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Santa Cruzans have recently seen a man dressed as the Cookie Monster from “Sesame Street” loitering around the Beach...

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Wallace reports and writes not only across his familiar areas of deep interest — including arts, entertainment and culture — but also is chronicling for Lookout the challenges the people of Santa Cruz...