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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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?

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 essential ingredient in 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 ...

SOLITARY CONFINEMENT If it feels like the rest of the world is living their best life while you’re sidelined, you’re far from alone. PHOTO: tiziana salvatori Shutterstock You’re scrolling through ...

NO GOING BACK signs have been posted around town and that’s what they are talking about. We have to fight the dark forces moving like an evil empire to take away basic human rights, and that’s one of ...

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 ...

Born in Bosnia, Lejla Borovac came to the United States with her family in the early ’90s to escape war. She studied marine biology at UCSC but says she ultimately found her calling in hospitality.