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From sumo wrestling and Duck Island Festival to Capitola Beach Festival, Fiesta en la Playa and Laurie Anderson, Brad Kava surveys an unusually packed Santa Cruz weekend.
Another Moss Landing Fire
Battery fire no longer a threat, officials say
By Tarmo Hannula and Todd Guild
Monterey County officials said at noon Friday that the latest fire at...
The Editor’s Desk
Editor Brad Kava remembers the spectacle of sumo wrestling, looks ahead to World Elite Sumo in Santa Cruz and highlights a busy week of local events.
The Editor’s Desk
Brad Kava marks 25 years of Jonathan Franzen’s The Corrections and celebrates more Santa Cruz success stories, from Goodles and Kentucky Mule to artist Shaun Logan.
The Editor’s Desk
Brad Kava considers the strange durability of poetry and influencers, Santa Cruz’s celebrated cannabis, new airport grants and a Lost Boys fan-art exhibition.
The Editor’s Desk
Brad Kava warns about renewed threats to coastal protections and offshore drilling, while also highlighting Pajaro Valley school-board turmoil and questions about food safety.
The Editor’s Desk
From Danny Wright’s Gravity Water systems to Santa Cruz-born Goodles, Brad Kava considers the local innovators finding smarter ways to work with energy, water and food—and asks why we aren’t doing more of it already.
The Editor’s Desk
Good Times editor Brad Kava weighs UCSC’s controversial parking hikes, questions about campus transparency and why honest criticism—even a scathing review—is essential to credible journalism.