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November 5, 2025

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...a few dozen feet of track in front of the Boardwalk...keeps injuring cyclists. The problem has been known for years. It’s still not fixed.
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November 5, 2025

Purple Haze

Anyone driving at night in parts of the Pajaro Valley may occasionally notice an unsettling purple glow illuminating the sky.
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November 5, 2025

DROWING? NOPE

“Learning to surf is like learning a language that wants to kill you,” Litt writes in his new memoir, It’s Only Drowning.
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November 5, 2025

RTC Releases Final Rail-Trail Report

In two decades, Santa Cruz County transportation officials envision a 22-mile, cross-county rail-trail system that could transport an estimated 4,200 passengers between nine stations.
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October 29, 2025

Keepin’ It Weird

Jesse Thorn, creator and host of the NPR show Bullseye, says Santa Cruz’s legendary tolerance of weirdness was a big help when he launched the program 25 years ago.
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October 29, 2025

Get Your Creep On

For 45 years, hair and makeup artist Steve Romero has been transforming faces into monstrous creations. His passion for makeup art hasn’t faded.
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October 24, 2025

Weighing in at the State of the Region

Leaders from Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Benito counties confab on everything from housing, hospitals and hospitality to air mobility.
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October 24, 2025

Supervisors Table Kratom Ban

On Oct. 21, the board opted instead for a version that prohibits the sale to anyone under 21 but includes a public education component. 
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October 22, 2025

United Front

I.C.E. is coming into the community with these big military vehicles and sweep people off the streets. Then everyone stands around and watches and takes videos but nothing happens after.
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October 22, 2025

The Silver Ball Wizard of Soquel

Pinball flippers snapping. Bumpers thumping. The chime of a jackpot. Step inside Nine and Three Quarters, and you’re through the looking glass.
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October 19, 2025

Thousands Gathered for No Kings Day in Santa Cruz

A slide show from downtown Santa Cruz's No Kings protest Saturday
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October 15, 2025

By Its Fingernails…

Nearly half of Latino voters (47%) reported their personal economic situation had worsened under the Trump administration.
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October 15, 2025

Higher Standards

A new law authored by Sen. John Laird and signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom will bolster safety standards for new battery storage facilities.
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