Category: Features
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‘It’s eerie’: Behind the lines of the CZU August Lightning fires
The Red Barn, a landmark in the La Honda Creek Open Space Preserve, is obscured in smoke on Aug. 23. Photo by Kate Bradshaw. By Kate Bradshaw August 26, 2020 With wildfire smoke blanketing the Santa Cruz Mountains in a hazy fog, Andy Kerr, co-owner of Alice’s Restaurant, loads up his truck three times a…
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‘Grief is difficult on a good day.’ How the coronavirus pandemic is reshaping the ways we mourn
Mark Comeau, the head embalmer at Spangler Mortuary, readies the tools he needs to embalm a body in the prepping room at the mortuary in Mountain View on April 7.Photo by Magali Gauthier. By Kate Bradshaw April 9, 2020 These days, death and the rites that come with it are quieter, more cautious affairs than…
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