Sleepbomb brings a live psychedelic and post-doom score to the 1931 Frankenstein at the Rio Theatre, inviting fresh sympathy for its misunderstood creature.
UCSC’s Festival of Monsters returns Oct. 14–18 with horror scholarship, authors, comics and free public events exploring the language of monstrosity.
Santa Cruz County updates include road closures, library voter services, Capitola’s corridor plan, Watsonville planning, Medi-Cal renewal help and poet laureate applications.
King Crimson classics, guitar wizardry and a Zappa encore echoed through the redwoods as Terry Bozzio joined Adrian Belew, Steve Vai and Tony Levin for BEAT’s tour opener at UCSC’s Quarry Amphitheater.
A Romero Institute town hall brings Santa Cruz leaders and activists together to discuss voting rights, civic courage and the power of community participation.
UC Santa Cruz student Oliver Levine paddles 48 miles across Monterey Bay and back, navigating darkness, bioluminescence and self-doubt on a 12-foot board without a support boat.
This week’s local updates cover early voting, Highway 1 and Highway 9 traffic delays, utility autopay changes, county budget concerns, Watsonville Hospital and Monterey Bay humpbacks.
Family, memory and collective strength shape Cabrillo Gallery’s LatinXperiencia 2026: La Resiliencia, bringing together 24 artists exploring what sustains us through upheaval and change.
Santa Cruz writers and artists join a chorus of resistance in Winter in America (Still, a new anthology exploring political turmoil, grief and the possibilities of community.
Adrian Belew talks King Crimson, BEAT’s dream-band chemistry and new drummer Terry Bozzio as the quartet prepares to open its final North American tour of Crimson music at the Quarry in Santa Cruz.
Another battery fire at Moss Landing has renewed fears among restaurant owners, who describe lost sales, missed emergency alerts and uncertainty about their businesses’ future.
Lower prices, bigger crowds at the county fair
A cheaper ticket appears to have helped bring people back through the gates. Lookout reports that Santa...
The Digital NEST tech nonprofit settled a sexual harassment lawsuit centered on allegations against Pajaro Valley Unified School District Trustee Gabriel Medina, according to...