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Don’t Be Blindsided
After two young women drowned at Panther Beach, Richard Stockton examines the danger of sneaker waves, rising tides and the Keyhole, with safety advice from CAL FIRE’s Michael Horn.
Raise the Roof for Corralitos Art and Music
Corralitos Cultural Center’s Raise the Roof! benefit brings live music, a silent auction, sausage barbecue and community spirit to The Backyard on June 6.
To Cover or Not to Cover?
Bob Dylan’s first album had nine covers, and the Beatles recorded 25 cover songs before Rubber Soul. Many of Mozart’s melodies were lifted from French folk songs, and isn’t our amazing Santa Cruz Symphony basically a cover band?
By Its Fingernails…
Nearly half of Latino voters (47%) reported their personal economic situation had worsened under the Trump administration.
Dives Still Divin’
In Santa Cruz, dive bars are the quiet heartbeats of local communities that preserve something authentic and rare.
Beef Stewed
Our divisiveness grows every day... We come together like a hospital gown. For my age range, that shows way too much ass.
Ancient Land, New Trails
The Cotoni lived here. The Cotoni people were here for over ten thousand years—they really had it made. Then it ended with the arrival of the Spanish. And here we are.
Wine, Woman & Song
Lacy J. Dalton’s Santa Cruz bona fides go deep; she wrote one of her biggest hits when she lived in Ben Lomond during one of the happiest times of her life. She performs Saturday at El Vaquero Winery.