Posts By Maria Grusauskas
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ColumnsEstrella Collective Likes Being the Black Sheep of Local Yoga
Year-old Santa Cruz studio embraces hip-hop yoga, tooth gems and more
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Cover StoriesHow Biodynamic Farming Could Change Medicine
A Santa Cruz County farm is at the forefront of a movement to go beyond organic
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Cover StoriesBus Life, Bikinis and Martha Hudson’s Mission to Empower
Inside the ‘Luv Martha’ bikini maker's one-woman journey on a converted school bus
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ColumnsThe Real Health Risks of Wildfire Smoke
What are we breathing, for how long, and why are you still running?
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ColumnsNew WAMM Garden Promises Heirloom Cannabis for the People
Compassionate care collective partners for expanded grow space.
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ColumnsSanta Cruz Ayurveda Explains Autumn’s Seasonal Body, Mind Shifts
The fall transition is a powerful time to make these healthful adjustments
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ColumnsResponding to Catcalls
Clara E. Minor of Minorsan shows women how to take back power in her free self-defense classes
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ColumnsWhat’s In Your Wine?
Megan Bell of Margins Wine explains the ‘natural wine’ movement
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ColumnsWhat Anthony Bourdain Taught Us About Ourselves
Why mental health issues are inseparable from society’s overall well-being.
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ColumnsHow Craniosacral Therapy Activates the Body’s Self-Healing
Craniosacral Therapist Inna Dagman explains how the modality works as a preventative and healing measure
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ColumnsConference Takes On Human Trafficking in Santa Cruz
Coalition Hosts Free ‘Human Trafficking Happens Here: Understanding Child Sexual Exploitation’ Conference
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Cover StoriesDeepak Chopra Visits Santa Cruz to Talk About Bodymind
Bookshop Santa Cruz brings Chopra to the Civic, on tour with his book ‘The Healing Self’
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Cover StoriesSanta Cruz Sex Podcasters are on a Mission
Amy Baldwin and April Lampert bring sex-positive energy and education to ‘Shameless Sex’
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NewsWho Will Survive in the New Era of Legalized Cannabis?
Uncertainty reigns for the future of the cannabis supply chain in Santa Cruz County
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NewsThe Social Impacts of Legalized Cannabis
What cultural changes could Santa Cruz see as cannabis goes mainstream?
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Cover StoriesSanta Cruz County Prepares for Recreational Cannabis Market
Prohibition is over for cannabis, and the estimates of money to be made in the legalized recreational market are astronomical. But what...
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ColumnsVegan Chef Beth Love Takes On Healthy Dessert
‘Desserts in the Raw’ class proves an Earth-friendly diet no longer means dessert doldrums
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ColumnsThe Truth About the Flu
One hundred years after the Great Flu, are we immune?
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ColumnsEco-Friendly Burial Practices May Make Death Greener
The newest Earth-friendly movement targets the funeral industry
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Cover StoriesFashionART Santa Cruz Returns to the Runway
The state of fashion gets altered once again by Santa Cruz’s psychedelic fashion event on Sept. 23
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ColumnsIncorporating Seaweed Into Your Diet Just Got Easier, and More Delicious
Seaquoia Wild Seaweeds provides local sustainable harvest of nutritious seaweed varieties
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Cover StoriesNew Book From UCSC’s Gary Griggs Exposes Coastal Dangers
‘Coasts in Crisis’ is an urgent call to action, as climate change threatens to decimate our shores
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ColumnsThe ABCs of CBD
How cannabinoids put the ‘medical’ in medical marijuana
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Dining ReviewsA Bold and Varied Vegetarian Menu at Malabar
Sri Lankan and Asian fusion dishes on Front Street, plus two cheese alternatives that rival the real thing
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ColumnsFrom Blog to Book: Kaia Roman on Her New Book ‘The Joy Plan’
Local author Kaia Roman uncovers the science of joy in her new memoir
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Dining ReviewsLunch at Buttercup Cakes and Pintos and Pinots in Watsonville
The 'Misfit' case at Buttercup Cakes, a flan to write home about, and a few must-stops in South County
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Dining ReviewsBella Villa is an Elegant Date-Night Destination
Authentic Italian and idyllic atmosphere in historic Aptos hotel
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Cover StoriesUCSC Grads on the Cutting Edge of Social Justice Activism
Carmen Perez, national co-chair of the Women’s March on Washington, and Amelia McDonell-Parry, of the podcast ‘Undisclosed,’ speak to GT
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Cover StoriesThe Legacy of Doug Ross: Modern Renaissance Man
The late local fixture was an engineer, inventor, educator, volunteer animal rescuer, and friend to many
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Cover StoriesLocal Couple’s World-Changing Life Work
After more than six decades of marriage, the legacy of Santa Cruz eco-art pioneers Helen and Newton Harrison is one that neither...
