Cover Stories
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1.5KAfter Touring With Metallica, Joe Sib Comes Home for New Comedy Venue
Santa Cruz native will headline opening of DNA’s Comedy Lab and Experimental Theatre
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3.3K10Does Santa Cruz City Hall Have a Bullying Problem?
Allegations of bullying, sexism and Trumpian tactics rattle the local political scene
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4.0K5Fear and Loathing in Santa Cruz
How UCSC hit the counter-culture jackpot with a new Hunter S. Thompson archive
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2.6K2Burger: Impossible
Can a Silicon Valley startup change veggie burgers forever?
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1.8K4A Santa Cruz Dreamer’s Life in Immigration Limbo
For local activist Gabriela Cruz, the battle over Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and the Dream Act is as personal as...
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2.5K2Saying Yes To The (Divorce) Dress
A local photo project encourages subjects to slip into a cursed gown and open up about their breakups
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3.8K2How Biodynamic Farming Could Change Medicine
A Santa Cruz County farm is at the forefront of a movement to go beyond organic
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2.4K3Surviving the Hot Fitness Heat Wave
An inside look at the rise of hot Pilates, boot camp, spinning and more
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2.6K2Madeleine Albright on Fascism, Trump and Santa Cruz
Former Secretary of State brings her book ‘Fascism: A Warning’ to Kaiser Permanente Arena on Feb. 5
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2.5KNew Music Trailblazer Terry Riley Gets Santa Cruz Concert
New Music Works will cover ’60s classics from musician who paved the way for Philip Glass, Brian Eno
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4.6K1Can Santa Cruz MDMA Research Change Mental Health?
The local Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) aims to convince the FDA to allow the drug in psychotherapy
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3.7K1Sharks, Tsunamis, the Mystery Spot: Answering Readers’ Top Santa Cruz Questions
UCSC students decode the local ecosystem
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3.5K3Robyn Hitchcock Lets You Love Him
The Brit rocker reinvents himself (again) on his 21st album
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2.9K2018: The Year in Review
The weirdest stories from Santa Cruz County this year
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3.7K1How Bill Monning Modeled California’s Blue Wave
Door knocking with the Central Coast’s unapologetically progressive State Senator
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3.5KBus Life, Bikinis and Martha Hudson’s Mission to Empower
Inside the ‘Luv Martha’ bikini maker's one-woman journey on a converted school bus
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4.6K1Jonathan Franzen’s Santa Cruz Escape
Despite a change of scenery, new book shows the author still loves a good argument
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2.5KHow Tandy Beal Brings ‘Joy’ to the Holidays
Behind the scenes of Santa Cruz’s most innovative and anticipated holiday show
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2.9KSanta Cruz Gives 2018: A Holiday Guide to Nonprofit Giving
The giving revolution grows with a fundraising drive for 33 community groups
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3.4K1How Charles Harder Went From UCSC Democrat to Trump’s Top Lawyer
Former rising star in Santa Cruz Democratic politics has made his name representing Trump family and shutting down Gawker
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2.9KHow A Santa Cruz County Scientist Revived the Search for Alien Life
Local scientist Frank Drake helps the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) regain its swagger
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3.0K3Celebrating the Life of Cabrillo Stage Founder Lile O. Cruse
Luminaries from the life of the longtime Cabrillo educator come together to celebrate his legacy
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5.6K1Jaron Lanier to Santa Cruz: Quit Social Media Now
After decades of skepticism about Internet utopia, computer scientist and virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier is finally being heard.
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5.5KA Complete Guide to Santa Cruz Restaurant Week 2018
Looking back on a decade of dining, and ahead to this year’s menus
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5.0K1Film Festival’s ‘Rise’ a Santa Cruz Story that Had to Be Told
William McCarthy of the band Augustines comes home for U.S. premiere at SCFF
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6.1KPesticides Putting Pajaro Valley Schools at Risk, Teachers Say
Fear flourishes amid industry reassurance, conflicting data
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3.4K1Pivot Runway Show Carries on Santa Cruz Fashion Tradition
‘Hall of Fashion’ picks up where FashionArt left out
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3.1K1Head On: The State of Santa Cruz County High School Football
High school's most popular sport in the age of injury fears and anthem controversies
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3.7K3Kuumbwa Jazz Honor Band is Santa Cruz’s Musical Talent Factory
Local program is spawning some of the most innovative musicians in the country
