The best things to do in Santa Cruz County each week. Fairs, live music, film festivals, theatrical performances and more, ...

Here in Santa Cruz, summer is more than a season—it’s a lifestyle. The marine layer may linger in the mornings, but once it lifts, locals are out soaking up the sun, salt air and all the ways this ...

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 ...

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 ...

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY ARIES March 21-April 19 You have had resemblances to cactuses in recent days. It hasn’t always been pleasant and cheerful, but you have become pretty skilled at surviving, even ...

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 ...

PIERCING ACIDITY Winemaker Matt Dees says the Santa Rita Hills Chardonnay is ‘precise and full of energy.’PHOTO: The Hilt Estate Sharing a bottle of wine over some excellent pizza at Shadowbrook ...

GIVING PRIDE Students across Santa Cruz County worked with MAH to create the Queer Liberation Quilt. PHOTO: Contributed Screening throughout the course of the show will be Never the Last Love Letter, ...

Levitating with clever ideas, Opera Project won us over in April with a cabaret version of Bach’s saucy Coffee Cantata, performed by three singers and a trio of instrumentalists in the intimate (i.e., ...

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 ...