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Holiday Gift Guide
The Art of GiftingThis year, maybe it’s best to pay somebody to untangle your old holiday lights. Three words: “Don’t freak out!” That said, welcome to the Holiday Season. In between attending a...
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Life After High School
Nonprofit seeks to connect students with career inspirationLocal Cassidy Clawson had been working at his father’s Santa Cruz-based medical device manufacturing company, BC Tech, since he was young....
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Fins To The Left
The long menu at Watsonville’s Cadillac Café offers sensory satisfaction At any time of year, I find visiting the rural landscape rejuvenating. On a recent drive down Freedom Boulevard, cows on a...
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Behind The Curtain
The journey is the destination in new MAH exhibition, ‘Work in Progress’You can cut me off at any time, because I tend to ramble a little bit,” warns artist Ze Frank. More often than not, his responses...
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Quinta Cruz
Rabelo Dessert Wine 2007When Jeff Emery of Santa Cruz Mountain Vineyard makes wine, he goes all out to make sure it is the very best product in every way. He is a talented and dedicated winemaker who...
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Holiday Hit List
Get in the spirit of the season with these holiday favorites, hand-selected by your friends at GT.Mariah Carey “All I Want For Christmas Is You”Ray Conniff and the Ray Conniff Singers “The Little...
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Keeping It Simple
Local association of faith groups helps the homeless with straightforward servicesFor more than four years, the Arredondo family struggled in and out of homelessness in Watsonville, sleeping in their...
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Femmes On Film
Women star in three pivotal movie trends of 2012 As women (very slowly) gain more clout and credence in the film biz, it's worth noting how our image is evolving onscreen. Three trends emerged in the...
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Santa Cruz Calendar
Live Music and Events Calendar> Music Club Grid PDF >>>>Community Events Calendar>>> Post Community Events free>> Santa Cruz Visitor Guide>> GT Active Outdoor...
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Here Comes the Sun King
The final weeks of 2012 bring us the release of The Hobbit, the end of the Mayan calendar and the world’s first post-apocalyptic winter holiday. Coincidence? Take a look at the mythical symbolism...
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Community Fund
Create a sea of change. Begin by learning more about five local nonprofits in our annual Community Fund issue.Sometimes the best gifts come unwrapped. No curly ribbons or bows. No frills. Often, these...
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Nourishing The Next Generation
Nonprofit combats obesity and diabetes by cooking with local kidsEver since Yeyen Gunawan, local nutritionist and former owner of Cafe La Vie in Downtown Santa Cruz, took her 3-year-old daughter to a...
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The Last Full Moon of 2012
Friday, sometime after midnight, is the last full moon of 2012. It’s the Capricorn solar festival. This full moon of Initiation concludes both the Festival week of the New Group of World Servers (NGWS)...
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Steppe Inside
Oyunaa’s brings traditional Mongolian nomadic fare with a dash of Russia to midtown In the 1970s, Mongolian barbecue chains spread like wildfire into strip malls across America. I recall gathering my...
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Mixed Nutzle
Clowns and pot plants abound in Santa Cruz art icon Futzie Nutzle’s latest exhibitWhen it came time to put together his new 100-piece retrospective, “Creating the Path,” local art icon and former...
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DaVine Cellars
Cabernet Sauvignon 2008Fandango in Pacific Grove is one of the most popular restaurants in the area. It has gained a fine reputation over the years due, in no small part, to the expertise of chef and...
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Reaching 100,000
Record number of calls for service help police work, but crime is still upEarlier this month, there was a wager going around the Santa Cruz Police Department on when they would hit 100,000 calls for...
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Bright Ideas for 2013
Most of us have experienced times in our lives when we have had the thought: “You know, if I had my way, I would have circumstances look like this—or that—but not that, which is this.” Follow along....
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Pizza, Pasta, Amore
Focaccia brings a slice of Italy to Water Street Grana Padano is popping up on menus around the county. This medieval cheese is made similarly to Parmagiano-Reggiano, but the cows graze a different...
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Looking For Answers
Watsonville Youth City Council plans to survey policeThe Watsonville Police Department will face questioning by the Watsonville Youth City Council (WYCC) this month.The survey of officers is the first...
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