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49Pfizer Says Vaccine Is Highly Effective in Children Ages 5 to 11
The Biden administration has been eagerly promoting the prospect of protection for the 28 million children aged 5 to 11
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23Biden Crafts a Climate Plan B: Tax Credits, Regulation and State Action
The United States has a new plan that will still meet its ambitions to sharply cut greenhouse gases that are warming the...
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50Watsonville Pilots Association Sues City Over Housing Project
Lawsuit claims the City undercut California Environmental Quality Act guidelines, the State Aeronautics Act and a court order involving zoning changes
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48Mobile Home Park Prevails: Residents Won’t See Rent Increase, for Now
A Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge sided with residents who had been battling a large rent increase since 2017
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161Escalante Named Santa Cruz Interim Chief of Police
Santa Cruz Police Deputy Chief Bernie Escalante has been appointed to serve as the Interim Chief, effective Oct. 30. A Santa Cruz...
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140Pressure Mounts on UC System to Reach Agreement with Lecturer Workforce, Strikes Loom
The threat of multiple strikes this fall could cancel instruction for a third of undergraduate students attending University of California institutions
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121County Selects Aranda as Artist of the Year
Guillermo “Yermo” Aranda co-founded a number of organizations and projects, including the murals of Chicano Park in 1973, now a National Historic...
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339Local Agencies’ Conservation Efforts Hope to Help Coho Salmon Populations Rebound
Coho babies hadn’t been spotted in the Laguna Creek lagoon since 2005, but biologists have recorded 2-year-old coho there, this year
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125Do Americans Really Need Boosters? CDC Panel Is Wrestling With the Data
Scientific advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention home in on vaccine efficacy, advantages of mixing different vaccine types and...
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98County Moves to Oppose All Sexual Predator Placements
Convicted violent sexual predator Michael Cheek’s placement hearing inspires Santa Cruz County to seek changes to California law
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2931Letter to the Editor: Article Asks the Wrong Question
A letter to the editor of Good Times
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Letter to the Editor: Why We Can Surf
A letter to the editor of Good Times
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283Opinion: A Quick Primer on Restaurant Week
How to get the most out of the annual Santa Cruz dining event
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346‘Artivism’ Spreads Across Santa Cruz Walls and Streets
The ‘Sea Walls’ murals features art that teaches children about ocean issues specific to the area
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328Dungeness Crab Season Could be Delayed Again this Year
Dungeness crabbing has been proven to be directly related to many whale entanglements
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462Santa Cruz Body Surfing Association’s 37th Annual Championships Happen Oct. 23 at Laguna Creek Beach
The Santa Cruz Body Surfing Association (SCBSA) is one of the world’s oldest cold water bodysurfing organizations
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230As Cal Fire Makes Progress on Estrada Fire, Questions Linger About Burn
Why go through with the burn at the sprawling Estrada Ranch despite Friday’s 87-degree heat and dry conditions?
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236Biden’s Plans Raise Questions About What U.S. Can or Cannot Afford to Do
Can a country already running huge deficits afford the scope of spending that the president envisions?
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353Why are ‘Ghost Guns’ Becoming More Common?
By Matt Weir In the beginning of September, San Francisco became the first city in the state to ban the buying or...
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369As Droughts Worsen, What will Become of UCSC’s Slimy Icon?
While wet weather will entice buried slugs back to the surface, persistent drought still poses a threat to slug populations.
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2281LGBTQ Resolution Stirs Controversy in PVUSD Meeting
Pajaro Valley Unified School District unanimously approves resolution proclaiming October as LGBTQ+ History Month
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361Capitola Drivers will Soon Ride ‘Green Wave’ Down 41st Avenue
Caltans teaming up with Capitola to bring drivers synchronized lights all the way down 41st Avenue to the northbound and southbound highway...
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482Santa Cruz City Council Rejects Affordable Housing Project, Probes Equity in Cannabis Industry
Santa Cruz City Council approves a report that examined the demographics of cannabis businesses in Santa Cruz; aims to increase diversity in...
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329PVUSD Elementary Schools Plagued by Multiple Power Outages
Pacific Gas & Electric calls the outages “Enhanced Powerline Safety Settings," implemented to help mitigate wildfire risks
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621Man Accused of Killing Girlfriend Pleads ‘Not Guilty’
Alberto Scalant, 33, is accused of stabbing 32-year-old Robin Kern to death
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244Scotts Valley Increasing Access and Preservation for Glenwood Preserve
Scotts Valley City Council agreed to eliminate the confusing one-way system and increase access to the City’s large recreation outlet for local...
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400Watsonville’s First Cannabis Dispensary Opens
The 3,600-square-foot warehouse that's home to The Hook is located on a stretch of road on Hangar Way where two additional dispensaries...
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263Capitola Fills Police Chief With In-House Hire
After a nationwide search Andrew (Andy) Dally will be named as the new chief
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452FDA Panel Recommends a Moderna Booster for Many Americans
The Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously to recommend a booster shot of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine
