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April 9, 2025
The Editor’s Desk
There are professionals trained in guiding people on their trips of discovery here in Santa Cruz, unlike the old days when people simply dropped LSD and other drugs for fun and frenzy.
April 2, 2025
The Editor’s Desk
As the late Christopher Hitchens reportedly said, “Everyone has a book inside them, which is exactly where it should, I think, in most cases,...
March 27, 2025
Best of Santa Cruz County 2025: Editor’s Note
Just when I thought I knew everything about Santa Cruz, I see great recommendations in this issue that I never knew.
March 26, 2025
The Music Never Stopped
Music fans who have enjoyed David Gans’ books on the Grateful Dead have a chance to study the band in a Stanford extension course in April.
March 25, 2025
The Editor’s Desk
One band has found a way to make it big, playing great music here for 40 years. How did the Banana Slugs do it? Our writer, DNA, talked to them to find out.
March 19, 2025
The Editor’s Desk
Before the days of mega corporations owning media, newspapers were owned by wealthy entrepreneurs who were members of their communities and invested in their well-being...
March 12, 2025
The Editor’s Desk
There’s so much to be learned and enjoyed from the past. Art is our time machine to revisit and delve into what came before...
March 4, 2025
The Editor’s Desk
Four decades ago in Watsonville, 2,000 workers walked off their jobs for 18 months to protest low wages, a daring move for people already struggling