Sometimes I wonder if a town can have too much culture... we have more things to do on any given week than the city over the hill of a million or so people.
I want to thank, and commend, your 50th anniversary issue. The way you chose to do it showed how you put community first, which is why you endure in the hearts of Santa Cruz.
Good Times is celebrating the big 5-0 and as anyone who has run a business knows, that’s a huge accomplishment. We are so happy about it that we are doing three issues.
There are two photos that really tell the story: Kettmann and partners in front of a beautiful building, then another shot the next day, after it was bombed to rubble.
Body art is so ubiquitous it’s hard to believe tattooing was illegal in Santa Cruz until 1986. Our cover story takes a look at some of the latest trends
Summer is almost here, and with it will come deadly heat waves supercharged by the climate crisis. Yet in 27 states, it’s perfectly legal for utility companies to shut off electricity...
I’ll never forget when my then 4-year-old son started to understand where food comes from. “It’s a good thing we don’t eat animals,” he said. “We eat food.”