.Brad Kava

As I hear stories about people leaving Santa Cruz for more affordable housing, I think about my walk downtown last Friday night....

It looked like the new cannabis dispensary at the old Emily’s Bakery site on Mission Street was approved…but all of a sudden there’s been a fear campaign

Are you ready for how downtown Santa Cruz is going to look in a few years?

What do Earth Day and 4/20 have in common? Well, they both celebrate plants, for one thing. We juggled both this issue...

et me introduce our newest column, “Take a Hike with Richard Stockton,” which will introduce locals and tourists to great places to explore

Billionaire MacKenzie Scott donated $2 million to The Community Health Trust of the Pajaro Valley and another $2 million to Jacob’s Heart. For that, I salute her.

Mindful Meditation has been a buzzword of late, but our cover story by writer DNA, is more buzz than cliche. The focus is on Joe Clements, a punk rocker who fell into drug abuse...

There’s plenty of local music and one big star, Melissa Etheridge, playing the local den of basketball. That venue, and a fancier one that may replace it, is a huge boon for the community