Editor’s Note

Editor’s Desk

Editor Brad Kava reflects on the Santa Cruz work ethic, spotlighting Eventbrite CEO Julia Hartz’s journey from teen barista to tech leader, and celebrating Grammy wins by John Leopold and Remy Le Boeuf.

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Editor Brad Kava reflects on food, health, local culture, and why Santa Cruz remains a rare place where community, music, and good eating still matter.

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In our cover story, writer DNA reports on a local who has completed the three toughest hikes in the U.S. and lived to tell the tale.

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Grateful Dead cofounder Bob Weir died last weekend and it feels like the end of an era. I took my 9-year-old son to the Grateful Dead’s original home on Ashbury street...

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From the end of MTV to the endurance of local print journalism, this week’s Editor’s Note reflects on Santa Cruz institutions that survive change.

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2025 has been a year of debate with locals looking at two sides of issues that have split our community and hold no easy answers.

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Editor Brad Kava reflects on Tokyo’s Golden Gai bar culture, local rum expertise on the Santa Cruz Wharf, and how small businesses can become centers of learning and connection.

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With all the bad news around—and there is more than enough—it was a pleasure to read a story about people working on healing in...

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It’s great to see Mayor Fred Keeley and County Supervisor Manu Koenig propose an alternative to the $4.5 billion rail/trail...

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The thing everyone is talking about right now is the possible closing of the Catalyst nightclub and replacing the whole block... with more high-rise apartment buildings.

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The death of rock music has been greatly exaggerated, according to three books by music critics featured in our cover story.

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In a world where needy people have been demonized by some in power, here’s the alternative: people who genuinely care about others and have set up nonprofits...