A quick primer to get you caught up on Santa Cruz County’s most controversial infrastructure project, which celebrates a big milestone Thursday as a segment formally opens for bike and pedestrian use.
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A struggling recycling industry faces new crisis with coronavirus
In the face of this new crisis, recyclers are having to adjust to the paradox of pandemic life. While the increased use of packaging for disposable personal protective equipment, takeout food and medical gear would lead many to believe more recyclables have entered the waste stream, business closures and at-home living have led to Californians producing less waste overall.
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Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Foundation celebrating 28th anniversary with virtual awards, film
New Leaf Community Markets brand manager Lindsay Gizdich said the store is moving from Pacific Avenue in order to have…
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Commercial crab season delayed again, won’t begin until Dec. 15
Commercial crab fishing takes another hit as the season is delayed a second time.
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The fossil fuel industry wants you to believe it’s good for people of color
The goal is to bulwark oil and gas against ambitious climate change policies by claiming the moral high ground — even as those fuels kindle a global crisis that disproportionately harms people who aren’t white.
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As ‘mudslides on steroids’ threaten, Santa Cruz Mountain dwellers ponder new normal
Santa Cruz Mountain residents are bracing for more evacuations because of debris flows this winter, with potentially no end in sight to annual cycles of wildfires and heavy rains.
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The biggest threat to growing marijuana in California used to be the law. Now, it’s climate change
Having survived a DEA raid, a Santa Cruz resident, the co-founder of the first medicinal cannabis collective plots a comeback in the worst fire season in California history.
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Clouds of concern linger as wildfires drag into flu season and COVID-19 numbers swell
New Leaf Community Markets brand manager Lindsay Gizdich said the store is moving from Pacific Avenue in order to have…
