CAN IT BE SAVED? The Catalyst, run-down after more than half a century, holds great sentimental value for the famous bands that have played there. PHOTO: Mat Weir Can the people of Santa Cruz own the ...

WORLD FAMOUS Starting just last July, every time someone visits because of the Lost Boys movie, Ferrara places a pin on a world map behind the counter. Photo: Tarmo Hannula That’s the best word for ...

On Friday evening, CEO and founder of the magazine Santa Cruz Waves Tyler Fox announced in an Instagram post that the magazine will pause indefinitely. The magazine, which has published six issues a ...

ON THE BUS AGAIN Dead & Co attracted a modern version of the Grateful Deadheads, an era that seemed lost to history. PHOTO: Courtesy of Utopia Distribution Summer Tour is a new documentary from ...

PiL STILL KICKING John Lydon still fronts the band, but the current lineup brings deeper layers to its sound. PHOTO: Paul Heartfield Too often, Public Image Limited is thought of merely as the group ...

SMILES AND FROWNS Bill Raney’s Nickelodeon is still closed after the pandemic, but there’s talk of reopening it. PHOTO: Athena Raney Bill Raney, the founder and longtime owner of the beloved ...

Legal advocates are warning the public about a multi-state scam targeting the immigrant community, with some victims losing as much as $30,000. According to Claudia Abasto Rivilla, founder and ...

IDEAL, IDEAL Luis Montoya serves pesto chicken penne at Ideal Bar & Grill at the base of the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf. PHOTO: Tarmo Hannula An industry veteran since 1999, when she began serving ...

Back in the days before the internet, and I’m talking some 2,700 years ago, poets were the biggest influencers. And, man, did they have some lasting influence, like this guy Homer whose early works ...

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that UC Santa Cruz student Alli Singh, 19, was killed after the car she was in drove off West Cliff Drive and into the bay at Steamer Lane — reported ...

BEAMING IN “We care deeply about craftsmanship and longevity,” write Gold Dot partners Mitra Mostofi and Rocky Lewycky. “We’re drawn to things that are made well, built to last and rooted in intention ...

MODERN POET A grunge renaissance man, poet Joshua Turek has found digital fame to be one way to sell books. PHOTO: Joshua Turek Joshua Turek’s thoughts, scribblings, scalpeled word choices, excised ...