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• Editorial | PVUSD’s agonizing choices as board makes painful, but necessary, cuts
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• Photo | Above the clouds at UCSC Great Meadow Bike Path
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• Klingberg scores in overtime as Sharks complete unbelievable comeback
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• Aptos’ Nikki Hiltz takes second to Sinclaire Johnson at Kalakaua Merrie Mile in Honolulu | Running
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• 49ers change classification of Brandon Aiyuk’s delayed comeback
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• Anheuser-Busch to close Fairfield brewery in 2026
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• South Carolina measles quarantine soars beyond 300 people
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• Russia and Ukraine trade attacks as US and European officials prepare for peace talks
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• Klingberg scores in overtime as Sharks complete unbelievable comeback
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• Officials say a suspect is in custody after reports of an active shooter at Brown University in Rhode Island
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Officials say a suspect is in custody after reports of a…
• Police searching Brown University after shooter kills 2 and wounds 8 on campus
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• Hit and run kills pedestrian in San Jose, police say
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• Cruzio celebrates completion of Equal Access Summits to the Sea project
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• The Critters We See When We Build Infrastructure
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• Local Businesses & Giant Octopus Celebrate Cruzio’s 35th Birthday
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• Giant Slugs & Giant Sloths — That’s So Santa Cruz
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• First Friday at Cruzio Featuring Liminal Space!
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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
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• 3 Americans Killed in ISIS Attack in Syria, Trump Says, Vowing to Retaliate
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• MAHA Moms Are Angry at the E.P.A. Lee Zeldin Is Trying to Win Them Back.
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• Appeals Court Says Trump Must End Los Angeles Deployment by Monday
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• Israel Says It Killed Senior Hamas Commander, Despite Cease-Fire
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• Belarus Frees Prominent Political Prisoners as U.S. Lifts Some Trade Sanctions
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• Three Americans killed by IS gunman in Syria, US military says
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• Belarus frees 123 prisoners as US lifts sanctions
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• Angry fans throw chairs and bottles at Messi event in India
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• BBC captures celebrations as Belarus frees political prisoners
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• Israel targets senior Hamas official in deadly Gaza strike
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• Trump's 'historic' peace deal for DR Congo shattered after rebels seize key city
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• Cambodia shuts border crossings with Thailand as fighting continues
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• One million households without power in Ukraine after Russia attacks energy grid
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• Watch: Furious fans invade pitch at Messi event in India
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• Months after closure, leaders of Santa Cruz homeless services nonprofit unanimously quit
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• Co-housing group seeks residents for 14-acre development near DeLaveaga park
  The 13.6-acre site of a potential co-housing development borders an existing nei…
• Santa Cruz County Sheriff eyes new mental health jail facility
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• Why PVUSD trustees voted to layoff 150 teachers and staff
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• Dozens of California agencies shared license plate data with feds, Santa Cruz records show
  A Flock security camera on the corner of Green Valley Road in Watsonville. These…
• Santa Cruz County veterans push for overhaul of local veterans services office
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• Townhomes proposed in Live Oak up for a vote by planning commission
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• Update: Santa Cruz transportation officials pivot toward temporary trail design
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• 10 meals under $10: The best cheap eats in Santa Cruz County
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• Free food in Santa Cruz County: The definitive guide
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• Fear and Loathing in Cloverdale
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• The News: October 27, 2025
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• Prop 50: Paradox or Hypocrisy?
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• California Forever Inches Onward
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• 'Free Software Awards' Winners Announced: Andy Wingo, Alx Sa, Govdirectory
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• Applets Are Officially Going, But Java In the Browser Is Better Than Ever
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• Startup Successfully Uses AI to Find New Geothermal Energy Reservoirs
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• Firefox Survey Finds Only 16% Feel In Control of Their Privacy Choices Online
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• The World's Electric Car Sales Have Spiked 21% So Far in 2025
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• How a 23-Year-Old in 1975 Built the World's First Handheld Digital Camera
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• More of America's Coal-Fired Power Plants Cease Operations
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• Germany Covers Nearly 56 Percent of 2025 Electricity Use With Renewables
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• Chinese Whistleblower Living In US Is Being Hunted By Beijing With US Tech
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• Fear and Loathing in Cloverdale
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• Frog Army Invades California Capitol
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• Prop 50: Paradox or Hypocrisy?
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