The tragic story of a hate crime becomes a powerful work of musical theater
Why Santa Cruz’s mountain towns are suddenly booming
What Santa Cruz and the rest of the nation can learn from “Why We’re Polarized”
Santa Cruz songwriters create backgrounds for the characters in the original epic love song
Watsonville yoga instructor combines dance experience with holistic approach
New cafe in Corralitos brings biodynamics to the people
Santa Cruz singer-songwriter to release new album at Jan. 31 show
Rising use of Amazon’s security camera company Ring raises privacy questions
Santa Cruz’s 10-minute-play festival celebrates 25 years
Your burning local environmental science questions, answered
With the ‘Lost Jazz Songbook’ series, local musician Tammi Brown is changing the way we think about jazz, pop and musical tradition
The good, the bad and the weird this year in Santa Cruz County
After a devastating medical prognosis, Santa Cruz writer and artist Jory Post is hitting new artistic heights
Rep. Jimmy Panetta and other insiders on political life after Trump
The murky future of tech-addled Democracy
How the company that upended entertainment got its start in Santa Cruz
From housing to animal rights to youth education, more local nonprofits than ever are joining the giving revolution
Singer-songwriter plays Moe’s Alley on the heels of new album
The quirky subject of much Westside lore gets an overhaul by new owners
Did a secret Cold War program lead to an outbreak of Lyme disease?
For the 11th-annual foodie event, 34 restaurants will offer special reduced-price menus Oct. 16-23
A deeply personal downtown crisis united the community after the Loma Prieta quake
A Loma Prieta-themed walking tour of downtown
Documentary about the pre-iPhone visionary shows it’s possible to be too smart, too early
Gripping story of addiction and therapeutic psychedelics spotlights local research
Nonprofit with UCSC roots celebrates 40 years of outdoor education
Ahead of Sept. 21 event, the author talks taking on controversial subjects, and why his new audiobook is a podcast
From gun violence to the avant garde at ‘Pivot: The Art of Fashion’
Makeup, muckbangs and going from Kmart to the red carpet with the 20 year-old followed by 1.8 million people
Calls for a change in work culture after a report confirms misconduct by two city councilmembers