Last year, a transgender high school student visiting the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History’s Queer Santa Cruz exhibit expressed interest in seeing the AIDS Memorial Quilt. So the MAH collaborated ...

Then tragedy struck with a mass shooting in 2019, touching off a series of events that put GGF on pause. I originally planned to report on 1) how the community-minded volunteers around what is, at its ...

ARIES March 21-April 19 The strongest, most enduring parts of China’s Great Wall were the 5,500 miles built during the Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644. One secret to their success was sticky rice, an ...

Reporter John Koenig asks the Question of the Week, often fun, sometimes serious. This time, Would you like to be famous? If so, for what?

GEOFFREY HARGRAVE: I was initially attracted to the raw and visceral nature of a kitchen after having fallen in love with cooking as a child. As a diner throughout my life, I was intrigued by the ...

Redwood Mountain Faire is comin’ round the mountain, again, and if you haven’t been, you should. It is literally a community in action, as everyone working there is a volunteer. All proceeds have gone ...

SEA THE MOMENT Taken at Seabright State Beach with an iPhone 13. Photograph by Sharon Barnes GOOD IDEA Santa Cruz Celebrates 50 Years of Santa Cruz Pride with Festive Pride-themed Window Art Contest.

Vocalist Rachel Nagy and rhythm guitarist Mary Ramirez kept hard-hitting Detroit rock alive with their fuzzy garage-rock covers of ’50s and ’60s rock and roll, earning respect from luminaries like ...

MAKING SCENTS Hot Melty Wax founder Kendall Denike’s candles are sparked by local businesses, artists and influencers. Photo: Mat Weir Santa Cruz is known for many things. Skateboarding, surfing, the ...

Even here, in our vibrant, beachy, wellness-rich Santa Cruz, loneliness can sneak up on us. For some, it’s the quiet ache after a move, a breakup, or the kids leaving home. For others, it’s woven into ...

If the Trump administration moves forward with plans to make sweeping cuts to health and human services as it hammers out its current budget, it will have far-reaching and profound impacts nationwide.