Patty Quillin Donate $30 Million to Vaccine Org – April 23, 2020
• SupplyShift: Transparency is the first step to securing global supply chains – April 22, 2020
• Q&A: Claret Bioscience & Astrea Forensics CEO Kelly Harkins Kincaid on what’s new since Coronavirus – April 22, 2020
• In a first, Gonzales, California provides free, city-funded Internet service to every home, with unique two year T-Mobile deal – April 22, 2020
• Local tech companies reinvent the bulk aisle – April 22, 2020
• Santa Cruz Works Presents Guy Kawasaki’s Virtual Fireside Chat with UCSC Coronavirus Team – April 21, 2020
• How Looker Approaches Data in the Time of COVID-19 – April 21, 2020
• Santa Cruz Works Introduces CEO Works – April 21, 2020
• Five in Five: Kara Meyberg Guzman from Santa Cruz Local – April 17, 2020
• Paystand: What is Zero-Touch Payment Processing? – April 16, 2020
• Poly Provides Business Update, Including COVID-19 Response – April 16, 2020
• New UCSC program advances global and community health – April 16, 2020
• COVID-Meals Supports Restaurants, Healthcare Workers in Santa Cruz County – April 15, 2020
• Growing Up With Alexa. Are We There Yet? – April 15, 2020
• Monterey lab adjusts to evolving COVID-19 testing – April 15, 2020
• Santa Cruz Bicycles’ R&D Team Uses CNC Machinery to Produce Face Shields for Local Medical Staff – April 15, 2020
• $600 million in geothermal and solar energy deals approved by Monterey Bay Community Power – April 15, 2020
• Genomics Institute launches landing page for COVID-19 data resources – April 14, 2020
• Startup Challenge Monterey Bay 2020 Goes Virtual! – April 14, 2020
• Steve Blum: Quick changes coming for California broadband subsidy fund to plug covid-19 gaps – April 14, 2020
• Five in Five: Claire Schneeberger of Monarch Media – April 9, 2020
• Visit the Monterey Bay Aquarium… from your living room – April 9, 2020
• Survey Shows Multi-Media Pros Agree Streamlining Access Radically Reduces Version Management Headaches – April 9, 2020
• Poly Introduces Powerful New Partner Program – April 9, 2020
• Smith & Vandiver delivers hand cleansers free of charge to workers that are on the frontline of COVID-19 emergency – April 8, 2020
• Pacific Coast Capital Streamlines Asset-Based Lending with Crowd Machine – April 8, 2020
• COVID-19: UC Santa Cruz Economist helps build “contact tracing” app for Peru – April 8, 2020
• Hulu’s binge-worthy “Devs” set on UCSC campus – April 8, 2020
• Santa Cruz Software Introduces LinkrUI, Gamechanger For Design World – April 8, 2020
• Dr. Chris Thornberg to Share Economic Forecast at MBEP’s 6th Annual Regional Economic Summit – April 7, 2020
• Aeroasis CleanFuture UV Sterilizer: Finally, A Sustainable Way To Sterilize My Stuff! – April 7, 2020
• KSBW: UC Santa Cruz scientists to provide rapid COVID-19 testing by end of month – April 7, 2020
• Netflix co-founder: Streaming is how people entertain themselves at night – April 2, 2020
• Pandemic Spread Simulator by productOps team recognized at the Pandemic Response Hackathon – April 2, 2020
• UCSC researchers are taking on the coronavirus challenge on multiple fronts – April 2, 2020
• Baskin Engineering appoints first program director for student excellence, engagement, and inclusion – April 1, 2020
• CCBC compiles broadband resource list to assist Central Coast residents during pandemic – April 1, 2020

News: March 2020

• Santa Cruz Software Announces AEM Support for Two New Products at Adobe Summit 2020 – March 31, 2020
• Coronavirus: Alternative Payments to Cash and Paper Checks – March 31, 2020
• MBARI Works at Unlocking Ocean Biology – March 31, 2020
• Poly Supercharges Microsoft Teams Experience with UC Headsets for Smart, Simple Collaboration – March 31, 2020
• Cabrillo College Makerspace Begins Production of 3-D Printed PPE Masks and Face Shields for Santa Cruz County Medical Providers – March 27, 2020
• Federal covid-19 stimulus package doesn’t seem to stimulate broadband, much – March 26, 2020
• Google features former Cabrillo student’s work in documentary series – March 26, 2020
• Baskin Engineering professor reveals flaws in widely-used machine learning method – March 26, 2020
• ABC News: The Jane Doe child case that uncovered a serial killer, identified victims and changed the use of DNA forensics – March 26, 2020
• Poly: How to manage employees that are new to working from home – March 25, 2020
• Church Brothers Farm: Collaboration is Key in Ag Technology – March 25, 2020
• Sleepless Media Named Top Shopify Developer – March 24, 2020
• UCSC scientists round-up supplies for local doctors to combat COVID-19 – March 24, 2020
• Forbes: Previous Startup Challenge Monterey Bay Winner Pivots to Producing Hand Sanitizer – March 24, 2020
• Your Organization Can Endure This Crisis. Here’s How. – March 24, 2020
• Santa Cruz New Tech Goes Virtual (and Free) on April 1 – March 19, 2020
• COVID-19 drives Santa Cruz tech community to help with distance learning – March 19, 2020
• Parent Resource: Learning to code online with Code Naturally during Shelter at Home – March 18, 2020
• Cruz One: How We Built This – March 18, 2020
• Q&A: Parallel Flight Technologies’ heavy lifting drones provide emergency relief – March 18, 2020
• Covid-19 testing pilot program launches in Bay Area – March 17, 2020
• Q&A: SupplyShift launches COVID-19 Impact Assessment Tool – March 17, 2020
• UC experts take on COVID-19 – March 17, 2020
• Meet the 17-Year-Old Behind a Website Tracking Coronavirus Cases That Is Now a Vital Global Resource – March 17, 2020
• Here’s The Coronavirus Tech Handbook – March 14, 2020
• A Coworking Operator’s Guide to Keeping Your Community and Business Healthy – March 12, 2020
• Levered Learning Provides Online Math Curriculum Available for Coronavirus-related School Closures – March 12, 2020
• Santa Cruz Welcomes Canna-Tech Innovations With Exclusive Aeroasis / 3Bros Cannabis R&D Partnership – March 12, 2020
• Joby chosen to provide vehicle for NASA’s Urban Air Mobility Grand Challenge – March 12, 2020
• Cruz Foam Closes $1.2M Seed Round and Adds New Board Member – March 11, 2020
• Elaine Sullivan uses 3D technologies to peel away the layers of history – March 10, 2020
• How to Attract Silicon Valley Philanthropy – March 10, 2020
• Killing Death Piles with SellHound CEO Suzanne Wouk – March 5, 2020
• Not your Typical Tech Conference: !!Con West Brings Joy Excitement and Surprise to Computing – March 5, 2020
• Salinas Valley Ag Tech Summit to Focus on Leveraging Innovation Through Skilled Workforce – March 4, 2020
• Joby Aviation builds its presence in Marina – March 4, 2020
• How a Looker Certification Will Level Up Your Career – March 4, 2020
• Machine Learning is Revolutionizing Our Understanding of the Human Brain – March 4, 2020
• Murj Software for Cardiac Device Management Issued SOC 2 Certification – March 3, 2020
• Four UCSC engineers awarded Google Faculty Research Awards – March 3, 2020
• Startup Challenge “Otter Tank” Rewards Regional Startups with Cash Prizes – March 3, 2020

News: February 2020

• Crowd Machine and Sapvix Partner to Expand Services in Custom Application Development and Integration – February 27, 2020
• Former Whole Foods Co-CEO Takes Advisory Role at Santa Cruz Cannabis Company Jane Technologies – February 27, 2020
• UC Santa Cruz leads collaboration to speed wound healing with a novel smart bandage – February 27, 2020
• Voices Of The Valley Podcast: Educating for the Future with AgTech Ed – February 26, 2020
• Chris Bley’s deep dive into the drone industry – February 26, 2020
• UC Santa Cruz joins national “tech for social good” network – February 25, 2020
• The Armada Group acquired by Eliassen Group – February 25, 2020
• Pinpoint Science Announces Collaboration with Analog Devices to Advance Novel Nanosensors for Pathogen Detection – February 25, 2020
• Thoughtfull Toys Rolls Out a Crowdfunding Campaign that Invests in the Future – February 25, 2020
• Van Williams, vice chancellor of information technology, talks diversity – February 25, 2020
• March 4 Tech meetup: Luma Yoga, Tech Futures, Legends of Rec, CruzHacks 2020 Winners, SapientX, Pixel Scientific, Tile & more – February 20, 2020
• Ecology Meets Tech at February’s Monterey Bay Tech Startup Meetup – February 20, 2020
• Santa Cruz County Launches Performance Measurement Dashboards – February 20, 2020
• Marina firm develops tech that could help whale entanglement – February 20, 2020
• Looker’s chief product officer on leadership, and why he’s helping tech leaders of color get into executive roles – February 19, 2020
• Looker’s Nick Caldwell Talks Tech, Leadership & Giving Back – February 19, 2020
• Local nonprofit leader, Jacob Martinez receives prestigious James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award – February 19, 2020
• Levered Learning to Compete in Premier Global Competition for Emerging Companies that “Bend the Arc of Human Potential – February 18, 2020
• Ready For Anything: How Cruzio Planned, Built, and Tested a 10 Gigabit Connection in Less Than 8 Hours – February 18, 2020
• Looker Completes Google Acquisition – February 12, 2020
• Poly Introduces Poly Lens for Cloud-based Insights and Video Endpoint management – February 11, 2020
• Looker Launches Certification Program to Empower People with Validated Data Skills – February 11, 2020
• Santa Cruz: An Emerging Green Tech Hub – February 11, 2020
• Former Polycom Robert Hagerty to take over as Poly interim CEO after Joe Burton steps down – February 11, 2020
• Elaboration: Machine Learning, People Centered – February 11, 2020
• Steve Blum: SB 917 is a plausible PG&E public buyout plan, if the public wants to pay the price – February 11, 2020
• Salinas Valley Energy Forum Attracts Record Audience – February 11, 2020
• The Tech Talent Struggle – February 11, 2020
• Make Agtech Work For You at the 7th Annual Salinas Valley AgTech Summit – February, 11, 2020
• UCSC Genome Browser posts the coronavirus genome – February 7, 2020
• VentureBeat: Paystand raises $20 million to modernize B2B payments with blockchain – February 6, 2020
• Paystand raises $20M to give businesses a frictionless, open infrastructure for commercial finance – February 6, 2020
• Unprecedented study yields most comprehensive map of cancer genomes to date – February 5, 2020
• Engineering speaker series highlights diverse voices in tech – February 5, 2020
• Watch: Patrick Reilly on how to protect your intellectual property (IP) – February 5, 2020
• #NotMe: Tech Company Launches App to Report Harassment Anonymously – February 5, 2020
• Women of Data: Áine Dundas, International Marketing Director – February 5, 2020
• How to be part of the circular fashion industry using SellHound – February 4, 2020
• What do community college students gain from engineering abroad programs? – February 4, 2020
• Saudi Arabia’s Abdul Latif Jameel bets on flying taxis with Joby Aviation – February 2, 2020

News: January 2020

• Rope Partners, leader in wind turbine blade repair, maintenance, and performance-enhancing services, has been acquired – January 30, 2020
• SellHound Takes on SXSW – January 30, 2020
• Watch: interview with Mary Noe, founder/CEO of Switchback Systems – January 28, 2020
• ICYMI: Drug Discovery Startup Unnatural Products, Received $6 M in Seed Funding led by ARTIS Ventures – January 28, 2020
• Jenny Reardon, a leading voice in the field of genomics, named a fellow of The Hastings Center – January 28, 2020
• 5 Ways to Kickstart a Data-Driven Company Culture in 2020 – January 28, 2020
• The New Rules for Paid Ads on Social Media — and How They Impact Nonprofits – January 28, 2020
• Local Launchpad iiED Hosts Startup Weekend – January 28, 2020
• How UC Santa Cruz Engineers are proposing ways to improve electrical delivery – January 21, 2020
• Second Wave of !!Con West Tickets to be Released – January 21, 2020
• Joby Aviation plans to build a massive factory for flying cars in Marina – January 21, 2020
• Cabrillo CIS Students Host Region-wide Cybersecurity Competition – January 21, 2020
• Emerging field of ‘forensic genealogy’ links DNA testing and family histories to solve cold cases – January 21, 2020
• US B2B blockchain company inks deal with JCB of Japan – January 21, 2020
• Equal Access Santa Cruz Wins Big, Part II – January 21, 2020
• Dave Evans & Dean Hovey to speak on Re-Designing Design Thinking at Feb 5 event – January 16, 2020
• Poly: Six Predictions for Collaboration in the Next Decade – January 15, 2020
• Toyota Makes a New $394 Million Bet on Flying Taxis – January 15, 2020
• Joby Aviation Raises $590 Million in Series C Financing to Launch Air Taxi Service – January 15, 2020
• Engineer, philanthropist Jack Baskin dies at age 100 – January 14, 2020
• $1M gift creates William Wallace Campbell Director’s Fund for Lick Observatory – January 14, 2020
• Equal Access Santa Cruz Brings Fiber Optic Infrastructure to Capitola Area – January 14, 2020
• Startup Weekend Monterey Bay Returns to CSUMB – January 14, 2020
• Design Santa Cruz has a Vision for 2020 – January 9, 2020
• BLIX eBIkes Transitions to New E-Commerce Model – January 9, 2020
• Chuck Peddle Dies at 82; His $25 Chip Helped Start the PC Age – January 7, 2020
• Year in Review for Baskin School of Engineering, 2019 – January 7, 2020
• Watch: SNAP Ring Launches in London – January 7, 2020
• How genetics and social games drive evolution of mating systems in mammals – January 7, 2020
• OPOS-Fullpower launches “The First 24/7 Opioid Compliance Solution” – January 7, 2020

News: December 2019

• Uber’s plan to launch an air taxi service in 2023 just got a boost from Joby Aviation – December 21, 2019
• UCSC HCI Experts Help Mediate between Oceangoing Robots, Scientists and Engineers – December 12, 2019
• What happened to Inboard, Buoy (Resideo), YaDoggie? – December 12, 2019
• UCSC team chosen again to compete in Amazon’s Alexa Prize Challenge – December 12, 2019
• Why the Google-Looker Deal May Not Close This Year – December 10, 2019
• Reestablishing trust in education (most of our users don’t realize they’re using blockchain) – December 10, 2019
• Ontera and QuantuMDx Collaborate to Advance Sepsis Diagnosis – December 10, 2019
• It’s Computer Science Education Week: Do You Know Where the Girls Are? – December 10, 2019
• Titans of Tech announced for 2020 – December 6, 2019
• Former UCSC graduate researcher John Felts, now CEO and founder of Cruz Foam, describes the rewards, hard work, and excitement of becoming an entrepreneur – December 5, 2019
• No code application and microservice development gain traction – December 5, 2019
• HubX: a new kind of tech center in Santa Cruz – December 3, 2019
• CruzHacks 2020 seeks mentors and judges for January event – December 3, 2019
• Crowd Machine and Optimum Team Up to Offer Accelerated Application Development – December 3, 2019
• This Woman Entrepreneur Gives Farmers Information – to Grow – December 3, 2019
• Poly Builds on its 50-year Heritage of Contact Center Solutions Designed to Enhance Customer Satisfaction – December 3, 2019

News: November 2019

• UC Santa Cruz to expand successful Girls in Engineering program – November 22, 2019
• Baskin School of Engineering launches “Good Engineering” website to highlight achievements of engineering faculty, alumni, and students – November 21, 2019
• Women Who Cowork announces crowdfunding campaign – November 20, 2019
• TEDxSantaCruz Announces Speakers for THE ART OF HOPE Scheduled for the Rio Theatre December 7 – November 20, 2019
• Level-up Your Workspace Marketing: 12 Benefits of a Clickable Floor Plan – November 19, 2019
• SVBJ honors Digital Nest with Community Impact Award – November 19, 2019
• Call for speakers! Two-day celebration of joy, excitement, surprise of computing, returns to Santa Cruz in February 2020 – November 19, 2019
• Interested in finding the right intern? Here’s the workshop for you. – November 19, 2019
• Dec 4 is Holiday Tech: Kershner Design, Parallel Flight, Areias Systems, Spanner, WaWiCo, Almost Human Media – November 19, 2019
• Here’s what you missed while I was at the tango festival – November 14, 2019
• Digital NEST announces matching grant, double your impact – November 14, 2019
• UC Santa Cruz collaborates on $14M project to advance cryptographic computing technologies – November 14, 2019
• SapientX adds 35 New Languages to its Digital Assistant Software – November 14, 2019
• Q&A: Andrea Chow, Ontera SVP of Engineering, talks about her journey from the defense industry to biotech – November 1, 2019

News: October 2019

• Q&A: CEO Murielle Thinard-McLane talks about Ontera’s agtech plans – October 31, 2019
• Boosting diversity, inclusion, and representation in science journalism – October 30, 2019
• Pediatric cancer study shows usefulness of gene expression analysis – October 30, 2019
• Crowd Machine Appoints COO James Hanley to CEO Position – October 30, 2019
• NextSpace Santa Cruz a Beacon of Light During PG&E Power Outages – October 30, 2019
• UCSC Entrepreneurs Supported by CITRIS and the Banatao Institute – October 29, 2019
• Watch: Chamber honors Looker’s Frank Bien and Lloyd Tabb as “Men of the Year” – October 29, 2019
• Fly Longer, Lift More, and Fight Wildfires – October 24, 2019
• How Cabrillo College Students are Becoming (and Growing) the Next Generation of Cyber Security Professionals – October 24, 2019
• Salinas City Council approves first phase of municipal fiber network – October 22, 2019
• Cruzio Celebrates 30 Years of Geekdom – October 24, 2019
• Are we there yet? Karen Miga on the Next Era of Genomics – October 22, 2019
• Six Companies Demystify Tech – October 22, 2019
• Google’s $2.6 Billion Looker Deal Said to Get Closer DOJ Review – October 14, 2019
• Viagra shows promise for use in bone marrow transplants – October 11, 2019
• The robots of our future are coming—but they may not be what we think – October 11, 2019
• Paystand announces Advisory Council with some legendary fintech pioneers and founders – October 10, 2019
• Amazon speaks out on minimum wage, climate change, diversity and inclusion, LGBTQ+, immigration, and more – October 10, 2019
• Eighteen entrepreneurs pitch to active investors at Start-up Investment and Community Capital Expo – October 10, 2019
• The Courage of the Early-Stage Entrepreneur – October 10, 2019
• $8.5 million gift supports UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute – October 8, 2019
• Poly integrates Voyager headsets with Amazon Alexa and Tile – October 2, 2019
• MBEP Announces Agenda and Speakers for 5th Annual State of the Region – October 2, 2019
• Santa Cruz 8th Grader Takes on Inequality at Science Fairs – October 2, 2019
• Crowd Machine Innovation Continues to Open Doors for New Business – October 2, 2019
• Hope for California’s net neutrality law, as court upholds repeal of federal rules – October 2, 2019
• Startup Sandbox Supports Emerging Bioscience Companies – October 2, 2019

News: September 2019

• 30 Years After The Loma Prieta Earthquake: Tech and Emergency Services in the County of Santa Cruz – September 30, 2019
• Startup Sandbox Graduates First Class of Innovators – September 30, 2019
• Forbes is talking about “The Department Of Customer Love” – September 30, 2019
• Steve Blum: Salinas, AT&T sign master pole license agreement with small cell design standards and $750 annual rent, sorta – September 30, 2019
• Built from scratch: Improving vaccines with molecular insights – September 28, 2019
• WGCIT Update: AgTech Startup Successes – September 27, 2019
• Global Climate Strike and how to achieve your Science-Based Targets – September 27, 2019
• Jack Baskin at 100 – September 26, 2019
• What motivates sellers? Here’s what SellHound learned – September 25, 2019
• NIH funds new centers to expand and diversify the human reference genome – September 24, 2019
• CITRIS launches Tech for Social Good program at UCSC – September 19, 2019
• Scientist creates a ‘ground-breaking’ technique to crack cold cases by extracting DNA from stray strands of HAIR without a root left behind at crime scenes by killers and victims – September 19, 2019
• Long Before ‘Netflix and Chill,’ He Was the Netflix C.E.O. – September 19, 2019
• Why I Waited Sixteen Years to Write My Book About Netflix – September 19, 2019
• Netflix’s first CEO talks about Reed Hastings, negotiating tactics and his dislike of business plans – September 18, 2019
• Steve Blum: California’s consumer data privacy law survives lobbyist blitz, more or less intact – September 18, 2019
• Steve Blum: AT&T’s backdoor deregulation bill runs out of room, while California lawmakers tweak telecoms policy – September 18, 2019
• Poly Introduces the Next Generation of Savi Wireless Headsets – September 18, 2019
• October 2 tech meetup: Drako, Modarri, Marc Randolph, and more – September 17, 2019
• Startup Investment and Community Capital Expo is September 27 in Seaside – September 17, 2019
• Q&A: Marc Randolph talks about Santa Cruz, Reed Hastings, and the birth of Netflix – September 17, 2019
• Why This Scientist Keeps Receiving Packages of Serial Killers’ Hair – September 16, 2019
• Jane Technologies doubles down on Santa Cruz (and what happens next after securing $21M in Series B funding) – September 12, 2019
• Here’s one analyst’s deep dive into the Plantronics & Polycom deal – September 12, 2019
• Bud Colligan Outlines Strategy to Enhance State’s Global Competitiveness – September 12, 2019
• County of Santa Cruz offers ePlan training and support – September 10, 2019
• Technology Showcase & Acquisition of Capital Seminar for Small and Medium-Sized Manufacturers – September 10, 2019
• Monterey Bay Economic Partnership (MBEP), Annieglass, and California Manufacturing Technology Consulting (CMTC) partner to host Made in Monterey Bay manufacturing event – September 10, 2019
• SupplyShift to host Summit on Responsible Supply Chains – September 10, 2019
• New iPhone app designed to help children learn to read – September 5, 2019
• Data Storytelling in Action: Using Data to Guide your Fantasy Football Draft Strategy (Part II) – September 5, 2019
• Do You Want to Screw Over Your ISP? – September 5, 2019
• Plantronics/Poly announces new BackBeat PRO 5100, BackBeat FIT 3200/3150/6100 wireless options – September 4, 2019
• UCSC’s Genomics Institute settles into new Delaware Avenue headquarters – September 3, 2019
• Indexical & Design by Cosmic announce a series of Digital Alchemy Talks – September 3, 2019
• NEST Flight: Connecting College Students to Careers – September 3, 2019

News: August 2019

• Listen: No Such Thing: From an Unlikely Zipcode – August 29, 2019
• How To Identify & Retain Fantastic Talent with Kelli Dragovich Of Looker – August 29, 2019
• CBL Markets and Xpansiv Merge to Create XCHG, the World’s First Data-Driven Commodity Marketplace – August 29, 2019
• Watch: Cabrillo College Fab Lab & Makerspace: Innovating for Good in Our Community – August 27, 2019
• Cabrillo Etech Students Are Building Low-Cost, Green Homes to Address the State’s Affordable Housing Crisis – August 27, 2019
• 200 Farmers, 700 Students Advance Progress on Food Safety Tech at AgTechx Event – August 27, 2019
• Seagate, UC Santa Cruz collaboration poised to accelerate genomics data analysis – August 27, 2019
• How Senior Design Projects Create Leaders (Summary, part 5 of 5) – August 27, 2019
• Without A Trace (Part 4 of 5 in How Senior Design Projects Create Leaders) – August 27, 2019
• SlugSat (Part 3 of 5 in How Senior Design Projects Create Leaders) – August 27, 2019
• Optofluidic chip with nanopore ‘smart gate’ developed for single molecule analysis – August 22, 2019
• Can Startup Sandbox Make Santa Cruz a Biotech Hub? – August 21, 2019
• Fellow TV Addicts (Part 2 of 5 in How Senior Design Projects Create Leaders) – August 20, 2019
• UpVoice (Part 1 of 5 in How Senior Design Projects Create Leaders) – August 20, 2019
• Dovetail Genomics Launches Omni-C Technology – August 20, 2019
• Startup Investment & Community Capital Expo returns Sept 27 – August 20, 2019
• Are the arts at the center of software’s evolution? – August 20, 2019
• Women Are Big Part of AgTech Generation Innovation – August 20, 2019
• Tempur Sealy and Fullpower Form Strategic Partnership to Deliver Smarter Sleep Experiences Through AI-Powered Technology – August 20, 2019
• 5 Questions with Keri Waters, Resideo’s Vice President and General Manager of Water – August 15, 2019
• UCSC researchers awarded a record number of patents last year – August 14, 2019
• Headsets. Testing. Designing. Audio. Productivity.  – August 14, 2019
• When I first heard about Plantronics at a career fair, I thought that it was either about plants or planets – August 14, 2019
• My Engineering Internship at Poly: Drones, Code, and Headsets! – August 14, 2019
• Santa Cruz Works New Tech MeetUp: Get Biotech 2019 – August 13, 2019
• Crowd Machine Releases Crowd Machine GO – August 13, 2019
• Pajaro Valley Unified School District in Partnership with Khan Academy and NWEA to Accelerate Student Learning – August 13, 2019
• A Collective Impact: Interns of Looker – August 9, 2019
• The compelling mathematical challenge of the three-body problem – August 8, 2019
• MBEP Welcomes Three New Board Members – August 8, 2019
• Poly Studio is now certified by Zoom – August 7, 2019
• Local startups looking for seed, series A funding could qualify for Opportunity Zone funding – August 7, 2019
• BASF and Ontera collaborate on precision diagnostics to support farmers with in-field disease monitoring – August 7, 2019
• Big data for conservation: Conservation biologists find new applications for AI tools – August 7, 2019
• Paystand Pioneers Assurety-as-a-Service With Application-Ready Blockchain API – August 1, 2019
• Watch: 2019 Monterey Bay DART Symposium Highlights Reel – August 1, 2019
• 12 New Satellite Deskworks Features to Streamline Your Coworking Operations – August 1, 2019
• Santa Cruz Works announces changes to board – August 1, 2019

News: July 2019

• Disrupting the Payments Industry (In a Good Way) – July 31, 2019
• SellHound App Launches to Deliver One-Tap Selling on Popular Secondhand Marketplaces – July 31, 2019
• New tech promises California farmers to harvest more spinach, reducing labor costs – July 31, 2019
• St. Baldrick’s Foundation grant funds Treehouse Childhood Cancer Initiative – July 31, 2019
• Why my best ideas really do come to me in the shower – July 25, 2019
• Dastardly Cleverness in the Service of Good: Jacob Martinez, Digital NEST – July 23, 2019
• Dastardly Cleverness in the Service of Good: Alex Gershenson, SupplyShift – July 23, 2019
• Breakthrough Listen launches new optical search with VERITAS Telescope Array – July 23, 2019
• Patrick Reilly on Intellectual Property: The Fuel of Creativity – July 23, 2019
• The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) selects SupplyShift as its new partner and reporting platform – July 23, 2019
• Building #OpenIndustry: The Story Behind Paystand’s New Logo – July 18, 2019
• Ontera Welcomes Dr. J. Wallace Parce to Its Advisory Board – July 17, 2019
• Forbes on CannaTech and Jane Tech’s $21M – July 16, 2019
• A Seat at the Table: My Time as a Looker Intern – July 16, 2019
• Poly celebrates its role in Apollo 11’s launch to the moon – July 16, 2019
• Center for Digital Government Recognizes Santa Cruz County’s Digital Practices – July 16, 2019
• Monterey’s NPS deploys satellite aboard SpaceX – July 16, 2019
• Jane Technologies, Inc. Announces $21M in Series B Funding – July 16, 2019
• It was 1969. The Mission was Apollo 11. – July 11, 2019
• AgTech Insight and Verdant Form Strategic Alliance – July 11, 2019
• #CODE831: Why doesn’t every student get this opportunity? – July 9, 2019
• The Four Pillars of Modern B2B Payments – July 9, 2019
• Why a Visualization is Worth a Thousand Data Points – July 9, 2019
• Onewheel Riders Build Community While Floating Through the Region’s Streets – July 9, 2019
• Crowd Machine Celebrates Growth of Crowd Academy with New Enhancements – July 9, 2019
• New SellHound app is ready for download – July 8, 2019
• Voice of the Valley: John Skardon on Tailwater Systems – July 3, 2019
• Western Growers Leadership in AgTech Lauded During Forbes Summit – July 3, 2019
• The Inside Story of How This Startup Turned a 216-Word Pitch Email into a $2.6 Billion Acquisition – July 2, 2019
• Aptos High School Robotics Team Wins International Competition – July 2, 2019

News: June 2019

• AGTools showcases content management data solutions for agriculture at Forbes AgTech – June 30, 2019
• Q&A: Life science startup, Claret Bio, comes out of stealth mode – June 27, 2019
• The Future Of Food Needs To Focus On Bringing Broadband To Rural Communities – June 27, 2019
• Santa Cruz County Chamber of Commerce and Santa Cruz Works form strategic partnership – June 27, 2019
• Blockchain for Responsible Sourcing – Where Does It Fit? – June 25, 2019
• It was no accident that Netflix started in Santa Cruz – June 25, 2019
• Gifts accelerate research, from the galactic to the microscopic – June 25, 2019
• Monterey Bay Drone, Automation and Robotics Technology (DART) Symposium launches – June 25, 2019
• Paystand Hires Former Tipalti Chief Revenue Officer to Lead Sales – June 21, 2019
• Crowd Machine Now Powered by Amazon Web Services – June 20, 2019
• July 10 Tech Meetup has a hot lineup – June 20, 2019
• Cabrillo College Wins NASA Swarmathon – June 19, 2019
• Q&A: Why this local bank CEO cares about local tech – June 18, 2019
• Words of wisdom from Steve Blank, UCSC commencement speaker, June 2019 – June 18, 2019
• The Brains Behind the Company, Looker, that Google Acquired for $2.6B – June 18, 2019
• Research-Practice Partnerships: Sharing Data Where It Matters – June 18, 2019
• Ontera Awarded ~$1M Contract from IARPA for Zika Genotyping Test – June 18, 2019
• Looker/Google in the news beyond Santa Cruz – June 11, 2019
• More podcasts from Voices of the (Salinas) Valley – June 11, 2019
• What the Internet is Doing with Your Data – June 11, 2019
• Sandra Faber is a genealogist of the cosmic kind – June 11, 2019
• Code Naturally: Rooted in Santa Cruz schools, coding education company ready to grow – June 11, 2019
• Poly G7500 Delivers All-in-One Content and Video Conferencing Solution for Limitless Potential to Collaborate – June 11, 2019
• Frank Bien: Looker to Join Google Cloud – June 6, 2019
• Google to acquire Looker for $2.6 Billion – June 6, 2019
• DNA Testing 2.0: The Near Future of Population Genomics – June 6, 2019
• Spotlight on Amy Wu – June 6, 2019
• Will the last BI vendor please turn out the lights – June 6, 2019
• Sonny Perdue, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, To Headline Fifth-Annual Forbes AgTech Summit In Salinas – June 6, 2019
• Sandy Skees Joins Porter Novelli To Make Purpose Core Part Of Tech Practice – June 4, 2019
• I got interviewed by National Geographic! – June 4, 2019
• Riding the next wave, No Code Solutions from Crowd Machine – June 4, 2019

News: May 2019

• IDEA Hub 2019 Pitch for Social and Creative Enterprise to be held June 5 at Poly – May 28, 2019
• Startup Sandbox to coordinate UCSC biotech graduate student intern program
  – May 28, 2019
• SellHound is featured in list of recent Founder Institute startup successes – May 28, 2019
• Conversion Funnel: How to Build, Analyze & Optimize – May 28, 2019
• Western Growers Offers List of Agtech Startups – May 28, 2019
• Watch: Studying robotic and autonomous vehicle systems in the presence of uncertainty – May 28, 2019
• Fostering Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Tech: Why I Joined Looker – May 28, 2019
• Cruzio Proposes Mid-County Fiber Internet Construction – May 28, 2019
• Middlebury Institute Student Wins Startup Challenge Monterey Bay’s Student Division – May 21, 2019
• Musician’s BASS for the Win! – May 21, 2019
• Startup Challenge Monterey Bay awards $60,000 in prize money to winners – May 21, 2019
• UCSC engineers to participate in research center on autonomous systems – May 21, 2019
• Prof. Lise Getoor honored with 5th annual Women in Science and Engineering Award – May 21, 2019
• Looker named one of best big data companies and CEOs to work for in 2019 – May 21, 2019
• Recap: MBEP’s 2019 Regional Economic Summit – May 21, 2019
• Cabrillo Offers a Free Summer Camp for Students to Spark Early Interest in Technology – May 21, 2019
• Startup Sandbox Announces Strategic Partnership with Carr & Ferrell LLP – May 21, 2019
• Mohamed Abousalem to become SJSU’s first Vice President for Research and Innovation – May 21, 2019
• Baskin Engineering Announces Three New Graduate Programs – May 15, 2019
• UCSC Games Showcase in June celebrates undergraduate and graduate game design – May 15, 2019
• Watch: Collaboration supports first-ever Spanish Family Code Nights – May 14, 2019
• Ancient galaxies reveal new clues about a cosmic transformation – May 14, 2019
• Food Autonomy For Santa Cruz — The Aeroasis Mission – May 14, 2019
• Three Tips to Succeed in a Summer Internship – May 14, 2019
• How this one-wheeled skateboard lets riders cruise without crashing – May 14, 2019
• Jenny Reardon participates in Vatican workshop on personalized medicine – May 14, 2019
• Aeroasis Launching from Startup Sandbox to Become Independent Company – May 9, 2019
• Two Pore Guys Rebranded as Ontera Under New Leadership to Bring Next-Generation Molecular Diagnostics to the Field and Point of Use – May 9, 2019
• “Get Hired” returns June 5 – May 8, 2019
• To fully automate B2B payments, PayStand emphasizes receivables – May 8, 2019
• Murj Announces the Future of Cardiac Device Analytics – May 8, 2019
• Sara Isenberg on “Why I do what I do” (Titans of Tech 2019) – May 7, 2019
• Poly Appoints New Executive VP of Strategy – May 7, 2019
• UC Santa Cruz microscope expert develops powerful new tools for biologists – May 7, 2019
• Monterey Bay Aquarium set to open educational wonderland – May 7, 2019
• Agencies launch Monterey Bay Electric Vehicle Incentive Program – May 7, 2019
• Satellite Deskworks Awarded Patent for its Workspace Software – May 2, 2019
• Doug Erickson takes helm of Santa Cruz Works – May 1, 2019

News: April 2019

• UCSC Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) to host 10th Anniversary Gala in May – April 30, 2019
• The “Knucklehead of Silicon Valley” (actually from Santa Cruz) talks about his forthcoming book – April 30, 2019
• Data of Thrones: Game of Thrones Gender Analysis for Death, Sex, & Dialogue – April 30, 2019
• UCSC ranks second in Top 25 Public Game Design Colleges in US – April 30, 2019
• Forbes AgTech Summit comes to Salinas in June – April 30, 2019
• UCSC hosts summer program on machine learning in astronomy – April 30, 2019
• United Way Monterey County Co-Hosts Early Care + Education Hackathon – April 30, 2019
• Community TV Introduces RSVP™ — “Really Simple Video Place” – April 30, 2019
• Looker Named one of the 50 Highest Rated Private Cloud Computing Companies To Work For – April 25, 2019
• Startup Challenge celebrates 10th anniversary on May 10 – April 25, 2019
• So what was it like to appear on appears on ‘Project Runway’ episode focused on female video game characters? – April 25, 2019
• Trebor Scholz to discuss his book Uberworked and Underpaid: How Workers Are Disrupting the Digital Economy at CSUMB’s President Speaker Series – April 24, 2019
• Is an E-Bike in your Future? – April 23, 2019
• Steve Benz, president, Genomics division of NantOmics, honored by UCSC – April 23, 2019
• Cruzio Powers the Tech-Savvy Heart of Santa Cruz County with a Simplified, Future-Proof Network Built on Calix AXOS – April 23, 2019
• Western Growers’ new directory to serve as marketplace for agtech startups – April 23, 2019
• Hatching Techies – April 23, 2019
• Monterey Bay DART (Drone, Automation, Robotics Technology) Initiative Gains Momentum – April 23, 2019
• Cabrillo Launches Landed – April 23, 2019
• YaDoggie shutting down kibble subscription service – April 18, 2019
• Santa Cruz New Tech, May 1, Ubertrends author Michael Tchong, Oceans360, more – April 18, 2019
• Murj, digital healthcare company, announces Certified Service Partners Program – April 18, 2019
• CEO Joe Burton talks about Poly at Enterprise Connect 2019 – April 16, 2019
• Rebrand pays homage to Plantronics history – April 16, 2019
• Game Developer Robin Hunicke to Appear on ‘Project Runway’ – April 16, 2019
• Meet Chrissy Meyer, Root Ventures, making a bet on the founders – April 16, 2019
• How to Digitize the Enterprise Cash Cycle, Part 3: Reconciliation – April 16, 2019
• U.S. house passes net neutrality bill but leaves the devil in the details and its fate to the senate – April 16, 2019
• MBEP Announces Full Program and Public-Private Partnership Award Recipients for 5th Annual Regional Economic Summit – April 16, 2019
• PayStand Announces Automated Receivables Product to Streamline Enterprise Payments and Collections for Finance Professionals – April 10, 2019
• TechRaising announces Entrepreneurship Clinics – April 9, 2019
• ETR and YTH Announce Merger to Further Innovation in Health Equity – April 9, 2019
• NSF extends funding for the Center for Research in Storage Systems five more years – April 9, 2019
• Broadband magazine profiles Cruzio fiber to the home (FTTH) – April 9, 2019
• Diverse Voices speaker series will offer insight into tech career success – April 9, 2019
• Looker Expands the Power of Its Data Platform with Sales Analytics Application and Powerful Third-Party Developer Features – April 9, 2019
• 82% Micro Business Summit returns on May 3 – April 9, 2019
• Steve Blum: Cities have broad authority over cell site design, location, California Supreme Court rules – April 9, 2019
• Poly CMO on rebranding one of Silicon Valley’s oldest tech companies – April 4, 2019
• Congrats on that thing you won?!?? – April 4, 2019
• Summit at Hartnell College Highlights Commercially Relevant AgTech – April 2, 2019
• Accounts Receivable Automation with PayStand Drives Capital Efficiency and Lowers Costs for Elenteny Imports – April 2, 2019
• UC IGIS to host DroneCamp 2019 in Monterey – April 2, 2019
• Cannabis industry’s first commodity trading desk introduced in Salinas – April 2, 2019
• 7 Myths Women Who Cowork is Busting – April 2, 2019
• Bud Colligan has been appointed Senior Advisor for International Affairs and Trade in the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development – April 2, 2019
• SBDC Announces New Director – April 2, 2019

News: March 2019

• Chris Miller of Cloud Brigade is first victor to advance in AWS DeepRacer Championship – March 28, 2019
• Keri Waters: The Exit – March 28, 2019
• Resideo Acquires Buoy Labs – March 27, 2019
• Blix Bikes hosts Packa Cargo eBike launch party – March 27, 2019
• Tricia Timm guides Looker through its legal obligations as it expands and evolves – March 26, 2019
• Introducing Bontrager WaveCel: Revolutionary Helmet Technology – March 26, 2019
• How to engage the most vulnerable in your supply chain – March 26, 2019
• Human-computer interaction experts join Baskin Engineering – March 26, 2019
• AgTech Insight Joins Forces with International Agriculture Consulting Group to Bring Technology and Innovation to India’s Farmers – March 26, 2019
• Why NextSpace Powered by Pacific Workplaces is the Future of Coworking – March 26, 2019
• Want your daughter to code? Looker & Code Naturally are making it happen. – March 21, 2019
• YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki and Google exec Dennis Troper share tips and tales at UCSC visit – March 19, 2019
• New Facebook Group Launched for Santa Cruz Women in Tech — How it Started and Why it Matters – March 19, 2019
• Forbes AgTech Summit to be held again in Salinas in June – March 19, 2019
• Poly announces VVX X50 Obi phones are first IP phones certified for Google Voice – March 19, 2019
• PayStand on how to digitize the enterprise cash cycle (part 2: Payments) – March 19, 2019
• JUMP Bikes, Drones, IoT, Dark Matter, Elephant Seals, Albatrosses, Carbon Eaters – March 19, 2019
• Poly announces integration of Amazon Chime and Alexa for business with Polycom Trio and Amazon Alexa with Plantronics Voyager 4200 UC headsets – March 19, 2019
• Poly doubles down on native Microsoft Teams experience with new CCX business media phones – March 19, 2019
• Introducing Poly: Former Plantronics and Polycom Company Relaunched – March 18, 2019
• Smile Train partners with UCSC researchers on speech therapy game – March 14, 2019
• Introducing the Onewheel Pint, the lightest and most affordable Onewheel ever – March 12, 2019
• CSUMB: White Shark Genome Decoded – March 12, 2019
• Leila Takayama wins Google Research Award for robot training – March 12, 2019
• Sunnier Days (Possibly) Ahead for Patenting Software-Enabled Inventions – March 12, 2019
• Plantronics Appoints New Chief Financial Officer – March 12, 2019
• PayStand: Vegas Here We Come For SuiteWorld 2019 – March 12, 2019
• Women in Tech Fire Up in Santa Cruz – March 9, 2019
• Veteran teacher shows how achievement gaps in STEM classes can be eliminated – March 7, 2019
• Five Common Myths About PredPol – March 6, 2019
• Why You Need to Say ‘Yes’ to Be Lucky w/ Craig Vachon, Chowdahead Growth Fund – March 5, 2019
• CPUC seeks volunteers for internet performance study – March 5, 2019
• Students don science hats for Science & Engineering Fair – March 5, 2019
• Q&A: Merging art & tech with Idea Fab Labs co-founder Jordan Layman – March 5, 2019
• Cabrillo to hold grand opening for newly renamed Horticulture and Agriculture Technology Center – March 5, 2019
• 8 Tips for Creating a Digital Badging System: Recognize, Encourage and Affirm Youth Who Build Tech Skills – March 5, 2019
• UC Santa Cruz will invest nearly $6M in its research tools this academic year – March 5, 2019
• SellHound launches eBay version of their posting app – March 1, 2019

News: February 2019

• Genomics Institute launches brain research project – February 28, 2019
• Q&A: Cornell Woodson talks about his new DEI leadership role at Looker – February 26, 2019
• Who Owns Your DNA? – February 26, 2019
• Code Naturally to hold last Spring Break Code Camp and then transition future focus – February 26, 2019
• Women Leaders in Spotlight at Salinas Valley Ag Tech Summit – February 26, 2019
• Watch: Steve Benz, president of genomics for NantOmics, describes defending his Ph.D. thesis at UCSC as one of the most powerful moments of his life – February 26, 2019
• Marina Airport looks to take off with drones – February 26, 2019
• Ceremony honors inaugural holder of Colligan Presidential Chair in Pediatric Genomics – February 26, 2019
• UC Santa Cruz launches the country’s first graduate program in serious games – February 19, 2019
• Tech titan returns to campus, shares tales of survival – February 19, 2019
• March tech meetup: “Launch 2019” with Wise Guy, Inboard, SellHound – February 19, 2019
• What does patent activity in the Monterey Bay area look like? – February 19, 2019
• Surfing, Sailing, & Business Payments in the Digital Age – February 19, 2019
• The Future of Voice & AI: Alexa Mobile Team presents Tech Talk on March 5 – February 19, 2019
• Paying it Forward: Cabrillo College Team Helps Middle School, High School, and Community College Students Learn the Ropes of Cybersecurity at Regional Competition – February 14, 2019
• Seeking judges for annual SC County Science & Engineering Fair to be held at Plantronics – February 13, 2019
• For Second Consecutive Year, Looker is Recognized by Gartner – February 13, 2019
• Getting Started with ARKit on iOS – February 12, 2019
• Keenan Rice, VP of Global Alliances and Emerging Markets at Looker, Recognized as 2019 CRN Channel Chief – February 12, 2019
• Three Trends Transforming AgTech – February 12, 2019
• Announcing Startup Challenge Monterey Bay 2019 – February 12, 2019
• Watch: Joby Aviation – Inventing the Future of Air Taxis – February 12, 2019
• Dark Fiber Network within City of Salinas – February 12, 2019
• Passive Cleaner Boat Bot could keep microplastics out of oceans – February 7, 2019
• Novel electrocatalyst outperforms platinum in alkaline hydrogen production – February 7, 2019
• Local Roots: Julia Hartz Founded Eventbrite With Her Fiancé. Then She Took His Job. – February 5, 2019
• MaNGA data release includes detailed maps of thousands of nearby galaxies – February 5, 2019
• Western Digital, Genomics Institute, Baskin School of Engineering Collaborate to Accelerate Genomics Sequencing – February 5, 2019
• Dastardly Cleverness in the Service of Good: Bud Colligan – February 5, 2019
• AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Puts the Spotlight on Digital NEST – February 5, 2019
• Get Real About Being a Woman in Tech at March 5 Panel Event – February 5, 2019
• How Design Empathy Impacts the Development Process – February 5, 2019

News: January 2019

• What is the Grower Trial Network and why is it important? – January 31, 2019
• IBM to Present on Blockchain for Food Safety at Ag Tech Summit – January 31, 2019
• Monterey Bay Drone, Automation and Robotics technology (DART) initiative unites industry, academia, government – January 29, 2019
• We almost got kicked out of CES for this… – January 29, 2019
• SC New Tech Meetup to showcase CruzHacks 2019 Top Projects – January 29, 2019
• Plantronics Aims to Upgrade Huddle Rooms to Business Class with Polycom Studio – January 29, 2019
• CruzHacks has established its credibility inside and outside of Santa Cruz – January 29, 2019
• My Surprise Career With Diversity And Inclusion In The Tech Industry – January 23, 2019
• SupplyShift & Ulula announce first-of-its-kind partnership – January 23, 2019
• Q&A: Beau Wilder, VP, Innovation Waves and New Products at Plantronics – January 22, 2019
• 2018 at Cruzio: gigabit fiber, upgraded email, and Watsonville wifi – January 22, 2019
• Looker Earns Two Spots on G2 Crowd “Best Software Awards 2019” – January 22, 2019
• UCSC creates the state’s first graduate program in Serious Games – January 22, 2019
• PayStand on how to digitize the enterprise cash cycle (part 1: invoicing) – January 22, 2019
• ProductOps reports on supporting, mentoring, judging at CruzHacks 2019 – January 22, 2019
• Buoy makes the (TV) news in USAA pilot program – January 16, 2019
• Plantronics Launches New Calisto Portable USB Speakerphones – January 16, 2019
• #MenteeGoals Prepping for a mentoring relationship – January 15, 2019
• Western Growers Tech Incubator Unveils New AgTech Initiatives during 3-Year Anniversary – January 15, 2019
• Salinas Valley Ag Tech Summit offers competitive insights – January 15, 2019
• Monterey Bay DART Initiative builds momentum – January 15, 2019
• PredPol celebrates seventh anniversary – January 15, 2019
• Chris Neklason: Getting the Newspaper I Want – January 15, 2019
• Speakers announced for Bang Bang Con West 2019 – January 15, 2019
• STEM Education and Youth Who are Disabled: We’re Overdue for Inclusivity – January 10, 2019
• Judges and mentors still wanted for UCSC’s CruzHacks 2019 – January 10, 2019
• PitchHub: A startup at the intersection of streaming video and commerce – January 8, 2019
• Community invited to UCSC talk on Data and Democracy – January 8, 2019
• Looker: Surprising and Innovative Data Stories of 2018 – January 8, 2019
• Plantronics Introduces Waterfalls to Boost Productivity – January 8, 2019
• Watch: The reason why Serious Games are so powerful – January 8, 2019
• New year but old questions for technology and telecoms policymakers – January 3, 2019
• Five consumer technology challenges will decide who owns the future – January 3, 2019

News: December 2018

• Luna: Moondust Garden by @Funomena for Magic Leap – December 27, 2018
• Women of the C-Suite: “It Takes a Team to Fight Burnout” with Looker CMO, Jennifer Grant – December 27, 2018
• Innovative Women in Agtech Play Pivotal Role in Salinas Valley – December 20, 2018
• Plantronics Cloud Solutions Finish Strong in 2018 for Customers and Partners – December 20, 2018
• Techstars Startup Weekend, in partnership with Google for Startups, returns to CSUMB in January – December 20, 2018
• Plantronics Hires Former Cisco Exec to Lead Global Systems Team – December 20, 2018
• SCTB Highlights of 2018 – December 13, 2018
• CruzHacks + Tech4Good = Social Good Partnership – December 13, 2018
• 3rd Annual Titans of Tech announces speakers for January 17 event – December 13, 2018
• Inboard: Finding Portlandia – December 11, 2018
• Forbes: Tableau Software Threatened? Rival Growing at 70% Just Raised $103M – December 11, 2018
• Professor Lise Getoor will give talk on Responsible Data Science at 53rd Annual Faculty Research Lecture – December 11, 2018
• Jane Tech and CanPay partner to bring online payments to customers in the cannabis marketplace – December 11, 2018
• Ocean Mist Farms selects Zest Fresh to automate data collection – December 11, 2018
• After a dozen years and 600 summer STEM internships, NPS looks back at its impact along the way – December 6, 2018
• Looker Closes Series E Financing Round of $103 Million – December 6, 2018
• Women on Top in Tech – Suzanne Wouk, CEO and co-founder of SellHound – December 5, 2018
• Getting the Most out of Google Ad Grants for Nonprofits – December 4, 2018
• ‘Going Digital’ Means More Than Just Accepting Credit Cards – December 4, 2018
• You Can’t ‘Contract Away’ Supply Chain Problems – December 4, 2018
• Cabrillo College launches Sustainable Agriculture Technology degree – December 4, 2018
• Urban or rural, the need for broadband speed is the same for all in the Monterey Bay region – December 3, 2018
• Drone Hub is growing in Monterey Bay region – December 3, 2018

News: November 2018

• Here’s the lineup for December 5 Santa Cruz New Tech Meetup – November 27, 2018
• Opinion: An innovative idea for California’s economy: a tech dividend – November 27, 2018
• Watch: Adam Savage Builds a Onewheel Electric Skateboard – November 27, 2018
• TechCrunch: Inboard opens general availability of its premium electric scooter – November 27, 2018
• Case Study: NOVA software platform designed/developed by productOps to increase student success rates – November 27, 2018
• Code Naturally Joins Local Schools for Hour of Code – November 27, 2018
• Two Pore Guys Receives $2.8M Grant to Develop Sensitive, Low-Cost Molecular Diagnostic Tests for Tuberculosis – November 27, 2018
• Plantronics Confirms No Ongoing Discussions with Logitech – November 26, 2018
• Plantronics Opens the Door for ITSP Partners with New VVX x50 Series Obi Edition Phones – November 15, 2018
• Call for speakers! Two-day celebration of joy, excitement, surprise of computing, coming to Santa Cruz in February. – November 15, 2018
• Polycom/Plantronics Releases Streamlined Video Conferencing Strategy – November 14, 2018
• Startup Sandbox to honor Founders Circle members – November 13, 2018
• Behind The Glider: Parts 1 & 2 – November 13/15, 2018
• 3D Printed Graphene Aerogel Enhances Supercapacitor Ability – November 13, 2018
• Salinas Education Programs Shaping AgTech Innovators of Tomorrow – November 13, 2018
• Women: Why aren’t there more of us in the tech industry? – November 11, 2018
• MBEP Announces Agenda and Speakers for 4th Annual State of the Region – November 8, 2018
• Student-run hackathon at UCSC lies at the intersection of tech and diversity – November 6, 2018
• Runner3 – Now with more FLAVORS! – November 6, 2018
• We’re making a Bubsy game! No, seriously! – November 6, 2018
• Team creates Stumpjumper videogame for Specialized bicycle company – November 6, 2018
• X2Engine Releases X2CRM Enterprise Ver 7.0 – November 6, 2018
• Local health center raises funds to match $100K challenge grant from Looker CEO – November 3, 2018

News: October 2018

• SupplyShift Delivers Mobile Support for Remote Supplier Data Collection – October 31, 2018
• PVUSD Preparing to Accelerate Students into Regional Industries through CTE Pathways – October 31, 2018
• Susan Wojcicki, CEO of YouTube, UCSC alumna – October 30, 2018
• Voice and Intelligence for Autonomous Vehicles – October 30, 2018
• Paper checks are on the decline in the B2B payments space – October 30, 2018
• Steve Blum: California’s net neutrality law won’t take effect in January, if it ever does – October 30, 2018
• PayStand Releases SuiteApp Integration To Extend Best-In-Class Payment Functionality Within NetSuite – October 25, 2018
• NIH grant funds development of a wayfinding app for the blind – October 25, 2018
• Future Motion (Onewheel) Moves into New Headquarters, Adds 60K Square Feet of Room to Grow – October 25, 2018
• Four Tech Trends Salinas AgTech Startups are Getting Behind – October 24, 2018
• Rivetz: Introducing the Dual Roots of Trust – October 23, 2018
• Hartnell Students are Building the Future – October 23, 2018
• Visionary tech pioneer Jaron Lanier on “How the Internet Failed and How to Recreate It.” – October 23, 2018
• Startup Stories — I Heart Jane <3 CEO Socrates Rosenfeld – October 23, 2018
• Cruzio and One Wheel/Future Motion – High Tech in Surf City – October 23, 2018
• Startup Investment and Community Capital Expo return Oct 30 – October 22, 2018
• PayStand Expands Operations to Mexico With New Office – October 18, 2018
• 3D-printed supercapacitor electrode breaks records in lab tests – October 18, 2018
• Looker Pledges 1% – October 16, 2018
• Partnership Bolsters Childhood Cancer Research – October 16, 2018
• NSF funds UC Santa Cruz development of multifocus structured illumination microscope – October 16, 2018
• Q&A: Catelyn Orsini on creating innovative technology for Plantronics – October 16, 2018
• SapientX: Voice Enabled Artificial Intelligence for Cars and Consumer Products – October 16, 2018
• Monarch Media Wins eLearning Industry Award – October 16, 2018
• County of Santa Cruz invites residents to second Broadband Service Forum – October 10, 2018
• Looker Unveils Looker 6: The Modern Platform for Data – October 10, 2018
• Listen: 10 Year NextSpace Panel Celebration – October 9, 2018
• November Tech Meetup to Focus on Women in Tech – October 9, 2018
• My Internship Was Not What I Expected – October 9, 2018
• Western Growers Center for Innovation and Tech Celebrates Three Years – October 9, 2018
• Inboard’s smart new e-scooter is really going places – October 9, 2018
• Plantronics Launches New Headsets Addressing the Challenges of Today’s Open Office – October 9, 2018
• Showing your work in math and in data – October 4, 2018
• Sellhound receives more angel funding from two distinguished Silicon Valley investment groups – October 3, 2018
• Santa Cruz Fiber: The Best Connected Mobile Home Park in America
  – October 2, 2018
• Court gives California three weeks to defend net neutrality law – October 2, 2018
• Brown signs SB 822 and establishes Californian net neutrality rules, Trump lawyers hit back – October 2, 2018
• ETR awarded ‘CS For All’ NSF Grant – Cabrillo College, Digital NEST, Pajaro Valley Unified School District to Receive Funding – October 2, 2018
• Zentrepreneur Symposium Series Launches in Partnership with UC Santa Cruz and Santa Cruz Works – October 1, 2018

News: September 2018

• Nick Caldwell Joins Looker as Chief Product Officer – September 26, 2018
• Inboard: Behind The Flow — Part 3 (video series) – September 25, 2018
• RockstarFlipper interviews SellHound CEO – September 25, 2018
• Santa Cruz Fiber — What’s Next? – September 25, 2018
• Food Origins: Precision Ag Startup Puts Actionable Data into Hands of Growers – September 25, 2018
• The Farm of the Future: Agricultural Careers in Energy, Sustainability, and Technology. – September 25, 2018
• Plantronics introduces Elara, a new phone station for mobile-first workers – September 25, 2018
• Inboard Introduces World’s Most Advanced Electric Scooter – September 20, 2018
• Anja Hamilton joins Plantronics as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer – September 20, 2018
• NSF funds UCSC study of tech in agriculture – September 20, 2018
• Phase 1 of Santa Cruz Fiber Construction Has Been Completed – September 19, 2018
• SomaGenics strengthens its IP and technology position in small RNA analysis and biomarker discovery with new patent and publication – September 19, 2018
• Why Is Funding a Challenge for Women-Led Agtech Companies? – September 18, 2018
• Q&A: Jacob Martinez on building a talent pipeline with NEST Flight – September 18, 2018
• Looker Expands International Operations Into Japan – September 18, 2018
• Come celebrate NextSpace’s 10 Years of Coworking, Community, and Shenanigans – September 18, 2018
• Looker is Named to Forbes 2018 Cloud 100 List for Second Consecutive Year – September 13, 2018
• SupplyShift and Verisk Maplecroft Form Strategic Alliance – September 12, 2018
• Adyen selects Looker to help transform its business and drive growth – September 12, 2018
• Inboard: Behind the Flow – Part 2 (video series) – September 11, 2018
• The Importance of Apprenticeships in the New Economy – September 11, 2018
• Digital NEST’s New Plan to Link Watsonville, Silicon Valley – September 11, 2018
• An ambitious flying taxi startup is setting up shop at the Marina Municipal Airport – September 11, 2018
• NSF funds powerful new supercomputer for UCSC researchers – September 11, 2018
• SpoonRead Earns 2018 Academics’ Choice Award for Excellence – September 11, 2018
• County of Santa Cruz invites residents to a Broadband Service Forum – September 11, 2018
• UC Santa Cruz helps address massive data demands from Large Hadron Collider as part of $25 million NSF project – September 6, 2018
• Local drone company InspecTools acquired by PrecisionHawk – September 6, 2018
• Bob Cagle: The key ingredients of a successful product launch – September 5, 2018
• Looker Names Barbara Lawler Chief Privacy and Data Ethics Officer – September 5, 2018
• Watch: Global partnership could bring more AG tech to Salinas Valley – September 4, 2018
• AT&T, Comcast, Charter backed groups fight California net neutrality with lies and fear – September 4, 2018
• Students “veg out” on the physics of music – September 4, 2018

News: August 2018

• National Drive Electric Week’s Santa Cruz event is September 8 – August 30, 2018
• Fantasy Football: Using Data to Guide your Draft Strategy – August 28, 2018
• Central Coast growers support public-private partnership to solve real time problems in agriculture – August 28, 2018
• Inboard: Behind the Flow – August 28, 2018
• How to Create Community Norms in Your Coworking Space (and Why You Should) – August 28, 2018
• Hartnell College receives $1.5M federal funding meant to boost Latinos in STEM fields – August 28, 2018
• The Big Santa Cruz Pitch Fest is coming September 19 – August 23, 2018
• New IT leader drawn to UCSC campus to improve world – August 23, 2018
• Intern story: Finding a home in R&D – August 21, 2018
• Intern story: Technology that inspires optimism – August 21, 2018
• Watch: SellHound is “game changer for resellers” – August 21, 2018
• Edge Mobile Payments announces NFC ring and patent application filing – August 21, 2018
• City of Santa Cruz, Cabrillo College SBDC and California Manufacturing Technology Consulting
  Partnering to Host Manufacturers Meetup – August 21, 2018
• Intern story: When you love computers but you love humans just as much – August 16, 2018
• Intern story: My misfit major created a perfect match with my summer internship at Looker – August 16, 2018
• CSUMB student falls into amazing summer research program at Carnegie Mellon – August 16, 2018
• CSUMB Selected to Host Architecture at Zero Competition in 2019 – August 16, 2018
• Empowering the Santa Cruz County Workforce With Apprentice Brigade – August 15, 2018
• Joby Aviation backs out of Davenport Cemex plant plans in favor of Marina airport – August 15, 2018
• Santa Cruz County Office for Economic Development debuts new website – August 15, 2018
• Santa Cruz Tech Beat’s Sara Isenberg Connects the Dots – August 15, 2018
• ‘I Heart Jane’ Offers Cannabis Ecommerce And ‘Jane Lanes’ – August 12, 2018
• Looker announces annual data conference as the company reaches 550 employees and 1,600 customers with 70% YoY revenue growth – August 12, 2018
• Why Women-Focused Coworking is on the Rise: a Conversation with Iris Kavanagh – August 12, 2018
• Riding Through London On Inboard M1 – August 12, 2018
• Salinas Launches Open Data Portal To Share Information and Boost Government Transparency – August 12, 2018
• Building an Innovation Hub: The Salinas AgTech Story – August 12, 2018
• Five Guys Serves Up Fresh Insights with Looker to Deliver Better Customer Experience – August 12, 2018
• Instant Pot teams up with YaDoggie so your pup can eat fresh food – August 12, 2018
• Thought Leaders in Financial Technology: Jeremy Almond, CEO of PayStand (Part 1) – August 12, 2018
• PayStand Integrates with Xero to Optimize B2B Payments – August 12, 2018
• Expanded SupplyShift Essentials™ Solutions Delivered – August 12, 2018

News: July 2018

• Looker Enhances Data Science Capability with Integration for Google BigQuery ML – July 25, 2018
• Water Tech Founder Buoys Santa Cruz Startup Scene – July 25, 2018
• Dovetail Genomics: The human genome is far more dynamic, complex, revealing, fascinating than ever imagined – July 24, 2018
• Five Years of Local Tech Storytelling: a Conversation with Santa Cruz Tech Beat Founder Sara Isenberg – July 24, 2018
• $50M THRIVE Business Park in Salinas aims to be the premier Ag Tech hub in the Western US – July 24, 2018
• Looker Receives 2017 Google Cloud Partner Award for Innovative Solution in Data & Analytics for the Second Straight Year – July 24, 2018
• Meetup features Cannabis Tech on August 1 – July 24, 2018
• PayStand Partners with Commerce.Innovated, Builds Out Blockchain-Based B2B Payments Network – July 19, 2018
• Greg’s List Redux (Job hunting? This is for you!) – July 19, 2018
• More “Voices of the Valley” from WGCIT in Salinas – July 19, 2018
• Comic-Con panel features UCSC games program director Michael John – July 19, 2018
• Tailwater: Removing Nitrates Affordably – July 17, 2018
• Full Spectrum Cannabis Brand Protection in a Time of (Federal) Prohibition – July 17, 2018
• Ten Things You Don’t Know about the Western Growers CIT – July 17, 2018
• County of Santa Cruz named 6th-most digital friendly county in the nation – July 12, 2018
• Salinas High grad aiming to break world speed record in solar-powered car – July 10, 2018
• Code Naturally and Cabrillo partner to produce Girls Code Camp – July 10, 2018
• SellHound lands first angel funding, receives warm reception at Silicon Valley debut – July 10, 2018
• SpoonRead Turns Reading into School Resources – July 10, 2018
• Looker’s Jen Grant: From actress to CMO – July 9, 2018
• Plantronics completes $2 billion Polycom acquisition – July 9, 2018
• Scenes from Forbes AgTech Summit 2018 – July 2, 2018
• Q&A: Augean Robotics wins THRIVE Innovation Award at Forbes Agtech Summit 2018 – July 2, 2018

News: June 2018

• Ganaz, GroGuru Wins $500,000 in Seed Funding to Develop Automation to Help Relieve Ag Labor Woes – June 27, 2018
• SVG Partners unveils plans for the THRIVE Business Park in Salinas and expanded THRIVE-X University Challenge and Accelerator Program – June 27, 2018
• Watch: Doug Erickson inspires students with venture into sailboard hardware supply business – June 26, 2018
• How to get your paws on SellHound’s posting app  – June 26, 2018
• Five UCSC students present futuristic game at IndieCade Showcase – June 26, 2018
• Edge Mobile Payments announces the launch of its digital banking and cloud wallet platforms – June 26, 2018
• SVG Partners Announce Demo Day for THRIVE IV Accelerator Cohort – June 21, 2018
• Corporate-sponsored projects give engineering students valuable experience – June 21, 2018
• Listen: Jacob Martinez dishes on building the Digital NEST – June 19, 2018
• Taylor Farms Becomes Industry’s First Fresh Food Company Awarded TRUE Platinum Certification For Zero Waste – June 19, 2018
• Announcing the Looker User Guide – June 19, 2018
• Looker co-founder finds freedom and inspiration on his bike rides – June 19, 2018
• Leaves. And Collaborating – June 13, 2018
• Having Fun with Serverless – June 12, 2018
• Looker Maintains Rank as an Overall Leader in Annual Wisdom of Crowds Business Intelligence Market Study – June 12, 2018
• Speaker lineup announced for 4th annual Forbes AgTech Summit – June 12, 2018
• Where’s the kaboom? There was supposed to be an earth-shattering kaboom – June 12, 2018
• PayStand Expands into Canada to Offer New Domestic Payments Infrastructure – June 12, 2018
• Four Tech Startups Chosen to Compete for $250K in Inaugural Ag Automation Competition – June 7, 2018
• Hartnell College MakerSpace: Creativity at Work – June 7, 2018
• Santa Cruz Tech Beat celebrates FIVE years! – June 7, 2018
• ‘Soundscaping’: Plantronics offers escape from office noise – June 5, 2018
• Inboard: Welcome to The Artist Series – June 5, 2018
• Watch: Best Electric Skateboard For Traveling – June 5, 2018
• Priority lanes the top priority for big ISPs, when net neutrality ends – June 5, 2018
• Genes found only in humans influence brain size – June 5, 2018
• Master’s degree approved for UCSC Science Communication Program – June 5, 2018
• Santa Cruz Works names interim Executive Director – June 4, 2018

News: May 2018

• 8 Successful Give-Back Models for Social Enterprises – May 31, 2018
• Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology launches ‘Voices of the Valleys’ – May 31, 2018
• Why centralized data access is key for your organization becoming ‘GDPR ready’ – May 31, 2018
• New model explains what we see when a massive black hole devours a star – May 31, 2018
• Scotts Valley’s dfusion Receives $1.3 Million to Develop and Evaluate a Mobile App Promoting Sexual Health for Young Black Men Who Have Sex with Men – May 30, 2018
• Net neutrality clears California senate on party line vote – May 30, 2018
• Should Startups Invest in Patents? – May 29, 2018
• PayStand is building technology that strengthens the fight against corruption – May 29, 2018
• EDGE closes on acquisition of comprehensive IP portfolio – May 25, 2018
• Watch: Clear the Fog — Peggy Dolgenos on Santa Cruz Fiber – May 24, 2018
• Cabrillo’s NETLAB+ Data Center Expands its Reach – May 24, 2018
• THRIVE IV accelerator cohort announced – May 24, 2018
• Looker and Girl Geek X join forces for June 7 event in SF – May 24, 2018
• Sammy Showcase features virtual reality and videogames from UCSC game design students – May 24, 2018
• Biologist Beth Shapiro selected as Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator – May 23, 2018
• Transfer RNA research addresses a blind spot in understanding of human genes – May 22, 2018
• SC County broadband survey shows demand for internet service – May 22, 2018
• Watch: Suzanne Wouk from SellHound offers her thoughts on TechRaising – May 17, 2018
• Cruz Foam Made From Shrimp Shells Could Help Keep Beaches Clean – May 16, 2018
• Republicans jump ship to vote yes, but net neutrality is still sinking – May 16, 2018
• 2nd Annual Get Hired in Santa Cruz ($5 off for SCTB readers if you act fast) – May 16, 2018
• With net neutrality a national campaign issue, California lawmakers must carry the flag – May 16, 2018
• Helpfully, the FCC posts a guide to nasty network management – May 16, 2018
• Preventing plastic’s perils – May 15, 2018
• Startups get financial boost: Entrepreneurs pitch products at CSUMB competition – May 15, 2018
• The net neutrality doomsday clock is running again – May 11, 2018
• Do you know about bizzNEST at Digital NEST? – May 10, 2018
• Genomics Institute affiliate recognized for advancing diversity – May 10, 2018
• Looker CEO donates $100K to local health center – May 10, 2018
• Watch: OneWheel: A must have for every filmmaker – May 10, 2018
• Watch: Paystand CEO talks about the disruption of Wall Street, how blockchain is democratizing digital economy – May 10, 2018
• LitmusBox advances to final round of venture startup challenge – May 2, 2018
• Here are the deets for TechRaising 2018 – May 2, 2018
• Using Social Media to Predict Social Unrest – May 1, 2018
• Santa Cruz gets more fiber, more gigabit service – May 1, 2018
• Should we bring back the Woolly Mammoth? – May 1, 2018
• My City My Flow — Inboard in Cape Town, South Africa – May 1, 2018
• DogBuddy Unleashes Their Data – May 1, 2018

News: April 2018

• Four Middlebury Students Advance to Finals of Startup Challenge – April 26, 2018
• How much does temperature affect hitting at AT&T Park? – April 26, 2018
• SellHound Launches Game-Changing Online Resale Tool – April 25, 2018
• David Haussler to participate in ambitious project to sequence earth’s life – April 24, 2018
• Face recognition for galaxies: Artificial intelligence brings new tools to astronomy – April 24, 2018
• SomaGenics Announces Upcoming Data Presentations of its Wound Healing Therapeutic Program – April 24, 2018
• What’s so special about this year’s Mini Maker Faire? – April 24, 2018
• PayStand Announces B2B Payments Integration with SuiteCloud, Achieves ‘Built for NetSuite’ Status – April 24, 2018
• Tech Saves America at May’s Tech Meetup – April 19, 2018
• Lick Observatory expands evening programs for the public this summer – April 19, 2018
• MBEP Announces Full Program and Public-Private Partnership Award Recipients for 4th Annual Regional Economic Summit – April 19, 2018
• Genomics Institute receives funding for Human Cell Atlas projects – April 19, 2018
• Students Shine at Santa Cruz Code Center – April 18, 2018
• Genomics Justice League: Cutting-edge science and technology should be available for all – April 17, 2018
• Control theory symposium April 27 features leading academic and industry experts – April 17, 2018
• Drones & Ag: AirSpace Integration hosts VTOL fixed-wing UAV demo on April 27 – April 17, 2018
• Check out the most popular electric vehicles at Drive Electric event on May 3 – April 17, 2018
• The Near-death and Unexpected Reemergence of a Coworking Community – April 12, 2018
• Paystand’s Jeremy Almond to Keynote Business Summit – April 12, 2018
• Applications Now Open for The Radicle Automation Challenge – April 12, 2018
• What do tech companies know about me? Turns out, a lot – April 12, 2018
• Developing with immersive simulation — from the origins of life to VR education and back agai – April 11, 2018
• Participate in Santa Cruz March for Science on April 21 – April 10, 2018
• Community Foundation secures $500K for Landed to help local teachers with home ownership – April 10, 2018
• TechRaising Returns! – April 10, 2018
• Hacked! Student-organized teen hackathon takes Santa Cruz by storm – April 8, 2018
• Cabrillo Robotics Club to Compete Again in Third Annual NASA Swarmathon – April 6, 2018
• New ‘Pan-Cancer’ analysis reveals the common roots of different cancers – April 5, 2018
• MBEP invites Central Coast residents to take broadband survey – April 5, 2018
• Salinas Valley AgTech Summit Kicked Off AgTech Season – April 3, 2018
• Launchpad awards $40K to three UCSC technology projects – April 3, 2018
• Looker Announces Support for Oracle’s New Autonomous Data Warehouse Cloud – April 3, 2018
• Plantronics and Polycom: David Buys Goliath – April 3, 2018
• A Bag with a Story – April 3, 2018

News: March 2018

• Buoy Labs Enters Strategic Relationship with Delta Faucet Company – March 30, 2018
• Salinas AgTech summit nets record crowd – March 29, 2018
• Drones, tractors and robots: Salinas Valley addresses evolving industry at Ag Tech Summit – March 29, 2018
• PhotoBloom AR launches Kickstarter Campaign – March 28, 2018
• Santa Cruz New Tech Meetup presents: SellHound, Merge4, MakerDao, SupplyShift, Rivetz – March 28, 2018
• 3rd annual Micro-Business Summit to be held May 4 – March 28, 2018
• Plantronics to buy video conferencing gear maker Polycom for $2 billion – March 28, 2018
• Startups Boost Social Good with Tech Shares Initiative – March 27, 2018
• Coworking space comes to Monterey – March 27, 2018
• Q&A: Suzanne Wouk on what to do with all your STUFF that you no longer need – March 27, 2018
• Seismologists introduce new measure of earthquake ruptures – March 22, 2018
• Third Time’s The Charm: the Santa Cruz Mini Maker Faire returns yet again – March 21, 2018
• More agtech startup news from Salinas agtech accelerator WGCIT – March 21, 2018
• Q&A: Lissa Daniels, VP, Demand Generation, Marketing Operations and Analytics, Looker – March 20, 2018
• Wraps off Google exec’s secret Hollister flying machine – March 20, 2018
• WGCIT resident startup BioLumic raises $5M Series A – March 20, 2018
• UC Santa Cruz ranked among top schools for game design – March 20, 2018
• MBARI scientist to receive international award for women in science – March 20, 2018
• Hartnell to host 5th Annual Salinas Valley Ag Tech Summit – March 15, 2018
• Q&A: Justin Laing on the “double win” for this prolific startup junkie and his team – March 13, 2018
• Last-mile transport under construction at the end of Route 17 – March 13, 2018
• Western Growers’ AgTech Incubator Finds Solutions to Feed America’s Growing Population – March 13, 2018
• A $5 million grant will kick-start UCSC Science & Engineering library transformation – March 13, 2018
• Women of Data: Interview with Margaret Rosas – March 13, 2018
• Resident agtech startups at Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology are making news – March 10, 2018
• Conversations with Robots: UCSC’s Marilyn Walker on the Future of AI – March 9, 2018
• Data of Women: Education and Literacy Around the World – March 9, 2018
• Announcing Women of Data and the Data of Women – March 9, 2018
• Modern Tribe shares actions for inclusion on International Women’s Day – March 9, 2018
• Santa Cruz Teen Entrepreneur Challenge announces 2nd annual hackathon – March 9, 2018
• Cabrillo College Robotics Club is raising money for trip to NASA Swarmathon – March 9, 2018
• Community Broadband: Santa Cruz County Moving Beyond Incumbent Inaction – March 1, 2018
• Watch: Wheel TALK – The story of Onewheel – March 1, 2018
• Robin Hunicke to host Game Developers Choice Awards – March 1, 2018
• Looker Included in 2018 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms – March 1, 2018

News: February 2018

• Bringing Gender Equity to the Coworking Movement: A Q&A with the Founders of Women Who Cowork – February 27, 2018
• 10 questions this Looker recruiter asks before hiring leaders – February 27, 2018
• Share the data: David Haussler envisions a new future for pediatric cancer – February 27, 2018
• From the Top: Hans Heim CEO of Ibis Cycles – February 27, 2018
• Boost Biomes Launches With $2.05M Seed Funding to Develop Microbiome-Based Products – February 27, 2018
• Buoy announces Chief Evangelist for Water – February 22, 2018
• The FCC Could Help Make Good Local Broadband Models Great – February 20, 2018
• UCSC tech incubator offers convenient access to Silicon Valley – February 20, 2018
• Watch: PayStand CEO Jeremy Almond talks about B2B payments and blockchain – February 20, 2018
• If data defines society, how should blockchain redefine data? – February 20, 2018
• Jim Brock: The future of NDAs involves bots – February 20, 2018
• Watch: CNN segment on Buoy and smart home water devices – February 20, 2018
• Joe Madden, Xpansiv CEO, to discuss digital commodities on blockchain at Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency Meetup – February 15, 2018
• Q&A with Bonnie Lipscomb, Economic Development Director, City of Santa Cruz – February 15, 2018
• CSUMB to hold symposium on women in ag and tech – February 14, 2018
• UCSC’s SlugBot team chosen again to compete in Amazon’s Alexa Prize Challenge – February 13, 2018
• Two UCSC professors elected to National Academy of Engineering – February 13, 2018
• Analytics for All: A Smarter Way to Work with Data
  – February 13, 2018
• Looker Enhances Self-Service Analytics for Everyday Business Users – February 13, 2018
• Ten years, 106 events, and 2120 pizzas later – February 9, 2018
• New report outlines benefits of growing tech sector in Santa Cruz County – February 9, 2018
• Otters in the “Shark Tank” – February 6, 2018
• Three-part series spotlights minority women entrepreneurs in agtech – February 6, 2018
• Cross-institutional cohort will participate in Transforming STEM Teaching Faculty Learning Program – February 6, 2018
• Scientists report big improvements in HIV vaccine production – February 6, 2018
• EDGE on fintech takeaways from CES 2018 – February 6, 2018
• Watch: Congrats Santa Cruz New Tech Meetup on your 10 Year Anniversary! – February 6, 2018
• Naval Postgraduate School’s Seed Program selects first group of projects for full funding – February 1, 2018
• Bloomberg: Air-Taxi Startup Has a Working Prototype and a Fresh $100M – February 1, 2018
• Joby Aviation Secures $100M in Series B Funding – February 1, 2018

News: January 2018

• CruzHacks 2018: Driving Hackathon Culture in a New Direction – January 31, 2018
• AMS Appoints Toby Corey to its Board of Directors – January 30, 2018
• NASA begins testing on Joby Aviation-designed cruise motors for all-electric x-plane – January 30, 2018
• Breakthrough leads to sequencing of a human genome using a pocket-sized device – January 30, 2018
• Santa Cruz Owns Its Brand at Titans of Tech – January 29, 2018
• 5th Annual UCSC Hackathon Continues to Drive Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship – January 25, 2018
• Community Partnership to Provide Free Wifi in Watsonville Plaza – January 24, 2018
• Makerspace brings high-tech tools to Cabrillo College – January 24, 2018
• Simplifying invention disclosure at UCSC – January 23, 2018
• Plantronics introduces its first bluetooth neckband headset with earbuds – January 23, 2018
• Western Growers agtech center exceeding expectations – January 23, 2018
• Darrin Caddes on Creativity, Soundscaping, and Why He Prefers Santa Cruz over Silicon Valley – January 23, 2018
• Paystand named in 35 Companies That Are Dominating The Bitcoin Industry – January 23, 2018
• Santa Cruz New Tech Meetup Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary – January 23, 2018
• How Startup Weekend Monterey Bay Changed My Life – January 22, 2018
• Q&A: Maya Delano reflects on returning to NextSpace after the acquisition by Pacific Workplaces – January 18, 2018
• YaDoggie gets a mention on the Today Show – January 17, 2018
• Robert Singleton invites tech companies to invest in community engagement – January 17, 2018
• 7 Reasons Looker Built a New Language for Data – January 16, 2018
• The Sit Down: Nielsen Studios – January 16, 2018
• CSin3 team awarded ‘Best Paper’ for SIGCSE 2018 – January 16, 2018
• From Farms to Incubators? – January 16, 2018
• Buoy makes a splash at CES 2018 (I kid you not) – January 14, 2018
• In its 5th Year, CruzHacks Continues to Inspire Innovation – January 10, 2018
• Buoy, Onewheel, YaDoggie, Plantronics represent at CES – January 10, 2018
• Watch: Inboard Technology’s year in review 2017 – January 10, 2018
• Santa Cruz techies get to CES the hard, fun way – January 10, 2018
• How Salinas went from salad bowl of the world to global agtech hub – January 9, 2018
• Code Naturally to open flagship location in downtown Santa Cruz – January 9, 2018
• State initiative funds UCSC childhood cancer research with $500K grant – January 9, 2018
• Deliveroo Selects Looker to Drive Deeper Business Insights – January 9, 2018
• Supermassive black holes control star formation in large galaxies – January 4, 2018
• Calling all AgTech Startups for THRIVE Accelerator (deadline Jan 12) – January 3, 2018
• Fuzz Stati0n Pivots – January 3, 2018
• Sleepless Media Celebrates 15 Years – January 3, 2018
• Satellite Deskworks Helps Power the Growing Shared Workspace Industry – January 3, 2018
• Q&A: Heather Heads Out – January 3, 2018

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