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Historic #LickObservatory closes to public following significant wind damage: https://news.ucsc.edu/2025/12/historic-lick-observatory-closes-to-public-following-significant-wind-damage/ - early on Thursday, Dec. 25, severe winds gusting up to 183 km/h tore loose half of the shutter on the 140-year old 36-inch Great Refractor dome; no one was injured.

SFbay area, be on the lookout for a missing UCSC student.
https://www.reddit.com/r/santacruz/comments/1oc79vh/missing_ucsc_student/?utm_source=share&utm_mediu…

Our friend Joel Primack has died.
Distinguished Professor of Physics Emeritus
We've lost one of the best.
https://primack.sites.ucsc.edu/

Here is a note on a friend who died two weeks ago...
I will always carry the image of Joel wearing his Sherlock Holmes cap and short cape.
Joel spent many an hour explaining current cosmological theory to me. He explained general relativity at our dinner table and gave me a deep lesson in astrobiology during a trip to Aspen. I wish I had had more teachers like him.
In Memoriam: Joel Primack

In Memoriam: Joel Primack
Distinguished emeritus professor was a towering figure in theoretical physics and cosmology, a visionary educator, dedicated mentor, and passionate advocate for the role of science in society