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...
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.
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.
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...
I’ve been surprised to see cover bands even here selling out theaters. Bands covering the likes of Journey, ABBA, the Dead and Tom Petty are packing houses.
This is one of my favorite issues of the year. We asked people to contribute their visions of Santa Cruz’s future and the answers are eye-opening, fun and serious.