Steve Kettmann

Beyond the online acrimony, Steve Kettmann finds two engaged candidates with a shared love of Santa Cruz—and reasons for optimism about either Ami Chen Mills or Ryan Coonerty as mayor.

Jonathan Franzen looks back on 25 years of The Corrections, the Santa Cruz years that helped unlock the novel, his life with longtime partner and writer Kathy Chetkovich, and the coming Netflix adaptation starring Meryl Streep.

Santa Cruz writer Wallace Baine’s debut novel, Founding Daughter, imagines a startling alternate history in which the Declaration of Independence’s most famous ideals come not from Thomas Jefferson, but from a brilliant teenage servant girl with everything at stake.

Dusty Baker returns to Santa Cruz with “Crossroads,” a memoir that follows his journey from the Monterey Pop Festival and Hank Aaron’s mentorship to the World Series, the high five and a lifetime of trusting his feelings.

What happens when you take your kids out of school and into the world? One Santa Cruz family finds education, connection and adventure across Asia.

From ’80s film icon to introspective author, Andrew McCarthy brings his cross-country search for friendship to Santa Cruz.

‘Standing aside now, when people need it most, is a slap in the face and a disgrace to our history and our heritage. So, please, stand up and support us.’ — TANGO

Percival Everett is a unique figure in American letters in a lot of ways. He’s published more than 20 short story collections and novels...