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January 14, 2026

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Grateful Dead cofounder Bob Weir died last weekend and it feels like the end of an era. I took my 9-year-old son to the Grateful Dead’s original home on Ashbury street...

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January 6, 2026

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From the end of MTV to the endurance of local print journalism, this week’s Editor’s Note reflects on Santa Cruz institutions that survive change.

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December 31, 2025

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2025 has been a year of debate with locals looking at two sides of issues that have split our community and hold no easy answers.

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December 23, 2025

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Editor Brad Kava reflects on Tokyo’s Golden Gai bar culture, local rum expertise on the Santa Cruz Wharf, and how small businesses can become centers of learning and connection.

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December 17, 2025

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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...

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December 10, 2025

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It’s great to see Mayor Fred Keeley and County Supervisor Manu Koenig propose an alternative to the $4.5 billion rail/trail...

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December 3, 2025

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The thing everyone is talking about right now is the possible closing of the Catalyst nightclub and replacing the whole block... with more high-rise apartment buildings.

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November 26, 2025

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The death of rock music has been greatly exaggerated, according to three books by music critics featured in our cover story.

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November 19, 2025

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In a world where needy people have been demonized by some in power, here’s the alternative: people who genuinely care about others and have set up nonprofits...

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November 12, 2025

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My favorite thing is learning about something I see all the time and had no clue about what it really was or the story behind it.

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November 5, 2025

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I’ve been surprised to see cover bands even here selling out theaters. Bands covering the likes of Journey, ABBA, the Dead and Tom Petty are packing houses.

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October 29, 2025

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This is one of my favorite issues of the year. We asked people to contribute their visions of Santa Cruz’s future and the answers are eye-opening, fun and serious.

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