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UC Santa Cruz diagnostic lab to begin coronavirus testing May 1
By Tim StephensUC Santa Cruz April 29, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo: Doctoral student Jolene Draper (left) and project scientist Namrita Dhillon in the UCSC Molecular Diagnostic Lab. Credit: M. Stone.) The campus lab […]
Monterey businesses pivot to provide technical help during pandemic
By Lara StrieffMonterey Herald April 28, 2020 — Monterey, CA (Photo above: Maren Elwood, a local marketing consultant and anthropologist, has turned her small BMW coup into a curbside electronics repair service. Source: Monterey Herald) […]
Five in Five: Suzanne Wouk of SellHound
By Sarah Vickers-WebbProduction & Editorial AssistantSanta Cruz Tech Beat April 28, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA SellHound offers help for local businesses to sell products online For this week’s Five in Five interview, we interviewed […]
Baskin School of Engineering names new Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs
(Source: UC Santa Cruz) April 28, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Professor Jim Whitehead. Source: UC Santa Cruz) Whitehead will oversee the school’s undergraduate advising unit and curriculum planning activities of the departments […]
Five in Five: Mark Haynes from Haynes, Beffel, and Wollfeld
By Sarah Vickers-WebbProduction & Editorial AssistantSanta Cruz Tech Beat April 22, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA “We’ve been working remotely for many years in the patent business, particularly on the patent prosecution side” For this […]
Coronavirus: Joby’s Marina ‘mega tent’ poised to serve as alternate care site
By Jim JohnsonMonterey Herald April 22, 2020 — Marina, CA (Photo above: Joby Aviation’s “mega tent”, currently under construction. Credit: Tom Wright – Monterey Herald) Structure could be ready in less than three weeks, house […]
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and Wife Patty Quillin Donate $30 Million to Vaccine Org
By Todd SpanglerVariety April 22, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA Santa Cruz locals make private-sector contribution toward Gavi Alliance drive to immunize 300 million children over the next five years Netflix chief Reed Hastings and his wife, Patty […]
SupplyShift: Transparency is the first step to securing global supply chains
(Source: SupplyShift) April 22, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA Supply chain transparency is the basis for building long-term resiliency and responsible-sourcing programs to mitigate or solve underlying problems The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted supply chains […]
Q&A: Claret Bioscience & Astrea Forensics CEO Kelly Harkins Kincaid on what’s new since Coronavirus
By Sara IsenbergFounder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat April 22, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA Customers are applying local biotech startup’s method in development of COVID-19-related tests. (Photo above: Kelly Harkins Kincaid is the […]
In a first, Gonzales, California provides free, city-funded Internet service to every home, with unique two year T-Mobile deal
By Steve Blum Tellus Venture Associates Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat April 22, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA Every household in Gonzales, California can get free Internet access, courtesy of the City of Gonzales. […]