Chris Van Zanen Promoted • April 28 Public Meeting on Hwy 9

Chris Van Zanen Promoted This position is a visitor service/kiosk staff a.m. for non-residents. To create an account,

Santa Cruz County Bank has promoted role. The pay is $17.81 per hour. visit www.CityOfSantaCruz.com/Register. Chris Van Zanen from assistant vice Friends is a nonprofit organization Phone registration will open at 9 a.m. president, relationship manager to vice that works in concert with California State on Thursday, May 3. president, relationship Parks to maintain and enhance the state ParksandRecreationstaffareavailable manager. parks in the Santa Cruz District. To apply, by phone Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. – noon Van Zanen joined see https://thatsmypark.org/jobs/ and 1– 4 p.m. at (831) 420-5270. the bank in February ••• The Summer Activity Guide is online 2014 as a credit analyst Santa Cruz Seeks City Manager at santacruzparksandrec.com. Create your and was promoted in 2018 to relationship A nationwide search has begun to find the next Santa Cruz city manager to Parks and Recreation account at www. santacruzparksandrec.com or call 420-5270. manager, developing succeed Martín Bernal, who is retiring. •••

Chris Van Zanen new business. Most recently, he played A survey has been posted online in English and Spanish to seek community Deadline For Aptos Chamber Award Nominations Is May 21 a crucial role in delivery of Payroll Protection Program forgivable loans to local inputtodefinethemostimportantissuesand key attributes the new manager will need. The Aptos Chamber of Commerce is accepting businesses. Responses will be accepted through May 1. nominations for

He has a bachelor’s degree in business See www.cityofsantacruz.com/cmsearch the Man, Woman, management of economics from UC Santa Teri Black & Co., LLC will conduct the Business, OrgaCruz, and studied business administration search with a City Council subcommittee, nization and Outstanding Achievement at San Francisco University. He is a graduate including Mayor Donna Meyers, Vice of 2020-21. All nominations must be subof the Focus Agriculture program and vol- Mayor Sonja Brunner and Councilmember mitted by Friday, May 21, at 11:59 p.m. unteers as a loan committee member with Renee Golder. The awards dinner date will be announced American Nonprofits. Recruitment is planned over the next later. To nominate, see the form at: https://

He lives in Santa Cruz with his wife four months, with a new city manager to tinyurl.com/aptos-chamber-award-2021 and two young children. be named in August. For information, visit ••• ••• cityofsantacruz.com/cmsearch. Student Debt Canceled April 28 Public Meeting on Hwy 9 Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission and Supervisor Bruce McPherson’s office, in partnership ••• Employer Deadline for CalSavers: June 30 Employers with more than 50 employees are reminded of the June 30 registration On March 18, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra issued a statement following U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona’s announcement that the U.S. with Caltrans, will host a virtual public deadline for the CalSavers Retirement Department of Education will cancel student meeting at 6-7:30 p.m. April 28 to provide Savings Program, the state’s new program an update on two Highway 9 projects. for workers in the private sector that lack

One is the “Project Initiation Doc- access to a workplace retirement plan. ument” for a Caltrans “capital preventive The pioneering program has already maintenance” pavement project pursuing signed up 10,000 employers since the July “complete streets” improvements in Felton, 2019 launch and participants have saved and the Measure D-funded “Project Initi- $57 million. ation Document” examining other elements CalSavers has no fees for employers. of the SLV Plan within the towns of Ben The registration deadline for Lomond, Brookdale, and Boulder Creek. employers with at least five employees Capital preventive maintenance aims to is June 30, 2022, but eligible employers extend pavement with minor distress by can register at any time. Noncompliant five-years, while roadway rehabilitation employers will face penalties of $250 per restores poor pavement for 20 years. employee.

ApresentationbyRTCandCaltransstaff Information: wwwcalsavers.com will be followed by a question and answer ••• session. For details see the RTC Highway 9/ Santa Cruz Summer Rec SLV Complete Streets Corridor Plan Imple- Signups Start May 1 mentation webpage at sccrtc.org/slv. Join via Zoom: https://us02web. After a year of COVID-19 cutbacks, the City of Santa Cruz Parks and Reczoom.us/j/85090745206?pwd=Rk1qd3IvQ reation has an exciting summer line-up 1dqd2UwV2dDR29DbkR5Zz09 following all state and local safety guidance

Dial-in Number (US): +1 669 900 9128 – including the return of Junior Guards and

Meeting Passcode: 634811 Little Guards.

Meeting ID: 850 9074 52 Little and Junior Guards programs ••• will offer morning and afternoon sessions

Friends is hiring in Santa Cruz County at Cowell Beach. Prior participants, who

Work with Friends! Become a visitor are City of Santa Cruz residents, will have service aide and priority registration. greet park visitors at Summer Camps at Harvey West are entrance kiosks. back. Beach Baseball Camp, Skateboard

Friends of Santa Camp and SUP/Kayak Camp are back this Cruz County State summer, along with art, science and LEGO Parks is hiring for state camps. parks and beaches throughout Santa Cruz Online registration begins at 8 a.m. County and coastal San Mateo County. Saturday, May 1, for City residents and 10 loan debt for approximately 72,000 student borrowers who were defrauded by predatory for-profit colleges, including the predatory, now-defunct Corinthian Colleges and ITT Technical Institute.

“We applaud the Biden Administration’s Department of Education for providing an additional $1 billion in student loan debt relief to borrowers who were defrauded by Corinthian Colleges and other predatory for-profit colleges across the nation,” said Becerra. “This is an important first step that builds on the work our office conducted with the Obama Administration and the legal challenges that we brought to oppose the Trump administration’s callous denial of debt relief… many students still await relief after falling prey to these same crooked tactics by dishonest for-profit colleges.”

The March 18 announcement is a first step in making good on the promises that U.S. Department of Education made to defrauded borrowers nearly five years ago. The announcement applies to the cohort of student borrowers with approved relief claims, which includes tens of thousands of students who attended Corinthian and ITT.

According to Becerra, many more borrowers should still be eligible for loan forgiveness because they have pending claims with the department or were rejected under the Trump administration. n

Plenty of Free Customer Parking

Wilder Associates Inc.

Property Management Specialists 662-0291 Kumon Math & Reading Center

Learning for the Long Run 508-8200 Warmboard Radiant Subfl oor

Simply Smarter Radiant Heat

685-9275

Village Liquors

For All Your Beverage Needs 688-5691

Joy of Movement Pilates & Gyrotonic®

More Zest for Life 688-8077

Epicenter Cycling

Trek Bicycles for All Types of Riders 662-8100

Dentistry for Animals

Dr. Judy Force, DVM 768-7148