• Horoscopes Oct. 22, 2024: Christopher Lloyd, setting your mind free
  CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Jesse Tyler Ferguson, 49; Saffron Burrows, 52; Jeff Goldblum, 72; Christopher Ll…
• Downtown Santa Cruz attempted stabbing investigation leads to arrest
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• 49ers’ Monday blues — reviewing Chiefs film, Deebo Samuel hospitalized with pneumonia
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• Why Kerr is optimistic about a bounce-back season for Wiggins on Warriors
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• Kurtenbach: Kyle Shanahan played not to lose — so the 49ers lost
  SANTA CLARA – There are so many reasons the 49ers lost to the Chiefs on Sunday. Too many reasons to count, per…
• Jonathan Kuminga, Warriors don’t reach extension before deadline
  SAN FRANCISCO — The Warriors didn’t come to an agreement with Jonathan Kuminga on a rookie contract extension…
• 4 killed in helicopter crash into Houston radio tower
  HOUSTON (AP) — Four people aboard a helicopter were killed when it crashed into a radio tower in Houston and b…
• Facing 7 more lawsuits, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs protests a ‘fresh wave of publicity’
  By LARRY NEUMEISTER NEW YORK (AP) — Seven new lawsuits have been filed against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, including o…
• Prosecutors: Ex-officer’s gunshots put people in danger the night of deadly Breonna Taylor raid
  By DYLAN LOVAN LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The 10 shots Brett Hankison fired into Breonna Taylor ‘s apartment the n…
• DeSantis using state money, time and his power to fight abortion rights measure
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• Kristof: Biden has an opportunity now in Gaza, but only if he pushes
    The question now is: Can Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be pressure…
• Word Game: Oct. 22, 2024
  TODAY’S WORD — ALBEIT ALBEIT: all-BEE-it: Even though; although. Average mark 17…
• Horoscopes Oct. 22, 2024: Christopher Lloyd, setting your mind free
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• Asking Eric: She booted me from the party list because of her backbiting friends
  Dear Eric: Could you settle an argument? My husband has a friend and coworker wh…
• Harriette Cole: I’m hurt by what my sister said about my new baby
  DEAR HARRIETTE: As a new mom to my precious 3-month-old, I’m experiencing a whir…
• Miss Manners: She says she ‘now has money’ but she won’t tell me where she got it
  DEAR MISS MANNERS: My half-sister is 11 years older than me. As far as I can tel…
• Today in History: October 22, Apollo 7 returns with a splash
  Today is Tuesday, Oct. 22, the 296th day of 2024. There are 70 days left in the…
• Dear Abby: I heard my husband call this woman sweetheart. He says he misspoke.
  DEAR ABBY: I caught my husband talking on the phone to another woman. I heard hi…
• Pacifica police find one stolen vehicle inside another
  PACIFICA – A traffic stop ended in the arrest of a 33-year-old San Francisco man…
• Single-family home in Pleasanton sells for $3.2 million
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• Faster Internet Coming to Coastside San Mateo
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• 🎨 First Friday at CruzioWorks!🎨
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• Black-footed Cats
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• Hidden Fortress Opens Cafe at Cruzioworks
  Amelia and her staff are super friendly and they serve great food Hidden Fortres…
• Cruzio Got a Grant. What That Means for You
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• Cruzio Rides the Giant Dipper (and More)
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• Federal Internet Subsidies are Gone — But We’re Still Helping
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• SCLU Takes the Win at the Memorial Day Surf Contest
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• Equal Access in Watsonville, CA
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• Newsletter #218
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• America’s Flooding Problem
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• India and China Reach Border Deal That Could Ease Hostilities
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• Early Voting Grows Among Republicans, and a Lithium Trove in Arkansas
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• Hamas’s Guerrilla Tactics in North Gaza Make It Hard to Defeat
  Israel has decimated Hamas’s military wing, along with much of Gaza. But the gro…
• The Healthy and Unhealthy Ways to Digest Polls in the Final Two Weeks
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• Voter Fraud Isn’t As Bad As You Think
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• Yellen Rebukes Chinese Lending Practices in Call for Debt Relief
  In an interview, the Treasury secretary also highlighted progress at the World B…
• What’s Wrong With Donald Trump?
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• Russia’s Warming Arctic Is a Climate Threat. War Has Shut Scientists Out of It.
  Climate science has been stymied as Russia continues its war in Ukraine. The sta…
• Which Republican Might Join a Harris Cabinet? We Asked Around.
  In a text message, Mitt Romney sounded down on the idea. John Bolton said his ch…

• Woman reaching for phone gets stuck upside down in boulders
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• BBC tours hospital Israel says sits above millions in Hezbollah gold
  The BBC’s Orla Guerin is taken on a tour of Al Sahel Hospital in Beirut.
• Will the Harris-Cheney show persuade anti-Trump Republicans?
  The Democratic candidate targeted disaffected Republicans in three of the most c…
• Why Trump is courting old friends from the WWE
  For the only WWE Hall of Famer to make it to the White House, chatting with wres…
• China holds live-fire drills on island closest to Taiwan
  The drills were held for more than four hours in Niushan, an island 105km from T…
• Aboriginal protester arrested during King's Sydney tour
  The man was arrested for yelling slogans echoing those an Australian senator aim…
• 'He is a King of thieves': Aboriginal protester arrested in Sydney
  BBC footage shows the protester shouting to crowds waiting to see King Charles o…
• Blade Runner 2049 maker sues Musk over robotaxi images
  Alcon Entertainment says it denied a request to use material from the film at th…
• Mother of British-Egyptian political prisoner goes on hunger strike
  Alaa Abdel Fattah is a British-Egyptian national who has spent most of the last…
• Why was Trump serving fries in McDonald’s?
  The BBC’s Lily Jamali explains the backstory behind the former president’s campa…

• Proposed Downtown Santa Cruz rules seek to cap building heights
  Pacific Station South is a seven-story project with 70 below-market-rate apartme…
• Fact check: No on Z, the campaign against a Santa Cruz soda tax
  The No on Z campaign mailed at least nine fliers to Santa Cruz voters as of Oct….
• Estas agencias ofrecen ayuda para la renta en el área de Watsonville
  Hay algunos recursos para ayudar a pagar la renta y asistir en buscar vivienda e…
• Fact check: County supervisor candidate Monica Martinez and a lawsuit against Encompass
  Encompass CEO Monica Martinez speaks at a groundbreaking ceremony of an Encompas…
• Central Fire to pay out nearly $1 million in firefighters’ brawl
  Central Fire District agreed to pay nearly $1 million in a civil suit brought by…
• Capitola City Council aims for Capitola Mall redevelopment
  The Capitola City Council recently discussed potential incentives for developers…
• Santa Cruz Local Election Guide launches
    SANTA CRUZ >> Ballots for the Nov. 5 election are expected to be mailed this w…
• Santa Cruz County supervisors to weigh ban on filtered cigarette sales
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• Would Measure N demolish a Live Oak senior center for teacher housing?
  Live Oak School District owns the Elena Baskin Live Oak Senior Center. (Grace St…
• Architects describe 6-story apartment proposal on Mission St. in Santa Cruz
  A housing proposal on the 1800 block of Mission Street in Santa Cruz grew from t…

• Doing Good: Rotary International
  The first service club is over 100 years old and still doing good in the world.
• Meet the Radical Rotarians
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• Billions in Bonds on Your Ballot
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• How California Governments Borrow Money
  Municipal bonds fund water systems, school buildings, parks, police stations and…
• Your Ballot Is in the Mail: It's Democracy Week 2024
  As voters receive their ballots for the 2024 presidential election and important…
• Doing Good: The League of Women Voters
  The decades of work to win the right to vote for women was only the beginning.
• The Attack on the Popular Vote
  In more than 30 states, it’s harder than ever to vote this year. But in Californ…
• Doing Good: Soroptimist International
  Making a better world for women and preparing women to make a better world.
• The Changing Nature of Doing Good
  The legacy of ‘service clubs’ such as Soroptomists and Rotary lives on in a new…
• A History of Mutual Aid
  Volunteering and looking out for one another is central to community life.

• Over 6,000 WordPress Hacked To Install Plugins Pushing Infostealers
  WordPress sites are being compromised through malicious plugins that display fak…
• NASA Further Delays First Operational Starliner Flight
  NASA will rely on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon for two crewed missions to the ISS in 202…
• Basecamp-Maker 37Signals Says Its 'Cloud Exit' Will Save It $10 Million Over 5 Years
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: 37Signals is not a compan…
• Amazon Ditches Plastic Air Pillows
  Amazon has reached its goal set earlier this year to completely get rid of plast…
• One-Third of DHS's Border Surveillance Cameras Are Broken, Memo Says
  According to an internal Border Patrol memo, nearly one-third of the surveillanc…
• TikTok Owner Sacks Intern For Sabotaging AI Project
  TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, fired an intern for “maliciously interfering…
• T-Mobile, AT&T Oppose Unlocking Rule, Claim Locked Phones Are Good For Users
  An anonymous reader writes: T-Mobile and AT&T say US regulators should drop a pl…
• Disney To Name Bob Iger's Successor In Early 2026
  Disney has appointed former Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman to replace Nike Exec…
• iFixit's Meta Quest 3S Teardown Reveals a Quest 2 'Hiding Inside'
  In a new teardown video published last week, iFixit reveals a Quest 2 headset “h…
• 'Blade Runner 2049' Producer Sues Tesla, Warner Bros. Discovery
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Hollywood Reporter: A production co…

• Doing Good: Rotary International
  The first service club is over 100 years old and still doing good in the world.
• Meet the Radical Rotarians
  An international network of business leaders are working to build local alliance…
• Billions in Bonds on Your Ballot
  Californians are being asked to approve two bond measures totaling $20 billion i…
• How California Governments Borrow Money
  Municipal bonds fund water systems, school buildings, parks, police stations and…
• Your Ballot Is in the Mail: It's Democracy Week 2024
  As voters receive their ballots for the 2024 presidential election and important…
• Doing Good: The League of Women Voters
  The decades of work to win the right to vote for women was only the beginning.
• The Attack on the Popular Vote
  In more than 30 states, it’s harder than ever to vote this year. But in Californ…
• Doing Good: Soroptimist International
  Making a better world for women and preparing women to make a better world.
• The Changing Nature of Doing Good
  The legacy of ‘service clubs’ such as Soroptomists and Rotary lives on in a new…
• A History of Mutual Aid
  Volunteering and looking out for one another is central to community life.

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