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Underwater Photographer Launches New Exhibit at the Felton Library

01/12/2024
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As a scuba diver, Marc Shargel has seen ecological shifts since the 1970s, and recently used his camera to document stunning changes to California’s kelp forests.

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Art, Culture & Media Education

UCSC Faculty Hoping for New Online Creative Technologies Major

01/12/2024
UC Santa Cruz will provide a ”first of its kind” bachelor of arts in Creative Technologies beginning in fall 2024.

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Art, Culture & Media Families & Children

Pasadena Named Travel Destination for 2024 by NY Times

01/09/2024
Pasadena is the only California city named a travel destination for 2024 by The New York Times. This comes despite the Los Angeles-area city being just the 45th-largest city in the state.

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Art, Culture & Media Business, Economy & Jobs

Audacy Bankruptcy Could Impact Six Bay Area Radio Stations

01/08/2024
Philadelphia-based Audacy, which has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with $1.9 billion in debts, owns six radio stations in the Bay Area. These include 95.7 The Game, KCBS and 102.1 Jams.

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Give Back: Read All About It

01/07/2024
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How Monterey County and Santa Cruz County ‘Give Back’

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Art, Culture & Media Business, Economy & Jobs

Signs of the Times: SignAge & ArtWorks Opens on Swift Street

01/06/2024
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SignAge & ArtWorks occupies a prime spot in the fashionable Westside Santa Cruz shopping, warehouse, and art gallery district.

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Mickey Mouse Enters Public Domain. What That Means for California

01/05/2024
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Can anyone make a Mickey Mouse cartoon now? Yes, but it’s not that simple.

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Art, Culture & Media

Local Author Explores Childhood Guilt, Forgiveness in New Novel ‘Poor Deer’

01/05/2024
Although childhood is often considered the most innocent time in a person's life, not all memories are rosy.

From Good Times...

Art & Culture

Karen With a K

01/02/2024
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Collaborators Laura February Strange and Scott Kail give us an inspired album showing the many sides of that modern antihero, the Karen.

From Good Times...

Art & Culture

Strange Stories

12/28/2023
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Local author yves. is blurring the line between fiction genres with their debut short story collection, “Something’s Not Right.” The author will read at Bookshop Santa Cruz on Jan. 4.

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Art & Culture Public Safety History Crime & Justice Government

American Graffiti is Back: Cruising Now Legal Again in California, But So Are Speed Cameras

12/27/2023
Under new state laws, five cities will test cameras to catch speeding drivers and cruising bans will be lifted statewide. The first is supposed to improve road safety, but critics of the second say it will endanger the public.

From CalMatters...

Art & Culture History Community Service & Support Government

California Presses Universities to Return Thousands of Native American Remains and Artifacts to Local Tribes

12/25/2023
State audits of the University of California and the California State University found both systems have failed to comply with decades-old state and federal laws mandating the return of Native ancestral remains and cultural artifacts. Only UCLA and Cal State Long Beach have returned a majority of their collections.

From Santa Cruz Sentinel...

Art & Culture

A New Christmas Song Comes Courtesy of Aptos Church

12/20/2023
Those looking for holiday cheer can push play on “Good News Great Joy” from Twin Lakes Church. The tune can be heard on Spotify, iTunes and other streaming sites.

From KSQD...

Art & Culture

Behind the Mic With Jennifah of Friday Night’s Zombie Jamboree

12/16/2023
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Jennifah, host of KSQD’s Zombie Jamboree, talks about her three decades as a broadcaster, and what fuels her eclectic live shows, curated on a different theme every Friday night.

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Art & Culture

KSQD Interviews the Guys Who Book Local Music

12/15/2023
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Steve Volk, Dick Brundle and Tom Miller have made a major impact shaping the Santa Cruz music scene by booking and hosting local and touring musicians.

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Hilltromper Reboots

12/13/2023
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The resurrected online guide aims to help people explore the great outdoors

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Art & Culture Animals

Graphic Novel by Reverberations Books Depicts Plight of Puma

12/12/2023
A new graphic novel by Santa Cruz’s Reverberations Books, “Tales of the Urban Wild: A Puma’s Journey,” depicts the life cycle of pumas, the challenges they face and what people can do to help.

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Art & Culture Community Service & Support

Santa Cruz Couple Writes Book on Life Story, Miracles Experienced

12/11/2023
For the past 48 years, Barry and Joyce Vissell have been devoted to helping other people through their nonprofit, The Shared Heart Foundation.

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Art & Culture Resilience

From Coma to Comedy: Bryan Stow’s Second Act

12/08/2023
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Twelve years after a brutal attack, the Giants fan embarks on an anti-bullying initiative.

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Art & Culture Santa Cruz Shakespeare

Nonprofit Manager, Director Named Santa Cruz Shakespeare Managing Director

12/08/2023
In “As You Like It,” Jacques famously proclaims, “One man in his time plays many parts.” That is certainly true of Lorne Dechtenberg, who has served as a musician, nonprofit director and music director.

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