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.
When The Salty Otter used AI to help shape its logo, the backlash became part of a larger Santa Cruz debate over art, technology, community anger and what we still owe each other in an uncertain future.
Ginger Shulick Porcella, the MAH’s new executive director, talks about Santa Cruz, community-driven museum leadership, creative risk, financial recovery and making the impossible possible.
After Scowl’s rise from Santa Cruz hardcore band to international success, singer Kat Moss is stepping back, processing grief and burnout, and rediscovering her artistic self.
Walk the California coast and you’ll find beauty, barriers and a trail still being built—one negotiation at a time along the bluffs north of Santa Cruz.
The Ripple Effect Arts Festival turns Santa Cruz into a citywide celebration of music, art and performance, with events unfolding across multiple venues.
From Santa Cruz skate parks to punk stages and comedy tours, Joe Sib’s larger-than-life journey is a story of reinvention, storytelling and relentless creative energy.
From a Santa Cruz lab to the world’s biggest stage, Visual Endeavors is building the technology behind immersive shows at the Sphere and beyond—where music, light and real-time graphics converge.
With women receiving just two percent of venture capital funding, two local founders are building a new model to change who gets funded—and who succeeds.
The Watsonville Film Festival returns March 12–21 with more than 50 films across Watsonville, Salinas and Santa Cruz, celebrating “art as resistance” through powerful stories from Latine filmmakers.
