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Morning Lookout: Pickleball takeover, a very Santa Cruz podcast and Eaters Digest delights
This week in food and drink news, afternoon tea at Vim delights, Madson Wines joins the Westside scene and Burger…
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Will pickleball take over the planet? We investigate this ‘fastest-growing sport’; laughter, trash talk ensue
Everyone seems to be talking about this little brother of tennis, cousin of pingpong and distant relative of badminton, squash and something in the U.K. called padel (Google it). Like you, perhaps, we wondered what the big deal was. So we decided to do the heavy investigative journalism for you. Spoiler alert: Pickleball is easy and addictive. If you try it, you will like it and you will want more. Here’s a guide to discovering your inner pickleballer right here in beautiful, pickleball-weather-friendly Santa Cruz County.
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Morning Lookout: Filling downtown’s empty storefronts; superintendent talks Scotts Valley challenges
Madison Barneaux spent their last year as a teen addicted to cocaine. The electric rush they felt after their first line…
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How abortion rights were won in conservative Kansas
Voters reject a measure that would have let GOP lawmakers restrict or outlaw abortion. Can abortion rights activists replicate the victory beyond Kansas?
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Thunderstorms, mudslides hamper firefighters’ battle against deadly McKinney wildfire
Thunderstorms and mudslides have hampered the battle against the McKinney fire in Klamath National Forest at the California-Oregon border, authorities said.
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Angry protests erupt as UC Berkeley fences off People’s Park for housing construction
The fence went up overnight, and an angry crowd showed up at the historic site Wednesday morning to confront police and work crews.
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Morning Lookout: Capitola Mall thinks local; Cabrillo invests in Hispanic students
Vin Scully’s folksy manner and melodic language made him a beloved figure in American culture. His career with the…
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McKinney fire has hit the stratosphere, spewing the ‘fire-breathing dragon of clouds’
A deadly combination of intense heat, parched vegetation and dry conditions has turned the 55,000-acre McKinney fire in the Klamath National Forest into its own force of nature. The culprit: human-caused climate change.
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Vin Scully, forever the voice of the Dodgers, dies at 94
Vin Scully’s folksy manner and melodic language made him a beloved figure in American culture. His career with the Dodgers, which dated back to 1950 when the team was in Brooklyn, took off with the move to Los Angeles before the 1958 season.