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Should Cabrillo College Change its Name?

In 1959, Wally Trabing, a columnist for the Santa Cruz Sentinel, suggested naming the new community college after explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, the first European to arrive at the California coast in 1542.

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County Joins COVID-19 Watch List Indoor Service Ends at Salons, Barbers, Gyms, Churches

By Jondi Gumz After months of flattening the curve of the contagious coronavirus COVID-19, Santa Cruz County cases have risen dramatically to 1,076, warranting state scrutiny, and forcing many businesses to halt indoor services.

Tests are hard to get now, but a UC Santa Cruz lab is

expected to begin processing more tests in two weeks.

On Sunday, Santa Cruz County was placed on the state monitoring list because case rates topped 100 per 100,000 population for three consecutive days. It’s now 143 per 100,000 people, according to the state. ... continues on page 4

UCSC Expands Access to COVID-19 Testing Full Story page 8

‘An Ode Of Love’ Wows the Judges

On July 29, U.S. Rep. Anna G. Eshoo (D-Palo Alto) announced the 18th Congressional District winner of the Congressional Art Competition.

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Community News Should Cabrillo College Change its Name?, By Jondi Gumz ‘An Ode Of Love’ Wows the Judges UCSC Expands Access to COVID-19 Testing, By Scott Hernandez-Jason Fire Agencies Fall Short in Safety Inspections, By Jondi Gumz Jobs in Santa Cruz County: June 2020 Progressive Rail Wants Out of SC Deal, By Jondi Gumz SV Town Center Begins To Take Shape: Construction of ‘The Hangar’ at Skypark Nears Completion 17 NAMI Offers Free Help • Talk About Home Insurance Woes: August 5 18 COVID-19 Affects Judge Race, By Jondi Gumz 19 SV Candidate Update, By Jondi Gumz

Scotts Valley Chamber of Commerce Newsletter – Pages 11-14 11 City of Scotts Valley Business Update • Santa Cruz County Placed on Monitoring List; Modifications & Closures in Certain Sectors 12 Boulder Creek Golf & Country Club Completes Construction of New Footbridge • Music at Skypark Summer 2020 Season Canceled 13 Power Up Your Online Public Speaker Presentations, Complimentary Zoom Event by Janet Janssen • Food Trucks A Go Go Take-out Nights: Thursday’s 5-8 p.m.: Scotts Valley Square (Kmart shopping Center), By Lauren Kates (aka ‘Aunt Lali’) 14 Scotts Valley Exchange Club: Selects Victor Alejandro as New Club President • Buying and Selling Real Estate During Covid-19, By Tobin Shaeffer and Laura Waltz

Local Sports 17 Fall Sports Moved to December

Monthly Horoscope • Page 26 – Your November Horoscope

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“Watch List” from page 1 On Tuesday, Santa Cruz County became one of the 37 counties required by the state to close indoor services at hair salons, barbershops, gyms, places of worship, malls, nail salons, and massage and tattoo parlors. Only outdoor services will be allowed.

Also, offices for nonessential work will have to go virtual again.

The clampdown aims to keep people out of indoor spaces with insufficient ventilation where COVID-19 spreads easily compared to outdoors.

The caseload has ballooned in Santa Cruz County from 570 on July 12 and 750 on July 19. A remarkable 707 cases were reported in the past two weeks, including a record 78 on July 20.

When the state order came out Tuesday, Lori Penner, owner of Ideal Hair in the Kings Village shopping center in Scotts Valley, set up an area outside, complete with mirror, and clients have already taken advantage of it.

“We were prepared for it,” said Penner, who bought the salon 15 years ago from founder Joe Perry, who is still around to cut hair.

Outdoor hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Tuesday through Saturday with evening appointments available by phone. Curbside pickup is available for retail products.

Leslie Vasquez, owner of LV Hair on LaMadrona Drive, has an outdoor setup, too.

Locally owned Toadal Fitness on Mount Hermon Road has already started outdoor fitness classes — power core, bootcamp, and body pump — in its spa-

cious parking lot, with yoga on the lawn.

High intensity interval training will be offered at 6 a.m. starting Aug. 4.

Why Mask? n July 22, Santa Cruz County Health Office Dr. Gail Newel warned the county might have to close services to slow the spread of the virus.

On July 23, the Scotts Valley Chamber of Commerce and city officials hosted a virtual town hall to alert business owners to what coming.

“It caught up with us and it’s here now,” said City Manager Tina Friend, who called it “shocking” that two-thirds of cases are in the past two weeks. “If you’re an impacted business, you can start planning and adapt once again.”

Vice Mayor Derek Timm said a countywide revolving loan fund is being set up, and the city of Scotts Valley is participating. About $500,000 is expected to be available to business owners who apply on a first-come, first-served basis; it’s interestfree for the first year. To get information, email cityhall@scottsvalley.org to be notified.

Timm emphasized the importance of wearing masks to prevent the virus from spreading. He shared a story that appears on the Centers for Disease Control website about two hairdressers in Missouri who saw 139 clients before realizing they were infected; all of them wore masks and of the 67 clients who got tested, all tests were negative.

For March, April and May, during the shelter-in-place order, the case rate in Santa Cruz County was one of the lowest in the state.

In June, with the economy in tatters,

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Leslie Vasquez, owner of LV Hair on La Madrona Drive, shows off her outdoor set-up with Cynthia Borboa.

Her salon specializes in Rene Furter Paris products.

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governor opened up many more industries including tourism.

Party Time eople felt it was party time,” said Newel, speaking to constituents of Supervisor John Leopold via Zoom.

She contends the governor sent mixed messages by retaining a statewide shelterin-place order but allowing tourism to reopen.

With Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and Fourth of July, families started gathering again, as if things were back to normal. Some heeded the advice to wear a face covering to prevent the virus from spreading but many thought the danger was over.

Newel shared an example from interviews with people confirmed to have COVID-19: “oh, yes, I did go to a graduation party and now 14 of my family members are sick.”

Of the 1,076 cases posted at santacruzhealth.org, half are under investigation to determine the source of exposure; the most common is source is close contact with someone who is infected, usually friends and family.

About 36 percent are millennials age 18 to 34, which concerned the Santa Cruz County Business Council enough to host a Wednesday night webinar, “Don’t Kill Grandma, ” which was attended by 150 people.

A replay is available at https:// tinyurl.com/dont-kill-grandma Newel and UC Santa Cruz researcher Marm Kilpatrick provided facts and tips on how to avoid infecting grandma and grandpa, who are at greater risk of hospitalization and death.

As of Thursday, 22 people were hospitalized in the county with COVID-19, which is another jump, and six of them are in intensive care.

Kilpatrick advised younger people meeting friends to get together outdoors, wear a mask and give a six-foot space to lower the risk of catching or spreading the virus.

Get takeout and meet in a backyard with lawn chairs six feet apart, he said.

When riding with a friend to the beach, he suggested sitting in the back seat, rolling the windows down and wearing a hoodie if it’s cool. Playing basketball, he advised picking one person to guard to limit your exposure. For a family birthday, do BBQ and cake outdoors.

Those simple steps could reduce the spread of COVID-19 and make it possible for businesses to reopen, which would mean getting jobs back.

“Your job, or your friend’s job, may have just been cut,” Kilpatrick said. “Your favorite bar or business may go under.”

Already downtown Santa Cruz has lost the Poet & Patriot Pub, 99 Bottles, Pono

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None plan to reopen.

Case counts for each city were not available Thursday but South County has been hard hit with 609 cases.

Last week, Latinos, who comprise 33 percent of the population, had 49.5 percent of the confirmed cases. This week, it was 52.5 percent.

Jacob Martinez, Digital Nest founder, said Salud Para La Gente is sending out caravans in Watsonville to reach out to people in their native languages, Spanish and Mixteco, to explain how families can gather safely.

Employers Can Help ewel is asking employers to help.

Once a workplace has three or more cases, she said the employer will be asked to prepare a list of personal contacts to give the county’s “contact tracing� workers a jumpstart to alert community members to their exposure to the virus so they can be tested.

Newel said in most cases, it’s not the workplace where the virus is spread, but people living together, socializing together or hanging out in the break room without a mask.

If people would wear a mask, keep six feet apart, stay home when sick, and not share food, Newel predicted the pandemic would be over in four to six weeks.

For those concerned about contracting the virus from packages or from a retail store, she said, “It’s pretty hard to get COVID-19 from inanimate objects or outdoors.�

The virus is “tricky,� she said, infecting people before they realize it. “At least 40 percent are asymptomatic (no symptoms). They never get ill and they unknowingly spread the disease to friends and family,� she said.

Kilpatrick said this is especially true for young people age 18-34.

Santa Cruz County has 21 experienced investigators to do contact tracing and 29 new hires from the state, all working at home.

It’s taken time to get the new hires their laptops and cellphones needed to perform their job. “But we are adequately staffed,�

Newel said.

Testing he county peaked at 10 percent positive on tests on July 22 but that has fallen to 5 percent as of July 29.

The county reports 27,336 negative test results but getting a test is a challenge because of a global shortage of chemicals critical to run the COVID-19 lab test.

As a result, the number of tests done in Santa Cruz County has shrunk from a peak of 431 on July 11 to 92 on July 30.

Newel said it takes three weeks to get

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Locally owned Toadal Fitness on Mount Hermon Road is already offering workout classes outside in its parking lot. an appointment at the OptumServe site at Ramsay Park in Watsonville and the test results come back in 10 days, which “is no value to us.� By that time, people with a positive test have already exposed many others to the virus.

The Ramsay Park facility will stay open until the end of August.

To replace it, the county has allocated nearly $1 million in CARES ACT money to buy equipment for a UC Santa Cruz

lab, where researchers have developed an alternative testing process.

The UCSC lab is expected to ramp up from 150 tests a day to 900 or more tests a day with the new equipment. n ••• Cover Photo Credit: Jondi Gumz • Lori Penner, owner of Ideal Hair in the Kings Village shopping center, demonstrates her outdoor set-up with Erin Talty. The salon has been in Scotts Valley for more than 50 years.

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Should Cabrillo College Change its Name?

By Jondi Gumz

n 1959, Wally Trabing, a columnist for the Santa Cruz Sentinel, suggested naming the new community college after explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, the first European to arrive at the California coast in 1542.

The college had been placed in Aptos, the midpoint between rival communities in Santa Cruz and Watsonville, and the Cabrillo name was acceptable — until now.

Faculty members led by John Govsky, a digital media instructor, petitioned trustees for a change, citing Juan Cabrillo’s violent history. Madison Raasch, who served as student trustee last year, agreed.

Others questioned whether spending $1 million on a name change — the cost estimate from Cabrillo superintendent/ president Matt Wetstein — was the best choice to support students and the trustees’ goal to prioritize equity, ensuring every student has an equal opportunity for success.

If you haven’t explored Cabrillo’s history, here’s a report from historian Gary Kamiya, who shared this story from biographer Harry Kelsey in the San Francisco Chronicle: At 13, Cabrillo was a young soldier who was first to draw his sword against Taino Indians in Cuba, resulting in a slaughter of nearly all the natives in the village.

The reassessment of Cabrillo’s name comes in the wake of universities elsewhere

reassessing their history, acknowledging stains and in some cases, making amends.

• Harvard University Harvard figures Cotton Mather, the Puritan minister, and John Hancock, who signed the Declaration of Independence, owned slaves.

Buried with expensive headstones near campus are Cicely and Jane, slave servants who served prominent Harvard men.

In 2016, Harvard Law School retired its logo because it was based on the family crest of an 18th century slave-holding family of Isaac Royall Jr., who endowed the first law professorship at Harvard in 1815. His father owned a Caribbean plantation and built the family fortune trading in sugar, rum and slaves.

Harvard now offers a course called “Harvard and Slavery” but some students say the university should do more.

• Georgetown University Georgetown was kept afloat in tough financial times in 1838 when Jesuits who ran the college sold 272 men, women, and children to pay college debts.

In 2019, Georgetown students voted to establish a student fee to fund reparations for descendants of the 272 slaves.

Georgetown renamed buildings bearing the names of Jesuits Thomas Mulledy and William McSherry, who had played key roles in the sale. The buildings are now named for Isaac Hawkins, the first slave sold in 1838, and Anne Marie Becraft,

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a free woman of color who established a school in Georgetown for black girls.

• University of Virginia The University of Virginia was built by slaves; students and faculty were served by slaves.

In 2013, the university established a commission to examine its slavery connections. Since then, the university has acknowledged its participation in slavery and honored the people once enslaved.

Students helped create a slavery walking tour of campus, and a prominent stone memorial is to honor an estimated 5,000 slaves working there between 1817 and 1865, when slaves were freed by President Lincoln.

Reckoning With History n athletics, business and even environmental activism, organizations are reckoning with racism in their history in the era of George Floyd, who was killed in May in Minneapolis while in police custody, and the Black Lives Matter movement.

The reporters who cover Major League Baseball will consider whether to rename the J.G. Taylor Spink Award, because it recognizes the Sporting News publisher who helped delay integration of baseball.

They are also considering whether to wipe the name of longtime baseball commissioner Kennesaw Mountain Landis from the Most Valuable Player trophy, because during his tenure from 1920-1944, the sport was basically all white.

Two professional football teams are dropping names considered to be ethnic slurs: the Redskins in the NFL will become the Washington Football Team while searching for a new permanent name; and the Edmonton team in the Canadan Football League will no longer be called the Eskimos.

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out Trader Ming and Trader Jose packaging after Briones Bedell, a high school student in Oakley, started a petition on Change. org, saying the marketing played on racial stereotypes.

This past week, the head of Sierra Club apologized for founder John Muir making derogatory comments about Black and indigenous people and for his friendship with paleontologist Henry Fairfield Osborn, president of the American Museum of National History, who contended the Nordic race was superior.

Committee Created uring the annual retreat on July 20, Cabrillo College trustees voted 7-1 to create a board subcommittee, likely with three trustees, to seek input from stakeholders, internal and external, on a name change.

Adam Spickler was the sole nay vote.

He favored a different process but he volunteered for the subcommittee, saying he’s not up for re-election.

Voting yes were: Edward Banks, Donna Ziel, Dan Rothwell, who are not up for election, and student trustee Amidia Frederick.

Also voting yes: Christina Cuevas, Rachael Spencer and Leticia Mendoza, who are up for re-election. Cuevas and Spencer have already filed papers saying they plan to run again.

Trustee Comments ere are some of the comments trustees made on the name issue: Edward Banks (who consulted historian Sandy Lydon to find out how the name was chosen): “I don’t discount anything that anybody said. I still feel very conflicted over any name change.”

Adam Spickler: “In the end, this will be a political decision.”

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n July 29, U.S. Rep. Anna G. Eshoo 650,000 participants nationwide to date, (D-Palo Alto) announced the 18th the competition calls for submissions of Congressional District winner of paintings, drawings, collages, photographs and computer-generated art. the Congressional Art Competition.

The winning artwork from each conThis year, despite the unprecedented challenges students faced due to COVID-19 gressional district is exhibited for a full year and schools forced to switch to online in the U.S. Capitol. The winner receives two learning, Eshoo’s office received 26 entries round-trip tickets to Washington D.C. for from students attending nine high schools the annual awards ceremony and launch in her Congressional District, as well as of the exhibition courtesy of Southwest four entries from students who reside in Airlines.

Each congressional district winner her district but attend high school outside also receives a one-year subscription to of it.

First Place went to Samika Agarwal, Adobe Creative Cloud™, scholarship Saratoga High School, for her piece, “An opportunities from the Savannah College of Art and Design, and other contributions Ode of Love.”

“I’m exceedingly proud of the excep- from national sponsors. n tional works of art produced by the student artists in my district,” Eshoo said.

“Student artists have stepped up and furthered their creative pursuits despite the pandemic. Congratulations to Samika and every student who has embraced art to express themselves.”

Judging in the 18th Congressional District competition is done by an independent panel of art community members.

This year’s judging panel included: Kit Colman, Reneé de Cossio and Rebecca Huang.

Since 1982, the Congressional Institute has hosted an annual visual art competition for high school students to recognize artistic talent throughout the nation.

Attracting more than Samika Agarwal with her winning artwork, An Ode of Love.

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Congratulations to Samika and every student who has embraced art to express themselves.”

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UCSC Expands Access to COVID-19 Testing

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C Santa Cruz and Community Foundation Santa Cruz County are partnering to ensure the area’s low-income and vulnerable residents have access to rapid COVID-19 testing.

The campus is testing 200-400 samples every week collected by local nonprofits Salud Para la Gente and Santa Cruz Community Health. UCSC is providing the tests on a cost recovery basis and Community Foundation Santa Cruz County will be paying for the cost of the tests.

“COVID-19 continues to affect our most chronically underserved and vulnerable populations nationally and locally.

The Community Foundation is honored to partner with front line health care providers and UC Santa Cruz to ramp up testing for people at highest risk. Over the past four months, we continue to forge new partnerships that meet the needs of those most impacted by COVID-19,” said Susan True, Community Foundation CEO. UC Santa Cruz’s Molecular Diagnostic Lab received state approval for COVID-19

testing on May 1 and began running tests for Santa Cruz Community Health and the campus student health center.

Researchers have been working to steadily increase testing capacity for Santa Cruz County to support efforts to detect the virus and reduce its spread.

With added capacity—the lab is now running 500 to 600 tests every week—the campus is ready to work with more local health care providers, said Campus Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Lori Kletzer.

“Slowing and stopping the spread of COVID-19 requires that we all work together,” Kletzer said. “This partnership plays to the strengths of UC Santa Cruz, the Community Foundation, and our dedicated county health care providers.”

By working with local nonprofit health centers, the partnership will ensure county residents will be able to get a COVID-19 test, regardless of their ability to pay.

Combined, the two nonprofit health

centers provide care for about 39,000 Santa Cruz County residents.

(Of the 1,076 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the county, 609 are in South County and about half are Latinos. Of the total cases, 707 were confirmed in the past two weeks, stressing testing capacity locally.

“Public health data tells us the Pajaro Valley and the Latinx community are disproportionately impacted by COVID-19,” said Dori Rose Inda, chief executive officer for Salud Para La Gente. “Salud Para La Gente is committed to ensuring our patients and community have the best opportunity to be healthy during the pandemic.”

She added, “COVID-19 testing is a vital part of that commitment and Santa Cruz Community Foundation and UCSC Molecular Diagnostic Lab’s partnership makes it possible to reach many with testing.

This will support many more to remain safe, protect themselves and their loved ones, and return to work sooner and safer.”

Following the announcement of school closures on March 12, the Community Foundation started the COVID-19 Local Response Fund and has provided more than $2 million in local response grants and more than $5 million in donor advised grants for a total of over $7 million in COVID-19 relief funding.

Local nonprofit partners are immediately putting funds to work and 100 percent of gifts go directly to help residents of the county. In addition to relief funding, The Community Foundation has been working to support recovery efforts through funding the director of community recovery position for the SAVE Lives Santa Cruz County effort and leading the Economic Recovery Council with local business leaders and county public health officials. n ••• See https://www.cfscc.org/funds/covid-19 -local-response-fund. To make an appointment at Salud Para La Gente, call 831-728-0222.

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Fire Agencies Fall Short in Safety Inspections

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2019 state law in the wake of the deadly Ghost Ship Fire in Oakland requires fire agencies to annually inspect schools, apartments, hotels, residential care facilities, but locally the job is incomplete, according to an investigation by the Santa Cruz County Grand Jury.

The Grand Jury found shortcomings at all seven of the fire agencies reviewed: • Santa Cruz County Fire: 7 of 85 facilities inspected; 92% uninspected.

• City of Santa Cruz: 102 of 382 facilities inspected; 73% uninspected.

• Watsonville: 49 of 74 facilities inspected; 35% uninspected.

• Central: 105 of 125 facilities inspected, 16% uninspected.

• Aptos La Selva: 52 of 62 facilities inspected, 16% uninspected.

• Felton: Inspections were ad hoc; no records available.

Another six fire agencies in the county not part of the grand jury’s investigation are subject to the inspection mandate from the state.

“Cabrillo” from page 6 Donna Ziel: “From what I heard tonight, it’s really important to have the student voice heard.”

Christina Cuevas: “Our highest goal is equity for students. What’s the best we can do where we make students feel welcome and they can succeed?”

Rachael Spencer: “The timing is really difficult. The communication is difficult…

It’s going to take a lot of work to bring the community to understand this.”

Amidia Frederick, (student trustee): “Sensitivity is going to keep growing. As an institution that cares about equity, we do need to go forward with the option to investigate this. We’re not fast-tracking this.”

Dan Rothwell: “We want to be very open about receiving information. This is a hotbed, a political decision that can incite pretty strong feelings.”

The Process he Cabrillo College Governing Board next meets at 6 p.m. Aug. 3 on Zoom.

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We’ve RE-OPENED! “We recommend that the status of these inspections especially those involving public facilities be communicated to the public and that gaps in compliance or the ability to inspect be addressed in the 2021 budgeting cycle,” the grand jury report concluded in a June 25 report.

The grand jury commended the organizational merger of Aptos La Selva and Central fire districts creating a common database, noting this had resulted in “efficiency gains” in” terms of inspections, citations and re-inspections” and a “highly robust inspection and reporting process.”

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Empowering Students to Shape Their Futures with Confidence The subcommittee will likely be created then. Interested board members have been invited to notify Board Chair Leticia Mendoza of their willingness to serve.

The agenda will be posted at https:// go.boarddocs.com/ca/cabrillo/Board. nsf/Public The review will likely take months.

The Board subcommittee approach will allow select Board members to steer the process of studying the college name, its historic roots, and whether a more appropriate name is in order. External constituents from the business, education, and Cabrillo alumni community will be invited to provide input.

The subcommittee will develop recommendations that will go to the full Governing Board for a vote.

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Jobs in Santa Cruz County: June 2020 Industry June 2020 Government 18,800 Leisure & hospitality 11,600 Private education & health 16,100 Other services 3,700 Trade & transportation 15,600 Business & professional services 10,200 Manufacturing 6,300 Financial 3,400

Change/2019 Down 4,600 Down 4,300 Down 1,800 Down 1,500 Down 1,300 Down 800 Down 700 Down 200

Information Logging & construction Nonfarm Farm Total

500

Down 100

4,700 Up 100 90,900 Down 15,200 4,900 Down 7,200 95,800 Down 22,400 ••• Unemployment 14.4% Change/2019 Labor force 132,600 Down 8.5% Employed* 115,300 Down 16.9% Unemployed 17,300 Up 184% *Includes out-of-county commuters

Source: California Employment Development Department

Construction progresses at The Terrace, phase 2 homes off Scotts Valley Drive.

City of Scotts Valley Business Update

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n these COVID-19 times, information is moving swiftly. The City of Scotts Valley knows that businesses are stretched to keep their operations up and running while conforming with the latest rules and staying on top of new topics.

The City is keenly attuned to our business community and appreciates the great partnership with the Chamber of Commerce to share some pertinent City updates with you: • Business License Deadline and Renewals Extended.

The City extended its business license and renewal deadline through October 1, 2020, a 90-day extension. The City is also moving to an online business license administration platform that will go live this cycle. Renewal notices will be mailed out in mid-August.

• Local Sales Tax Rate Change. In March

2020, voters approved an increase to the local City of Scotts Valley Transactions and Use Tax (Measure Z). This change went into effect on July 1, 2020. The California Department of Tax and Fee Administration mailed notices to all registered retailers in the spring.

• Temporary Outdoor Dining Permitting in Parking Lots, Sidewalks and Common Areas. To expand outdoor seating capacity and flexibility, the City instituted a new emergency permitting program for restaurants.

• Fitness Uses in City Parks. The City is finalizing a program to allow our gyms and fitness studios to conduct classes in select City parks.

• COVID-19 Local Business Recovery Committee. The City established a specific Council subcommittee to focus on support, advocacy and information for local businesses. This committee is active with rapid information sharing, informational webinars, coordination

and advocacy, and providing needed resources such as hand sanitizer and masks.

We want to hear from you about your

ideas and needs. Please connect with us at cityhall@scottsvalley.org. We thank you for your remarkable creativity and resilience during these challenging times

Santa Cruz County Placed on Monitoring List; Modifications & Closures in Certain Sectors

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ased on increased spread of COVID-19 and in order to protect the health and safety of residents, the California Department of Public Health has added Santa Cruz County to the order modifying or closing operations in several sectors.

The orders go into effect at 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday, July 28, 2020. They include modifications for: • Gyms and fitness centers • Personal care services • Places of worship and cultural ceremonies

• Offices for non-critical infrastructure sectors • Indoor shopping malls Retail and existing outdoor restaurant operations are unaffected by the orders and may continue operating under state guidelines for their respective sectors.

Additionally, hair salons and personal services (including skin care, cosmetology, nail services, and massage therapy but not electrology, tattooing and piercing services) may continue operations outdoors under state guidelines.

• Hair Salon guidance: https://files.

c o v i d 1 9 . c a . g o v / p d f / g u i d a n c e - to close operations but must continue following state guidance for safe outdoor-hair-salons-en.pdf operations. Places of worship • Personal Services may continue outdoor operaguidance: https://files. tions in accordance with state covid19.ca.gov/pdf/ guidance. guidance-outdoor-perIndoor dining, bars, winsonalcare--en.pdf eries and tasting rooms, movie Non-critical infratheaters, family entertainment structure sectors are defined centers, zoos and museums and by the Department of Homeland cardrooms were closed throughout Security and are available at www.cisa.gov/identifying-critical-infra- California on July 13, 2020.

Any removal from the list would structure-during-COVID-19.

Offices on this list are not required require further state action.

Stay Safe — Wear a Mask!

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Scotts Valley Chamber News

Boulder Creek Golf & Country Club Completes Construction of New Footbridge

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he staff and management of Boulder Creek Golf Course wish to thank our loyal players who stayed with us during the period of our

bridge remodel. We know that it was a major inconvenience to a pleasant round of golf.

However, we are happy to say that

our bridge over the pond has been totally refurbished and is ready for heavy use.

Come out to play and enjoy your

ride or walk over our once again beautiful bridge, which for many years has been the site of wonderful photo memories.

Music at Skypark Summer 2020 Season Canceled

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iwanis Club of Scotts Valley announced that it has reluctantly cancelled the 2020 summer season of Music at Skypark due to COVID-19 concerns. Kiwanis had organized the series of free outdoor concerts each summer in Scotts Valley’s Skypark since 2008, raising over $175,000 for the music programs at local public schools.

“After 11 straight years, we really didn’t want to bow out this summer,” said longtime co-chairperson Jim Melehan. “We held off making this decision as long as we could, but in light of the dangers posed by the coronavirus, it’s the responsible thing to do.” His co-chair of many years, Mike Stewart, added, “Music at Skypark has truly become a community event. Hundreds of folks enjoy the bands, food and drinks, and of course the outdoor festival atmosphere each month.”

Both co-chairs want to remind the public that the original reason for organizing Music at Skypark — funding music programs at local public schools — remains a crucial need even though the concert series is taking the year off. Donors can still contribute funds to this cause by mailing checks payable to Kiwanis Club of Scotts Valley, P.O. Box 66257, Scotts Valley, CA 95067 or visiting www.ScottsValley Kiwanis.org. One hundred percent of these donations will go to fund music programs at local public schools.

Kiwanis wishes to extend its heartfelt appreciation to the community-minded volunteers from Kiwanis, Circle K (Kiwanis’ student organization at UCSC), and the public for tirelessly organizing and

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running the Music at Skypark concerts, to the many wonderful bands who either donated their time or discounted their fees, to the many vendors who contributed much of their profits, to the generous sponsors who contributed the bulk of the donated funds, and to the thousands of participants who made the concerts successful over the years.

Beth Hollenbeck, Scotts Valley Unified School District Music Educator, expressed her appreciation in a letter to Kiwanis: “Music at Skypark has enabled us to buy new uniforms, pay for instrument maintenance, purchase pianos and other instruments, purchase proper musician chairs and teaching materials, participate in local and national music festivals, build

our music library, and purchase instrument storage locker cabinets. All of this helped Scotts Valley to be chosen by NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) as a “Best Communities for Music Education” (only about 15% of the schools that apply win the award for their communities).

On behalf of my students, the administrators and myself, words cannot express our gratitude to Music at Skypark sponsors and Kiwanis for helping us keep music alive in Scotts Valley schools!”

When asked about bringing back Music at Skypark next year, both Melehan and Stewart reacted positively. “We’d love to bring it back bigger and better than ever,” Melehan remarked. Stewart added, “The schools will still need support, and Scotts Valley will still love a community event like this. Besides, it’s what we Kiwanians do!”

Scotts Valley Chamber News

Power Up Your Online Public Speaker Presentations

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Complimentary Zoom Event by Janet Janssen

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Food Trucks A Go Go Take-out Nights: Thursday’s 5-8 p.m.

Scotts Valley Square (Kmart shopping Center)

hese continue to be unprecedented times. Like so many of us small business owners, I’ve had to reimagine my two businesses and be innovative. I’m reminded that change is the constant and to (try my best to) embrace the unknown and navigate what comes next.

That being said, “Aunt LaLi” we’re all adapting to these new realities, which includes the age-old question: “What’s For Dinner?!”

One of the ways that Food Trucks A

Go Go is pivoting is to bring you another take-out dinner option on Thursday nights.

Food Trucks TO GO Go provides a variety of rotating food trucks from 5-8pm at Scotts Valley Square (Kmart/Dollar Tree Center).

You are able to pre-order from many of the trucks while also ordering on site on Thursday nights. So on the next Thursday when someone asks “What’s For Dinner?”

– you might have a choice of Hawaiian, BBQ, Mexican, Pizza, Venezuelan, Dumplings, Arepas, Poke, Sliders, Mole, Pupusas and Desserts … just to name a few options!

These Take Out/To Go only dinner nights support our hungry and supportive Scotts Valley Community, the food trucks

and the Scotts Valley Square businesses.

There are great stores, restaurants and businesses at Scotts Valley Square and we encourage you to support them!

The health and safety of our patrons & food truck staff is our top priority so masks are required and 6’ social distancing will be enforced in the open air space.

If you have any questions, please let me know: info@foodtrucksagogo.com.

You can see the list of food trucks each week on our website or on social media: @ foodtrucksagogo.

Remember, the comeback is always stronger than the setback.

— LaLi Kates, Food Trucks A Go Go

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Scotts Valley Exchange Club

Buying and Selling Real Estate During Covid-19

Selects Victor Alejandro as New Club President

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he Scotts Valley Exchange Club is proud to announce that they have selected Victor Alejandro as their new club president.

In addition to his new role, Victor also serves as an Ambassador and Board Member for the Scotts Valley Chamber of Commerce and his contributions include successive years of support for the Art, Wine & Beer Festival, the Annual Awards Gala, the Business Walk, Economic Victor Alejandro Development Committee and multiple ribbon-cutting events.

Victor grew up in the Midwest, lived on the East Coast and received his bachelor’s degree in Finance from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM. He has spent 30 years in High Tech, working at Apple and Cisco Systems, Inc. in the Silicon Valley. Victor is a happily married husband to Angela and father of 3 children.

The Scotts Valley Exchange Club supports local programs for Americanism, youth programs and community service.

Recent Leadership changes will allow ongoing traditions to continue, with adjustments for Covid-19, to include support for the annual Blue and Gold event honoring our Police and Fire departments, the Fourth of July celebration and parade, the A.C.E. award, a scholarship for a graduating Scotts Valley High School Senior, and other contributions throughout the year for the Senior Center as well as an Adopt-a-Family effort during Christmas.

Landmarks throughout the City provided by the Exchange Club include the barbecue at McDorsa Park, the flagpole at the Library and the kiosk at the Skypark Parks and Recreation building.

Leadership consists of Past President Chris Perri, incoming President Victor Alejandro, Vice President Stephen Hoversten, Secretary Paul Burrowes and Treasurer Jack Dilles. We look forward to being an integral part of the Scotts Valley Community as we support each other through these evolving times.

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Open houses have been disallowed, making the weekend open house crawl a thing of the past. Home viewing is now done by appointment only to both limit the number of people in a home at any time and to ensure that sellers are opening their homes to only serious buyers. The use of virtual open houses allows sellers to showcase their properties and reach buyers from a distance.

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Safety when viewing homes is paramount. With help from the California Association of Realtors, the real estate process is safe and flourishing in our area.

Even in unprecedented times, people need to sell, buy, and move, and that process has been safeguarded so families can feel safe about their decisions to sell or buy a home.

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COMMUNITY NEWS

Progressive Rail Wants Out of SC Deal P

By Jondi Gumz

rogressive Rail, the Minnesota firm that in 2018 was voted a 10-year contract by the Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission over local competition to run the Santa Cruz branch line, wants out of the contract, which worries Big Creek Lumber, one of its big freight customers in Watsonville.

“The rail line in Watsonville is in good repair,” said Bob Berlage of Big Creek Lumber, which has been using rail freight for nearly 50 years. “It would be a bad decision in the long run to lose that infrastructure. We’re wanting to get more information.”

Big Creek bought its property in Watsonville specifically for the rail head, he said, adding, “It’s very important to us.

It helps us stay competitive with big box stores.”

Berlage said he had talked with folks at Progressive Rail and learned that another carrier may be taking over.

“We’re hoping to have those conversations,” he said.

Attempts to reach Progressive Rail employees and chairman Dave Fellon and were unsuccessful.

The RTC, a regional agency with a 12-member governing board, posted an

“Fire Inspections” from page 9 Aptos La Selva accomplished the highest percentage of inspections in the county in 2019, inspecting all 15 schools and preschools in Aptos.

Of 33 apartments in Aptos, 26 were inspected.

Central inspected all 50 apartments and 36 of 51 schools and preschools.

What surprised the grand jury was the number of facilities that failed inspections.

Of 51 schools in Aptos La Selva and Central, 11 failed or got a correction notice.

“These data highlight the importance that regular inspections be prioritized and performed by the agencies, and the leadership hold agencies accountable for inspections and compliance,” the grand jury concluded.

Here is more detail on the findings: County Fire: No multi-family apartments were inspected in 2019. The inspection list identified two apartments but the grand jury found nine apartments not on the list. Also, Bradley Elementary School was omitted from the list. Of 64 businesses on the list, only two were

announcement July 1 saying Progressive Rail, also known as Saint Paul and Pacific Railroad or SPP, intends to terminate the agreement, which covers freight and passenger service on the 32-mile Santa Cruz branch line.

After being asked why, RTC spokeswoman Shannon Munz posted an update, saying the rail carrier “stated the reason for termination is due to illegal activities by third parties, including trespassing. The Commission is working with SPP to resolve the stated problems, in order to avoid termination of the agreement. At present, freight customers will continue to be served by SPP and there should be no interruption of service.”

She added, “As we are in the process of working with SPP to resolve their issues, we will not be answering any other questions on this at this time.”

A McKinsey report in June reported

the COVID-19 pandemic has scrambled demand for U.S. freight, cutting ocean shipping by 25 percent and rail freight by 20 percent while boosting small deliveries by truck as people have shifted to shopping online.

Asked about trespassing and COVID-19, Berlage said he hadn’t heard about either issue from Progressive.

Trail Now, a local group founded by Aptos resident Brian Peoples advocating a trail for walking and bicycling in the rail corridor, contends Progressive Rail wants to end its operations on the Santa Cruz Branch line because there is not enough freight operations to sustain a railroad business.

For a railroad operator to be profitable on the line, there needs to be 1,000 carloads per year, according to Trail Now,

inspected in 2019; nine were inspected in 2018.

City of Santa Cruz: Of 36 schools, only 12 were inspected in 2019; five were inspected in 2018. Of 50 hotels, 31 were inspected in 2019 and 24 were inspected in 2018. Of 282 apartments, only 41 were inspected in 2019and 98 were inspected in 2018.

Watsonville: Of 42 apartments, only 29 were inspected in 2019; there were 23 were inspected in 2018. Of nine hotel/

motels, only four were inspected in 2019.

One problem was that five hotels were left off the inspection list. So were private preschools.

Scotts Valley: Reported all inspections completed but the grand jury found 30 schools, preschools, private schools, apartments, and hotels advertising for business that were not on the inspection list. Also left off: 1440 Multiversity, a new 377-bed learning center located at the former Bethany College campus. n

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which estimated Progressive had 300 carloads last year.

“We hope the public begins to realize that trains are not a viable business on the Santa Cruz Branchline,” TrailNow wrote in its newsletter to members.

The RTC is in the middle of a study to determine the locally preferred alternative for public transit on the Santa Cruz Branch Rail Line, which is expected to be completed early next year. Until that study is completed, the RTC does not plan to consider alternatives to the existing rail agreement, according to Munz. n

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COMMUNITY NEWS

SV Town Center Begins To Take Shape

Construction of ‘The Hangar’ at Skypark Nears Completion The Hangar is a new retail shopping center that is near completion in the Scotts Valley Town Center Specific Plan on Mount Hermon Road.

The shopping center will consist of a 10,471-square-foot multi-tenant retail building and a 2,000-square-foot drive-thru Starbucks restaurant. The site improvements and the Starbucks Restaurant were completed in summer of 2019, and after some plan changes, the “Hangar” building is close to final construction completion.

The shell is anticipated to be completed in September 2020, with tenants opening in the fourth quarter.

Located along the site of the former Santa Cruz Sky Park Airport, the building’s architecture was inspired by the historic hangar, yet with a contemporary flair.

Glass, stone and steel, softened by recycled lumber, will create a raw, sleek, and creative exterior. Vaulted, exposed ceilings and “hangar” doors opening to spacious landscaped outdoor seating patios will

strive to provide a safe place for friends and families to gather and share a pint or a glass of wine and enjoy a great meal.

Led by the local development team of Rob Stuart and Corbett Wright, the project goal is to provide more beneficial services to the community. The developers are working closely with the leasing team from Prime Commercial, who have shown great success in leasing the new Aptos Village,

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Santa Clara Square and The Pruneyard in Campbell.

“We are actively looking for that perfect mix of tenants that would be truly beneficial to our community,” Wright said.

“We think that a tap room and restaurant, essential services, and childcare would be a synergistic blend that would complement the balance of the future town center.”

“Most uses are already pre-approved

by the City of Scotts Valley, therefore the time to open for business is relatively shorter process than normal for a new tenant,” said Deborah Dizon, Prime Commercial, who has lived in Scotts Valley for 23 years. n ••• For more information and tours, contact Deborah Dizon at (831) 588-9442 or Dixie Divine (408) 879-4000 of Prime Commercial, Inc.

COMMUNITY BRIEFS NAMI Offers Free Help AMI, National Alliance on Mental Illness Santa Cruz County is offering free programs on Zoom for adults with mental health challenges as a safer alternative to in-person classes due to COVID-19.

Peer-to-Peer is an 8-week educational program for individuals living with mental health conditions interested in learning more about their challenges and living in recovery.

This begins Wednesday, Aug. 26, from 6-8 p.m.

Family-to-Family is an 8-week educational program for loved ones of adults living with mental illness. Participants learn about the nature of mental illness, its effect on the family and best practices to support your loved one. The next classes are tentatively scheduled for September and October.

The 12-week Family-to-Family class is offered in Spanish for family and friends of​ adults with mental health conditions. This starts Aug. 17 at 6:30 p.m.

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To sign up, visit https://www. namiscc.org/ and indicate your interest; you will be emailed instructions on how to enroll. For questions, call 831-824-0406 or email anastasia@namiscc.org.

The NAMI help line is 831-427-8020 x7. Your call will be returned within 24 hours by a trained volunteer. ••• Talk About Home Insurance Woes: August 5 anta Cruz County Supervisor Bruce McPherson will co-host Supervisor John Leopold’s weekly Tele Town Hall on Aug. 5 featuring a special presentation

by California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara ahead of wildfire season.

Commissioner Lara will cover the issues of non-renewal insurance notices, wildfire preparedness and insurance resources for homeowners, among others. Assemblymember Mark Stone also will join the meeting as a special guest.

The town hall will be from 5:30-6:30 p.m.

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he CIF Central Coast Section’s Executive Committee has determined that education-based athletics for the 2020-21 school year will have a modified season, with fall sports starting in December and winterspring sports starting in February and March.

Through the guidance and support of the California Interscholastic Federation and their continued work, we are continuously monitoring the directives and guidelines released from the Governor’s Office, the California Department of Education, the California Department of Public Health, and local county health departments and agencies as these directives and guidelines are followed by our member schools/school districts with student health and safety at the forefront, Commissioner David Grissom said.

As guidelines change, CCS schools may allow for athletic activity to resume under the summer period rules. Given this calendar change, the CIF and CCS has temporarily suspended certain bylaws thereby allowing students to participate on an outside team at the same time they participate on their high school team. n Here are the start dates for practice and the dates of first competition and section finals.

Season 1 Practice 12/14 12/14 12/14 12/14 12/14 Season 2 Badminton 2/22 Soccer 2/22 Tennis-Team 2/22 Tennis-Individual 2/22 Swimming & Dive 3/8 Wrestling 3/15 Basketball 3/15 Baseball 3/15 Boys Golf 3/15 Girls Golf 3/15 Lacrosse 3/15 Softball 3/15 Track & Field 3/15 Traditional Cheer N/A Gymnastics TBD Competitive Cheer TBD

Cross Country Field Hockey Football Water Polo Volleyball

Start 12/28 12/28 1/8 12/28 12/28

Finals 3/20 3/20 4/10 3/13 3/13

3/8 3/8 3/8 3/8 3/22 3/29 3/29 3/29 3/29 3/29 3/29 3/29 3/29 N/A TBD TBD

5/22 5/29 5/29 TBD 5/29 6/5 6/12 6/19 6/8 6/9 6/17 6/19 6/19 4/3 TBD TBD

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Your August Horoscope Times Publishing Group, Inc. Virgo (Aug. 24-Sep. 22)

Your focus is more one-on-one early in August, and you seek to strengthen your family unit or bond with a close friend or lover. You know which relationships are most important, and you’re ready to keep them thriving. You have an opportunity to look at your own recent actions mid-month, to figure out how they’re tied to your success or failure. Is it time to step up and take more responsibility, or are you doing okay in this area? It’s time to get back to business as the month comes to a close. You may have had a lot of fun the last few weeks, but you can’t (and don’t want to) avoid your responsibilities forever.

Libra (Sep. 23-Oct. 23)

You’re likely feeling rebellious and maybe a little bit strange as the month begins. You might find yourself on a team with other power players, but you’ll still want to express your individuality. Working together is key, but finding the right dynamics won’t be easy. Mid-month is a perfect time to get started on a creative project. Expressing your artistic skills now brings a high chance to be noticed positively.

People will be impressed by your willingness to put yourself out there! It is time to buckle down and get organized as August comes to a close. Whether at the home, the office, or just offering to help others, the feeling of accomplishment is what you seek.

Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)

If you’ve been waiting to make a splash, then the beginning of the month is your time to shine! Express yourself loudly and proudly now, and don’t worry what other people may think. Your stubborn nature takes hold as power struggles come to a head mid-August. It probably won’t end without someone giving in, and it’s probably not going to be you. The month ends on an intense note, especially if you’re dealing with an unexpected crisis. You feel flustered when you don’t have time to think, which could lead to poor decisions.

Don’t feel pressured into making any quick choices about love or money.

Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 21)

You’re feeling compassionate and understanding as August begins, a shift from the excitement you had at the end of last month. But if you pay attention to this nurturing energy, you won’t miss those moments quite as much. You normally don’t like to spend a lot of free time on non-adventures, but mid-month you can’t help doing the chores that need to be done when you them staring back at you. Tending to the mundane helps you feel productive. There have been some rough times around love and money of late, and as the month comes to a close you have a hard time reflecting on them positively. You deserve to be happy, but you still need commitment and discipline to achieve success.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 20)

Your conversations are bold and dynamic early in the month. You love to embellish, and some “extra” details to see people’s reactions can be entertaining. You’re feeling a bit sarcastic mid-month. Passiveaggressive behavior feels appropriate right now, and you’ve been known to get in some strong barbs here and there. Still, only you can control how you react to other people’s actions. You are more at ease near the end of August as you revisit some of your unfinished goals. You’re encouraged to forge ahead with the ambition you’re known for. Very few things can stop you now.

Aquarius (Jan 21-Feb. 18)

Your eccentric side is poking through early in the month, making it a perfect time to think outside the box to tie up any loose ends you may have. Your pioneering spirit helps you come up with ideas that other people would never be able to even dream of. Your need to forge your own path is tempered a bit mid-August as you explore some less-unusual alternatives. Nothing has to be decided for sure now, but following a traditional path something to think about. Communication late in the month will likely be precise, accurate, and detailed.

If you say you’re going to text someone, you do it, and you expect the same in return.

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COVID-19 Affects Judge Race O

By Jondi Gumz

n July 1, Annrae Angel, a criminal defense attorney who was the first to announce her bid for Santa Cruz County Superior Court judge and finished second in the March primary, told her supporters on Facebook, “After much reflection, I have decided to discontinue my campaign.”

Annrae Angel She had earned the support of the third place finisher, defense attorney Jack Gordon, and was poised to compete with County Counsel Nancy de la Pena, who finished first in the primary, in the Nov. 3 general election.

Immediately after the primary, “the world turned upside down,” Angel wrote, citing the coronavirus pandemic and shelter-in-place orders, with coronavirus surges in prisons and jails putting

pressure on the county’s understaffed court system.

“Having succeeded at my original goal of displacing the unqualified incumbent, I have now decided that is time to unite the community and end my electoral campaign,” she added, referring Ariadne Symons, who stepped down as judge after being disciplined for violating judicial ethics.

Angel wrote that she will work actively with de la Pena “to ensure that the Santa Cruz community benefits from the ethical, equitable and compassionate judiciary we deserve.”

However, voters will see her name on the November ballot.

Santa Cruz County Election Manager Gail Pellerin explained why: “You can’t withdraw — she’s suspending her campaign.”

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Pisces (Feb. 19-Mar. 20)

You’re a little less shy early in August, more likely to speak your mind. While you’re normally happy working backstage, you don’t mind being in the spotlight right now. You are looking for love and attention anywhere you can get it mid-month. Pay close attention to the comments on your social media posts. It’s possible someone will say something you weren’t expecting that makes you feel really good about yourself. It might be difficult to remain calm during events at the end of the month. Whether you caused it or had no part in it, the effects are still the same. You’ll have to find a way to deal with it instead of sticking your head in the sand.

Aries (March 21-April 20)

You are drawn to the unknown early in the month. Others may be surprised at your focus on the strange, but when have you cared about what anyone else thinks? Later in the month you’re feeling the luck and courage that you’ll need to fight some unexpected battles. Everyone might think things come easily to you, but underneath it all you’re a warrior going hard for what you want. Late in August you’re not feeling quite as intense, gaining a valuable earthiness that you can apply to your everyday life. There is a lot to be said for calming down and getting into a set routine.

Taurus (April 21-May 21)

It’s hard to apply logic to many of situations you find yourself in as the month begins. Try not to make any sudden moves; accidents can happen when you don’t plan ahead. As you move through to mid-August, your attention shifts to home life and how you can make things more comfortable. You might experience more mood swings now than usual, but it’s only because you’re so concerned about everyone else’s feelings. Late in the month you feel the beginning of a long journey of self-discovery and reflection upon you. Life isn’t always predictable, but your reaction to it can be.

Gemini (May 22-June 21)

You want to make a difference as August begins, and you’re best when teamed up with others to fight for a good cause, but if that’s not possible you can do plenty on your own. Try to wrap up loose ends before starting something new. Sudden changes mid-month may leave you feeling surprised and unsettled, but you should have a few months to work through any major problems. Use the time to figure out the best path forward. Communicating with friends and co-workers becomes practical late in the month, but be sure you’re not coming across as short or uncaring. You take communication issues seriously, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t any room for humor.

Cancer (June 22-July 22)

You might have outstanding issues in both family and finances early in the month, but there isn’t an urgency to deal with them. You believe that good things will come if you’re patient, so relax and make plans. You are more likely to grow when you’re open to new ideas and opinions, but when things change suddenly mid-month, they can take you off guard. It may take some time to find the best way to react to challenging situations. You finally feel ready to reign in the lack of control you’ve been feeling at the end of August. Make a list of what you need to get done and start tackling the most important chores first.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 23)

You’re sense of drama is in full swing at the beginning of the month. You don’t exactly lie, but you love to emphasize parts of every story now. You give some pretty impressive compliments as well, even if they are exaggerated. Mid-August is a time of reflection, the beginning of a long look at what has held you back this year and how to keep that from happening in the future. It could take months to figure things out, but if you’re patient you have time. There’s a moment of optimism coming your way late in the month. If you’ve put in the work, you should see some rewards and recognition coming you way.

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ith eight days to go before the candidate filing deadline for the November election and terms up for three incumbents on the City Council, only Jack Dilles has pulled nominating papers.

Incumbents Randy Johnson, currently serving as mayor, and Donna Lind, who has served as mayor, have not taken out papers yet.

DeAndre James, who lives

in SkyPark, pulled papers but has decided not to run, according to Scotts Valley City Clerk Tracy Ferrara.

Scotts Valley does not have term limits for city council members.

In the Scotts Valley school district, terms are up for three incumbents. Two of them, Sue Rains and Michael Shulman, have filed papers to run again; incumbent Kim Schultz has not.

In the Scotts Valley fire district,

terms are up for three incumbents.

One of them, Russ Patterson, has filed papers to run again; incumbents Joseph Parker and Daron Pisciotta have not.

In the Scotts Valley water district, terms are up for two incumbents. One of them, Chris Perri, has filed to run again; the other, Danny Reber, has not. n ••• The deadline to file to run for office is Aug. 7.

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Requirements for six-foot social distancing to slow the spread of the contagious coronavirus COVID-19 are likely to affect other campaigns this year.

Health officials advise against food buffets and selfserve beverages, staples of campaign rallies, because those activities are believed to spread COVID-19.

The Santa Cruz County Democratic Central Committee plans to use the online platform Zoom for its endorsements this election cycle to avoid gathering, another way COVID-19 can spread via respiratory spittle that comes out when people are in extended conversations with one another. n

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15. Countdown to Christmas 20. Inbox item 22. Chowed down 24. Middle of a torso 25. *”A person’s a person, no matter how ____.”

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COVID-19: How can I cure thee?

By Thomas E. Levy, MD, JD, Orthomolecular Medicine News Service Editor’s note: None of the information that follows in this article is intended to be used by anyone as direct medical advice.

Rather, the article is intended only to make the reader aware of other treatment possibilities and documented scientific information that can be further discussed with a chosen health care professional. ••• robably never before in history has anything or any event mixed fact, fiction, fear, and confusion like the COVID-19 pandemic of 2019-2020. Political and medical “expertsâ€? have been in abundance, primarily regurgitating the same message as though it was something new every time they get interviewed: Wash your hands, maintain social distancing, and wear a mask as much as possible. And the public and the news media always take great comfort that an “expertâ€? told them the truth.

Trouble is, you can always find another “expert� of equal credentials who will offer a completely contradictory perspective.

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While still unknown to most fear and confusion noted above. practitioners of traditional or The good hygiene and virus “modern� medicine, acute viral avoidance advice noted above is syndromes, COVID-19 included, helpful, although it is probably a can all be easily prevented most of bit overblown when discussing the time. And when such viruses how important a mask is in do get a foothold in the body, they preventing virus transmission, are still easily eradicated if the especially outdoors. It seems ludicrous to mandate mask wearing Thomas E. Levy patient is not too close to death before receiving any of a large at all times, indoors and outdoors, although this is being given consideration number of treatments established to be by some governmental (and medical) effective.

Many doctors get attacked for proauthorities at the time of this writing.

However, this advice only scratches moting treatments as cures for afflictions the surface with regard to the numerous traditionally considered to be incurable. options available to avoid contracting Certainly, it is true some treatments prothis infection, or to even cure it. There moted as being reliable cures are either is no point in suffering from misguided fraudulent or of only nominal benefit. advice when COVID-19 can be prevented However, failing to assert the validity of or reliably cured in short order. As will be a true cure for a medical condition is just clearly explained in this article, nobody as detrimental to the health of an ailing needs to die from COVID-19, or even to patient as it is promoting a false cure.

Many doctors know of highly bensuffer needlessly (as many virus victims have remained quite ill for months before eficial treatments that cure or vastly improve medical conditions that are little finally recovering). affected by traditional therapies. Yet, fear of license revocation for telling the truth about inexpensive and natural therapies that cannot be protected by patents keeps most health care practitioners from promoting those beneficial therapies. Nothing is ever embraced, and seemingly not even permitted, that would take away large profits from pharmaceutical companies, hospitals, and even many of the doctors themselves.

Whenever you are absolutely stupefied and cannot figure out why a valuable treatment is not being used, just take the time to identify, expose, and analyze the money trail involved with the prescription drugs and/or overall treatment protocol that would be displaced. The reason for the avoidance or suppression of that therapy will then become apparent.

To be perfectly clear: The health of the patient must always be the primary concern whenever rendering medical care.

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There exists a First Amendment right in the United States that permits free speech, including the writing of books and articles. This right has even protected authors who openly provide information on how to make bombs and promote terrorism. One can only hope that discussing inexpensive and effective medical treatments will continue to receive the same protection.

However, it is very clear this right is

rapidly disappearing, in light of the open suppression of free speech that has been occurring for some time, but especially in the last few months. In light of this, then, the information in this article is being presented.

There already exist numerous ways to reliably prevent, mitigate, and even cure COVID-19, including in late-stage patients who are already ventilator-dependent.

Some of the modalities have already been proven to work, although not in the classic “prospective double-blind, placebo-controlled trials� conducted on hundreds to thousands of patients.

A perceptive clinician realizes that one overwhelmingly impressive case report where an agent or intervention promptly and unequivocally reverses the condition of a rapidly declining patient back to good health simply cannot be dismissed and disparaged as anecdotal and irrelevant.

Furthermore, it is the existence of such cases and unequivocally positive responses that makes it completely unethical to put other patients into placebo-controlled trials when the treatment is dramatically beneficial to most patients and harmless to all. Allowing patients in the placebo group to suffer greatly and even die under such circumstances can never be justified.

Unfortunately, even when multiple scientifically-sound clinical studies actually do get conducted and reported on inexpensive, nontoxic and highly effective therapies, those therapies rarely get utilized clinically.

Although there are many examples of such therapies, an especially noteworthy example of the suppression of good medicine is seen with vitamin C. The continued avoidance of the use of intravenous vitamin C, especially in septic patients in the intensive unit, stands out as a clear example of flagrant malpractice.

Conservatively, thousands of ICU patients around the world, on a daily basis, would be saved or at least spared substantial suffering with a simple protocol utilizing intravenous vitamin C. And the morbidity and mortality of many different infections and toxin exposures outside of the ICU setting would also be readily mitigated and even resolved with vitamin C-based protocols.

But this is not happening, even though the literature has unequivocally indicated the clinical importance (and safety) of vitamin C for over 80 years.

FEATURED COLUMNIST The following therapies can be used, and many have been used, to prevent and treat COVID-19 (and many other infections, viral or otherwise).

Not all of them have been equally welldocumented or proven as being effective.

Some have strong literature, research study and clinical support. Others represent simply logical applications of treatment protocols that have already been proven to be highly effective in eradicating other viral infections and should be expected to have comparable effects on the COVID-19 virus.

The treatments described below are categorized as having the ability to prevent, to improve and to cure COVID-19 and other viral syndromes.

••• Vitamin C (prevents, improves, cures) itamin C has been documented to readily cure all acute viral syndromes in which it has been adequately dosed. As the ultimate virucide, vitamin C has been documented to inactivate/destroy every virus against which it was tested in vitro (in the test tube). Similarly, vitamin C has consistently resolved nearly all acute viral infections in patients treated with sufficient doses.

Vitamin C has cured Zika fever, another epidemic virus that struck in 2016. Along

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with hydrogen peroxide, intravenous vitamin C has also been documented to be highly effective against the debilitating pain of Chikungunya virus. Intravenous vitamin C has also resolved influenza. A high degree of protection against infection by many other pathogens is also achievable with a variety of treatments featuring oral forms of vitamin C. In an ongoing clinical study on hospitalized COVID-19 patients, a combination of vitamin C, methylprednisolone, heparin, and thiamine (created by Front Line Covid-19 Critical Care Alliance) has already resulted in a dramatic decrease in hospital mortality rate.

Vitamin D (prevents, improves) itamin D has been clearly documented to strengthen immune function and decrease the risk of infection from any pathogen, including the COVID-19 virus.

Patients with the highest vitamin D levels have shorter and less symptomatic courses of infection.

While vitamin D has not been demonstrated to cure viruses as a monotherapy, maintaining an adequate level of vitamin D is vital for both preventing the contraction of infectious diseases as well as for recovering more rapidly from such infections, with a clear decrease in mortality rate.

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In a recent study not yet published, Indonesian researchers studied the effects of vitamin D on mortality in 780 patients hospitalized with COVID-19. They found that 98.9% of COVID-19 patients with vitamin D levels below 20 ng/ml died.

Yet, less than 5% with substantially higher levels of vitamin D died.

Consistent with these findings, it has been shown the most life-threatening complication of COVID-19 infection, acute respiratory distress syndrome, occurs much more readily in the presence of a vitamin D deficiency. Clearly, vitamin D supplementation should be part of any treatment protocol for COVID-19 or any other infectious disease.

Zinc (prevents, improves) inc is needed inside the virus-infected cells to stop virus replication by inhibiting viral RNA polymerase. It is a possibility that many of the younger individuals that are either killed or made severely ill by COVID-19 are chronically zinc-depleted due to inadvertently zincdeficient diets.

Since supplemental zinc has only a limited ability to reach the cytoplasm of cells due to its ionic nature, zinc ionophores (agents that complex with zinc and transport it into the cell) are known to be good general antiviral agents.

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Quercetin is one such supplement, and it can serve as a good adjunctive agent to any COVID-19 treatment protocol. Chloroquine is also a zinc ionophore, perhaps explaining its potent anti-COVID-19 effects.

Magnesium Chloride (prevents, improves, may cure) agnesium, especially as magnesium chloride, has been documented to have substantial antipathogen properties, and it has been reported to cure poliovirus infections as a monotherapy when ingested orally.

While it remains unclear what an aggressive regimen of this agent would do as a monotherapy for COVID-19, it can be expected to be a positive adjunctive agent in any COVID-19 prevention or treatment protocol.

Ozone (improves, cures) zone is probably the single most potent antipathogen agent available today. It readily eradicates all pathogenic bacteria, fungi, viruses, and protozoa. It has many routes of administration and can be utilized as an effective monotherapy, although it positively supports all treatment protocols in an adjunctive and usually synergistic fashion as well.

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FEATURED COLUMNIST “Cure COVID-19?” from page 21 Ozone has been documented to cure advanced cases of Ebola virus, for which there are still no known effective mainstream medical therapies. For someone with ready access to ozone, different applications of ozone could certainly be used to prevent COVID-19 and other respiratory viruses as well.

However, with the other simple and effective antiviral measures listed in this article, using ozone for prevention is not really needed.

Hydrogen Peroxide (prevents, improves, cures) ydrogen peroxide has been used for many years as a monotherapy as well as part of many different treatment protocols for a wide variety of infections. A clinically effective dose will typically cost less than a dime.

During a severe epidemic of influenza in 1919 a protocol of intravenous hydrogen peroxide given only to the most severely ill patients dramatically decreased the death rate.

Due to its well-documented and potent antipathogen properties, along with producing no toxic byproducts upon killing pathogens, hydrogen peroxide is now being proposed in the literature (by Italian researchers) for an off-label use via oral and nasal washing, a regimen of gargling, and administration via nebulization immediately upon symptom appearance with the presumptive diagnosis of COVID-19.

Impressive anecdotal evidence already indicates this application, especially via nebulization, appears to be a powerful preventive and even curative therapy against all respiratory-acquired infections, viral or otherwise.

A large number of other agents can also be nebulized that have pathogen-killing and mucosal cell-healing properties, including, but not limited to: DMSO, magnesium chloride, sodium ascorbate [vitamin C], nascent iodine, sodium chloride, sodium bicarbonate, zinc chloride, glutathione, and N-acetyl cysteine.

Hyperbaric Oxygen (may improve, may cure) yperbaric oxygen therapy is the breathing of pure oxygen inside a chamber that is pressurized between 1.5 to 3 times normal atmospheric pressure. It has been documented to consistently help

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Ozone therapy, which has destroyed all viruses and pathogens against which it has been tested, has been shown to share some mechanisms of action with hyperbaric oxygen therapy. This certainly raises the reasonable possibility that hyperbaric oxygen might also be a very effective antiviral therapy in addition to its established antibacterial effects.

Ultraviolet Blood Irradiation (improves, may cure) lso known as photo-oxidation therapy, ultraviolet blood irradiation therapy has been effectively treating infections for many decades now. In a series of 36 cases of acute polio (spinal type), the blood irradiation treatment was successful in curing 100% of these patients.

Viral hepatitis and bacterial sepsis were also found (in the 1940s) to be very effectively treated with ultraviolet blood irradiation. This irradiation therapy would likely be equally effective against any other pathogens, especially viruses.

Chlorine Dioxide (improves, cures) hlorine dioxide has long been recognized as a powerful antimicrobial agent. It has been around for over 100 years, and it is used both to purify water and to purify blood to be used for transfusion.

As a therapeutic agent for infectious diseases, it has been given both orally and intravenously with great effect, and it has been shown to be very effective against COVID-19 as well.

Dr. Andreas Kalcker directed a clinical study with doctors in Ecuador on COVID-19 patients using oral and intravenous chlorine dioxide. 97% of over 100 COVID-19 patients were vastly improved with clear remission of the severest symptoms after a four-day treatment regimen with chlorine dioxide.

No deaths were reported.

Oftentimes a dramatic clinical response was seen after only 24 hours. A clinical study on the effects of oral chlorine dioxide on COVID-19 patients in Colombia was initiated in April of this year.

Dexamethasone (improves) arly findings in the Randomized Evaluation of COVid-19 thERapY (RECOVERY) Trial in the United Kingdom indicate that the addition of dexamethasone significantly improved clinical outcome in COVID-19 patients.

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A 35% reduction in death was seen in treated patients already dependent on mechanical ventilation, and a 20% reduction in death was seen in the treated patient group just receiving supplemental oxygen therapy.

This response of COVID-19 patients on ventilators is very consistent with the benefits of dexamethasone seen with acute respiratory distress syndrome unrelated to COVID-19.

Budesonide (may prevent, improves, may cure) udesonide is a corticosteroid approved for inhalation via a nebulizer (Pulmicort Respules), and it is primarily used for persistent asthma and asthma exacerbations in children and infants as young as 12 months.

Dr. Richard Bartlett, a West Texas physician, has treated several dozen COVID-19 patients as of mid-June with nebulized budesonide, and he has asserted all have promptly and dramatically responded positively and none have died. Sequential, or even combined, nebulizations of budesonide and hydrogen peroxide would appear to have great potential for a safe and rapidly effective treatment for any respiratory virus, including COVID-19.

The hydrogen peroxide would serve to promptly kill the virus in the airways, and the corticosteroid would relieve the COVID-19 inflammation (“cytokine storm”) and the associated shortness of breath. Nebulized budesonide has also been shown to be an effective treatment for preventing fungal infections of the nose and sinuses.

Patients already on mechanical ventilation can also benefit greatly from the direct nebulization of therapeutic agents through the endotracheal tube. This can certainly be done with budesonide and hydrogen peroxide as well. Too many ventilatordependent patients are left to eventually overcome the virus with whatever remaining immune capacity they have.

Having a treatment that can directly attack the virus present in the lungs while relieving the inflammation with a resultant improvement in oxygenation should result in many of these patients getting weaned off the ventilators and eventually recovering completely.

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ventilator still appears to be a death sentence for the vast majority of such patients.

Convalescent Plasma (improves, may cure) onvalescent plasma is plasma collected from individuals who have recovered from an infectious disease resulting in the formation of antibodies. Depending on the severity of COVID-19 infection and the inherent immune capacity in a given patient, the transfusion of convalescent plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients has nearly always significantly reduced the viral load and clinically improved the patient.

When the viral load is lowered dramatically, a clinical cure can be expected.

A significantly improved survival rate has been seen in COVID-19 patients who have received convalescent plasma therapy.

Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine (prevents, improves, cures) I have had the opportunity to see clear-cut and dramatically positive clinical responses in six individuals with rapidly evolving symptoms consistent with fulminant COVID-19 infection treated with oral chloroquine phosphate.

In these individuals (ranging from 35 to 65 years of age), therapy was initiated when breathing was very already very difficult and continuing to worsen. In all six, significant improvement in breathing was seen within about four hours after the first dose, with a complete clinical recovery seen after about an average of three days.

The oldest individual had a pulse oximeter reading of 80 before the first dose of chloroquine, and the reading improved to 94 after about four hours as the labored breathing eased. The rapidity with which the shortness of breath evolved in all these individuals strongly suggested that respiratory failure secondary to COVID-19-induced acute respiratory distress syndrome was imminent.

The chloroquine dosing was continued for several days after complete clinical resolution to prevent any possible clinical relapse. While a large, definitive study on chloroquine and COVID-19 remains to be completed, there is already a great deal of published evidence supporting its effectiveness and overall safety.

A recent clinical trial demonstrated that hydroxychloroquine given with azithromycin eradicated or significantly decreased measured viral load in respiratory swabs.

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In the hospitalized setting, intravenous vitamin C and dexamethasone should always be part of the treatment regimen.

Nebulizations with hydrogen peroxide and budesonide can accelerate recovery substantially. Also, patients already on ventilator support should always be given vitamin C and dexamethasone along with these nebulizations in addition to anything else felt to be indicated by the attending physician.

Low doses of hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine along with zinc should always be given in the setting of highrisk exposure. Azithromycin can be taken with these agents as well. Higher doses of these agents should always be part of any regimen in the treatment of a suspected or diagnosed COVID-19 patient, whether asymptomatic or already in the hospital.

While the politics of the COVID-19 pandemic are beyond the scope and aim of this article, there remain no valid medical reasons for not using any of the agents or interventions itemized above for either preventing or treating COVID-19 patients.

Furthermore, many combinations of these treatments can be applied, depending on their availability and the clinical status of a given patient.

Traditional medicine insists on “proof” of any therapy before it is used routinely, even though this standard of proof is never actually obtained for many of the usual prescription drug approaches to infections and other diseases.

When an agent is inexpensive, virtually harmless, and with substantial evidence of providing benefit, there is no justification for a physician to refuse or even actively block its administration to a patient otherwise assured of prolonged suffering and likely death (as with hospitalized COVID-19 patients on ventilation support).

With the treatment options available, there is no good reason for most people to even contract COVID-19, and there is certainly no good reason for anyone to die from this virus, much less have a prolonged clinical course of infection with a great deal of needless suffering. n ••• Cardiologist and attorney Thomas E. Levy is the author of a books, “Curing the Incurable: Vitamin C, Infectious Diseases, and Toxins,” “Primal Panacea” and “Stop America’s #1 Killer.” His email is televymd@yahoo.com. For a free subscription to Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, visit orthomolecular.org/subscribe. html. For footnoted reports and the archive, see orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/index.shtml.

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Both chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine are old drugs that are very safe at the doses shown to be effective in treating COVID-19, and they are both recognized as having significant nonspecific antiviral properties. Also, chloroquine, and probably hydroxychloroquine as well, are zinc ionophores, which is likely the reason why they have such significant antiviral properties.

As noted above, agents that greatly facilitate zinc transport inside virusinfected cells rapidly accelerate virus destruction and clinical resolution of the viral infection. Many clinicians now feel chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine therapy for COVID-19 and other viruses is optimized by concomitant zinc administration. Certainly, there is no good reason to avoid taking zinc with these agents.

As might be expected, drugs as potently antiviral to COVID-19 as chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine would be expected to be effective preventive agents as well, particularly in the setting where exposure is known or strongly suspected to have taken place, or in a setting where repeated and substantial exposure will reliably occur, as in COVID-19-treating hospitals.

Many front-line health care workers are on such preventive protocols. But many of the physicians who are taking one of these agents to prevent COVID-19 infection are still resistant to giving it to infected patients. This is difficult to logically reconcile if patient welfare is of the uppermost concern.

Radiotherapy (improves, cures) n a recent pilot trial at Emory University, five nursing home patients hospitalized with COVID-19 were given a single treatment of low-dose radiotherapy over the lungs. All five patients had radiographic evidence of pneumonia and required supplemental oxygen. All five were felt to be deteriorating from a clinical perspective.

The radiotherapy consisted of a 10- to 15-minute application of 1.5 Gy (150 rads).

Four of the five patients were noted to have a rapid improvement in their breathing, and clinical recovery was seen to occur between 3 and 96 hours post-irradiation.

General Recommendations hile many supplement regimens can be used for COVID-19 prevention, such regimens should include at a minimum vitamin C, vitamin D, magnesium chloride, and zinc. Any of many additional quality nutrient and antioxidant supplements can be added as desired, largely dependent on expense and personal preference.

Nebulizations of powerful antipathogen agents, especially hydrogen peroxide, can readily prevent respiratory viral infections like COVID-19 from taking hold, and initiating such nebulizations even after an infection has been contracted will still make a substantial contribution to a more rapid and complete recovery.

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Santa Cruz

San Jose

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