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Leon Panetta Has Tips for Obama
President Barack Obama could learn a thing or two about making political deals in order to get what he wants in Washington D.C., according to Leon Panetta, who served as CIA director and later as Secretary of Defense under the current commander in chief.
Film, Times & Events: Week of November 7
Films This Week
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How do you feel about your tax dollars going to space exploration?
I think that the tax dollars could be spent more on a local level, something that “we the people” could relate to and connect with.
Steve Rogers, Santa Cruz, Sommelier
Caput Beats Medina, County Election Results Coming In
One of the big surprises in this local election is just how soundly sitting Santa Cruz County Supervisor Greg Caput has defeated former Watsonville Police Chief Terry Medina in the 4th district race.
Dead Rose Pilgrims
According to the band’s drummer Joe Miller, Dead Rose Pilgrims is what happens when musical worlds collide.
A Snooze Hope
One insomniac’s quest for the perfect sleep aid
Snow Plowed
Human nature is tested by circumstance in the intriguing ‘Force Majeure’
The Week That Was
Looking back at Restaurant Week with Gabriella Cafe, plus autumn lunch at Avanti and more
County Champ
Former Santa Cruz County District Attorney Bob Lee was always a competitor, says Patti Boe, a friend of more than 20 years.
From The Editor
Plus Letters To the Editor When I wrote about the Santa Cruz Film Festival last year, I was struck by how open and honest the organizers were about the troubled state it was in. Especially Elizabeth Grummere, who laid out a very clear and concise history of what had gone right and what had...
Leon Panetta Has Tips for Obama
President Barack Obama could learn a thing or two about making political deals in order to get what he wants in Washington D.C., according to Leon Panetta, who served as CIA director and later as Secretary of Defense under the current commander in chief. Panetta says, when Obama first came into office under a wave of...
Film, Times & Events: Week of November 7
Films This WeekCheck out the movies playing around town.With: Reviews, Movie Times click here.Santa Cruz area movie theaters > ....... New This Week BIG HERO 6 The folks at Disney adapt the Marvel comic book series into an animated family adventure about a child prodigy, his giant, inflatable robot pal, and the eccentric friends he transforms...
How do you feel about your tax dollars going to space exploration?
I think that the tax dollars could be spent more on a local level, something that “we the people” could relate to and connect with. Steve Rogers, Santa Cruz, Sommelier I don’t like it, I think the money should go to city schools.Sylvia Soper, Santa Cruz, Parking Attendant ...
Caput Beats Medina, County Election Results Coming In
One of the big surprises in this local election is just how soundly sitting Santa Cruz County Supervisor Greg Caput has defeated former Watsonville Police Chief Terry Medina in the 4th district race. It wasn’t quite the landslide other incumbents had pulled off in recent years—1st District Supervisor John Leopold defeated two challengers outright in June...
Dead Rose Pilgrims
According to the band’s drummer Joe Miller, Dead Rose Pilgrims is what happens when musical worlds collide. “I’ve played a lot of jazz music, bebop, and did some college jazz stuff. I also had some experimental jazz groups I played with, and played some hip-hop,” he says. “ Sam ’s done more folk, singer-songwriter and rock...
A Snooze Hope
One insomniac’s quest for the perfect sleep aid It was a multiple-night bout of insomnia, and the zombie-like state of ineptitude that followed each of them, that prompted my recent quest for sleep-inducing remedies. As it turns out, I’m far from alone in my deficiency of the sweet, elusive vitamin S, with its restorative and immune-system-balancing...
Snow Plowed
Human nature is tested by circumstance in the intriguing ‘Force Majeure’ The French title of the Swedish film Force Majeure literally means “superior force,” as in a force of nature, or what we might call an act of God. It generally refers to an unexpected circumstance completely beyond human control, most often a natural disaster like...
The Week That Was
Looking back at Restaurant Week with Gabriella Cafe, plus autumn lunch at Avanti and more It’s always a pleasure to spend an autumn lunchtime in the inviting dining room at Gabriella Cafe, where three of us held an Art Research Office business and pleasure meeting on the final day of Santa Cruz Restaurant Week, which owner...
County Champ
Former Santa Cruz County District Attorney Bob Lee was always a competitor, says Patti Boe, a friend of more than 20 years. Whether it was a board game, a sports matchup, a court case, or the late attorney’s bout with cancer, which he fought privately for years, Lee never gave up. “Oh gosh, he was...