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The Kids Come Home
Comics who found their voices at DNA’s Blue Lagoon open mic return as headliners for the Santa Cruz Comedy Festival, with all 13 sharing the Kuumbwa stage.
Dosing Duos
I wake at four, twitching in the dark with pathological remorse over how I threw away my college education: in 1969 I dropped out...
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.












