A hand uses a laptop touchpad beneath an overlaid chatbot icon wearing a graduation cap.

Pockets of Disruption

As AI unsettles career expectations, Santa Cruz County students are reconsidering their paths. Roz Spafford explores local enrollment trends, students’ concerns and why educators emphasize subject knowledge, collaboration and learning to adapt.
Aubrey Graves leans through a doorway surrounded by colorful graffiti at the White Lady’s House in 1999.

Haunting Santa Cruz

From unsettling nights at Brookdale Lodge to neighborhood ghost stories, author Aubrey Graves explores more than 100 locations in Supernatural Santa Cruz: The Ultimate Edition
A hand uses a laptop touchpad beneath an overlaid chatbot icon wearing a graduation cap.

Pockets of Disruption

As AI unsettles career expectations, Santa Cruz County students are reconsidering their paths. Roz Spafford explores local enrollment trends, students’ concerns and why educators emphasize subject knowledge, collaboration and learning to adapt.
Aubrey Graves leans through a doorway surrounded by colorful graffiti at the White Lady’s House in 1999.

Haunting Santa Cruz

From unsettling nights at Brookdale Lodge to neighborhood ghost stories, author Aubrey Graves explores more than 100 locations in Supernatural Santa Cruz: The Ultimate Edition

Things to do in Santa Cruz

A decade of workshops and literary fellowship blooms in the Círculo de poetas & Writers Anthology, with poets reading Oct. 27 at 7pm at Satori Arts in Santa Cruz.
Alt text: Close-up of baked Mama Celeste pizza slices with sausage and diced peppers resting on Celeste packaging.

Rest in Pizza

Mark C. Anderson bids a nostalgic farewell to Mama Celeste, samples the buzz around Sidepiece sushi and previews Manresa Bread’s Westside plans, plus local food festivals.
Rows of individual cake slices with chocolate topping, pink frosting, raspberries, strawberries and powdered sugar at Kelly’s French Bakery.

Happy Succession

From baker to co-owner, Javier Ortiz has grown with Kelly’s French Bakery since 1992. With his wife, Gabriela Hernandez, he’s preserving its legacy and bringing cakes back to individual customers.
Alt text: Close-up of baked Mama Celeste pizza slices with sausage and diced peppers resting on Celeste packaging.

Rest in Pizza

Mark C. Anderson bids a nostalgic farewell to Mama Celeste, samples the buzz around Sidepiece sushi and previews Manresa Bread’s Westside plans, plus local food festivals.
Rows of individual cake slices with chocolate topping, pink frosting, raspberries, strawberries and powdered sugar at Kelly’s French Bakery.

Happy Succession

From baker to co-owner, Javier Ortiz has grown with Kelly’s French Bakery since 1992. With his wife, Gabriela Hernandez, he’s preserving its legacy and bringing cakes back to individual customers.
Carlin Truong conducts with a raised baton and an outstretched hand as string musicians perform behind him.

Distinguished Artists

A remarkable piano meets Alexander Kobrin’s artistry, Ensemble Monterey opens an ambitious season, and local chamber ensembles offer more reasons to listen.
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Letters

Steve Pleich invites support for the 36th Veterans Community Thanksgiving Dinner, while Whitney Wilde questions parking fees at the Seymour Marine Discovery Center and their impact on coastal access.
Two dancers face each other beside a brick wall, one turning with long dark hair sweeping outward.

The Editor’s Desk

What would Santa Cruz lose without Salsa by the Sea? Brad Kava reflects on the dancing that brings people together and introduces an issue filled with local creativity, community and a few pumpkin opinions.
fingers typing on a vintage typewriter

Letters

Steve Pleich invites support for the 36th Veterans Community Thanksgiving Dinner, while Whitney Wilde questions parking fees at the Seymour Marine Discovery Center and their impact on coastal access.
Two dancers face each other beside a brick wall, one turning with long dark hair sweeping outward.

The Editor’s Desk

What would Santa Cruz lose without Salsa by the Sea? Brad Kava reflects on the dancing that brings people together and introduces an issue filled with local creativity, community and a few pumpkin opinions.
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