Cover Stories
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2.2KBest Of Santa Cruz County 2016 Arts & Culture
Arts & Culture Best Festival (Music) Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music 1 The Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music got its start in...
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3.9KBest Of Santa Cruz 2016 Community Life
Community Life Best Bike Ride West Cliff Drive 1 This vibrant, two-mile long, mixed-use bicycle path stretches from the Municipal Wharf to...
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7.4KBest Of Santa Cruz County 2016 Food & Drink
FOOD & DRINK Best Açaí Bowl Café Brasil 1 In an açaí bowl, you’ll find granola, bananas and strawberries over a housemade...
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7.1KBest Of Santa Cruz County 2016 Health & Recreation
Health & Recreation Best Bike Shop Epicenter Cycling 1 Epicenter lets customers test-ride bikes as they look for the right fit. 2...
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2.4KBest of Santa Cruz County 2016 Music & Nightlife
Music & Nightlife Best Craft Brewer Discretion Brewing 1. Discretion Brewing brews their beer with 100 percent organic ingredients. 2. They are...
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3.0KBest Of Santa Cruz County 2016 Shopping & Services
Shopping & Services Best Arts & Crafts Palace Arts 1. Palace Arts is family-owned, and has been open in Santa Cruz for...
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4.4KBehind the Masks
Is it performance art? Or just crazy? Indie wrestlers reveal all about a growing Santa Cruz sensation
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5.5KKitchen of Dreams: How the El Pajaro Kitchen Incubator is Helping Food Entrepreneurs
From green waffles to bone broth, a Watsonville incubator is producing some of Santa Cruz County’s most innovative culinary entrepreneurs
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1.8KWithout a Net
KPIG’s ‘Please Stand By’ celebrates 1,000 episodes of radio from a different era—live music and no pants
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1.7KGuild Save the Queen
Hobbyist beekeeping surges as scientists debate the mystery of disappearing bees
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4.2KHow Westside kid Nat Young became American surfing’s next great hope
Nat Young enters the upcoming surfing season ranked 10th in the world
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2.6KTrue Storyteller
UC Santa Cruz grad Julie Snyder talks about how the 'Serial' podcast gets made—and how it became a cultural phenomenon.
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1.7KHeart Me Up
In defense of Valentine’s Day
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1.6KWalking With a Ghost
How ‘ghosting’ has become a dating norm and why it needs to stop
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1.7KOn the Run
Is there hope for California’s salmon?
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2.1KBubbling Up
The successful transformation of the Wrigley Building is driving an economic engine on the booming Westside
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2.2KWear It’s At
Wearable technology is changing how we exercise, and even how we live—but you ain’t seen nothin’ yet
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1.6KTwist Ending
How technology is rapidly changing our bodies, and what we can do about it
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2.4KTwist Ending
How technology is rapidly changing our bodies, and what we can do about it
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3.0KNotes from the End of the World
When Bonny Doon’s Henry Kaiser isn’t diving in subzero temperatures in Antarctica, he’s playing on the edge as one of music’s most...
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3.3KHere and Don
California Republicans in the era of Trump
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Here and Don: California Republicans in the era of Trump
California Republicans in the era of Trump
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Creature Feature: Beats Antique to play the Catalyst
Bay Area’s Beats Antique set to bend minds with their new electronic freak show ‘Creature Caravan’ at the Catalyst on Dec. 30...
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River Revival: Interview with Greg Pepping
Greg Pepping of the Coastal Watershed Council explains how the new attention being paid to the San Lorenzo River could transform Santa...
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Ty Fighter: Ty Pearce’s Impact on the Local Dining Scene
Ty Pearce of Ty’s Eatery made a big impact on the local dining scene in 2015
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Fury Road: Interview with Lori Nixon
Lori Nixon has faced jail time, fees and a suspension since blocking Highway 17 in a controversial student protest
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Tracing the Elements: Mercury and Mountain Lions
A new discovery in Santa Cruz Mountains pumas reveals that after pollution enters the ocean, some toxins may return to land
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Learning Inside Out: New Tech is Revolutionizing Education for Students with Dyslexia
One Aptos teacher’s innovations are a striking example of how technology—and a better understanding of how our brains work—is revolutionizing education for...
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Testing Ground: Remembering the First ‘Acid Test’
Fifty years ago Santa Cruz hosted a landmark moment in counterculture history
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Santa Cruz Gives
A look at the organizations we’re asking you to support in our new holiday giving campaign
