A huge fire broke out inside a building at the Moss Landing Power Plant today, forcing emergency crews to evacuate areas around Moss Landing and close the heavily traveled Highway 1 in both directions for hours.
December 30, 2024—Bruce McPherson’s last day as supervisor for the Fifth District of Santa Cruz County—dawned bright and blue. After bidding farewell to his team of analysts and taking down the last mementos from his office walls, McPherson traveled to …
In 1942, the U.S. and Mexico hammered out a deal that allowed millions of Mexican men to enter the country to work.
What goes in your go-bag?
ARIES March 21-April 19
Pop quiz, life-on-Earth edition: The future is…which of the following?
A literal one-woman show, Susan Ortmeyer is the owner/founder/baker of Fika Bakeshop, a licensed home bakery (officially known as a Cottage Food Bakery) based in Ben Lomond. A self-described “recovering lawyer,” she went UCLA Law School then practiced law for …
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Wake up your senses with a flavorful glass of rosé from Frank Family Vineyards. Named Leslie Rosé after winery founder Leslie Frank, this impressive wine has a mouthwatering minerality—along with peach and wild strawberry aromas and exciting flavors of white …
Atmosphere rapper Slug didn’t harbor any aspirations that he and producer Ant would have a long career when they started releasing music 39 years ago.
With the inauguration of president-elect Donald Trump on the horizon, Krissy Keefer’s Dance Brigade is singing and dancing for peace and an end to politicized conflict in its 50th season.
What’s the first thing that comes to mind with the words “Painted Mandolin”?
THURSDAY
Enter for a chance to win a pair of tickets to Gerald Clayton Trio at Kuumbwa Jazz in Santa Cruz on Friday, February 28, 7:00pm.
Enter for a chance to win a pair of tickets to Mark Lettieri Quartet at Kuumbwa Jazz in Santa Cruz on Thursday, March 6, 7:00pm.
Enter for a chance to win a pair of tickets to Sullivan Fortner Trio at Kuumbwa Jazz in Santa Cruz on Monday, March 17, 7:00pm.
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COFFEE FIX
If you could live in another country in 2025, which would it be?
Two years ago, Leticia Ruvacalba opened La Misma Taqueria in Plaza Vigil, the tiny business park in the heart of Watsonville’s downtown corridor.
