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10/02/2024

What is your most memorable twisty movie or TV show?

10/02/2024

School districts in Pajaro Valley, Live Oak, Soquel, Bonny Doon and Scotts Valley are asking voters to approve $525 million in school bonds. The districts cite degraded plumbing, electrical issues and leaky roofs as some of the problems in outdated …

10/01/2024

Let’s begin with a light reflection. America is at a juncture, not just politically, but systemically. We have a ton of problems, but very few solutions. Our country is struggling under the stress of some weighty issues. Things like addiction, …

10/01/2024

THURSDAY

10/01/2024

When David Enriquez’s dad, Francisco, was recently offered full ownership of La Jaiba Brava (formerly Casa Rosita’s), he asked for and received his family’s blessing first. Born in Tampico, Mexico, Francisco’s first order of business was changing the name to …

10/01/2024

Here’s a sentence you won’t read often: The Santa Cruz Mountains AVA has a new vineyard and winery.

10/01/2024

Denny’s Restaurant is the comedian’s home away from home, the place where comics spend millions of hours. So how does a comedian get 1.4 million views on TikTok while drinking coffee at Denny’s?

10/01/2024

When one thinks of a ghost, there’s an understanding that the figure represents a being that was once living but now continues to exist in the ether, on another plane.

10/01/2024

Cellist Pablo Casals is arguably one the greatest musicians the world has ever known. At the age of 80 he was asked why he continued to practice five hours a day. Casals answered, “Because I think I am making progress.” …

10/01/2024

ARIES March 21-April 19

10/01/2024

Brad Kava | Good Times Editor

10/01/2024

WELCOME ABOARD

10/01/2024

Watsonville Community Hospital could soon be owned by the Pajaro Valley Healthcare District. PVHD announced a plan to purchase the building and surrounding property, a major milestone in a years-long endeavor to return the facility to public ownership.

09/25/2024

I drive toward the ocean on 41st Avenue and pass Betty Burgers. Why did I drive past Betty Burgers? What was I thinking? Imagine taking a beach hike and in the middle of it you get to eat a mesquite …

09/25/2024

As the fall quarter begins this week at UC Santa Cruz and other UC campuses, students will face tightened measures in response to pro-Palestine protests earlier this year. The 2024 spring quarter ended with dramatic clashes between hundreds of protestors …

09/25/2024

A jury on Sept. 17 found that Watsonville City Councilman Jimmy Dutra committed sexual battery and lewd and lascivious acts on a minor in his Los Angeles apartment 19 years ago.

09/25/2024

What is the best advice you’ve ever gotten?

09/24/2024

ARIES March 21-April 19

09/24/2024

By Bill Kopp

09/24/2024

Another date this could be pegged to: Oct 19 at Woodhouse