“It was personal,” Daniel says. “His childhood friend, Marty Tankleff [who cofounded the class with Howard], was convicted for murdering his own parents. He was arrested and convicted, but he was ...

Born in Bosnia, Lejla Borovac came to the United States with her family in the early ’90s to escape war. She studied marine biology at UCSC but says she ultimately found her calling in hospitality.

MURDER FOLK Amigo the Devil blends emo, punk energy and Americana style Wednesday at Felton Music Hall. PHOTO: Visions of the Abyss ...

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 ...

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 ...

EMMA Six: The Musical is about the lives of the six wives of Henry VIII. I would love to have seen the premiere production … in 2017. Or I would go back in time and see what happened between Katherine ...

Few people’s names are associated with “tests.” There’s the (Hermann) Rorschach Test, which gauges people’s pareidolia, finding meaning in nebulous patterns. The (Alan) Turing Test, where one can ...

I think you’re ready to establish new ways of nourishing and protecting what’s valuable to you. Your natural assertiveness will be useful in setting boundaries and securing resources. Your flourishing ...

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 ...

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 ...