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State Farm’s California freeze: Looming insurance apocalypse or political ploy?
California’s biggest seller of homeowners insurance says regulations and wildfires make new policies a financial loser. But there are reasons to question that explanation.
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Morning Lookout: Watsonville nurses rally, banana slug sex and punk revolution
Santa Cruz journalist John Malkin collected some 250 interviews with many of the greats of the punk genre, including the…
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Wildfire burn areas in California are growing ever larger due to greenhouse gas emissions
Between 1996 and 2020, wildfire burn areas in California grew five times larger than in the 25 years prior. Scientists say climate change is to blame.
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Morning Lookout: Animal shelter crisis, UCSC’s antisemitism efforts, SCPD fields grenade
Retired Santa Cruz physician Helen Nunberg spent decades treating people with addictions and can’t understand why Rep….
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Morning Lookout: Criticism of UCSC’s Slug Crossing, Highway 1 funding snag and building a Bay Fed career
Nicole Beaver, manager of Bay Federal Credit Union’s Capitola branch, juggled multiple jobs and school while also…
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Grenade handed over to Santa Cruz Police forces closure of Center and Laurel streets
A community member brought an incendiary device to the Santa Cruz Police Department on Monday afternoon, prompting the authorities to close parts of Center and Laurel streets. They reopened the roads 45 minutes later.
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Sunday Reads: An open letter to Good Times and others; the Age of Doomscrolling; UCSC addresses antisemitism
Making the transition from downtown to the beach seamless has been a goal of city leaders for years, and now Santa Cruz…
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Morning Lookout: Overdoses spike, chocolate for Father’s Day, sheepish about cheese & Student Lookout
Garden Variety Cheese has been a farmers market mainstay for over a decade. The cheese brand is the brainchild of…
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Student Lookout: Late-night slices, BLM mural repainting and the return of Miles Morales
Crews contracted by the City of Santa Cruz, aided by police, continued the second phase of clearing out Pogonip…