.Brad Kava

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Fire engines and emergency vehicles respond to damage at the Moss Landing battery storage facility following a lithium-ion battery fire.
December 31, 2025

The Editor’s Desk

2025 has been a year of debate with locals looking at two sides of issues that have split our community and hold no easy answers.
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December 30, 2025

2025: Highlights and Lowlights

Storms, both weather and economic, defined this year in Santa Cruz.
Bottles of rum from around the world displayed on shelves at a Santa Cruz Wharf restaurant bar.
December 23, 2025

The Editor’s Desk

Editor Brad Kava reflects on Tokyo’s Golden Gai bar culture, local rum expertise on the Santa Cruz Wharf, and how small businesses can become centers of learning and connection.
Participants and organizers gathered during a Santa Cruz poetry and education program
December 17, 2025

The Editor’s Desk

With all the bad news around—and there is more than enough—it was a pleasure to read a story about people working on healing in...
Children dressed in festive toy-soldier costumes pose with two small dogs during a Santa Cruz holiday celebration.
December 10, 2025

The Editor’s Desk

It’s great to see Mayor Fred Keeley and County Supervisor Manu Koenig propose an alternative to the $4.5 billion rail/trail...
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December 3, 2025

Tons of Toxics at Moss Landing

Researchers monitoring effects on wildlife Staff report Editor’s note: This story came in part from a report by San Jose State University Professor of Marine...
The Catalyst nightclub in downtown Santa Cruz illuminated at dusk.
December 3, 2025

The Editor’s Desk

The thing everyone is talking about right now is the possible closing of the Catalyst nightclub and replacing the whole block... with more high-rise apartment buildings.
A man sits across from another man wrapped in towels, holding up a harmonica during an interview inside a dimly lit room or trailer.
November 26, 2025

The Editor’s Desk

The death of rock music has been greatly exaggerated, according to three books by music critics featured in our cover story.
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