Bogard Construction leaders Jared Bogaard, Ryan Bogaard and Dave Sullivan stand at the future Santa Cruz City Schools staff housing site

Housing for Teachers

Santa Cruz City Schools is building roughly 100 below-market apartments on Swift Street to help teachers and staff afford to remain in the community.
Santa Cruz County high school students from Hephaestus Robotics celebrate winning the MATE ROV World Championship

Robot Masters

Santa Cruz County high school students won the Ranger Class at the 2026 MATE ROV World Championship after months of designing, repairing and testing their underwater robot.
Bogard Construction leaders Jared Bogaard, Ryan Bogaard and Dave Sullivan stand at the future Santa Cruz City Schools staff housing site

Housing for Teachers

Santa Cruz City Schools is building roughly 100 below-market apartments on Swift Street to help teachers and staff afford to remain in the community.
Santa Cruz County high school students from Hephaestus Robotics celebrate winning the MATE ROV World Championship

Robot Masters

Santa Cruz County high school students won the Ranger Class at the 2026 MATE ROV World Championship after months of designing, repairing and testing their underwater robot.
Water Tower band members pose together before their Kuumbwa Jazz Center performance

Things to do in Santa Cruz

Water Tower brings bluegrass chops and punk fury to Kuumbwa, with founding member Kenny Feinstein leading the band’s fiercely independent, ever-evolving collective.
Blackened snapper sandwich with purple slaw, tomatoes, arugula and aioli at Seabright Deli

Brighten Up

Seabright delivers stacked sandwiches, memorable pizza and strong coffee, while Bookie’s Pizza prepares for a larger downtown Santa Cruz location.
Bartender Kendra Casey pours a Manhattan at The Alley-Oop cocktail lounge in Santa Cruz

New York Style

The Alley-Oop brings moody New York cocktail-lounge style to downtown Santa Cruz, pairing classic drinks with small plates and late-night date-night atmosphere.
Blackened snapper sandwich with purple slaw, tomatoes, arugula and aioli at Seabright Deli

Brighten Up

Seabright delivers stacked sandwiches, memorable pizza and strong coffee, while Bookie’s Pizza prepares for a larger downtown Santa Cruz location.
Bartender Kendra Casey pours a Manhattan at The Alley-Oop cocktail lounge in Santa Cruz

New York Style

The Alley-Oop brings moody New York cocktail-lounge style to downtown Santa Cruz, pairing classic drinks with small plates and late-night date-night atmosphere.
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Keshav Batish performs on sitar with drums and other instruments behind him

World Music Kinship

Raised in Santa Cruz’s renowned Batish musical family, Keshav Batish brings his new album, Sonic Kinship, to the Kuumbwa Jazz Center.
Carolyn Ratteray, Mike Ryan and Adam Schroeder in Santa Cruz Shakespeare’s production of Much Ado About Nothing.

The Editor’s Desk

Brad Kava reflects on Shakespeare’s enduring warnings about power and madness, celebrates Santa Cruz Shakespeare and highlights community efforts in Seabright.
fingers typing on a vintage typewriter

Letters

Readers respond to Santa Cruz’s aging population, Felton Fire funding, a missing La Selva Beach corgi and the identity of the Cayuga Stage.
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Carolyn Ratteray, Mike Ryan and Adam Schroeder in Santa Cruz Shakespeare’s production of Much Ado About Nothing.

The Editor’s Desk

Brad Kava reflects on Shakespeare’s enduring warnings about power and madness, celebrates Santa Cruz Shakespeare and highlights community efforts in Seabright.
fingers typing on a vintage typewriter

Letters

Readers respond to Santa Cruz’s aging population, Felton Fire funding, a missing La Selva Beach corgi and the identity of the Cayuga Stage.
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