Santa Cruz

The 10 Least Affordable Places To Buy A Home

The Huffington Post | Khadeeja Safdar | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Bridgeport, San Jose, Ocean City, Home Sales, Case-Shiller Index, Los Angeles, Home Affordability, Nahb Index, New York, Santa Cruz, Home Prices, Home Market, San Luis Obispo, Housing Markets, Honolulu, San Francisco, Money News

The housing market, which began its decline in 2006 and brought the U.S. economy down with it, may finally be rebounding. According to the National...

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Ragner Johnson Wins What May Be First Surf Contest Ever Held at Fort Point

Cyrus Saatsaz | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Santa Cruz, Bum Rush Tour, Fort Point, Ragner Johnson, Rip Curl Pro Search San Francisco, Steamer's Lane, Slidepollajax, SF Around Town, Fort Point Surfing, Bum Rush Tour Fort Point, San Francisco News

Recently, the Bum Rush Tour made a visit to Northern California, where they awarded local surfer Ragnar Johnson a check for $1,000 for winning the Bum Rush Tour contest at Fort Point in San Francisco.

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Kitten Found In Car Engine After Long Ride

AP | Posted 03.22.2012

Read More: Santa Cruz Cat, Kitten Stowaway, Cat Travels in Van Engine, Cat Travels in Van, Golden Gate Bridge, Cat Stowaway, Kitten Car Engine, Kitten Travels in Van Engine, Santa Cruz-California, Animals in the News, Video, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Kitten, Kitten Travels in Van, Kitten in Engine, Kitten, Weird Photos & Videos, Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter, Weird News News

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- A stowaway kitten is safe despite taking an 85-mile ride in a van's engine compartment that included a trip across California's ...

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Santa Cruz, CA: 'Gently Used' Fashion Is The New New At Relove Clothing

santacruz.patch.com | Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: Small Business, Santa Cruz, California, Second-Hand-Clothing, Dispatches: The Changing American Dream, Santa Cruz-California, Santa Cruz Ca, Business News

"We want to supply the same product as high-end department stores but at a fraction of the cost with personalized service."...

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SHOCK: Car Plows Through Line Of Occupy Santa Cruz Protesters

Robin Wilkey | Posted 03.01.2012

Read More: Csu Strike, Occupy College, Occupy Santa Cruz, UC Santa Cruz, Occupy Universities Protest, Uc Santa Cruz Car Hits Protesters, Uc Day of Action, Occupy Universities Day of Action, Occupy Universities, Uc Strike, Occupy Universities Strike, Santa Cruz, Occupy Wall Street, College Walk-Out, Csu Day of Action, College Strike, San Francisco News

A peaceful protest at UC Santa Cruz took a turn when a motorist plowed through a line of protesters, striking several people. About 100 students bl...

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Retro Graffiti Video: "Fun Or Dumb?"

Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Retro Video, Huerta Graffiti, Video, Santa Cruz, Aaron Huerta, Youtube Video, Street Art, Graffiti Fun or Dumb, Graffiti, Las Lomas, 1970's Video, Arts News

Guys, we need to talk about something serious. Look at this. If you're not appalled, you may be part of the problem. This 1976 video: "Gr...

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Ban on Bull -- Really

Malcolm Kushner | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Bull, Santa Cruz, Humor, Dumb, Laws, City Council, Weird, Political, Frogs, California, Weird News News

You'd think that in a town as politically correct as Santa Cruz, the city council would have removed a lot of other bulls before bullfrogs. How about bullets? Or bullfighting? Or bullying? So why did it choose to ban bullfrogs?

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Frivolous Challenge: Nation's Most Progressive Plastic Bag Ban in Peril

Matthew Spiegl | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Jellyfish, Plastic Pollution, Beach, Monterey Bay, Sea Turtle, Plastic Bag Ban, Green, Marine Debris, National Marine Sanctuary, Santa Cruz, Single-Use Plastic Bags, Environment, Beach Cleanup, Ocean Conservation, Litter, Sea Otter, Ocean, Green News

It's corporate bullying by the plastic industry to make cities and counties think twice before passing environmental laws that cut into their profits, laws that are supported by the majority of residents who prefer to live in clean communities.

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The First County To Ban Bullfrogs?

| Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Video, California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz American Bullfrog Ban, American Bullfrog Ban, Bullfrogs, Santa Cruz County, Animals, Santa Cruz Bullfrog Ban, Rana Catesbeiana, Frogs, Green News

By John R. Platt (Click here for original article.) Santa Cruz County in California could soon become the first county in the U.S. to ban the impo...

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Ride the Wave

Abigail Spencer | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Audition Stories, Half Moon Bay, Gerard Butler, Elisabeth Shue, Waves, Taylor Handley, Jonny Weston, Mavericks, Yancy Spencer III, Santa Cruz, Leven Rambin, Of Men and Mavericks, Ariel Vroman, Walden Media, Mary Vernieu, Curtis Hanson, Fox, Innerlight Surf Shop, Los Angeles News

My father died riding the wave. And I'll continue to ride the wave I sit here in my house in Half Moon Bay. Waking up in the morning to pay tribute to the life that lives on through me.

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WATCH: Whales Lunge And Nearly Crash Down On Bikini-Clad Surfer

Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Video, California, Santa Cruz, Humpback Whales, Animals, Santa Cruz Humpback Whales, Whales, Whales Surfer, Whale Surprises Surfer, Whale Encounters, Green News

A surfer and kayakers got quite a surprise when two humpback whales lunged out of the water and nearly came crashing down upon them near Santa Cruz, C...

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WATCH: BofA Branch Reportedly Refuses To Allow Protesters To Close Accounts

Posted 12.16.2011

Read More: Occupy Santa Cruz, Video, Demonstrations, Bank of America Backlash, Santa Cruz, California, Occupy Santa Cruz Protest, Bank of America, Santa Cruz-California, Bank-of-America, Business News

Should people who are tired of paying extra fees be allowed to close their bank accounts in protest? One Bank of America official reportedly doesn't t...

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Santa Cruz, CA: Breaking The Rules With A Plus-Size Second Career

santacruz.patch.com | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Dispatches: The Changing American Dream, Small Business, Santa Cruz, Patch, Home News

"I hear women all the time say that the sizes stop at 12 and they won't buy something until they lose five pounds. Why should they have to lose five p...

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PHOTOS: Five Great Excursions Just Driving Distance Away

| Shyla Batliwalla | Posted 10.10.2011

Read More: California, Avila Beach, Mendocino County, California Travel, Day Trips, San Francisco Around Town, Weekend Escapes, Destinations, US Destinations, San Francisco Travel, Santa Cruz, SF Around Town, San Francisco Day Trips, Road Trips, Santa Barbara, Healdsburg, San Francisco News

When I think vacation, I think Thailand, Bora Bora and the South of France. Unfortunately, my wallet and professional obligations don't allow for such...

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Grandma Salazar's Cactus Paddle Salad

Traci Des Jardins | Posted 09.28.2011

Read More: Traci Des Jardins, Nopales, Jicama, Public House, Mijita, Mexican Salad, Firebaugh, Cactus Paddle, Jardiniere, Santa Cruz, San Francisco News

Today a lot of my inspiration in the kitchen is rooted in what I learned from my grandparents. When my grandmother prepared her nopales salad she would start by picking the cactus paddles from her yard.

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PHOTOS: The Santa Cruz Carousel Is HOW Old?

AP/The Huffington Post | By Michelle Locke | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Boardwalk, Beach Boardwalk, Santa Cruz Carousel Turns 100, Carousel, Santa Cruz Carousel, Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, San Francisco News

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- Click, thump, riiiiing! That's the sound of something you often hear about but rarely see: A carousel rider going for the brass ...

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Don't Know What You Got ('Till It's Gone)

Mike Sweeney | Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: Big Basin, Bill Clinton, Conservation, Santa Cruz, California Budget Crisis, National Parks, Parks, Cinderella, San Francisco News

I don't tend to go around quoting glam metal power ballads, but Cinderella's 1988 hit single had it right. The video for the song was filmed at Mono Lake, which will close next summer due to budget cuts.

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American Idle

Harvey Gotliffe, Ph.D. | Posted 08.02.2011

Read More: Zits, James Durbin American Idol, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Tsunami, Maybe I'm Amazed, Youtube, James Durbin Day, Surf City USA, Santa Cruz-California, Santa Cruz County, American Idol, Wikipedia, Loma-Prieta-Earthquake, Entertainment News

I have no desire to be a teenager again complete with a face full of zits, a changing voice, sweaty palms around members of the opposite sex, and alwa...

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Scaling 150-Feet For Wind Power

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 08.02.2011

Read More: Wind Power, Rope Access, UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, Rope Partner, Chris Bley, Mountain Climbing, Greatest Person of the Day, Wind Energy, Good News, East Germany, Impact News

Chris Bley, the son of an engineer and a school psychologist, remembers what his life was like right after he graduated from college -- he sat at his ...

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Police Investigating Man Who Lived With Corpse

Santa Cruz, CA Patch | Brad Kava | Posted 06.27.2011

Read More: Steve Clark, East Cliff Drive, Burglary, California, Santa Cruz, Homicide, John Clauer, Natural-Death, Marijuana, Drug Possession, Death & Dying, Drug Sales, Corpse, Santa Cruz-California, Los Angeles News

Santa Cruz Police arrested I. John Clauer, 63, of the 1100 block of East Cliff Drive Tuesday after they were called to his apartment to investigate a ...

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4/20: Time to Have Fun -- And to End Marijuana Prohibition!

Tony Newman | Posted 06.19.2011

Read More: Drug Prohibition, 4/20, President Nixon, Drug Policy Alliance, War on Drugs, Legalize Marijuana, Marijuana, Drug Reform, Santa Cruz, Smoking, Richard Nixon, Pot, Drug Policy, Weed, Politics News

While many people associate marijuana with fun times, it also happens to be at the epicenter of a catastrophic war on drugs that is destroying as many lives as ever.

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Santa Cruz Bookstore Closes After 32 Years

Santa Cruz News | Posted 05.30.2011

Read More: Santa Cruz, California, Ratna Sturz, Gateways Bookstore, Gateways, Bookstore Closing, Bookstores, Bookstore Obituary, Books News

Borders, which has begun closing its Santa Cruz store along with 200 others nationwide, isn’t the only local bookselling casualty of this foot-dragg...

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Feds Open Anti-Semitism Investigation At UC-Santa Cruz

Chronicle of Higher Education | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Santa Cruz Anti-Semitism, US Department of Education, UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, UCSC Anti-Semitism, College News

The U.S. Education Department's Office for Civil Rights has announced plans to investigate the University of California at Santa Cruz for anti-Semitis...

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Remembering Reagan

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tea Party, Ronald Reagan, University of California Santa Cruz, George W. Bush, Progressives, Michael Dukakis, Democratic Party, Hollywood, Cold War, Democrats, Barack Obama, California, Reaganomics, Michele Bachmann, University of California, Santa Cruz, Repubilcan Party, George H.W. Bush, Vietnam, Richard Nixon, Vietnam War, Lyndon Johnson, Republicans, Aids, Ronald Reagan Legacy, Politics News

23 years after leaving office, almost seven years after his death and 100 years after his birth, Reagan is a legitimate icon. While the elements of his legacy can, and must, be challenged, it remains true that in death, Reagan remains largely Teflon.

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PHOTOS: Your Green Guide To A Roadtrip On The Pacific Coast Highway

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Point Lobos, Santa Cruz, Slidepollajax, Pescadero, Morro Bay, La Getaways, Malibu, Big Sur, San Francisco, Ventura, Los Angeles News

Text courtesy of Your Daily Thread. By Robin Dixon Build your playlist and roll onto the open road. The PCH (or Pacific Coast Highway) from L.A....

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