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10/10/2023
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Where do we go when we die? Is it a magical plane of existence located in the wisps of clouds? Or is it lurking just outside our visible senses? Are we able to communicate with the dead and can psychics get answers to questions we were never able to ask? Can the dead try to [...]

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10/05/2023
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The doors of the new Jacob’s Heart Children’s Cancer Support Services Family Center are open at 567 Auto Center Drive in Santa Cruz.

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09/21/2023
Isai Pazos, a longtime Senderos volunteer and community organizer in Los Angeles, has been named the executive director of Senderos, a nonprofit aimed at ensuring equitable options for Latinos in Santa Cruz County.

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09/20/2023
Santa Cruz County is well-known for its forestry, with approximately 75% of its overall terrain covered by trees, according to Global Forest Watch.

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09/12/2023
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New CEO Zeke Frazier talks about what's in store for the Santa Cruz County Fair.

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09/07/2023
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Zeke Fraser has a lot on his desk, both figuratively and literally, but the new fairgrounds CEO took time to step away from his paperwork-lined desk for a quick chat.

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09/05/2023
“We are like an Uber and Lyft for anyone in Santa Cruz County with a disability that requires an ADA-accessible vehicle,” said Community Bridges spokesperson Tony Nunez.

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08/24/2023
Linda Burman-Hall, an ethnomusicologist, musician and longtime UC Santa Cruz professor who brought the annual Baroque Festival to town, died suddenly while traveling in Malaysia. She was 78.

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08/15/2023
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About 700 people attended Harvesting Equity, where safety, living wages, contracts, housing and immigration reform for farmworkers took center stage.

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08/15/2023
Castle Rock State Park expanded on Aug. 15 when the Sempervirens Fund sold six properties to the state of California for $4.21 million. Nestled on the border of Santa Cruz, Santa Clara and San Mateo counties, Castle Rock now covers more than 5,400 acres.

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08/07/2023
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Sponsored by the Santa Cruz County Office of Education and United Way of Santa Cruz, the 13-year-old event helps young people prepare for the coming school year.

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08/06/2023
Many of the steady hands that have guided the likes of the Cabrillo Festival and Santa Cruz Shakespeare for years are stepping down. There’s no guarantee it will be business as usual as a diverse group of millennials and Gen Z makes up larger shares of potential audiences.

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07/26/2023
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Community Bridges hired Darren Daley to take over as program director for Meals on Wheels for Santa Cruz County when Lisa Berkowitz caps off her four-decade career with the program in August. Daley earned his Master of Public Administration in International Management from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey in 2011. More recently, [...]

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07/26/2023
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Community Bridges seeks to dispel myths surrounding food assistance in Santa Cruz County.

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07/07/2023
Nearly four months after the breech of the Pajaro River levee, many residents remain displaced or are feeling the impacts of the floods.

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06/21/2023
The housing development, named “Casa Azul” after its blue paint scheme, includes two upstairs one-bedroom apartments to go with five studio units.

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06/02/2023
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Composer, performing pianist and arts executive D. Riley Nicholson is returning to California to lead the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music.

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06/01/2023
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To her very last breath, Laura Segura was caring—and fighting—for us all. Laura, who died June 9, 2022, was a beloved “justice warrior” who spent her life fighting for the opportunity and dignity of others. Just a few days ago, Community Foundation Santa Cruz County issued the first three awards of $4,000 each from the [...]

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05/25/2023
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A donation by Union Pacific Railroad will help Community Bridges continue its work of helping Pajaro residents recover from the flood that wreaked havoc on the community in March. Union Pacific Assistant Vice President of Public Affairs for the Western Region Adrian Guerrero says that the floods also damaged the company’s switching yard in Pajaro. [...]

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05/25/2023
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The Santa Cruz County Fair Board reported that the four candidates for CEO—who will replace former fairgrounds manager Dave Kegebein—have all gone through an initial interview process.

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