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.Editor’s Note
January 27, 2026

The Editor’s Desk

Editor Brad Kava reflects on food, health, local culture, and why Santa Cruz remains a rare place where community, music, and good eating still matter.
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.Letters to the Editor

.Letters to the Editor
January 27, 2026

Letters

Readers weigh in on dining solo, the use of AI in local media, and the urgent need for microplastics monitoring in public water systems.
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.Editor’s Note
January 21, 2026

The Editor’s Desk

In our cover story, writer DNA reports on a local who has completed the three toughest hikes in the U.S. and lived to tell the tale.
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.Letters to the Editor
January 21, 2026

Letters

Readers weigh in on battery energy storage projects, memories of Bob Weir, affordable housing and local school budget cuts.
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.Letters to the Editor
January 14, 2026

Letters

At the County building on Jan. 14 the fate of the controversial “Sweet Homes” development at 3500 Paul Sweet Road will be decided.
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.Editor’s Note
January 14, 2026

The Editor’s Desk

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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.Letters to the Editor
January 6, 2026

Letters

Readers weigh in on major local issues, from the future of the Coastal Rail Corridor and interim trail funding to the upcoming MLK March for the Dream in Santa Cruz.
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.Editor’s Note
January 6, 2026

The Editor’s Desk

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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.Editor’s Note
December 31, 2025

The Editor’s Desk

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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.Letters to the Editor
December 31, 2025

Letters

Thank you for the wonderful article on youth poetry, by Addie Mahmassani. I am deeply moved both by the poetry and the entire project...
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.Editor’s Note
December 23, 2025

The Editor’s Desk

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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.Letters to the Editor
December 23, 2025

Letters

Readers write in on a Community Kwanzaa celebration at the MAH, e-bike safety and etiquette, and the impact of poetry programs in schools and county jails.
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.Letters to the Editor
December 17, 2025

Letters

Readers weigh in on transportation alternatives, police surveillance technology, and long-standing infrastructure concerns in Santa Cruz County.
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