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Pockets of Disruption
As AI unsettles career expectations, Santa Cruz County students are reconsidering their paths. Roz Spafford explores local enrollment trends, students’ concerns and why educators emphasize subject knowledge, collaboration and learning to adapt.
High Score
From pinball to midway prizes, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History’s High Score exhibit celebrates the Boardwalk’s gaming past. Vintage machines, archival surprises and playable favorites reveal how generations found fun and connection at the arcade.
Pockets of Disruption
As AI unsettles career expectations, Santa Cruz County students are reconsidering their paths. Roz Spafford explores local enrollment trends, students’ concerns and why educators emphasize subject knowledge, collaboration and learning to adapt.
High Score
From pinball to midway prizes, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History’s High Score exhibit celebrates the Boardwalk’s gaming past. Vintage machines, archival surprises and playable favorites reveal how generations found fun and connection at the arcade.
Things to do in Santa Cruz
Michael Gaither and his band bring Halloween songs and dance-floor spirit to Whale City in Aptos on Oct. 31, with a costume contest, libations and no cover charge. Music starts at 5:30pm.
Dairy Departed
Santa Cruz’s first Vegan Mac Down serves up dairy-free comfort food and a win for Soy Cheesy. Mark C. Anderson also visits new downtown market Tomato Tomato and shares news from Monterey Bay’s fishing community.
Pizza Progression
From serving tables in Milan to studying pizza-making in Naples, Sandro Costanza followed his passion to La Bufala Pizzeria. At Abbott Square, he and his wife, Luciana, serve Neapolitan-style pies that bake in about 90 seconds.
Dairy Departed
Santa Cruz’s first Vegan Mac Down serves up dairy-free comfort food and a win for Soy Cheesy. Mark C. Anderson also visits new downtown market Tomato Tomato and shares news from Monterey Bay’s fishing community.
Pizza Progression
From serving tables in Milan to studying pizza-making in Naples, Sandro Costanza followed his passion to La Bufala Pizzeria. At Abbott Square, he and his wife, Luciana, serve Neapolitan-style pies that bake in about 90 seconds.
Distinguished Artists
A remarkable piano meets Alexander Kobrin’s artistry, Ensemble Monterey opens an ambitious season, and local chamber ensembles offer more reasons to listen.
The Editor’s Desk
What would Santa Cruz lose without Salsa by the Sea? Brad Kava reflects on the dancing that brings people together and introduces an issue filled with local creativity, community and a few pumpkin opinions.
The Editor’s Desk
What would Santa Cruz lose without Salsa by the Sea? Brad Kava reflects on the dancing that brings people together and introduces an issue filled with local creativity, community and a few pumpkin opinions.
