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Trek on Track
Characters, action, humor, surprise fuel 'Star Trek Into Darkness'J. J. Abrams has figured out the secret to building a better franchise: treat the source material with respect, but not reverence,...
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From Rough Seas to the Trees
Former owner of Wharf Bait Shop makes a splash with Felton Italian deli The students at San Lorenzo Valley High School may be some of the luckiest in the county since the opening of Castelli’s...
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Striking a Chord
Jazz Society faces financial uncertainty, seeks supportChances are good that if you’ve ever been to a live jazz show at a local bar or restaurant, the performance was arranged by the Jazz Society of...
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Waiting for Snow to Melt
José González on the chilly atmosphere pervading Junip’s mesmerizing new recordTen years ago, I used to have music as my hobby. My main thing was studying biochemistry,” reflects José González, from...
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Powered by You
Community Choice Aggregation gives local energy a chanceCome June, the public will be let in on a secret. It's the secret to buying and selling renewable energy at a competitive price.Community Choice...
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Marching for Justice
California lawyers walk from San Diego to Sacramento to raise awareness of the wrongfully convictedIn 1993, William Richards returned home from work after midnight to his remote community in San...
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Food & Wine News
What’s happening on the local sceneSanta Cruz Mountain Brewing’s New Casinos IPA BeerSanta Cruz Mountain Brewing has just launched its latest beer—called Casinos—in collaboration with the Santa Cruz...
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Out on a Limb
From unique children’s playhouses to full-fledged homes, we take a look at impressive treehouses that call Santa Cruz County trees homeOn a recent evening, after a wrong turn led to a precarious drive...
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Dried Out
Time to hang up the franchise with 'Hangover III'It was the perfect storm of circumstances. First, the Memorial Day holiday and early deadlines; second, an attempted screening malfunction earlier in...
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GT Active
Welcome ... Now, Get Out!Three’s a charm for GT Active. In our third year of Good Times Weekly’s annual magazine, we salute the great outdoors in Santa Cruz County and also take a deeper look into the...
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Making the Grade
The quest to identify sources of high levels of bacteria at Cowell Beach continuesWith straight As on Heal the Bay’s annual “beach report card” for 10 out of 13 Santa Cruz County beaches—Main Beach,...
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Far from Heaven
Veteran solo performer revisits childhood trauma in ambitious one-man showWhen an 8-year-old Mark Kenward and his family moved from Normal, Il., to Nantucket, Mass., they did so with quintessentially...
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To Arm or Disarm?
While gun sales soar nationally, a group of musicians fundraise for a local gun buy-backIn the wake of high-profile incidents of gun violence—from the Sandy Hook school shooting last December to the...
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A Very Fine House
Casa Nostra rolls out traditional Italian fare under the redwoods of Ben LomondA trio of restaurateurs with backgrounds at local favorites Star Bene and Oak Tree Ristorante have upgraded the old home...
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Quinta Cruz
Souzão 2009As one of the judges for the Dare to Pair event, held last month at Surf City Vintners, I happily plowed my way through 11 plates of food paired with 11 different wines. Each dish was...
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Film, Times & Events: Week of June 6
Films This WeekCheck out the movies playing around town.With: Reviews, Movie Timesclick here.Santa Cruz area movie theaters>
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The Plug Bug & Corbin Dunn
Mechanic, programmer, acrobat, builder, tinkerer.Corbin Dunn's 1969 Volkswagen Beetle is a fully electric vehicle. It has an electric motor powered by 48 stacked squares of Lithium-ion battery cells...
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Poems from the 20th Annual High School Poetry Competition
Editor’s note: For this edition of Poetry Corner, we’ve chosen to spotlight the first and second place winners of the 20th annual Santa Cruz County High School Poetry Competition: Ellie Loustalot and...
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Good Morning Maui
Pono Hawaiian Grill rolls out Hawaiian-style weekend brunchGoodness, righteousness, virtuousness and fairness are some of the four-score English words that attempt to describe the Hawaiian essence of...
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Stranger than Fiction
Memphis singer-songwriter, Amy LaVere, finds joy and humor in painful situationsProducer Craig Silvey likely saved singer-songwriter Amy LaVere’s life a few years back. Before recording 2011’s Stranger...
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