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 Ultima
Blue billboard featuring a breaching whale reads “Stop the Drill” and urges a yes vote on Measure D by November 3.

Fortifying the Blue Wall

Measure D would expand Santa Cruz County’s coastal protections, giving voters a say over new onshore infrastructure supporting offshore drilling and seabed mining.
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 Ultima
Blue billboard featuring a breaching whale reads “Stop the Drill” and urges a yes vote on Measure D by November 3.

Fortifying the Blue Wall

Measure D would expand Santa Cruz County’s coastal protections, giving voters a say over new onshore infrastructure supporting offshore drilling and seabed mining.
Liz Longley in a white shirt, seated with an acoustic guitar beside a black-and-white tiled floor.

Things to do in Santa Cruz

Singer-songwriter Liz Longley brings her emotionally resonant Americana to Boulder Creek's Lille Aeske on Friday, Oct. 23, for an intimate evening in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
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.
Color illustration of Bela Lugosi as Dracula, wearing a black and crimson cape with one hand outstretched.

The Editor’s Desk

A hopeful look at Santa Cruz’s heated mayoral race, a delicious invitation to Restaurant Week and a little Halloween spirit—with good news from Cabrillo College and Watsonville.
fingers typing on a vintage typewriter

Letters

Readers make the case for Ami Chen Mills, explore the role of guidance in psychedelic therapy and revisit “The Snake” with a political warning.
Color illustration of Bela Lugosi as Dracula, wearing a black and crimson cape with one hand outstretched.

The Editor’s Desk

A hopeful look at Santa Cruz’s heated mayoral race, a delicious invitation to Restaurant Week and a little Halloween spirit—with good news from Cabrillo College and Watsonville.
fingers typing on a vintage typewriter

Letters

Readers make the case for Ami Chen Mills, explore the role of guidance in psychedelic therapy and revisit “The Snake” with a political warning.
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