The COVID shutdown hit right as Santa Cruz’s Jewel Theatre was about to launch a production, and everyone will pick up more or less where they left off when a six-show season kicks off at the Colligan Theater on Sept. 15.
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Sprouting a movement: Veganism goes mainstream
Santa Cruz has had a vegan streak for years, and between the area’s open-minded consumers, access to fresh, top-quality ingredients and the blossoming of options at big chains like Safeway, “it’s never been easier to go plant-based.”
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Man on a mission: How Gordon Rudy helped his Boulder Creek neighborhood weather the CZU flames
From sneaking back to his Boulder Creek neighborhood and helping dig a fire line to racing through the woods on his dirt bike with a makeshift fire extinguisher to put out burning stumps, Gordon Rudy played a key role in saving his property and a number of others.
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Your fall COVID game plan: Are stadiums safe?
Fall and football go hand in hand. But with COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths soaring from the Delta variant, is it safe to go to the stadium? Kaiser Health News asks the experts.
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Happy Masks became a COVID must-have. That sparked a back-to-school frenzy
Happy Masks’ face coverings for kids are a back-to-school sensation amid heightened COVID-19 anxiety — but good luck buying one. “It felt like I was trying to get tickets to the Rolling Stones,” said one mom after a recent failed attempt.
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BOLO Best Bets: Patti Smith, Padma Lakshmi, First Friday galore and Bacon & Bloody Mary Fest
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Posted inCOVID 2022
California sees progress in coronavirus fight compared with Texas, Florida, other states
Compared with some other large states, California is seeing some positive signs in fighting the latest coronavirus surge fueled by the Delta variant. As of Tuesday, California’s seven-day positivity rate was 4.6%, down from 5.8% two weeks ago. By contrast, Texas has a test positivity rate of 16%.
Posted inCOVID 2022
‘Momentous occasion’ as 80% statewide have gotten at least one vaccine dose
The rate of vaccinated is encouraging, but concerns remain: thousands remain hospitalized, and about 89 people are still dying of COVID each day.
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The road to recovery: local non-profits vaccinate residents with 200k in funding from Kaiser Permanente
New Leaf Community Markets brand manager Lindsay Gizdich said the store is moving from Pacific Avenue in order to have…
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Big Basin before and after CZU, through one local filmmaker’s eyes
The stark, straightforward “Big Basin Will Never Be The Same” uses side-by-side film of Eric Parson’s favorite trail run in Big Basin, one side shot before the 2020 blaze and one after, to sound an alarm about what our forests are facing.