.Cover Stories

September 10, 2025

Feral Lawns

A quiet revolution is unfolding across Bay Area suburbs. The meaning of a “nice yard” is being redefined—a wilder approach to home landscaping.
September 10, 2025

The Wizards of Wire

Mario’s Lighting is a local gem where century-old chandeliers and quirky ’70s lamps are given a new lease on life.
September 9, 2025

Return of the Mason Jar

Molly Bravo’s guide, The Essential Canning Cookbook, shows how to transform local abundance into shelf-stable meals all year long.
September 9, 2025

Soothing Waters

Whether teeming with koi or left fishless, ponds cast their spell through sound and movement. In Japan, Koi fish are called living jewels.
September 3, 2025

Ancient Land, New Trails

The Cotoni lived here. The Cotoni people were here for over ten thousand years—they really had it made. Then it ended with the arrival of the Spanish. And here we are.
August 27, 2025

Trailblazers: 50 Santa Cruzans Who Shaped Our County

To mark Good Times’ 50th anniversary, we celebrate the people who transformed Santa Cruz from a sleepy beach town into a cultural epicenter.
August 20, 2025

Cushion Revolution

Santa Cruz has a new meditation and mindfulness center, located near the Tannery Arts Center. The Sit. Feel. Heal. Meditation Center.
August 12, 2025

Civic Slide or Civic Rise?

For over 30 years, the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium hasn’t broken even, yet it holds generations of Santa Cruz memories. An investigation into the numbers, the missed opportunities, and the fight to bring it back from the brink.
August 6, 2025

Summer Buzzin’

We set out to responsibly taste test the trendiest new crop of canned, boxed, balled and otherwise contained cocktails. These are the results of our experiences.
July 30, 2025

Rebuilding After CZU

Nonprofit organizations are helping community-led recovery and rebuilding efforts, working alongside county officials and partner groups.
July 30, 2025

Cabrillo Festival Brings It

Time again for the mighty Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music to fill the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium and its surrounding landscape with unexpected, unpredictable and unrepeatable sights and sounds.
July 30, 2025

Ode to Joy

A blazing-hot composer of radical multi-genre music, Missy Mazzoli brings her Violin Concerto (Procession) to this season’s Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music.
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