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7.6K2Lines of Duty: An Afghan Translator’s Path to Santa Cruz
Sayed Nadim Hashimi risked everything to work with U.S. special forces—but he knows many of his colleagues will be left behind
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10.3KBest of Santa Cruz County 2019: Shopping & Services
The best clothing stores, auto shops, tattoo parlors and more
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5.9KBest of Santa Cruz County 2019: Music & Nightlife
The best breweries, pubs, places to play pool and more
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6.1KBest of Santa Cruz County 2019: Health & Recreation
The best personal trainers, yoga studios, surf spots and more
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39.1KBest of Santa Cruz County 2019: Food & Drink
The best restaurants, happy hours, brunch spots and more
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8.9KBest of Santa Cruz County 2019: Community
The best beaches, farmers markets, wedding venues and more
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7.4K1Best of Santa Cruz County 2019: Arts & Culture
The best local festivals, galleries, performers and more
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9.9KBest of Santa Cruz County 2019: Editors’ Picks
Our annual tribute to Santa Cruz County's most eclectic attractions
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16.2K4Why Locals Don’t Want to Lose the Santa Cruz Flea Market
With Friday operations set to end April 1, buyers and sellers make their case for an institution
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7.1KAfter Touring With Metallica, Joe Sib Comes Home for New Comedy Venue
Santa Cruz native will headline opening of DNA’s Comedy Lab and Experimental Theatre
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11.8K11Does Santa Cruz City Hall Have a Bullying Problem?
Allegations of bullying, sexism and Trumpian tactics rattle the local political scene
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13.5K6Fear and Loathing in Santa Cruz
How UCSC hit the counter-culture jackpot with a new Hunter S. Thompson archive
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7.6K2Burger: Impossible
Can a Silicon Valley startup change veggie burgers forever?
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9.2K4A Santa Cruz Dreamer’s Life in Immigration Limbo
For local activist Gabriela Cruz, the battle over Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and the Dream Act is as personal as...
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8.0K2Saying Yes To The (Divorce) Dress
A local photo project encourages subjects to slip into a cursed gown and open up about their breakups
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14.2K2How 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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8.4K4Surviving the Hot Fitness Heat Wave
An inside look at the rise of hot Pilates, boot camp, spinning and more
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6.1K2Madeleine Albright on Fascism, Trump and Santa Cruz
Former Secretary of State brings her book ‘Fascism: A Warning’ to Kaiser Permanente Arena on Feb. 5
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4.8KNew Music Trailblazer Terry Riley Gets Santa Cruz Concert
New Music Works will cover ’60s classics from musician who paved the way for Philip Glass, Brian Eno
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9.4K1Can Santa Cruz MDMA Research Change Mental Health?
The local Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) aims to convince the FDA to allow the drug in psychotherapy
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8.1K4Sharks, Tsunamis, the Mystery Spot: Answering Readers’ Top Santa Cruz Questions
UCSC students decode the local ecosystem
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9.7K3Robyn Hitchcock Lets You Love Him
The Brit rocker reinvents himself (again) on his 21st album
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5.3K2018: The Year in Review
The weirdest stories from Santa Cruz County this year
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6.5K1How Bill Monning Modeled California’s Blue Wave
Door knocking with the Central Coast’s unapologetically progressive State Senator
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10.4KBus 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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9.6K1Jonathan Franzen’s Santa Cruz Escape
Despite a change of scenery, new book shows the author still loves a good argument
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6.5KHow Tandy Beal Brings ‘Joy’ to the Holidays
Behind the scenes of Santa Cruz’s most innovative and anticipated holiday show
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5.1KSanta Cruz Gives 2018: A Holiday Guide to Nonprofit Giving
The giving revolution grows with a fundraising drive for 33 community groups
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12.5K1How Charles Harder Went From UCSC Democrat to Trump’s Top Lawyer
Former rising star in Santa Cruz Democratic politics has made his name representing Trump family and shutting down Gawker
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5.6KHow A Santa Cruz County Scientist Revived the Search for Alien Life
Local scientist Frank Drake helps the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) regain its swagger
