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Santa Cruz is not immune to hate — let’s build our own table of cooperation

Opinion from Community Voices

Santa Cruz is not immune to hate — let’s build our own table of cooperation

By John Brown Childs, Nader Oweis

Quick Take

John Brown Childs — a UC Santa Cruz distinguished professor emeritus of sociology and veteran of the civil rights...
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Remembering fire captain Brian Tracy: How do I do justice to the man who stole my heart in minutes?

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Remembering fire captain Brian Tracy: How do I do justice to the man who stole my heart in minutes?

By Stephanie Tracy

Quick Take

Brian Tracy, a 16-year veteran of the Santa Cruz Fire Department, lost his two-year battle against brain cancer on April...
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The U.S. Senate should approve the U.N. high seas treaty — we need this protection for our ocean

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The U.S. Senate should approve the U.N. high seas treaty — we need this protection for our ocean

By Dan Haifley

Quick Take

Environmentalist Dan Haifley says the newly minted United Nations high seas treaty will protect the “wild west” of...
Letters to the Editor

Letter to the editor: Of course new buildings will change the Santa Cruz vibe

Letters to the Editor

Letter to the editor: Of course new buildings will change the Santa Cruz vibe
Letters to the Editor

Letter to the editor: As Santa Cruz builds, multistory downtown housing does not have to be ugly

Letters to the Editor

Letter to the editor: As Santa Cruz builds, multistory downtown housing does not have to be ugly
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When is it not safe to surf? My experience surfing in the world’s shark-attack capital

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When is it not safe to surf? My experience surfing in the world’s shark-attack capital

By Evan Quarnstrom

Quick Take

Nowhere in the world has been more dangerous for surfers than Reunion Island, a French department in the Indian Ocean....
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UCSC students should expect more from their administration in combating antisemitism and hate

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UCSC students should expect more from their administration in combating antisemitism and hate

By Bodie Shargel

Quick Take

UC Santa Cruz is seeing a problematic rise in antisemitic acts, writes second-year music major Bodie Shargel. Shargel...
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Toward a March 2024 housing bond measure in Santa Cruz

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Toward a March 2024 housing bond measure in Santa Cruz

By James Weller

Quick Take

James Weller, a local housing advocate, thinks he has an answer to our community’s most vexing issue, the fact that most...
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New housing is coming to our communities — be part of the process

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New housing is coming to our communities — be part of the process

By Don Lane, Elizabeth Madrigal

Quick Take

The next six months will be transformative for Santa Cruz County. In that time, each city council and the county board...
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I’m a Mexican-American UCSC student and I’m sick of the performative activism in Santa Cruz County

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I’m a Mexican-American UCSC student and I’m sick of the performative activism in Santa Cruz County

By Sebastián Valdez

Quick Take

Sebastián Valdez crossed the U.S-Mexico border every day starting at age 13 to go to school in the U.S. It cost him time...

Community Voices

Imagine someone hits your car and leaves the scene. Or maybe your child or friend gets caught shoplifting or with a fake...

John Brown Childs — a UC Santa Cruz distinguished professor emeritus of sociology and veteran of the civil rights...

Brian Tracy, a 16-year veteran of the Santa Cruz Fire Department, lost his two-year battle against brain cancer on April...

Environmentalist Dan Haifley says the newly minted United Nations high seas treaty will protect the “wild west” of...

Nowhere in the world has been more dangerous for surfers than Reunion Island, a French department in the Indian Ocean....

UC Santa Cruz is seeing a problematic rise in antisemitic acts, writes second-year music major Bodie Shargel. Shargel...

James Weller, a local housing advocate, thinks he has an answer to our community’s most vexing issue, the fact that most...

The next six months will be transformative for Santa Cruz County. In that time, each city council and the county board...

Sebastián Valdez crossed the U.S-Mexico border every day starting at age 13 to go to school in the U.S. It cost him time...

Nathaly Rodriguez is a lactation consultant in Watsonville and is tired of seeing her colleagues leave for better jobs...

Reggie Meisler, an advocate for the unhoused, has a simple message for the California Coastal Commission members set to...

Lookout columnist Claudia Sternbach is outraged at the latest spate of gun violence gripping our nation. She blames the...

Small, mostly Latinx farmers across the Central Coast need more help than they are getting, write farmworker advocates...

A nearly $40 million infusion of state funding for public transit and transit-oriented housing is good news for our...

Ami Chen Mills is worried about our planet, our youth — including her own daughters — and our politicians and leaders,...

Watsonville resident Takashi Mizuno is worried about his neighbors in Pajaro, many of whom lost everything to the storms...

Santa Cruz city planning commissioners Pete Kennedy and Michael Polhamus respond to their colleagues Cyndi Dawson and...

Longtime activist and former “meat dress” wearer Ann J. Simonton wants to see attitudes about sexual violence change in...