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The Truth About Spirulina
NewsEnvironment May 14, 2013, by Maria Grusauskas 2 Comments
On a recent layover in Chicago, I found myself standing in the smoothie line at the airport, dazed, jet-lagged, and craving kale. Or anything green. I’d been away from California too long.
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Do Needle Exchanges Work?
NewsLocalCommunity May 14, 2013, by Jacob Pierce 6 Comments
On paper things look good for the future of Santa Cruz’s needle exchange program, which the city basically punted to the county earlier this year, allowing county health officials to oversee the program outside city limits and come up with new regulations.
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Urban backpacking, “West End” skepticism and Scouts’ Honor get readers writing.
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Why the Warriors Are a Win for Santa Cruz
NewsLocalCommunity May 08, 2013, by Fred Keeley 1 Comments
The team may have lost in the finals, but Country Treasurer Fred Keeley says this season is an unqualified success.
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Local Author Takes on Cancer Fight
NewsCommunity Apr 30, 2013, by Maria Grusauskas 1 Comments
I haven’t even known Fred Reiss for a full minute, and I’m running my hands through his hair. To my surprise, it really is “baby soft.” And with a mind of its own, like dandelion fluff drifting atop his six-foot frame. If it wasn’t attached, it would surely float away.
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The Life and Legacy of Bob Brozman
NewsLocal Apr 30, 2013, by Steve Palopoli 119 Comments
By the time he died on April 23, Brozman had said and taught so much, both as a guitarist and an ethnomusicologist. With his sharp wit, his trademark National steel sound, his global sonic vision and an approach to his instruments that balanced wild-man blues with methodical logic, he transformed so many people’s thinking about music, just as he did mine.
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Warriors Fall in Finals
NewsLocalSports Apr 30, 2013, by Jacob Pierce
After a four-game undefeated playoff run, the Santa Cruz Warriors wrapped up their monumentally successful season over the weekend by letting it fall apart in the championship with they problems that had plagued them for weeks— easy missed shots and turnovers.
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Police Video Goes Viral
NewsLocalCommunity Apr 30, 2013, by Jacob Pierce 3 Comments
Several thousand people this past week have watched a homeless man’s face hit the sidewalk on Pacific Avenue. A Santa Cruz Police officer was arresting him for public intoxication early in the morning on Monday, April 22, as activist Brent Adams filmed the incident with a video camera.
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Santa Cruz Music Icon Bob Brozman Dies
NewsLocalCommunityObituaries Apr 25, 2013, by Steve Palopoli 96 Comments
Bob Brozman, the steel-guitar innovator and ethnomusicologist who got his start playing on the streets of Santa Cruz, has died, according to his family.
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Permaculture Takes Root in Santa Cruz
NewsEnvironmentLocal Apr 23, 2013, by Sally Neas 2 Comments
“It’s spring time,” proclaims permaculture teacher David Shaw, as he clutches a hunter green steel digging fork. “Time to go.”
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