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Bombshell
Carolyn Burke's portrait of an artist as a young woman.
Your Metro Santa Cruz Last-Minute Gift Guide
Strap on your sleigh-belt and get ready for our crash course in last-minute gift-giving.
Santa Cruz News
Incidental Noise; Survey Says; Weariful of Celibate Poorness.
Car Culture
'Crap Cars' features page after page of crappy cars with their original marketing photos and Porter's pithy analysis of what makes a bad car really bad.
Oil Slick
Politics and oil muddy the waters in confusing international thriller 'Syriana.'
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Charlie Can't Wank
Eight-string guitar phenom Charlie Hunter brings his simpler, more melodic trio back home for the holidays.
The Rock Show
Sean Paul; Carla Kihlstedt; Hella, Giraffes? Giraffes!
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Big Fish
Sea Harvest puts Moss Landing on the map as a dining destination.
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The Heart of Moving Parts
From limited edition books costing thousands of dollars to inexpensive chapbooks of political poetry, Felicia Rice takes publishing to beautiful extremes.