Cover Stories
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3.0KBest of Santa Cruz County 2020: Arts & Culture
The best author, mural, museum, and more
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4.2K2Giving Back to the Santa Cruz Community Amid Coronavirus
Nonprofits offer ways to channel anxiety and respond as a community
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12.7K17Remembering Lost Santa Cruz Restaurants
New book explores dining spots that shaped the local scene
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3.9K1How Coronavirus is Affecting Santa Cruz Artists and Organizers
With widespread cancellations, no one can say when events will be safe again
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5.5KFamed Printmaker Tom Killion’s Links to Santa Cruz and Japan
New documentary follows artist’s journey to learn from Japanese masters
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7.8KStrawberry Growers Face a Complicated Future
Why the entire ag industry is watching the fields of Santa Cruz County
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5.4K1Bringing the Matthew Shepard Story to Cabrillo Theater
The tragic story of a hate crime becomes a powerful work of musical theater
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6.1K4Coming to Terms With a Changing Mountain Life
Why Santa Cruz’s mountain towns are suddenly booming
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5.8K1Lessons on Polarization from Journalist Ezra Klein
What Santa Cruz and the rest of the nation can learn from “Why We’re Polarized”
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4.3KThe Carolyn Sills Combo Revisits What Happened in ‘El Paso’
Santa Cruz songwriters create backgrounds for the characters in the original epic love song
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5.0K1Raiderette Mackenzie Vojvoda Puts a Different Twist on Yoga
Watsonville yoga instructor combines dance experience with holistic approach
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5.6K1Blossom’s Farmstore and Coffee Shop Offers Health-Conscious Hub
New cafe in Corralitos brings biodynamics to the people
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5.7K1Keith Greeninger on Songwriting, Social Justice and ‘Human Citizen’
Santa Cruz singer-songwriter to release new album at Jan. 31 show
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4.8K1Will Local Police Departments be the Next to Sign Ring Camera Deals?
Rising use of Amazon’s security camera company Ring raises privacy questions
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4.9KHow 8 Tens @ 8 Became a Theater Phenomenon
Santa Cruz’s 10-minute-play festival celebrates 25 years
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6.6KThe Birds and the Bees of Santa Cruz
Your burning local environmental science questions, answered
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12.4K1Tammi Brown and All the Things We Are
With the ‘Lost Jazz Songbook’ series, local musician Tammi Brown is changing the way we think about jazz, pop and musical tradition
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4.8K1The Year in Review: 2019
The good, the bad and the weird this year in Santa Cruz County
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8.7K2Jory Post’s Best Worst Year
After a devastating medical prognosis, Santa Cruz writer and artist Jory Post is hitting new artistic heights
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4.4K1California’s Post-Impeachment Future
Rep. Jimmy Panetta and other insiders on political life after Trump
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8.4KWelcome to Deepfake Hell
The murky future of tech-addled Democracy
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24.3K6The Untold Netflix Origin Story
How the company that upended entertainment got its start in Santa Cruz
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9.9K2Santa Cruz Gives 2019: A Guide to Holiday Giving
From housing to animal rights to youth education, more local nonprofits than ever are joining the giving revolution
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6.6KDan Bern on Smashed Guitars and His Move to Santa Cruz
Singer-songwriter plays Moe’s Alley on the heels of new album
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9.0K4The Rebirth of Santa Cruz’s Court of Mysteries
The quirky subject of much Westside lore gets an overhaul by new owners
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8.0K6Tick Bait: The Secret History of Lyme Disease
Did a secret Cold War program lead to an outbreak of Lyme disease?
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9.7K1A Guide to Santa Cruz Restaurant Week 2019
For the 11th-annual foodie event, 34 restaurants will offer special reduced-price menus Oct. 16-23
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8.1K1How Bookshop Santa Cruz Became a Symbol of Survival
A deeply personal downtown crisis united the community after the Loma Prieta quake
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17.4K6The Earthquake That Ended the Santa Cruz Hippie Era
A Loma Prieta-themed walking tour of downtown
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4.1KSanta Cruz Film Fest: 5 Must-See Picks for 2019
Surreal art, 80's horror and a skate legend stand out in this year's lineup
