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High Five, Dusty
Dusty Baker returns to Santa Cruz with “Crossroads,” a memoir that follows his journey from the Monterey Pop Festival and Hank Aaron’s mentorship to the World Series, the high five and a lifetime of trusting his feelings.
Home School Asia
What happens when you take your kids out of school and into the world? One Santa Cruz family finds education, connection and adventure across Asia.
Who Needs Friends?
From ’80s film icon to introspective author, Andrew McCarthy brings his cross-country search for friendship to Santa Cruz.
Going Deep
Percival Everett is a unique figure in American letters in a lot of ways. He’s published more than 20 short story collections and novels...
Publish and Flourish
Aurore Sibley, a Capitola writer, developed the kind of obsession that leads people to want to write and publish books, no matter how steep the climb.
The Politics of Joy
As Kamala Harris takes the stage in Chicago this week as the Democratic Party’s nominee for president, Santa Cruzans see a new kind of blue wave stretching from California to Washington.
A Democratic Moment
Congressman Jimmy Panetta, Santa Cruz Mayor Fred Keeley and others will read aloud from the play Sinclair Lewis helped adapt from his own 1935 novel












