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09/22/2023

City officials and locals gathered to celebrate the wharf's groundbreaking Friday afternoon

09/22/2023

Stephen Gray is the prospective new CEO for the community hospital.

09/20/2023

Part installation, part immersive experience, FREQUENCY spins participants in a kaleidoscope of different realities.

09/20/2023

Terri Lyne Carrington is a jazz drummer, educator and author who grounds her projects in feminism, spiritual liberation and the movement to abolish prisons and police. Carrington will be performing at the Monterey Jazz Festival Sunday at 1:50pm with her …

09/20/2023

Combatting homelessness is historically the county’s domain, but the one-time funding marked a paradigm shift in the city’s response to the homeless. The city created a three-year homeless response plan, which the city credits with its 30% drop in homelessness. …

09/20/2023

Santa Cruz County Supervisors talk artificial intelligence and 25-cent cup tax at latest meeting

09/20/2023

Teenage opioid overdoses have tripled in the last two years, according to the The Santa Cruz County Office of Education website. The COE began a countywide education campaign last year that included training on how to use Narcan, the brand …

09/20/2023

This week, the latest FDA-approved Covid vaccine is anticipated to hit hospital and providers’ shelves across Santa Cruz County. Scientists and health officials say the new vaccine will better target the latest Covid variant.

09/20/2023

One of the main bands reviving ska in the ’70s was The English Beat. And good news—they are still reviving ska! Lead singer Dave Wakeling and his backing band bring all the hits, like “Mirror in the Bathroom,” “Save It …

09/20/2023

I will be getting the new booster, and generally I’m wearing a mask, I actually have it with me now. I haven’t been masking yet, but I will be wearing a mask and be vaccinated. I’m traveling to Italy by …

09/20/2023

DON’T FENCE US IN Oh R-T-C, you'll break our hearts Don’t fence us in No need for miles of cement-wall parts Don’t fence us in Who in the world has lost their senses A passenger train if it ever commences …

09/20/2023

They’re back….(remember that line from Poltergeist?). And by that I mean the little nightmare germs of Covid. They never really went away, but as people relaxed their precautions and went back to unmasked large gatherings, the disease is spreading again …

09/19/2023

Check out this week's astrological lineup by Rob Brezsny outlined in Free Will Astrology. Prepare for your week ahead.

09/19/2023

Opened three months ago in the Seacliff neighborhood of Aptos, Castelli’s Caffé and Deli has been embraced by the locals. Chris Castelli owns the new spot with her son, Vittorio, with a motif she defines as Italian-style New York deli …

09/19/2023

The best that can be said for the state’s efforts to encourage local governments to allow cannabis businesses to open shop is: “At least it’s not nothing.”

09/19/2023

Santa Cruz Fungi started when Boulder Creek’s Paul Lazazzera reached enough frustration with his career in education and his own health challenges and decided to pursue a passion for life-affirming fungi full time.

09/19/2023

After 33 years as Artistic Director of The Monterey Jazz Festival, Santa Cruz’s Timothy Jackson is stepping back, but not before one more world class explosion of sounds on September 22-24. The Monterey Jazz Festival is known as one of …

09/19/2023

Newsom signed a bill that will fund 624 new housing units for the colleges

09/15/2023

The event, organized by Mi Gente in tandem with Santa Cruz Art League, takes place on Mexico’s Independence Day and highlights Latinx culture

09/15/2023

Burning Man met with tumultuous conditions this year, but prior to the annual event, as well as during the week.