Readers sound off on Ani DiFranco and Utah Phillips, UCSC parking headaches, threats to Monterey Bay, a recent cover story and concerns over development at 7th and Brommer.
Rob Brezsny offers this week’s guidance for every zodiac sign, including body wisdom, healing trouble, creative potential and the magic of gratitude.
Three years ago, Alayna Nathe opened a highly unusual small business in Santa Cruz.
Her company, True Source Waters, was built around a simple, albeit...
Cannabis judge Christopher Carr explores aroma, terroir, legacy genetics and why Santa Cruz home growers may produce some of the world’s finest weed.
This week’s letters correct recent reporting on Capitola’s coastal bluff fence and the Over the Hill Gang Saloon, respond to Grateful Dead and Cabrillo Festival coverage, and make the case for rainwater catchment.
Rob Brezsny’s Free Will Astrology offers this week’s guidance on simple solutions, creative transformation, unexpected insight, resilience and embracing change.
Elizabeth Borelli explores hyperbaric oxygen therapy, from surfer Shawn Dollar’s recovery story to its established medical uses and growing popularity in local wellness centers.
Brad Kava warns about renewed threats to coastal protections and offshore drilling, while also highlighting Pajaro Valley school-board turmoil and questions about food safety.
Richard Stockton talks with Washington State University psychologist Carrie Cuttler about research into how cannabis may affect men and women differently—from appetite and memory to pain tolerance.
From Danny Wright’s Gravity Water systems to Santa Cruz-born Goodles, Brad Kava considers the local innovators finding smarter ways to work with energy, water and food—and asks why we aren’t doing more of it already.
