A combination of strong winds and low relative humidity led to the National Weather Service issuing the red flag warning through Monday at 11 a.m.
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Honoring 10 Santa Cruzans who have risen to the challenge for others in 2020
Santa Cruz Works hosts an online event to express gratitude to those who’ve gone above and beyond to help the community survive 2020
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Commercial crab season delayed again, won’t begin until Dec. 15
Commercial crab fishing takes another hit as the season is delayed a second time.
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For Santa Cruz Mountain winemakers, the 2020 vintage is all about resiliency
From COVID-19 restrictions to prolonged heat to wildfires to smoke taint, it’s a good thing those who make up the Santa Cruz Mountains AVA are a hearty bunch. We talked to a handful about how they’re making the best of a bad situation.
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Newsom’s top 5 candidates for Kamala Harris’s Senate seat all have climate in their bios
The list includes California’s attorney general and secretary of state, two congresswomen and the mayor of Long Beach.
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Music from the ashes: Boulder Creek band films video amid wildfire wreckage
Wolf Jett was primed for a busy year of touring pre-pandemic. Then wildfire took their prized studio and performance site, known as the Hill House. What they did next was the stuff of resilience, inspiration and healing.
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Santa Cruz City Council moves ahead on wharf renovation plan
New Leaf Community Markets brand manager Lindsay Gizdich said the store is moving from Pacific Avenue in order to have…
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The fossil fuel industry wants you to believe it’s good for people of color
The goal is to bulwark oil and gas against ambitious climate change policies by claiming the moral high ground — even as those fuels kindle a global crisis that disproportionately harms people who aren’t white.
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Fire, smoke, heat, drought — how climate change could spoil your next glass of California cabernet
Climate change, wildfires and drought are affecting the crop of California vineyards like Bonny Doon Vineyard in Santa Cruz County and others in the Monterey Bay area.
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An evacuee’s tale: ‘The truth is, being home is hard’
Journalist Amber Turpin was forced from her Ben Lomond home after the wildfires struck. Returning there hasn’t been what she’d thought, but there are finally rays of hope.