Mat Weir

Concerns over maintenance, staffing and funding are raising questions about conditions at the Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter.

The Blue Lagoonies celebrate 20 years of free weekly comedy in Santa Cruz, building a loyal following and launching local stand-up talent.

Santa Cruz hardcore mainstays Good Riddance drop their 10th album Before the World Caves In and return to The Catalyst for a high-energy hometown release show, Friday, April 10th.

Santa Cruz’s Sin Sisters mark 15 years of burlesque and drag with a high-energy anniversary show celebrating community, creativity and self-expression.

On Tuesday, March 3 Santa Cruz was graced by 1980’s punk rock royalty when seminal folk punks, the Violent Femmes played the Santa Cruz...

Artist Rich Karat Hitchcock draws inspiration from coastal villages and historic harbors like Polperro, England, where landscape, architecture and sea converge in quiet beauty.

Tension was thick during an online meeting over the proposed demolition of the building that currently houses The Catalyst nightclub in Downtown Santa Cruz....

Once in a while, a band comes along so explosively original they truly can’t be contained. Red 40 performs January 2 at The Crepe Place