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SHOUTS AND SPROUTS

November 3, 2015

Donning vegetable costumes, signs and bright yellow T-shirts, supporters of the Beach Flats Community Garden flooded Santa Cruz City Hall and its lawn on Tuesday, Nov. 3, to discuss a permanent solution for the 20-year-old garden facing eviction. In the stuffy council chambers that reached their 114-person capacity, city councilmembers listened to supporters express their love...

Film, Times & Events: Week of October 30

October 30, 2015

Films this WeekCheck out the movies playing locallyReviews Movie Times Santa Cruz area movie theaters > New This Week OUR BRAND IS CRISIS Sandra Bullock plays Jane, a high-stakes, all-or-nothing campaign manager who is sent to Bolivia to install a new leader against her nemesis, the coordinator for the opposing candidate,...

You’re on a deserted island with Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders. Who is your ally and why?

October 28, 2015

Bernie Sanders, because he seems like a team player. Edward Brooks, Santa Cruz, Framer Donald Trump, because he has less to lose. Sterling Muth, Santa Cruz, Sales Donald Trump, because his hair would make great kindling for fire. Jason Goetsch, Capitola, Electronics Consultant ...

Hardware Wars

October 28, 2015

Apple visionary examined in entertaining ‘Steve Jobs’ Leave it to scriptwriter Aaron Sorkin to come up with a punchy, comprehensible way to distill the complex story of the visionary who invented Apple computers into a feature film. Sorkin’s sharp, literate script is the hardware that supports director Danny Boyle’s hugely entertaining biographical drama, Steve Jobs. It’s...

Pelican Ranch Winery

October 28, 2015

From Chile’s Casablanca valley to Capitola’s Pelican Ranch Leah, the daughter of some friends was in town from San Diego last month, and my only chance to see her was a quick meeting up in Pelican Ranch’s tasting room in Capitola. I needed to thank her for the many useful tips she gave us on Chile,...

Goose’s Goodies

October 28, 2015

Family tradition turns into toffee business for Marci Prolo Santa Cruz’s Marci Prolo makes hand-crafted toffee that is simply splendid and will satisfy locals’ sweet tooth. Prolo’s toffee, which she sells as Goose’s Goodies, is handmade, based on a family recipe. She sells the candy online and also at local retailers like Chefworks, Buttercup Cakes, the...

Cheraki

October 28, 2015

Heather Christie sings in local duo the Feral Fauna, which combines organic acoustic instrumentation with danceable electronics. Christie also has a solo project titled Cheraki, but though it shares some influences, she sees it as a very different kind of outlet. “I like to think of it as my feminine project. It’s more introspective. It really...

Be Our Guest: Yo La Tengo

October 28, 2015

Win tickets to see Yo La Tengo at The Rio on SantaCruz.com In 1990, alternative rock band Yo La Tengo released Fakebook, an album of cover songs by artists including Cat Stevens, the Flamin’ Groovies, and Gene Clark. Earlier this year, they circled back around to the concept with Stuff Like That There, an album of...

Graze Under Fire

October 28, 2015

A doctoral student at UCSC examines how a new method of cattle ranching can help restore tropical forests in her home country of Colombia In the southwestern mountain forest of Quindío, Colombia, there is a farm known as Finca Pinzacuá. Here in the La Vieja watershed, rancher Don Olimpo raises cattle. It’s the number one land...

Digital Detox

October 28, 2015

Cabrillo students reflect on their media fast I have been teaching at Cabrillo since 1996, before cell phones were popular and texting became ubiquitous. One thing I’ve noticed is that before cell phones, students talked to each other more before and after class. Now, half the students I see are bent over their phones. Many have...

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SHOUTS AND SPROUTS

Film, Times & Events: Week of October 30

You’re on a deserted island with Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders. Who is your ally and why?

Hardware Wars

Pelican Ranch Winery

Goose’s Goodies

Cheraki

Be Our Guest: Yo La Tengo

Graze Under Fire

Digital Detox

SHOUTS AND SPROUTS

Film, Times & Events: Week of October 30

You’re on a deserted island with Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders. Who is your ally and why?

Hardware Wars

Pelican Ranch Winery

Goose’s Goodies

Cheraki

Be Our Guest: Yo La Tengo

Graze Under Fire

Digital Detox