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Writers are constantly working, typing away at their next big ideas and also getting them published into the wider world. For Santa Cruz author Vinnie Hansen, October is a particularly busy month, as she will be rereleasing her 2022 suspense novel "One Gun" Tuesday and began the month with the publication of a short story in a crime anthology inspired by The Grateful Dead.

A large school of anchovies swam into and amassed inside the Santa Cruz Harbor. When harbor staff discovered the invasion, they quickly turned on the aerator system to keep the water oxygenated and the anchovies alive, but it was too little, too late.

The wounded man was identified as the founder of the Self Made Training Facility gym chain.

The union's contract expired July 1. In August, the union voted down a contract proposal supported by union leadership.

A reader wonders how to turn his outdoor-loving cat into one content to stay indoors.

Inspired by the Southwest with sweet potato, cumin and chile heat, this hearty, vegetarian-friendly stew relies on protein-rich lentils.

French Polynesia was the destination for this Mountain View couple.

Lateefah Simon, Democratic rising star and BART board member, faces CSU professor Jennifer Tran to replace Rep. Barbara Lee.

In the Bay Area, a few areas that have high traffic but little benefit from public transit include: East San Mateo, downtown San Jose, East San Jose, the Mission district in SF, neighborhoods in Concord and areas around Oakland's airport.

Costumed Froakie and Rowlet will also debut during Part II of the "Pokemon Go" Halloween event