Santa Cruz Comedy Festival runs Oct. 1–5, bringing laughs to venues of all kinds. Good Times' Sean Rusev has who and where.

Few of the vegetables grown in the 21st century are in their original wild form. Many are the result of crossbreeding carried out by humans. The intention is to increase the nutritional value of the ...

MOST EXCELLENT Keanu Reeves re-emerged after the show to greet fans and hang out with old friends. PHOTO: Mat Weir In a “most excellent” display of rock, Dogstar—featuring Hollywood outsider favorite ...

My horoscopes don’t necessarily answer questions that are foremost in your awareness. This might annoy you. But consider this: My horoscopes may nevertheless nudge you in unexpected directions that ...

In 2015, a large earthquake struck Nepal, registering 7.8 on the Richter scale. It was so powerful, it shrunk Mt. Everest. I mention this, Aries, because I suspect you will generate good fortune in ...

A 27-year-old Santa Cruz man died on Highway 1 early Wednesday morning in a single-vehicle crash. California Highway Patrol officer Israel Murillo said the man, who has not been named, was driving ...

IN JULY 1954, a part-time big-band pianist and full-time milkshake-machine salesman named Ray Kroc called on a client in the California desert town of San Bernardino. As Kroc noted in his memoir, ...

This is the last in our series of candidate profiles for the District 3 county supervisor race. Previous installments can be found here and here. Sitting in his second-story office of the bookstore he ...

The passion of Tim Flannery and the Lunatic Fringe comes through every note they play—truly just a group of friends doing what they love with who they love.

Dio Santiago clasps his hand around Clara Minor's thin wrist as the co-owners of Minorsan martial arts and health studio demonstrate an important concept in women's self-defense. Minor explains how it ...