I would focus on two things: friends and family, and trying to do social change to leave the world a better place than how I found it. Craig MetzSanta Cruz | Psychotherapist           I would definitely spend it traveling, but I would also make sure to make amends with anybody that...

Plus Letters To the Editor Sven Davis is a funny guy—or so he tells me. Naturally, then, when he expressed interest in writing for GT again, after going missing from these pages for the last two years, I was thrilled. His pitch made me laugh, too: “Death: Doing It Right the First Time.” A few days...

The Festival of Humanity, the Gemini Solar Festival (at the full moon), occurs Thursday evening (9:11 pm Pacific time), June 12 at 22 degrees Gemini. The Gemini Festival celebrates the divine nature of humanity–seeking the Path of Return, aspiring toward God, seeking goodwill, and attempting to understand how to express right relations with all kingdoms....

Motherhood is reshaping the way Hawaiian singer Anuhea looks at her music  Anuhea can be forgiven for having babies on the mind these days, as she recently became a first-time mother. “I am totally in mommy mode right now,” says the singer-songwriter and guitarist, with a laugh. “I am enjoying motherhood. He’s only six months old...

Grand jury investigation into county jail deaths reveals troubling trends Before Christy Sanders was booked into Santa Cruz Main Jail, she complained of severe pain in the left side of her body, and was sent to the emergency room at Dominican Hospital. There she received a medical examination and an X-ray, but the ER staff did...

Retiring KZSC station manager Michael Bryant leaves behind an impressive legacy If you want to know what outgoing station manager Michael Bryant has meant to KZSC, you could look at the numbers. When he retires on June 20, he’ll have been there almost 15 years, and in that time, the station has been named the number...

In which our writer gets his affairs in order, so you don’t have to. Oh, wait, actually you still do. Sorry. But what he discovered can help you get dying right the first time.

In honor of Woodies on the Wharf June 21, a look back at how surfers saved an American classic  Woodies on the Wharf returns to the Santa Cruz Wharf on June 21, and the 20th anniversary of the annual Santa Cruz gathering—which will feature dozens of the classic cars on display—raises the question: What is it...

Getting Milked Janet Hoover loved her job as a lactation consultant, helping breastfeeding mothers connect to their newborn children. And she was devastated when Dominican Hospital nipped her contract, firing her after 15 years. “It’s been very hard. I was totally and completely blindsided by this whole thing,” says Hoover, who gave breastfeeding tips to...

Films This WeekCheck out the movies playing around town.With: Reviews, Movie Times click here.Santa Cruz area movie theaters > ....... New This WeekEDGE OF TOMORROW It's like a sci-fi Groundhog Day. When aliens invade the Earth, an untested Army Major (Tom Cruise) is sent to the front lines, and promptly killed—except he's caught in a time...