Santa Cruzans could soon see West Cliff Drive become a one-way street all the way from Bay Street to Woodrow Avenue as city officials begin to seriously consider implementing a managed retreat strategy for the iconic stretch of coastal road.
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You are not ‘totally alone in this’: NAMI’s 40 years of working to support those living with mental illness
The organization on the front lines of mental health awareness, advocacy and education has been around for four decades, but the work has ratcheted up exponentially in recent years. Many of those helping shed the stigma are among those whose lives were suddenly upended by the tragic consequences of unchecked mental health conditions.
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How Thomas Sage Pedersen found himself at the center of a burgeoning Black renaissance in Santa Cruz
Thomas Sage Pedersen’s journey has taken him from growing up in a white family in Hollister to the life of a Santa Cruz street musician and now a guiding voice in a local Black community that’s vibrating with exploration of arts, culture, philosophy and more. “This place is primed for this,” the organizer-podcaster-entrepreneur says of the momentum propelling a renaissance.
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Natural erosion causes new West Cliff collapse at Steamer Lane
A section of the cliff behind the lighthouse at Steamer Lane collapsed into the ocean late Friday morning. The City of Santa Cruz’s public works department has posted warning signage but has not closed any part of the area yet. West Cliff Drive has seen several significant erosion events over the past few months.
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Pascal Le Boeuf brings a little Santa Cruz to the Grammys
“Snapshots,” a song by jazz pianist and Santa Cruz native Pascal Le Boeuf, was nominated for Best Instrumental Composition, and he and twin brother Remy are coming back home for a Kuumbwa show.
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The Voice is live!
Santa Cruz Voice, the new livestreaming venture of longtime KSCO radio host Rosemary Chalmers, is now available and populated by hosts who will be plenty familiar to local listeners.
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Poetry open mic gaining steam at Abbott Square
“Inter|Act” gets participants up in front of an audience to read their poetry every other Tuesday outdoors at Abbott Square. The next session is Valentine’s Day, and the theme, its host says, is “going to be whatever love means to you.”
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Santa Cruz County Fair board to meet Tuesday amid ongoing Dave Kegebein firing controversy
Dave Kegebein, fired abruptly in October as CEO of the Santa Cruz County Fair, says he hopes to “provide entertainment” at Tuesday’s meeting, at which he and his supporters aim to confront the fair’s board about the upheaval that also included the replacement of two board members.
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Farnaz Fatemi county’s new poet laureate
Iranian American writer and poet Farnaz Fatemi, a member of the popular The Hive Poetry Collective at KSQD-FM and who most recently published a collection of her poems titled “Sister Tongue” in September 2022, takes over as Santa Cruz County’s poet laureate from David Sullivan.
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Santa Cruzan gets ‘Jeopardy!’ spotlight
“Originally relating to a story of suffering, this word now commonly refers to strong emotion of any kind”: That’s the clue that tripped up Sam Meehan of Santa Cruz on popular game show “Jeopardy!”