Before she had even turned 1, Ráine Huszar of Santa Cruz had undergone 14 rounds of chemotherapy, each round lasting three weeks, and tallied more than 16 hospital admissions. Her family has gotten positive news in recent weeks and those at Saturday’s Sharks Cove Surf Classic hope to see her smiling face on the sand.
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The heat wave & Santa Cruz: Pleasantly warm in the lowlands, hot, hot, hot in the upper mountains
Downtown Santa Cruz will reach the upper 80s on Saturday but the higher points of the San Lorenzo Valley — such as Ben Lomond and Boulder Creek — will push as high as 104 and possibly not cool down below the low 80s at night.
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A New Arts Festival Illuminates Downtown Santa Cruz
Browse the line up of Frequency, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History’s (MAH) new biennial festival of light, sound, and digital culture which will run September 16 through September 19, 2021.
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The 7 things to look for at the new weed wonderland not far from Disneyland
Digital waves, interactive sand and more await at California’s newest — and biggest — cannabis dispensary.
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‘Should’ve done more’: Could a former soccer star have been saved? Family grieves, community wonders
Edward “Lalo” Murillo-Jimenez dreamed the kind of dream many soccer-loving kids growing up in Watsonville do. But when the dream fizzled at San Jose State, Murillo-Jimenez went into a life spiral he could never quite shake. Last week he was found dead below the cliffs at New Brighton State Beach at age 32.
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Greg Noll, SoCal surfer and legendary big-wave rider, dies
Long before tow-in surfing, Greg Noll conquered Hawaii’s monster waves. The legendary big-wave rider has died at 84.
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‘We did what we came to do — we saved it’: Court of Mysteries owners at peace with moving on
The pandemic sank Artina Morton and Douglas Harr’s plans for an “ohana compound” at their historic Westside property/passion project and made them realize how much work it would be for the two of them to keep up. But they’re not second-guessing their decision to sell — and they’re aiming to stick around Santa Cruz.
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Great white shark bites swimmer off Gray Whale Beach near Pacifica; male victim in serious condition
The 35-year-old man was swimming off the San Mateo County coast just south of Pacifica and just north of Montara. The beach was ordered closed.