A bustling neighborhood and a new 3,200-seat arena for the Santa Cruz Warriors are part of a plan to transform Downtown Santa Cruz in the coming years.
A beach hike is different. Your path is a vast nowhere, and the ocean itself disappears on the horizon, showing that the earth is round. A hill, on the other hand, is inherently deceptive: a day hike among the biggest …
What would you put in your perfect playroom?
ARIES March 21-April 19
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Jake Shimabukuro doesn’t want to take any credit for the ukulele boom that, over the last decade, has seen thousands pick up the four-stringed Hawaiian instrument.
One thing that often gets lost in all the debate over highly problematic hemp-derived THC products is that the people who make and sell them have every reason to oppose cannabis legalization. After all, the market for their products—some of …
There’s probably a word for it in German: that pleasant atmospheric density only found in a vibrant coffee house—part caffeinated humidity, part invested conversation, part collaboration, part you-do-you, part we-do-great-joe. With superb snacks.
Koji Goto’s path to becoming chef/owner of Ramen Kaito started on the other side of the world in Japan, where he was born and raised. He started cooking there and immigrated to the U.S. at age 25, continuing restaurant work …
Feeling stress in our Santa Cruz paradise? Is your apartment so small that when you bend over in your bedroom you turn on your kitchen stove with your ass? Philosopher Frederick Gros says that “the body on a walk rests …
In 2005, my journey into the profound realm of death midwifery began unexpectedly yet inevitably, as I stepped into the role for one of my dearest friends, Susan. At 62, battling leukemia, Susan entrusted me not just with her final …
I am talking with Rita Rivera, a longtime figure on the Santa Cruz wellness scene, about posture.
Brad Kava | Good Times Editor
This week, we celebrate Juneteenth, the nation’s youngest federal holiday. Officially observed on June 19, Santa Cruz and other communities held their festivities last weekend. The holiday commemorates the day in 1865 when the Emancipation Proclamation was enforced through all …
Many people who are arrested and booked into Santa Cruz County Jail lose not only their freedom but also access to health care and mental health services.
Three years after the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors voted to purchase the former West Marine building on Westridge Drive, a convergence of city and county officials gathered at the site June 11 to celebrate its new incarnation.
Central Fire Capt. Laurel Walters, the first female firefighter to be hired by Central Fire Protection District, hung up her helmet June 6 after 28 years of service.
It never fails.
Where do kids have fun in Santa Cruz?
ARIES March 21-April 19
