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The H Bomb
Deep in the woods just outside of Santa Cruz, heroin is laying waste to a hidden population.
Ten Questions for Suna Lock
The owner of design firm and curated storefront Stripe answers our prying questions.
Skateboard Romance
Santa Cruz poet Stephen Kessler's ode to young love in this month's installment of 'Local Poets, Local Inspiration.'
Business Unusual
Doja Clothing has a big job: to save the economy and look good doing it.
Breakdown
How the Community Assessment Project got its numbers.
Bullhorn
The new UC tuition hike is part of a taxing and finance system that protects the wealthy, writes Sonoma State professor Peter Phillips.
The Marvelous Mr. Anderson
Wes Anderson outdoes himself in animated gem 'The Fantastic Mr. Fox'
Seething Bull
Robert De Niro plays a lonely father trying to connect with his scattered spawn in 'Everybody's Fine'
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SANTA CRUZ COUNTY MOVIE TIMES
Chaos Theory
Almost Chaos is one of three Santa Cruz teen bands leading the regional School Jam USA contest.
Music and Nightlife Calendar Picks
One-of-a-kind humorist and songster Dan Hicks brings his Holidaze in Hicksville show to Kuumbwa Monday, while jazz-funk phenom Roy Hargrove and Fleet Foxes front man J. Tillman hold down the rest of the week.
MORE MUSIC AND NIGHTLIFE
MUSIC AND CLUBS LISTINGS
Beyond Wassail
Christina Waters' recommendations on the perfect holiday wines for raising a glass and toasting old friends.
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The Wrath of Roth
Stephen Kessler reviews Philip Roth's 'The Humbling' and finds the ageing prince of American letters in a dark mood.
Letters to the Editor
December 2-9, 2009
