Big, bold flavors from northern and southern India brighten up Westside Santa Cruz, and one local chef brings a fresh…
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Sunday Reads: Farewell, Great Morgani … rethinking the purity of yoga
Yes, the tunes at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk are automated — but carefully thought out. The rules are clear: nothing…
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Sunday Reads: One teen’s pregnancy scare; will cremations doom cemeteries?
Everyone seems to be talking about this little brother of tennis, cousin of pingpong and distant relative of badminton,…
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Sunday Reads: Big Basin’s healing powers and the case for microdosing
After a false alarm and warning signs Friday, the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum delivered the news Saturday afternoon that the…
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Sunday Reads: Climate change pays a visit to Wallace’s neighborhood
Pleasure Point’s beat-up beach cottages are being torn down to erect multistory, multimillion-dollar homes. For lifelong…
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Lookout PM: A new Abbott Square taqueria & the complexities of Pleasure Point
UC Santa Cruz provides on-campus housing for more than half of its undergraduate students and is working to provide more…
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Sunday Reads: Time for trivia; experts push back on ODOF
Santa Cruz surfer Nat Young is the top professional wave rider that Surf City has ever produced. But hanging onto your…
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Sunday Reads: A photo shoot for the ages and thoughts on Pleasure Point rezoning
A photo shoot for the ages: The saga of Sleepy John’s retirement send-off A historic group photo of luminary Santa Cruz musicians, brought together to honor the retiring “Sleepy John” Sandidge, almost didn’t happen … until our photographer, Kevin Painchaud, figured out the solution. Wallace Baine tells the tale, complete with Kevin’s images. ➤ MORE […]
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Sunday Reads: Wallace’s excellent Esalen adventure; real talk with an OB-GYN
My Esalen experience: Big Sur’s ‘one-of-a-kind, you-gotta-be-kidding-me, is-this-a-dream?’ kinda day Turns out the universe has a lottery, and today I’m holding the winning ticket, both soaking in the hot springs and washing dishes, at this Nirvana on a hot edge of the Pacific. This is a peak experience for those with aging worn-down bodies, and […]
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Sunday Reads: America after Roe: West Coast unity and one day at a Planned Parenthood clinic
America after Roe: Is the West Coast ascendant as we wonder about the United in the U.S.A. this July Fourth? The “West Coast offense” pact among the governors of California, Oregon and Washington offers up an immediate and meaningful sense of unity, Wallace Baine writes, and with red states engaged in an enormous and ultimately […]