Cover Stories
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3.9KSanta Cruz Mask Makers Apply Art to the Defining Symbol of the Pandemic
Symbolic power of masks grows amid COVID-19
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7.6K3What Life Was Like in Santa Cruz During the Flu Pandemic of 1918
What lessons can we learn from our pandemic past?
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4.8K1The Artistic Reckoning of Acclaimed Santa Cruz Poet Ellen Bass
Bass’ new book ‘Indigo’ is disarmingly personal
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8.4K2What Comes After Shelter-in-Place for Santa Cruz?
Experts assess options for how and when to ease off shelter-in-place measures
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5.6KHow Santa Cruz Restaurants Are Navigating Tough Times
Local dining scene adapts amid the pandemic’s disruption
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25.1K74A Guide to Takeout Food in Santa Cruz During Shelter-in-Place
Support the local food and drink scene
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5.9K1Cannabis Dispensaries Adapt to Shifting Rules Amid Shelter-in-Place
Cannabis is among the products people are stockpiling
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5.1KA Guide to Buying Cannabis During Shelter-in-Place
How every Santa Cruz dispensary is operating in the wake of the shelter-in-place mandate
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5.4KBest of Santa Cruz County 2020: Editors’ Picks
Celebrating some of the quirkiest, wildest and most wonderful things about Santa Cruz County
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5.1KBest of Santa Cruz County 2020: Shopping & Services
The best boat tour, jewelry, massage school and more
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3.3K1Best of Santa Cruz County 2020: Music & Nightlife
The best comedy spot, happy hour, local musician, and more
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4.5KBest of Santa Cruz County 2020: Food & Drink
The best new restaurant, juice bar, bakery and more
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3.8KBest of Santa Cruz County 2020: Health and Recreation
The best esthetician, medi-spa, personal trainer, and more
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2.9KBest of Santa Cruz County 2020: Community Life
The best beach, dog park, neighborhood, and more
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3.2KBest of Santa Cruz County 2020: Arts & Culture
The best author, mural, museum, and more
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4.3K2Giving Back to the Santa Cruz Community Amid Coronavirus
Nonprofits offer ways to channel anxiety and respond as a community
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13.7K18Remembering Lost Santa Cruz Restaurants
New book explores dining spots that shaped the local scene
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4.0K1How 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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5.8KFamed 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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8.4KStrawberry Growers Face a Complicated Future
Why the entire ag industry is watching the fields of Santa Cruz County
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5.6K1Bringing 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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6.3K4Coming to Terms With a Changing Mountain Life
Why Santa Cruz’s mountain towns are suddenly booming
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6.2K1Lessons 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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4.5KThe 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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5.2K1Raiderette Mackenzie Vojvoda Puts a Different Twist on Yoga
Watsonville yoga instructor combines dance experience with holistic approach
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6.0K1Blossom’s Farmstore and Coffee Shop Offers Health-Conscious Hub
New cafe in Corralitos brings biodynamics to the people
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6.0K1Keith Greeninger on Songwriting, Social Justice and ‘Human Citizen’
Santa Cruz singer-songwriter to release new album at Jan. 31 show
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5.1K1Will 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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5.2KHow 8 Tens @ 8 Became a Theater Phenomenon
Santa Cruz’s 10-minute-play festival celebrates 25 years
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6.9KThe Birds and the Bees of Santa Cruz
Your burning local environmental science questions, answered
