In March our noteworthy hometown earned a new ranking on a short list of 11 Blue Zone cities in all the US, second only to Boulder, Colorado

ARIES March 21-April 19 When my friend Jessalyn first visited Disneyland as a child, she was smitten by its glimmering, unblemished mystery. “It was far...

During my brief running phase, I ran in the Santa Cruz to Capitola Wharf to Wharf Race. I was dead last. The guy who...

I found the reactions that were printed about the first Take a Hike column were over the top and clearly triggered individuals.

As I hear stories about people leaving Santa Cruz for more affordable housing, I think about my walk downtown last Friday night....

There’s a cartoon in the 9/9/22 New Yorker that shows salmon jumping upstream over rocks with leopards, pelicans, crocodiles, raccoons, lions, alligators and wolves...

ARIES March 21-April 19 The world’s record for jumping rope in six inches of mud is held by an Aries. Are you surprised? I’m not....

It looked like the new cannabis dispensary at the old Emily’s Bakery site on Mission Street was approved…but all of a sudden there’s been a fear campaign

Santa Cruz school superintendent Kris Munro sent a letter to parents warning of a catastrophe: a proposed cannabis dispensary, partly owned by a nonprofit

If you too are wondering when mushrooms became all the rage, Far West Fungi, a regional specialty grower, is stepping up with two exciting days’ worth of answers.

Are you ready for how downtown Santa Cruz is going to look in a few years?