Hirsute Pursuit Santa Cruz postal worker Paul Beisser has the world's grandest goatee--and the trophy to prove it. Plus, the perils of being a world-class bearder.

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Hirsute Pursuit
Santa Cruz postal worker Paul Beisser has the world's grandest goatee--and the trophy to prove it. Plus, the perils of being a world-class bearder.

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Slashers
Wincing, the Santa Cruz County supervisors pass a budget with $25 million in cuts.

Sound Off
Volunteer and activist Franklin Williams sets up a stereo museum in the Grey Bears, only to dismantle it again.

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The City of Santa Cruz Parks & Recreation Commission meets Monday, July 6 at 4pm at the Santa Cruz Council Chambers, 809 Center St., Santa Cruz. They're looking for bright ideas on how to keep the parks running during a budget cycle that has seen the city chop $9 million from its budget.

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Doctor Manhattan
Woody Allen's 'Whatever Works' is a thin, slick comedy that stands by its title: it does work.

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Good Food on a Budget
One food writer wonders how to eat well while cutting his family's meal expenses.

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Love Machine
Cabrillo Stage's musical comedy 'I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change' is an entertaining throwback

Bard Under The Radar
Stephen Kessler remembers fellow poet Greg Hall, 1946-2009

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Olallieland
The clock is a-tickin' on olalliberry pickin'.

Letters to the Editor
July 1-8, 2009

Bullhorn:
Fred Geiger questions the process around a controversial topic. "The Powers That Be have already decided," he writes. "We will have a seawater desalination plant. And you will pay for it."