Posts By Lauren Hepler
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NewsSusan True Steers Community Foundation’s New-Wave Charity
One year into her role as CEO, local nonprofit veteran leads the way on impact funding
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NewsCounty Expands Inmate Education, Re-Entry Programs at Rountree Jail
Watsonville’s new minimum-security rehabilitation facility aids workforce re-entry
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NewsProtest Planned as City Shutters Homeless Camp, Fences Parks
Protest, public sleepout planned for Nov. 15.
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NewsElection 2018: State and Federal Central Coast Candidates
A U.S. Senate showdown between Dianne Feinstein and Kevin de León tops the ballot
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Food & DrinkCosmo D’s David Brissenden on Gourmet Edibles and ‘Stiletto Stoners’
Meet the chef behind local cannabis food company Cosmo D’s Outrageous Edibles.
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NewsUCSC, Union Labor and the Rise of Santa Cruz Renters’ Rights
Rent control takes center stage at Santa Cruz Affordable Housing Week
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NewsDominican Nurses Question Impact of $28 Billion Hospital Merger
A proposed change in ownership raises anxiety about jobs and medical access
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NewsSanta Cruz Grounds Bird Electric Scooters — For Now
After a crackdown on unlicensed e-scooters, startup says it will work with city
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NewsFelton Rising: A Mountain Town’s Retail Makeover
A redwood enclave sees new growth downtown
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NewsE-scooter Wars Hit Santa Cruz With Bird’s Surprise Launch
Electric scooter startup Bird makes local debut without telling city officials
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NewsFight Over Rent Control, Evictions Comes to Santa Cruz
A battle brews over Measure M and a vision for Santa Cruz
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Cover StoriesMeet Watsonville’s New Semi-Pro Soccer Team
Could Ville FC change the game for South County talent?
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NewsPleasure Point’s Modern Life Home & Garden to Close After 33 Years
Online competition and a generational divide hit the furniture business
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NewsShipwreck Spills 200 Gallons of Diesel near Natural Bridges
A fishing boat ran aground early Sunday, spurring a scramble to contain leaks
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ColumnsCannabis Newcomers Flock to CBD
After prohibition, Santa Cruz sees increase in adults seeking medicinal over recreational products
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Last Week's IssueHomeless Advocates Scramble as Limbo Looms for River Street Camp
City will miss self-imposed Aug. 14 deadline for decision on Harvey West encampment
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Last Week's IssueHow is Santa Cruz California’s second-poorest county?
A Q&A with the co-author of a new report that looks beyond the poverty line
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A&EBe Our Guest: Santa Cruz Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’
Win tickets to an upcoming performance of 'Romeo and Juliet' at the Grove at DeLaveaga Park
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Last Week's IssueWater Tech Founder Buoys Santa Cruz Startup Scene
Tired of Silicon Valley, Keri Waters made a career starting companies tailored to life in her adopted hometown
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NewsReady to Party, Monterey Bay Community Power is Enrolling
Community Power Festival will showcase expanding clean energy options
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NewsState and Big Soda Nix Santa Cruz’s Sugary Drink Tax
How the beverage industry undermined a local soda tax, and others like it, for the next 12 years
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Cover StoriesWhy Whale Entanglements Are on the Rise in Monterey Bay
Increasing incidents illustrate how the ecosystem is changing off local shores
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NewsDo Electric Rental Scooters Go Too Far?
While Santa Cruz’s bike share program thrives, other cities take the sharing economy to next level
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NewsConsequences of Judge Aaron Persky’s Possible Reckoning
What Santa Clara County’s election to recall the Stanford swimmer judge could mean for victims and for the judiciary
