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Some coastal cities are creating stricter rules to limit beach canopies. And, during Disability Pride Month, Gilroy gets inclusive bocce ball courts.
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After the biggest cut to SNAP in the program's history, Erica Padilla-Chavez, the CEO of Second Harvest, expects to see "pandemic level" demand at Santa Cruz County's food bank.
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- New Canon Theatre reimagines "Romeo and Juliet" in the turbulent 1960s
- Watsonville musician George Kahumoku, Jr. brings Hawaiian music and culture to Santa Cruz.
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