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The 2010 Gold Awards
Readers voted, we're reporting. Santa Cruz's best food & drink, art & culture, music & nightlife, shopping & services, health, sports & rec, community life and technology & innovation. Plus the inside word on what makes Santa Cruz from staff scribes in Writers Picks.

Ten Questions for Philippe Kahn
The Santa Cruz-based inventor of the phone camera tells us all about it.

Streetsigns
Former Metro Santa Cruz editor Tai Moses sends a dispatch from her blog, Aerophant.

Santa Cruz Pot Clubs May Have to Open Their Books
City councilmembers draft law requiring medical marijuana dispensaries to prove they're nonprofits.

The Bullhorn
A director with the American Chemistry Council argues that plastic bags aren't the problem.

Girl Talk
Womankind gets its revenge in 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.'

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Music Calendar
Reel Big Fish, Yonder Mountain String Band and Los Straitjackets make tracks for Santa Cruz stages this week.

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Letters to the Editor
March 31 - April 7, 2010