Flower Power Herbs & Roots founder Julie Rothman has spent more than 35 years blending teas, sourcing herbs and helping Santa Cruz reconnect with plant-based traditions.
This week’s letters debate artistic freedom and Christina Waters’ scathing Cabrillo Festival review, while one longtime resident pushes back against criticism of Santa Cruz’s older generation.
Good Times editor Brad Kava weighs UCSC’s controversial parking hikes, questions about campus transparency and why honest criticism—even a scathing review—is essential to credible journalism.
Smoking remains the classic cannabis ritual, but dry-herb vaporizers may reduce exposure to tar, carbon monoxide and other combustion byproducts. Richard Stockton weighs the pleasures, health concerns and practical tradeoffs.
Trust your instincts, seek unexpected teachers and follow the desires that set you on fire. This week’s horoscope invites every sign to explore, reinvent and descend into life’s hidden depths.
Brad Kava reflects on the Grateful Dead’s thriving Santa Cruz legacy, a revealing look at who votes locally and why younger voices need more political power.
With Brad Kava away, Good Times welcomes DNA to the editor’s chair for a reflection on volunteer firefighters, community service and turning concern into action.
Readers weigh in on battery energy storage, controversial trail maintenance at DeLaveaga Park and the difficulty of finding doctors who accept Medicare.
