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Here are the 10 most viewed stories or pages on the Sentinel website from Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011:

1. Santa Cruz Sentinel Photo Contest : 2011 Pets on Parade
2. Woman’s body found under train trestle in Aptos
3. Documentary features Santa Cruz County serial killer from 1970s
4. Secrets of the Deep: Are 3 million gallons of oil sitting off Monterey Bay in a sunken WWII ship?
5. Police given few details on Sunday stabbings
6. Upper Ocean Street neighbors working to combat crime
7. Ginger, the golf-ball hunter, has retrieved more than 300 balls at Pasatiempo
8. Documentary features Santa Cruz County serial killer from 1970s
9. Jay Moriarity movie team begins filming in Santa Cruz
10. Santa Cruz Sentinel Photo Contest : 2011 Babies!

Link of the day: We enjoyed seeing the pet photos pour in yesterday in the latest photo contest: Pets on Parade

One of the first things I remember starting on the Sentinel website was photo contest for Halloween 2007. After more than 4.6 million photo contest page views, it’s still going strong. Thanks for the shots!

Here are the 10 most viewed stories or pages on the Sentinel website from the weekend of Oct. 7-9, 2011:

1. Westside Santa Cruz marijuana raid nets 800 plants
2. Brookdale Inn and Spa closed by fire department Friday, building cited as ‘dangerous’
3. Santa Cruz police respond to reported gang fight on Ocean Street
4. Police release sketch of man suspected of breaking into Santa Cruz woman’s home
5. Fashion world takes note of the work of Santa Cruz designer Jill Alexander
6. Occupy Santa Cruz starts campsite at San Lorenzo Park
7. Motorcyclist dies after crash on Highway 9
8. Cops and Courts, Oct. 7, 2011: Suspect in officer assault turns herself in
9. Million-dollar law: New vacation rental law causes boom tax collections, rental operations
10. Feds target California pot dispensaries for closure

Link of the day: Time to start thinking about Santa Cruz’s biggest holiday. Here’s a look back at last year’s Halloween coverage, and where we’ll be posting new stories this month.

Posted from Los Altos, California, United States.