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 ...

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 ...

Most of us are surprisingly clueless about the inner workings of our own bodies. Do you know where your gallbladder and spleen actually live or what jobs they perform on your behalf? Can you trace the ...

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 ...

CANDIDATE Curt Wilcox says his life experience should make him a good member of the Pajaro Valley Unified School Board. PHOTO: Police mug shot Curt Wilcox says he is running for a seat on the Pajaro ...

HEALTHY EATS Fear of disease is scaring people out of eating some of the most healthy foods around. PHOTO: Wirestock Creators Shutterstock Four in 10 Americans say they’re buying or eating less fresh ...

THE SURFERS’ PADDLE-OUT On August 4, 2026, the Surfrider Foundation gathered coastal activists online to explain why they believe the California coast is facing one of its most dangerous attacks on ...

PRIVATE LIVES There’s a thin line between love and hate and sometimes, it’s the barrier between balconies. That’s the premise of Noel Coward’s Private Lives. Two divorced lovers find themselves ...