Cover Stories
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963A Guide to Buying Cannabis During Shelter-in-Place
How every Santa Cruz dispensary is operating in the wake of the shelter-in-place mandate
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922Best of Santa Cruz County 2020: Editors’ Picks
Celebrating some of the quirkiest, wildest and most wonderful things about Santa Cruz County
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729Best of Santa Cruz County 2020: Shopping & Services
The best boat tour, jewelry, massage school and more
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692Best of Santa Cruz County 2020: Music & Nightlife
The best comedy spot, happy hour, local musician, and more
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663Best of Santa Cruz County 2020: Food & Drink
The best new restaurant, juice bar, bakery and more
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596Best of Santa Cruz County 2020: Health and Recreation
The best esthetician, medi-spa, personal trainer, and more
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451Best of Santa Cruz County 2020: Community Life
The best beach, dog park, neighborhood, and more
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445Best of Santa Cruz County 2020: Arts & Culture
The best author, mural, museum, and more
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1.6K1Giving Back to the Santa Cruz Community Amid Coronavirus
Nonprofits offer ways to channel anxiety and respond as a community
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6.7K9Remembering Lost Santa Cruz Restaurants
New book explores dining spots that shaped the local scene
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1.8K1How Coronavirus is Affecting Santa Cruz Artists and Organizers
With widespread cancellations, no one can say when events will be safe again
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2.8KFamed Printmaker Tom Killion’s Links to Santa Cruz and Japan
New documentary follows artist’s journey to learn from Japanese masters
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4.6KStrawberry Growers Face a Complicated Future
Why the entire ag industry is watching the fields of Santa Cruz County
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3.2K1Bringing the Matthew Shepard Story to Cabrillo Theater
The tragic story of a hate crime becomes a powerful work of musical theater
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3.9K4Coming to Terms With a Changing Mountain Life
Why Santa Cruz’s mountain towns are suddenly booming
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3.0K1Lessons on Polarization from Journalist Ezra Klein
What Santa Cruz and the rest of the nation can learn from “Why We’re Polarized”
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2.4KThe Carolyn Sills Combo Revisits What Happened in ‘El Paso’
Santa Cruz songwriters create backgrounds for the characters in the original epic love song
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3.0K1Raiderette Mackenzie Vojvoda Puts a Different Twist on Yoga
Watsonville yoga instructor combines dance experience with holistic approach
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3.4K1Blossom’s Farmstore and Coffee Shop Offers Health-Conscious Hub
New cafe in Corralitos brings biodynamics to the people
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3.6K1Keith Greeninger on Songwriting, Social Justice and ‘Human Citizen’
Santa Cruz singer-songwriter to release new album at Jan. 31 show
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3.1K1Will Local Police Departments be the Next to Sign Ring Camera Deals?
Rising use of Amazon’s security camera company Ring raises privacy questions
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3.1KHow 8 Tens @ 8 Became a Theater Phenomenon
Santa Cruz’s 10-minute-play festival celebrates 25 years
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4.2KThe Birds and the Bees of Santa Cruz
Your burning local environmental science questions, answered
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9.7K1Tammi Brown and All the Things We Are
With the ‘Lost Jazz Songbook’ series, local musician Tammi Brown is changing the way we think about jazz, pop and musical tradition
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3.4K1The Year in Review: 2019
The good, the bad and the weird this year in Santa Cruz County
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6.4K2Jory Post’s Best Worst Year
After a devastating medical prognosis, Santa Cruz writer and artist Jory Post is hitting new artistic heights
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3.6K1California’s Post-Impeachment Future
Rep. Jimmy Panetta and other insiders on political life after Trump
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7.0KWelcome to Deepfake Hell
The murky future of tech-addled Democracy
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19.8K6The Untold Netflix Origin Story
How the company that upended entertainment got its start in Santa Cruz
