NO GOING BACK signs have been posted around town and that’s what they are talking about. We have to fight the dark forces moving like an evil empire to take away basic human rights, and that’s one of ...

We live in a world where, in America, citizens are being taken off the street, put on planes and sent to death camps in other countries. But the unjust imprisonment of our neighbors—the people we see ...

New Music Works’ final concert of the season, 50 Years of LGBTQ+ Pride in Santa Cruz, is special for several reasons. First, it’s part of a much bigger month-long celebration (visit santacruzpride.org ...

Drew Penner’s cover story spells out the debate clearly. On one hand you have idealistic stewards like Brockovich and even Bobby Kennedy Jr. and on the other you have President Donald Trump talking ...

There were grate expectations. Cremes of the crop. Fondues and don’ts, wheys to go, bleu feelings and harvarti parties. At last month’s 19th annual California Artisan Cheese Festival, up the 880 in ...

BASIC RIGHTS A banner in the 1977 Pride march says it all. Photo: Santa Cruz Pride ‘Anyone can be on either side of the rope,” the announcer yelled into the megaphone. “Is everybody ready? Ok, go.” ...

Considered somewhat unconventional compared to the prevailing autism treatment methods, The Son-Rise Program focuses on some simple, time-tested tenets, such as love, acceptance and hope—principles ...

For decades, it has been a local curiosity: abandoned, dangerous, dirty, and more than a little creepy. But today, the Court of Mysteries is poised to begin a new era in its long, strange history.

How three young Hawaiian princes first introduced surfing to Santa Cruz—and to the mainland of the Americas By all accounts, the middle week of July in 1885 was a glorious one in Santa Cruz. Tourists ...

One thing’s for certain: Ah Fook’s ghost is tenacious as hell. He’s got pure neon tenacity running through his phantasmal veins. Raised during a time in local history when immigrants of Chinese ...

Love and peace. Sex, drugs, and rock ’n’ roll. What else did we need? The Age of Aquarius was busy gearing up for its patchouli-scented 15 minutes, and California was the place to be. Ground zero of ...

If Stokes, now 43, could go back in time and speak to his younger self, he says he would say, “Look at what you’re doing. Is it worth it?” But because that is not an option, Stokes—who is now the ...