When the British ska movement launched in the late ’70s, great ska/rock-steady acts like the Skatalites, Prince Buster and Desmond Dekker were founding influences. Inspired by the rebellious nature of ...

Despite this, crossing the finish line on June 7 will have bittersweet significance for the riders, since the event is ending its 31-year run this year. Tyler TerMeer, San Francisco AIDS Foundation ...

Monterey Bay remains synonymous with great seafood. But that reality grows more fragile. When the local salmon season was cancelled for the third year in a row this spring, this is how I put it for a ...

Before he was Rini, or perhaps it’d be more accurate to say along the path to becoming Rini, Justerini Sandoval busked for tips on the busy streets of Melbourne. When the singer and guitarist started ...

A thoroughly French café with undertones of California vibes, Emilie and the Frenchies was opened recently by Mary Jane Dean and her childhood friend and business partner, Céline. They originally met ...

Body art is so ubiquitous it’s hard to believe tattooing was illegal in Santa Cruz until 1986. Our cover story takes a look at some of the latest trends in tattoo art, artists and clients as the body ...

For decades, it has been a local curiosity: abandoned, dangerous, dirty, and more than a little creepy. But today, the Court of Mysteries is poised to begin a new era in its long, strange history.

How three young Hawaiian princes first introduced surfing to Santa Cruz—and to the mainland of the Americas By all accounts, the middle week of July in 1885 was a glorious one in Santa Cruz. Tourists ...

One thing’s for certain: Ah Fook’s ghost is tenacious as hell. He’s got pure neon tenacity running through his phantasmal veins. Raised during a time in local history when immigrants of Chinese ...

Over the last 30-40 years, says Dhillon, the organic industry has grown from small, niche farms into separate tiers of small, medium and large-scale farmers. But long before organics went mainstream, ...

2. “I’m Comin’ Home” – Robert Earl Keen: Actually, Jake, first and second are virtually interchangeable on this list, thanks to the symbiotic relationship between this song and “Beer Run.”Unlike ...

When our daughters were growing up, Friday nights were for visits to Bookshop Santa Cruz and Logos. Any time any one of us was in a pinch and couldn’t find an older book we always tried Logos. So ...