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December 17, 2025
Scam Alert!
Holiday scams are nothing new, but they’ve become more sophisticated, more convincing and more widespread. From too-good-to-be-true deals to fake charities tugging at our heartstrings
December 17, 2025
Breaking the Cycle
Planned Pethood works to proactively prevent the suffering of hundreds of thousands of stray and unhoused animals with low-cost spay and neuter services in Santa Cruz County.
December 17, 2025
Scam Alert!
Holiday scams are nothing new, but they’ve become more sophisticated, more convincing and more widespread. From too-good-to-be-true deals to fake charities tugging at our heartstrings
December 17, 2025
Breaking the Cycle
Planned Pethood works to proactively prevent the suffering of hundreds of thousands of stray and unhoused animals with low-cost spay and neuter services in Santa Cruz County.
December 17, 2025
Things to do in Santa Cruz
The Trolley Drops jug band takes pop classics and standards like “Rudolph,” then gives them a twist as jazz, rock, and country. At Discretion Brewing, 5:30pm Friday
December 17, 2025
Pastry Prowess
Spontaneous Confections features unique French-leaning pastries that combine worldly inspiration with Chef Justin’s own creative instincts and talents.
December 17, 2025
City Centered
Downtown Santa Cruz is finding fresh momentum through food, drink, and community—from a thriving farmers market to pop-up taprooms and creative holiday markets.
December 17, 2025
Pastry Prowess
Spontaneous Confections features unique French-leaning pastries that combine worldly inspiration with Chef Justin’s own creative instincts and talents.
December 17, 2025
City Centered
Downtown Santa Cruz is finding fresh momentum through food, drink, and community—from a thriving farmers market to pop-up taprooms and creative holiday markets.
December 17, 2025
Ties That Bind
Santa Cruz Shakespeare’s A Christmas Carol fills the Veterans Memorial Hall with carols, humor and heartfelt warmth, inviting audiences of all ages into Dickens’ enduring story of compassion and renewal.
December 17, 2025
The Editor’s Desk
With all the bad news around—and there is more than enough—it was a pleasure to read a story about people working on healing in high schools.
Our cover story by Addie Mahmassani about poets helping...
December 17, 2025
Letters
Readers weigh in on transportation alternatives, police surveillance technology, and long-standing infrastructure concerns in Santa Cruz County.
December 17, 2025
The Editor’s Desk
With all the bad news around—and there is more than enough—it was a pleasure to read a story about people working on healing in high schools.
Our cover story by Addie Mahmassani about poets helping...
December 17, 2025
Letters
Readers weigh in on transportation alternatives, police surveillance technology, and long-standing infrastructure concerns in Santa Cruz County.
