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In today's newsletter:

  • How Capitola's coming cigarette filter ban connects to a wild surfboard experiment

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Today's riddle: What do you call cows dancing in the dark 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, with a high of 74 and low of 56 degrees.
  • Sunday: Mostly cloudy and cool, temps: high: 72, low: 57.
  • Monday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, with a high of 69 and low of 57 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• California surfer builds working surfboard from 10,000 cigarette butts for documentary (thecooldown.com) — Capitola residents should know that Santa Cruz County and the cities of Santa Cruz and Capitola are moving to ban sales of single-use cigarette filters starting in 2027, aiming to cut beach litter. A new documentary, "The Cigarette Surfboard," follows a California surfer who built working boards from 10,000 discarded cigarette butts, highlighting how local cleanups and creative reuse can drive policy change along the coast.
   

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  • Santa Cruz police chief Bernie Escalante to retire (ksbw.com)

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