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• Beloved former Warrior Kevon Looney welcomed back to Bay Area: ‘So many memories’
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• Scotts Valley girls produce their best team finish at CIF Cross Country Championships
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• Santa Cruz | Megha Majumdar explores climate threat through dual narrative in new book
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• Misinformation spreads as Trump moves to cut aid for some California students
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• 49ers elevate kicker Matt Gay, linebacker Jalen Graham from practice squad
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• Photos | Moving smoothly on the rink at the Santa Cruz Roller Palladium
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• For Monterey County pesticide activists, history appears to repeat itself
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• St. Ignatius stuns SHC with Charlie Ball’s pick-six, Thomas McKeon’s walk-off 40-yard field goal to win CCS D-II title
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• Shoppers show out for Small Business Saturday in South Bay
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• Review: Is Sarah McLachlan’s voice still better than ice cream?
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• Santa Claus going green at Christmas in the Park this year
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• Arizona beats ASU to complete turnaround season: What’s next for the T-Cup rivals as the (peaceful) offseason approaches
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• Tom Stoppard dies; wrote brain-teasing plays and movies including ‘Brazil,’ ‘Coast of Utopia,’ ‘The Real Thing’
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• AI country hit ‘Walk My Walk’ built on Blanco Brown’s sound sparks ethical questions
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• First Friday at Cruzio Featuring Liminal Space!
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• 'Too scared to speak' – Nigerian villagers on living in the midst of kidnap gangs
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• Watch: Moment huge fireball destroys Sydney waste facility
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• Forgotten photos reveal women who powered India's freedom struggle
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• Why I spend hours painstakingly repairing banknotes
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• Trump to pardon ex-Honduras president convicted of drug trafficking
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• Ukraine hits tankers in Black Sea in escalation against Russia
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• Venezuela calls Trump airspace closure warning 'colonialist threat'
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• Tracking immigration enforcement: 24 visits to Santa Cruz County in 2025
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• Santa Cruz County nonprofit operator of Head Start child care program quits
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• Six-story apartment building proposed on Capitola Road
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• Watsonville Hospital races to find solution as financial woes deepen
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• The News: November 24, 2025
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• Uber Launches Driverless Robotaxi Service in Abu Dhabi, and Plans Many More
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• Viral Song Created with Suno's genAI Removed From Streaming Platforms, Re-Released With Human Vocals
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• OpenAI Partners Amass $100 Billion Debt Pile To Fund Its Ambitions
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• The News: November 24, 2025
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