Santa Cruz musicians honor the life and songs of Todd Snider in a tribute concert at Kuumbwa Jazz Center celebrating his music, humor and legacy.

Santa Cruz is a community where new ideas take root early—sometimes quietly, other times colorfully, often long before the rest of the country catches on. From organic food and environmental activism ...

As organic food goes mainstream, Santa Cruz's Cathy Calfo steps down from California Certified Organic Farmers, or CCOF, which led the certification craze.

Nationally known civil rights attorney talks politics and progressive litigation Attorney Daniel Sheehan played a significant role in more landmark 20th century court cases than most people could even ...

An excerpt from ‘Santa Cruz is in the Heart Vol. II’ In the spring when the willows and chickens grew fat again and the plum trees blossomed pink and white in the Chinatown yards near the river, the ...

Who knew we were worth singing about? At least 20 people! And actually even more, but in honor of Devil Makes Three—who wrote a great Santa Cruz song and return for New Year’s Eve this week—here are ...

Seeking diverse input, from surf historians to incarcerated people, has been a hallmark of Nina Simon's tenure at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History.

“This will be a place where you can walk in, hang out, eat, drink, read, or people watch. Plus you can take part in the free programs [the MAH] will be offering” Novo says. “It was important for us to ...

Citing a record dry 2013 and a current snowpack that is 20 percent of normal, Gov. Brown has declared an official State of Emergency regarding California’s drought. The declaration allows state ...

UCSC’s campus covers a whopping 2,000 acres of hilly terrain, and there are miles and miles of hiking trails weaving in and out of the redwoods.

“That was the beginning,” says mathematician and hip-era chronicler Ralph Abraham. “The minute the Hip Pocket opened, that marked the real beginning of the Santa Cruz phase of hip culture.” “People ...

There is no misunderstanding just how important music is to Joshua Lowe. “I’ll love my child and wife until I die, and I will play music,” says Lowe, who sings and plays the guitar and banjo in his ...