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• After big trade deadline passes, Altuve’s homers lead Astros past SF Giants, Gausman
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• Here’s how the SF Giants plan to use new star Kris Bryant
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• ‘Outside the Frame’ art project disrupted in Santa Cruz
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• Santa Cruz homeless civil rights lawsuit dimissed
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• Land Trust of Santa Cruz County announces new executive director
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• Photo | Fixes will keep lights on at Johnnie’s Super
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• At least 11 confirmed cases of COVID-19 rooted in SLV outbreaks
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• 49ers training camp: Best sights and sounds, from Aiyuk as WR1 to another Shanahan ballboy
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• Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music opens Saturday
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• Some immunity to the COVID-19 virus is waning. Here’s why you shouldn’t worry.
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• Dixie Fire now more than 240,000 aces
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• Editorial: Drought is putting Northern California water supply at risk
  Bay Area residents are just beginning to understand the gravity of the region’s…
• Opinion: America needs a startup visa program to aid entrepreneurs
  Moderna, Pfizer, Google, Tesla. These iconic companies are helping to drive the…
• Pitts: It’s time to start being more coercive about vaccinations
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• Horoscopes July 31, 2021: Zac Brown, it’s up to you to make the most of your life
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• Bridge: July 31, 2021
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• Word Game: July 31, 2021
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• Ask Amy: Is it stealing to charge my car from someone else’s house?
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• Farm Discovery & Cruzio: Bringing Internet Learning to a Farm Setting
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• Downtown Deals to Help You Restart
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• Emergency Broadband Benefit: Your Questions Answered
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• Cruzio Newsletter #207
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• Our Local Employees are Creating Equal Access
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• Join the Cruzio Team
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• Cats on Computers
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• Dogs in Blankets
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• Some Older DSL Services Will End in June
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• Equal Access Santa Cruz FAQ
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• Chuck E. Weiss, Musician Who, in Love, Inspired a Hit Song, Dies at 76
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• Some Covid Vaccine Hesitant Now Express Regret
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• From ‘Call My Agent!’ to Hollywood Career
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• Remains of Esther Dingley, Missing British Hiker, Are Found
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• He Hired 2 Men to Kidnap His Wife. They Ended Up Drowning.
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• Gloria Vanderbilt’s Beekman Place Apartment Is for Sale
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• The Best and Worst Cities to Live Without a Car
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• Tokyo Olympics: Georgia athletes removed from Games after sightseeing trip
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• ICYMI: Decoding feline feelings and a breathtaking bungee jump
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• Billie Eilish opens up on internet trolls
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• Israel accuses Iran over deadly oil tanker attack
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• Nigerian sprinter Okagbare fails drugs test
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• Tokyo Olympics: Novak Djokovic loses to Pablo Carreno Busta in bronze-medal match
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• Australia Covid: Brisbane lockdown after Delta variant cases
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• Simone Biles: Tokyo Olympics gymnast withdraws from two more events
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• Elon Musk: 'I don't want to be CEO of anything'
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• Volunteer firefighters needed in Santa Cruz County
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• Cotoni-Coast Dairies trails, bike plans face appeals
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• Pilot food-waste program expected to expand in Santa Cruz
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• Wildfire preparation groups double in Santa Cruz County
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• Santa Cruz jail inmates transition to private mental health care
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• Santa Cruz County rail funding search continues
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• Santa Cruz credit union board to discuss building sale for hotel
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• Santa Cruz sobering center could reopen in January
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• Time to tango: Sara Isenberg’s last dance with Santa Cruz Tech Beat
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• Invaluable Partners: Baskin School of Engineering and Santa Cruz Tech Beat
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• Astronomers track down fast radio bursts to galaxies’ spiral arms
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• Voices of the Valley: Candace Wilson, GreenVenus
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• Why Joby Aviation wants to focus on the simplicity of things by following the simplest principles and solutions to take an electric aircraft off the ground
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• Western Growers Selects 13 Innovation Companies for First Harvest Automation Cohort
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• Where to find comedy in Santa Cruz
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• After The Fall: One Boomer’s Tale of Reckoning
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• A Sleep Doctor’s Advice for Quality Shut-Eye
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• Secrets of a Serial Santa Cruz Movie Extra
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• Spritzer Trend Comes to Santa Cruz
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• Someone Made a Playable Clone of Pokemon For the Pebble Smartwatch
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• Virtual Contact Worse Than No Contact For Over-60s In Lockdown, Says Study
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• New Android Malware Uses VNC To Spy and Steal Passwords From Victims
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