Almost a year after her death on June 23, 2025, the estate of Santa Cruz musician, singer, and teacher Gabrielle Stocker released her Allaria Trust bequests.by You need to sit down for this. Turns out ...

Five candidates are running in the June 2 Santa Cruz mayoral primary, with housing, homelessness, development, city staffing ...

Drag performer Irene the Alien brings sci-fi style, RuPaul’s Drag Race fame and a message of self-discovery to Santa Cruz ...

Why does the Corralitos Cultural Center (CCC) feel like a creative vortex? Could be it is what happens when musicians, artists, builders and scientists keep running into one another – Corralitos is ...

BALLING Tito Fuentes, former Giants second baseman, with Dusty Baker last month. Photo: Steve Kettmann It was right here, along the edge of Monterey Bay, that likely future Hall of Fame baseball ...

The Santa Cruz Jewish Film Festival closes with “An American Pickle,” celebrating Jewish American Heritage Month through film ...

Santa Cruz therapists are embracing EMDR, mindfulness-based stress reduction and somatic approaches to help people process ...

As local voters prepare to fill in their ballots for the Nov. 5 election, they are faced with a large array of candidates and local ballot initiatives that can seem daunting. We attempt to demystify ...

Redwood Mountain Faire returns to Roaring Camp with nearly 30 bands, local and regional acts, volunteer spirit and ...

Santa Cruz summer arrives with wharf views, Stagnaro Bros. calamari, chowder, beer gardens, food trucks and a full slate of free live music from the Boardwalk to Capitola, Soquel and Scotts Valley.

Aries poet Maya Angelou proclaimed, “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” In that spirit, Aries, I urge you to tell everyone everything—all your secret thoughts, hidden ...