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Santa Cruz, California is located in Santa Cruz County. Zip codes in Santa Cruz, CA include 95061, 95064, and 95060. The median home price in Santa Cruz is $629,000 which is roughly $423/per square foot. More Santa Cruz information.

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Victor R. Martinez: Cyclists mix 4,265-mile ride with good works

JD Scott and the 28 cyclists in his charge are each living out of duffel bags, with limited clean changes of clothes, and sleeping on gymnasium floors or wherever else they can find a clean spot.

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Wed Jun 19, 2013

Santa Cruz Sentinel

Life rebounds five years after Trabing Fire

From the empty space where the two-story barn Tony Mellor called home once stood on Grizzly Oaks Lane, the eye roams across Larkin Valley to the hills to the east, sweeping from the golden summit of Loma Prieta to the dark pyramid of Fremont Peak.

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Santa Cruz Sentinel

Karl Schaffer's 'Mosaic' explores the issues of political conflict through dance

It was in that year, in that city, where the Civil Rights Movement experienced a flashpoint moment in the nation's consciousness.

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Santa Cruz Sentinel

Murder defendant deemed mentally competent, will face prelim in Santa Cruz shop owner slaying

The alleged killer of Santa Cruz shop owner Shannon Collins has been deemed mentally competent and will face a preliminary hearing in August, a judge ruled Wednesday.

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SFGate

The 2011 vintage, and the new normal

Preparing Pinot Noir vines in the hills above Saratoga for the 2012 vintage, which was far more moderate than cold 2011.

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The Daily Beast

ArtMighty Miya

Move over, Man of Steel. There's a new superhero in the city. Miya Ando is disarmingly petite; wears all black, goggles, and steel-toed boots; and spends seven days a week sawing, sanding, lacquering, and dunking metals in acid.

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KSBW-TV

Drug needle found on 1st day of Santa Cruz junior lifeguard program

Eighty kids were about to run across the sand barefoot at Blacks Beach for their first day of junior lifeguards Monday when one kid found a drug needle.

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Serious Eats

Where to Buy Coffee on the Internet

For many who read food blogs and magazines, the exercise is one of frustration as much as inspiration.

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Medical News

UCSC experts awarded $3.5M NIH grant to develop cancer genomics tools

Despite some successes, predicting cancer outcomes based on the molecular signatures in cancer cells remains a major challenge.

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Santa Cruz Sentinel

Quick Bites, June 19, 2013: Burger Co. exits Rancho del Mar Center,...

As of this week, Aptos now has one fewer place to grab a casual meal: Aptos Burger Co.

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Tue Jun 18, 2013

Santa Cruz Sentinel

Few clues in disappearance of Santa Cruz antique dealer

The voice of Deanna Brooks, a 70-year-old Santa Cruz antiques dealer, came to her younger son in a dream last week.

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Contra Costa Times

Harrington: Joe Sib goes from punk rock to stand up

It hardly matters that Joe Sib currently lives in Los Angeles, where he has long run the popular SideOneDummy Records with his partner, Bill Armstrong.

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Daily Mail

Boy, 6, mauled to death by family pit bull when he was trying to climb on its back

Nephi Selu, from Santa Cruz, California, was playing in the backyard of his grandparents' home yesterday when the dog bit him on the top of his head, police said.

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Santa Cruz Runners Get New Way to Measure Up to the Competition

SANTA CRUZ, Calif- Walkers, runners, bicyclers and more have a new course to measure their exercise and it has stunning views of the Monterey Bay, says the City of Santa Cruz.

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Santa Cruz Sentinel

Top 10 things to do with kids in Santa Cruz County: No. 4 Connect...

A line of Twin Lakes Christian School first-graders climb on the Larry Foster's female Grey Whale sculpture during a visit to the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History on East Cliff Drive.

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Santa Cruz Sentinel

Editorial: Hits and Misses

ROUND AND ROUND THEY GO Know what? Roundabouts work. Just ask anyone who uses the intersection in the Santa Cruz beach area that was converted to a roundabout -- traffic, long clogged and dangerous in the old configuration, has become much smoother.

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Santa Cruz Sentinel

As You See It, June 18, 2013: Consider those without dogs

It seems we have yet another example of local officials abrogating their responsibilities by passing the buck to a committee to make decisions they should be making.

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Mon Jun 17, 2013

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Three More Mountain Lion Sightings Reported in Santa Cruz Monday Morning

The locations are on the 200 block of California Street, the 300 block of Continental Street, and the 300 block of Dufour Street.

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Santa Cruz Sentinel

OSH files for bankruptcy, Lowe's evaluating Capitola, Watsonville locations

Lowe's, which retreated in 2005 after Santa Cruz residents opposed a Westside location, is considering acquiring Orchard Supply Hardware's stores in Capitola and Watsonville in the wake of OSH filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

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Santa Cruz Sentinel

Business Digest, June 18, 2013: Campus hosts talk on economy

The Santa Cruz County Business Council, UC Santa Cruz and the Santa Cruz Sentinel will present a lunch forum 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday on campus at the University Center Terra Fresca Restaurant to discuss the future of our local economy.

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