August 30, 2023

Take My AARP Card, Please.

My name is DNA and I’ve performed stand-up comedy in Santa Cruz and beyond since 2005. I’m 61. Even when I started out, I was twice as old as everyone else. At this point, I’m wrestling with early rigor mortis every time I get onstage.

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August 30, 2023

Traveling the Coast One Step at a Time

You are from Santa Cruz if you know that summer starts at noon. So, we know the overcast morning will lead to a golden afternoon when we hike up from Gazos Creek to check in on the iconic redwood, the scorched but thriving Candelabra Tree. For the past fifteen years, every three or four weeks I’ve hiked with three guys. In five mile increments, we have walked the beaches and cliffs from Santa Cruz to the Golden Gate Bridge and back, three times.
August 30, 2023

A Lifetime of First and Final Drafts

As I look back over the years, I realize I’ve followed in the footsteps of my paternal grandfather, Edwin, a longtime newspaper columnist. Perhaps, it makes sense, as I was born under the Gemini zodiac sign in Mercury, the planet associated with strong communication skills. It started in grade school when I entertained my class with a made-up-as-I-went written saga.
August 30, 2023

Geezer Talk

“Oh sweetie, you don’t have to call yourself that!” says the woman in the long grocery line as we converse casually. She tells me she’s a local, having grown up in Salinas. My first job in TV news was in Salinas at the then NBC affiliate, KSBW, 50 years ago. She used to watch me on the news when she was a toddler.

Best of Santa Cruz County 2023

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December 21, 2022

Year in Review: Higher Education

How two UC professors dove into the weed world of Santa Cruz and beyond to explore the future of legal cannabis
December 21, 2022

Year in Review: Green Saw Red

The county’s cannabis tax revenues saw a major drop in 2022 as several local businesses closed
December 21, 2022

Year in Review: A New Weed World

A promise of justice, but uncertainties for pot’s OGs
July 26, 2022

Food and Drink: Plant-Based Meals Get a Boost in Santa Cruz Schools

What the public-school push means for local kids—and the rest of us
July 26, 2022

Food and Drink: A Vietnamese Take on Soup-and-Sandwich

Capitola’s Asian Express captures the tastes of Southeast Asia
July 26, 2022

Food and Drink: The Biggest Food and Drink Events Yet to Come in 2022

Foodies, beer lovers and oenophiles, mark your calendars
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