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Bruin Roundup

Women’s soccer

Comedy Corner: Fried chicken and homelessness

It was a beautiful, sunny Saturday afternoon and I was driving down Mount Hermon Road when I noticed a homeless couple with a baby in a stroller standing in front of that whatchamacallit bank. (You know, Wacha-Wells-Co-Fargo-America-Whatever. It’s merged so many times, I have no clue what it’s called anymore.)

Sustainable Living: Learn to live in a better way

“In every deliberation, we must consider the impact on the seventh generation.” — Great Law of the Iroquois

Your Health: Palpitations are mostly harmless but worth checking out

Patients who go to a doctor complaining of heart palpitations usually worry that they have some serious problem with their heart. They often describe a feeling that their hearts are “flip-flopping,” missing a beat, beating faster or beating irregularly.

Wine Lover: The life of wine

The life of a wine truly starts with the soil in which the grapes are planted. Grapes get all of their nutrients from the soil, and it’s those nutrients and terroir that will define many of the wine’s flavor profiles.

Sports Shorts

Cougar wins Stanford invite in Division IV

Ridin’ with the wheeldude: Trials, travails of smog testing

Recently, it was time to smog-test my 2002 Hyundai — a perfectly reliable, hardworking, economic little commuter with, sadly, more than 175,000 miles on it. It’s had no problems, ever, but recently, the “check engine” light went on.

The Mountain Gardener: Fall tasks for the gardener

It's no secret we live in paradise here in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

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Santa Cruz Wharf incident: 1 person dead, dog sent for emergency...

An adult victim was pulled from a van that broke through guardrails along the Santa Cruz Wharf and plunged into 30-foot-deep ocean water Sunday...