COMING MONDAY EVENING: Author and UC Santa Cruz professor Gary Griggs has a new book out on the Golden State’s vulnerability to natural hazards, and before he talks about “California Catastrophes” at Bookshop Santa Cruz, you can meet him during a wine-and-cheese reception across the street at our downtown office. The reception is free, and you can RSVP here.

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A eulogy for baseball’s mighty band of cartoon superheroes, the Oakland A’s

After 57 years, the A’s leave Oakland. But this colorful franchise deserves better than to be remembered only by its ugly final days. Here’s to Reggie and Vida, Stew and Eck. Read Wallace Baine’s appreciation as baseball’s regular season winds down.


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10 hot jobs in Santa Cruz County: Week of Sept. 27

Are you on the lookout for a new career path in Santa Cruz County?
Look no further! We’ve curated a list of the top 10 Santa Cruz County job opportunities recently posted to our job board, spanning various industries and roles.




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Table of memories: I’m celebrating Michael’s life at a Seacliff picnic table dedicated in his honor

Lookout columnist Claudia Sternbach is spending the weekend celebrating the life of her husband, Michael, who died in February after a two-month cancer battle. Her friends dedicated a picnic table at Seacliff State Beach in his honor and they are having a party. She has mixed feelings and wishes she had appreciated her old life more. Read her latest Community Voices opinion piece.



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