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Would you support tougher gun regulations?
I would support tougher gun regulation as far as military style weapons that you can’t use for hunting. They're basically used to kill. Hand guns and shotguns and other types of weapons like that, I...
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Last of the Best
Five noteworthy 2012 films to watch for in 2013 The carols have been sung, the New Year's champagne quaffed, and various large, stuffed, cinematic holiday hams have been delivered to local movie...
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Lounging Around
Gazing out a window from the lounge at the Dream Inn’s Aquarius restaurant on a sunny mid-afternoon, the wharf stretched out on sapphire water while seagulls had the Cowells Beach sand to themselves....
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Sliding Doors
The Doors’ Ray Manzarek and slide guitar virtuoso Roy Rogers on performing, grasping the infinite moment and teaching Jim Morrison to singYou have to give Ray Manzarek credit for helping keep the...
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Embracing Strength
New performance piece at Motion at the Mill explores how disability can become opportunityThe first thing you should know about “Your Body is Not a Shark” is that it is not about triumphing against...
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Connecting Vets With Cannabis
One local woman’s mission to use marijuana and hemp to help returning veteransThere were approximately 21.5 million U.S. military veterans in 2011, including more than 13,000 living in Santa Cruz...
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A New Year Of Happy
As the new year begins, we discover how happy Santa Cruz County is, what sources contribute to our happiness, and what we can do as individuals and a community to improve our happiness level in...
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Keeping it Real
Real Thai Kitchen updates both its look and its menuThe Seabright neighborhood’s Real Thai Kitchen, which is on my short list of Thai restaurants, has seen three owners in a year and a half. The...
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Points of Light Within the Square
Friday (Jan. 11) is the first new moon of 2013 (22 degrees Capricorn). The moon and Sun, joined by Mercury, offer a message to humanity. It’s time to learn how to create and build the new world...
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Water World
‘The Impossible’ an intense drama of tsunami survival If you’ve ever had a hankering to find out what it’s like to be swept up in a tsunami—without, you know, the life-threatening peril—look no further...
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Kirigin Cellars
California champagne—a delicious sparkling wineAlthough we are a couple of weeks into 2013, it doesn’t mean that we should put away the Champagnes and sparkling wines. I love to open up a nice sparkler...
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Name our local government’s biggest flaw and its strongest asset.
The biggest flaw is that they want to spend money on a desalination plant. And the biggest asset is that there are people there that we can talk to that we can work with. Betsy PhillipsSanta Cruz |...
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Behind Bars
Filmmaker depicts how music shapes the lives of the incarceratedAny opening night jitters that Benjamin Harbert may feel at the Santa Cruz debut of his documentary on Louisiana prison music, will be...
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Examining Exhibitionism
San Francesca turns off the computer, flips on the synths, takes a look in the mirror Examining the cover of San Francesca’s latest release, you might observe that the nine, evenly spaced square...
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Healing Historical Wounds
Two hundred years later, ‘Mission Indians’ receive an apology from local Catholic bishopOn the night of Oct. 12, 1812, a small group of Mission Indians conspired to kill Padre Andres Quintana, a priest...
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Kundalini Rising
A local devotional singer and her yogi parents are raising consciousness and making miracles happen. GT’s Damon Orion illuminates their spirited tale with exclusive interviews with Oprah Winfrey, Ram...
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Griddled, not Fried
Tucked in at the back of an alleyway in the Rancho del Mar shopping center is a little taqueria called Sofia’s. The staff is friendly, the menu is hand-written on a white board, and they have my vote...
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Freedom And Humanity
Friday night/Saturday morning both Mercury and the Sun enter Aquarius, in time for the Presidential Inauguration (in Aquarius). President Obama’s rising sign is Aquarius. The United States’ moon is...
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Pelican Ranch Winery
Rosé of Syrah 2010: Thinking PinkPelican Ranch was pouring a selection of its wines at one of the Wine Wednesday events that run weekly at Seascape Resort. I was immediately impressed by the Rosé of...
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Forty Years After Roe v. Wade
In celebrating Roe v. Wade’s 40th anniversary, pro-choice Cruzans look to the continuing fight for reproductive rights aheadAs the Supreme Court’s landmark Roe v. Wade decision nears its 40th...
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