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July 1 2026 • Vol 35 No. 13
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Deaths Highlight Growing Water Safety Concerns
The deaths of two Bay Area college students who were swept into the ocean from a Santa Cruz County beach bring heightened alarm to dangerous local coastal conditions as authorities report an increase in water rescues heading into the summer season. Full Story page 13
Emergency Responders Prepare for the Worst Photo Credit: Bari Lee
Karriyma Pekary as Deloris leading her singing nuns. Marcus Cato as Monsignor O’Hara observes
Ode to My Sisters
allelujah, it’s good to be a nun! So says our choir of superb actresses appearing as singing — and dancing — nuns in Cabrillo Stage’s production of the divinely inspired and irresistible musical SISTER ACT. Who isn’t a fan of the 1992 movie upon which our Sister Act is based?!? As the story goes, the sweet sisters love to
sing, but their choir has become lackluster and frankly, it’s not always in tune. What it needs is a miracle. Enter Deloris, a less than saintly nightclub singer who, because she witnessed a crime, is placed in protective custody at the convent. ... continues on page 4
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Watsonville Students Attend World Cup
Eleven Pajaro Valley Unified School District students from Watsonville got a chance to experience the FIFA World Cup in person. Full Story page 7
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