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About Charlotte West

Charlotte West is a freelance journalist who covers education, criminal justice, housing, and politics. She is a member of the Education Writers Association and was a 2019 Kiplinger Fellow.

July 21, 2025

Here’s what the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ means for the Central Coast How social services, education, agriculture and more could be impacted

October 24, 2024

Monsters under the microscope A new research center at the University of California Santa Cruz is building an academic community of monster enthusiasts. 

June 1, 2023

‘I know how to walk the walk’ — the power of hiring a formerly incarcerated student

April 25, 2023

How students are helping to get people out of prison In “Making An Exoneree,” students from UCSC and Georgetown bring investigation and storytelling together in the pursuit of justice.

October 20, 2022

Incarcerated firefighters come to primetime ‘Fire Country’ brings the conversation about prison labor and second chances to the mainstream

May 19, 2021

Instagram Post Sparks #MeToo Movement at Carmel High Students speak out against ‘what boys do’

May 14, 2021

De las Aulas a los Recintos Gubernamentales Fomentando la participación cívica en las escuelas

April 1, 2021

From the Classrooms to the Halls of Government School administrators develop programs to encourage civic engagement among students

September 9, 2020

Addressing racial injustice at CSUMB Black faculty joins nationwide Scholar Strike

September 4, 2020

Cats in Tents Boulder Creek evacuees camp out with 40-plus rescue felines

August 22, 2020

UC Santa Cruz Students Moved to San Jose State University cleared as CZU Lightning Fire Complex moves closer to campus

August 21, 2020

Thousands flee CZU Lightning Complex fire Evacuation centers take hundreds of refugees

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