Restaurant Week is back and better than ever for its 18th year. Get your toothpicks ready and put on your bib because it’s ...

From baker to co-owner, Javier Ortiz has grown with Kelly’s French Bakery since 1992. With his wife, Gabriela Hernandez, he’s ...

Santa Cruz County Measure D would require voter approval for new onshore facilities supporting offshore oil, gas and seabed ...

Aubrey Graves explores Santa Cruz ghost stories, local legends and unexplained encounters in her new book, Supernatural Santa ...

Santa Cruz dining news: a farewell to Mama Celeste pizza, Sidepiece sushi at Madson Wines, Manresa Bread’s expansion and the ...

Josie Cowden explores Demetria Estate’s 2023 Cuvée Constantine red blend, plus Aptos favorites Seascape Foods and Seacliff ...

Christina Waters reviews Alexander Kobrin’s piano performance and previews Ensemble Monterey, Espressivo and Santa Cruz ...

How independent creators, freelancers and niche specialists are gaining ground in local lifestyle media, and what makes their ...

Elizabeth Borelli meets Ed Frey, 86, at Simpkins Family Swim Center to explore his underwater yoga practice and his account of improved mobility.

Círculo de poetas & Writers celebrates a decade of literary community with a new anthology and an Oct. 27 reading at Satori Arts in Santa Cruz.

Blue Lagoon alumni return for the Santa Cruz Comedy Festival, Oct. 12–17, with all 13 headliners together at Kuumbwa on ...

At around 9am today, one of Congressman Jimmy Panetta’s staffers at his Santa Cruz office, on the third floor of a modernist ...