GEOFFREY HARGRAVE: I was initially attracted to the raw and visceral nature of a kitchen after having fallen in love with cooking as a child. As a diner throughout my life, I was intrigued by the ...

Last year, a transgender high school student visiting the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History’s Queer Santa Cruz exhibit expressed interest in seeing the AIDS Memorial Quilt. So the MAH collaborated ...

SEA THE MOMENT Taken at Seabright State Beach with an iPhone 13. Photograph by Sharon Barnes GOOD IDEA Santa Cruz Celebrates 50 Years of Santa Cruz Pride with Festive Pride-themed Window Art Contest.

MICHAEL I chased fame when I was younger, but I wasn’t being my true self. Now I have a son and a beautiful girlfriend, and I’m happy with serenity and a good job. … Peace comes from being a good hard ...

Vocalist Rachel Nagy and rhythm guitarist Mary Ramirez kept hard-hitting Detroit rock alive with their fuzzy garage-rock covers of ’50s and ’60s rock and roll, earning respect from luminaries like ...

Then tragedy struck with a mass shooting in 2019, touching off a series of events that put GGF on pause. I originally planned to report on 1) how the community-minded volunteers around what is, at its ...

The world’s most expensive spice is saffron. To gather one gram of it, workers must harvest 150 flowers by hand. Doesn’t that process resemble what you have been doing? I am awed by the stamina and ...

Even here, in our vibrant, beachy, wellness-rich Santa Cruz, loneliness can sneak up on us. For some, it’s the quiet ache after a move, a breakup, or the kids leaving home. For others, it’s woven into ...

Redwood Mountain Faire is comin’ round the mountain, again, and if you haven’t been, you should. It is literally a community in action, as everyone working there is a volunteer. All proceeds have gone ...

Santa Cruz is known for many things. Skateboarding, surfing, the iconic red dot clothing and everything under the umbrella of NHS Inc. Our banana slugs are internationally famous, and Santa Cruz has ...

If the Trump administration moves forward with plans to make sweeping cuts to health and human services as it hammers out its current budget, it will have far-reaching and profound impacts nationwide.