Panel of five speakers discussing ocean pollution at the Rio Theatre in Santa Cruz, seated before a map of Monterey Bay and the Salinas River.
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November 12, 2025

An ocean view, pollution included

...right here in our county, our litter, our cigarette butts, our plastics are going into our watershed, and we’ve got to stop it.
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November 12, 2025

Big Layoffs

PVUSD officials warn of deep layoffs and budget shortfalls as declining enrollment and lost Covid funds squeeze the district’s finances.
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November 12, 2025

Residents Want Local Control

Santa Cruz residents gathered to warn against a proposal to build three more of the facilities in the county.
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November 7, 2025

Capitola Plein Air Continues Through Nov. 9

Forty artists have been taking part in the 2025 Capitola Plein Air, a six-day outdoor art event that will culminate in a show and sale Nov. 9.
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November 5, 2025

Letters

...a few dozen feet of track in front of the Boardwalk...keeps injuring cyclists. The problem has been known for years. It’s still not fixed.
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November 5, 2025

Purple Haze

Anyone driving at night in parts of the Pajaro Valley may occasionally notice an unsettling purple glow illuminating the sky.
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November 5, 2025

DROWING? NOPE

“Learning to surf is like learning a language that wants to kill you,” Litt writes in his new memoir, It’s Only Drowning.
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November 5, 2025

RTC Releases Final Rail-Trail Report

In two decades, Santa Cruz County transportation officials envision a 22-mile, cross-county rail-trail system that could transport an estimated 4,200 passengers between nine stations.
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October 29, 2025

Keepin’ It Weird

Jesse Thorn, creator and host of the NPR show Bullseye, says Santa Cruz’s legendary tolerance of weirdness was a big help when he launched the program 25 years ago.
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October 29, 2025

Get Your Creep On

For 45 years, hair and makeup artist Steve Romero has been transforming faces into monstrous creations. His passion for makeup art hasn’t faded.
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October 24, 2025

Weighing in at the State of the Region

Leaders from Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Benito counties confab on everything from housing, hospitals and hospitality to air mobility.
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October 24, 2025

Supervisors Table Kratom Ban

On Oct. 21, the board opted instead for a version that prohibits the sale to anyone under 21 but includes a public education component. 
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October 22, 2025

United Front

I.C.E. is coming into the community with these big military vehicles and sweep people off the streets. Then everyone stands around and watches and takes videos but nothing happens after.
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