A food worker wearing blue gloves chops fresh lettuce on a cutting board.

Scared of Salads

A Cyclospora outbreak is shaking Americans’ confidence in fresh produce, but Santa Cruz farmers and grocers say knowing where your food comes from can help shoppers make safer choices.
Police booking photo of an older bearded man with white gauze near his right ear.

Violent Felon Runs

Curt Wilcox is running for a Pajaro Valley Unified School District board seat while defending his qualifications, residency plans and a criminal history that includes a violent felony conviction.
A food worker wearing blue gloves chops fresh lettuce on a cutting board.

Scared of Salads

A Cyclospora outbreak is shaking Americans’ confidence in fresh produce, but Santa Cruz farmers and grocers say knowing where your food comes from can help shoppers make safer choices.
Police booking photo of an older bearded man with white gauze near his right ear.

Violent Felon Runs

Curt Wilcox is running for a Pajaro Valley Unified School District board seat while defending his qualifications, residency plans and a criminal history that includes a violent felony conviction.
Members of The Holdup pose together in a promotional photo.

Things to do in Santa Cruz

Bay Area reggae-rock favorites The Holdup bring their blend of reggae, hip hop and rock to Felton Music Hall on Saturday, Aug. 29.
Swordfish picatta with capers, roasted potatoes and mixed greens at La Placa Italian Cuisine.

Combo Pizza

La Placa Italian Cuisine combines its family restaurant, pizzeria and bakery traditions in a new Scotts Valley home, while Melo Bread rises in Watsonville.
Customers order at Nashville Fire Chicken inside the Capitola Mall food court.

Firebird

Nashville Fire Chicken brings made-from-scratch hot chicken sandwiches, tenders and customizable heat to its new home inside the Capitola Mall food court.
Swordfish picatta with capers, roasted potatoes and mixed greens at La Placa Italian Cuisine.

Combo Pizza

La Placa Italian Cuisine combines its family restaurant, pizzeria and bakery traditions in a new Scotts Valley home, while Melo Bread rises in Watsonville.
Customers order at Nashville Fire Chicken inside the Capitola Mall food court.

Firebird

Nashville Fire Chicken brings made-from-scratch hot chicken sandwiches, tenders and customizable heat to its new home inside the Capitola Mall food court.
Bill Kirchen and Nina Gerber perform on electric guitars onstage.

High Speed

Grammy-nominated guitarist Bill Kirchen and acclaimed guitarist Nina Gerber bring decades of roots, rock and folk history to The Landing in Scotts Valley.
fingers typing on a vintage typewriter

Letters

This week’s letters correct recent reporting on Capitola’s coastal bluff fence and the Over the Hill Gang Saloon, respond to Grateful Dead and Cabrillo Festival coverage, and make the case for rainwater catchment.
A large colony of seabirds gathers on a rocky outcrop off the Santa Cruz coast.

The Editor’s Desk

Brad Kava warns about renewed threats to coastal protections and offshore drilling, while also highlighting Pajaro Valley school-board turmoil and questions about food safety.
fingers typing on a vintage typewriter

Letters

This week’s letters correct recent reporting on Capitola’s coastal bluff fence and the Over the Hill Gang Saloon, respond to Grateful Dead and Cabrillo Festival coverage, and make the case for rainwater catchment.
A large colony of seabirds gathers on a rocky outcrop off the Santa Cruz coast.

The Editor’s Desk

Brad Kava warns about renewed threats to coastal protections and offshore drilling, while also highlighting Pajaro Valley school-board turmoil and questions about food safety.
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