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First Santa Cruz Same-Sex Weddings Took Place Monday
Santa Cruz sees its first legal same-sex marriages.

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I've loved journalism and Santa Cruz for as long as I can remember. A New York native schooled in Berkeley, my first stop on the West Coast was the smaller city on the bay–the Monterey Bay–and it was love at first sight.
I learned about what it means to cover a community here and to be part of a running dialogue doing a news talk radio show. My perfect life would be sitting on Pacific Avenue and talking to every person who walks by and discovering their story. And, that's my job, basically. What could be better?
Santa Cruz sees its first legal same-sex marriages.

People came from all over the world to see the 108 acres of mountain land filled with buddhas and to see the relics that will be enshrined in India.
Over objections from neighbors, the council approved a three-story, 23-unit complex with a pool and a restaurant in an area of one and two-story homes.
Some sights walking around downtown pretending to be a tourist.
Hundreds turn up to rally in support of the Supreme Court ruling keeping gay marriage legal in California.