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April 30, 2025
The Editor’s Desk
Sometimes it feels like people don’t read books anymore. Maybe I should correct this to younger people.
They have screens and electronics and many say books just seem outdated.
April 23, 2025
The Editor’s Desk
We are the Northern California capital of kitsch, but in a good way...we still have plenty of cool, retro and weird things to buy.
April 22, 2025
EDITOR’S NOTE
We are an antique capital and people come from all over to shop here for unusual items. It’s another of the things that makes Santa Cruz so great.
April 16, 2025
The Editor’s Desk
Every year Cabrillo students are shocked to find out they have a gourmet restaurant on campus staffed by their peers and serving food at very reasonable prices...
April 9, 2025
The Editor’s Desk
There are professionals trained in guiding people on their trips of discovery here in Santa Cruz, unlike the old days when people simply dropped LSD and other drugs for fun and frenzy.
April 2, 2025
The Editor’s Desk
As the late Christopher Hitchens reportedly said, “Everyone has a book inside them, which is exactly where it should, I think, in most cases,...
March 27, 2025
Best of Santa Cruz County 2025: Editor’s Note
Just when I thought I knew everything about Santa Cruz, I see great recommendations in this issue that I never knew.
March 26, 2025
The Music Never Stopped
Music fans who have enjoyed David Gans’ books on the Grateful Dead have a chance to study the band in a Stanford extension course in April.