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Wild video shows otter swipe surfer’s board

A sea otter stole a surfer's board on Sept. 14, 2022. (Chad Underhill-Meras via Storyful)

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Ex-Air Force sergeant linked to extremist movement pleads …

Steven Carrillo is seen in a June 7, 2020, booking photo provided by the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office.

Santa Cruz Starbucks workers file union petition, 1st …

Santa Cruz County reinstates indoor mask mandate as Newsom …

A sign reminding customers that face masks are required is seen in this undated file photo. (Getty Images)

Woman ‘spooked’ by man opening car door accidentally drives …

Santa Cruz police said a woman mistakenly drove off a cliff after a stranger opened her car door. (Santa Cruz Police Department)

2 men arrested for allegedly vandalizing Black Lives Matter …

In this aerial photo provided by the Santa Cruz Police Department is a Black Lives Matter Mural painted on a street that was vandalized in Santa Cruz, Calif., on July 24, 2021. (Santa Cruz Police Department via AP)

Man shows up at Santa Cruz jail, confesses to killing …

Beau Joseph Paepke is seen in a photo released by the Santa Cruz Police department July 2, 2021.

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California still highly segregated by race despite …

Members of an interracial group pose on May 4, 1961 in Washington with a map of a route they plan to take to test segregation in bus terminal restaurants and rest rooms in the South. (AP Photo/BHR)

Santa Cruz police recover $225,000 worth of vintage …

Video: Kayaker rescued 6 days after setting out to …

In this photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, kayaker Cyril Derreumaux, in shorts, poses with the Coast Guard helicopter crew that rescued him off the California coast in San Francisco on June 5, 2021.

Santa Cruz man who was 15 when he killed 8-year-old …

Madyson Middleton, 8, is seen in a photo provided by the Santa Cruz Police Department.

In fighting wildfires, resilient redwood forest is …

California State Parks Ranger Senior Environmental Scientist Joanne Kerbavaz walks by the Mother of the Forest old growth Redwood tree at Big Basin Redwoods State Park in Boulder Creek, Calif., on April 22, 2021. The park which was scorched last summer after lightning sparked about 650 fires in Northern California, is recovering. Scientists, parks advocates and conservations say the resiliency of Big Basin Redwoods State Park is cause for hope well beyond the Santa Cruz mountains. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)

Man pleads guilty to killing 8-year-old Maddy Middleton …

Madyson Middleton, 8, is seen in a photo provided by the Santa Cruz Police Department.

Santa Cruz Boardwalk to reopen rides April 1

The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk appears in a photo taken in May 2020, after coronavirus-related closures took effect.(Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)

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