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October 23, 2024

Culinary Cruise

During Santa Cruz Restaurant Week, hometown folks and visitors alike can explore the culinary landscape, visiting favorite hangouts or trying something new.

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October 15, 2024

Monsters Among Us

I might lose some punk rock points for this, but as a child one of my core memories was watching the “Thriller” music video....
October 9, 2024

Working Class Hero

With a multi-octave vocal range and enigmatic and powerful stage presence, singer/ songwriter/ musician James Durbin, 35, has plenty of irons in his sonic fire.
October 2, 2024

Shelter From The Storm

With 2024 having a record amount of residents on the street, what can be done? One Santa Cruz nonprofit has manifested a functioning cure.
September 24, 2024

Bringing Down the House

Local comedy promoter DNA pens the comedians and their set times on a paper napkin. He hands it to Paulie Escobedo, the sound guy....
September 17, 2024

Intergalactic Invasion

The silicon chip came out of the Roswell crash, Sheehan says. Also fiber optics and some of the night vision equipment has come from UFO crafts.
September 11, 2024

Music, Maestro!

The Santa Cruz Symphony kicks off a new year of shimmering music next week. And here’s why you should care. A lot.
September 4, 2024

The Lords of Vance

Venture capitalists and tech execs made J.D. Vance Donald Trump’s choice for VP. Is what they have done to San Francisco what they also want for the nation?
August 28, 2024

Reality? What a Concept

Not only do people who take DMT encounter the same strange “alien” entities...but there are also healing properties in DMT
August 21, 2024

The Politics of Joy

As Kamala Harris takes the stage in Chicago this week as the Democratic Party’s nominee for president, Santa Cruzans see a new kind of blue wave stretching from California to Washington.
August 14, 2024

Saving the Coast —Again

There may be no clearer nightmare of losing our precious coastline, leaving our beaches and coastal animals covered with tar, than the Project 2025 proposal to open offshore drilling in the coastal waters south of Monterey Bay.
August 6, 2024

Santa Cruz Embraces Refugees

America, historically a destination for those seeking freedom from persecution and a better life, is closing its doors.
July 31, 2024

REDWOOD FARE

If you attend a music festival and have a fantastic, revelatory time, little thought goes into the mechanics behind the experience. Or the hundreds of hours of human power needed to make it happen.
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