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2.2KCan Santa Cruz MDMA Research Change Mental Health?
The local Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) aims to convince the FDA to allow the drug in psychotherapy
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1.9K1Sharks, Tsunamis, the Mystery Spot: Answering Readers’ Top Santa Cruz Questions
UCSC students decode the local ecosystem
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2.0K3Robyn Hitchcock Lets You Love Him
The Brit rocker reinvents himself (again) on his 21st album
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2.1K2018: The Year in Review
The weirdest stories from Santa Cruz County this year
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3.2K1How Bill Monning Modeled California’s Blue Wave
Door knocking with the Central Coast’s unapologetically progressive State Senator
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2.7KBus Life, Bikinis and Martha Hudson’s Mission to Empower
Inside the ‘Luv Martha’ bikini maker's one-woman journey on a converted school bus
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3.8K1Jonathan Franzen’s Santa Cruz Escape
Despite a change of scenery, new book shows the author still loves a good argument
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2.1KHow Tandy Beal Brings ‘Joy’ to the Holidays
Behind the scenes of Santa Cruz’s most innovative and anticipated holiday show
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2.3KSanta Cruz Gives 2018: A Holiday Guide to Nonprofit Giving
The giving revolution grows with a fundraising drive for 33 community groups
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2.7K1How Charles Harder Went From UCSC Democrat to Trump’s Top Lawyer
Former rising star in Santa Cruz Democratic politics has made his name representing Trump family and shutting down Gawker
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2.5KHow A Santa Cruz County Scientist Revived the Search for Alien Life
Local scientist Frank Drake helps the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) regain its swagger
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2.5K3Celebrating the Life of Cabrillo Stage Founder Lile O. Cruse
Luminaries from the life of the longtime Cabrillo educator come together to celebrate his legacy
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4.7K1Jaron Lanier to Santa Cruz: Quit Social Media Now
After decades of skepticism about Internet utopia, computer scientist and virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier is finally being heard.
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4.5KA Complete Guide to Santa Cruz Restaurant Week 2018
Looking back on a decade of dining, and ahead to this year’s menus
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4.5K1Film Festival’s ‘Rise’ a Santa Cruz Story that Had to Be Told
William McCarthy of the band Augustines comes home for U.S. premiere at SCFF
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5.1KPesticides Putting Pajaro Valley Schools at Risk, Teachers Say
Fear flourishes amid industry reassurance, conflicting data
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2.9K1Pivot Runway Show Carries on Santa Cruz Fashion Tradition
‘Hall of Fashion’ picks up where FashionArt left out
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2.5K1Head On: The State of Santa Cruz County High School Football
High school's most popular sport in the age of injury fears and anthem controversies
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3.2K3Kuumbwa Jazz Honor Band is Santa Cruz’s Musical Talent Factory
Local program is spawning some of the most innovative musicians in the country
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10.0KMeet Watsonville’s New Semi-Pro Soccer Team
Could Ville FC change the game for South County talent?
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2.5K3Why I Married a Muralist
As Santa Cruz celebrates the life of local artist James Aschbacher, a remembrance from the woman who knew him best
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3.5K4Does Business Ruin Art? UCSC’s Susan Solt Says No
UCSC Arts Dean hopes to start a revolution of creative entrepreneurship in higher learning
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4.2KA Complete Guide to Disc Golf in Santa Cruz
Meet the pros and discover the courses in the world capital of the sport
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5.4K3Why Patti Maxine is a Santa Cruz Music Icon
As she prepares to celebrate her 80th birthday, local lap steel virtuoso is as busy as ever
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2.1KBehind the Scenes of the 56th Annual Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music
This year’s festival features 18 composers and world, West Coast and U.S. premieres
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3.7KSanta Cruz Photographer R.R. Jones Gets Retrospective Show
Four decades of work by iconic local artist will be highlighted
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4.2K1As New Season Begins, Santa Cruz Shakespeare Looks at Gender Roles
Theater company has a vision for equality both on and off the stage
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3.5KHow Santa Cruz’s Gravity Water is Fighting a Global Epidemic
An innovative solution to the lack of clean drinking water in countries around the world
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5.4KWhy Cynthia Chase Isn’t Running for Re-election
Popular council member’s announcement opens up questions about Santa Cruz city government
