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• Return of the River Stewards: shelter residents tend to San Lorenzo riverbank ecosystem
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• Santa Cruz County election preview: tax proposals, city council fights, empty seats
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• The News: August 17, 2026
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• The News: August 10, 2026
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• The News: August 3, 2026
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• Local Businesses & Giant Octopus Celebrate Cruzio’s 35th Birthday
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• Faster Internet Coming to Coastside San Mateo
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• What We Know About Australia’s Bird Flu, Which Has Crossed Over to Mammals
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• Moment tornado tears through southern France
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• World's Oceans Hit Highest Temperature On Record As El Nino Grows
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• SEC Investigating Near-Implosion of AI Hedge Fund
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• Trump Admin Moves to Impose More Than $100K Fee For H-1B Worker Visas
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• Nvidia Senior Manager Linked To Supermicro Scheme Smuggling AI Servers To China
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• China Delays Ambitious Chang'e 7 Lunar Mission Until 2027
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