Tarmo Hannula
Wet weather will return to the Central Coast as early as Friday night. Scattered showers are expected to pass through Saturday and then heavy rain with the chance of thunderstorms are expected Sunday. Showers could linger through Tuesday.
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A task force has leased 26 rooms in Santa Cruz county, one in Santa Cruz and the other in Watsonville n a step to help deal with homeless people. The hotels’ names were not announced.
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I’ve been impressed with the creative ways some restaurants and cafes are adopting to serving their goods with the new coronavirus- social distancing restraints in place. At Real Thai in the Seabright area of Santa Cruz, you’d think they had been doing this all along, with a convenient walk-up counter and signage that helps customers easily figure out where to stand, how to pay and how to pick up your order and leave comfortably.
Across Soquel Avenue, at Charlie Hong Kong, they have put lines of blue tape on the ground, 6 feet apart, to show how to stand safely in line. Signage shows how to enter their covered porch (formerly an eating area) to wait for your to go order and pay at a cashier’s stand. Very easy.
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I was sad to see La Fuente restaurant in Plaza Vigil close their doors until April 5. Their tacos, among other things have become a satisfying staple for me over the years.
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Johanna Miller
The Arts Council of Santa Cruz County announced this week that has allocated $75,000 for COVID-19 Emergency Relief Grants. The grants will help support to arts organizations and current Create Grantee artists in Santa Cruz County. Grant applications are available online and will be accepted through April 27.
Next week I will be writing up a longer and more detailed story about these new grants. Stay tuned.
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A house on Brewington Avenue in Watsonville has a special set up on their front lawn, inviting neighborhood children to draw pictures of teddy bears and attached them to their clothes line during schools closures. In addition, the resident of the house offered free lemons from its backyard tree to anyone in need.
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