Todd Guild reports on local efforts to protect Santa Cruz County's immigrant population from threats of deportation ...

Free Will Astrology by Rob Brezsny in Good Times unlocks the secrets of the stars while transforming your life with the ...

There are experiences, people and places that can either be good for you or bad for you. Which way they tilt at any particular time may depend on your mood or their mood or forces beyond your ...

Afro-Brazilian SambaDá’s last show of the year will be filled with all-night jams, deep grooves and catchy melodies, laughter and fun. Pimps of Joytime jam and one doesn’t have to be high or trying to ...

“Confidence is 10 percent hard work and 90 percent delusion,” declared Taurus comedian Tina Fey. But I believe you will disprove that assessment in the coming months. The work you do will be unusually ...

IS AN APE ever not naked? I did some brainstorming and discovered that, in addition to Robin Williams, the Phoenix Suns basketball team has an ape mascot who can dunk and wear a Hawaiian shirt. It's ...

If you worked eight hours per day, seven days a week, it would take you 300 years to count to the number one billion. I don’t recommend you try that. I also discourage you from pursuing any other ...

A 27-year-old Santa Cruz man died on Highway 1 early Wednesday morning in a single-vehicle crash. California Highway Patrol officer Israel Murillo said the man, who has not been named, was driving ...

FOR THE NORTH COAST, Five Mile Beach is unusual. Protected from the wind by ochre cliffs where swifts build their mud nests, it's pristine and wild, like some forgotten Shangri-La. Also called Piggy ...

Noble though it may be, biking can also be tough work. For those who dislike struggling up the steep hills of UCSC campus or getting worn out before they even make it in to work, Ecology Action is ...

Surfing first landed on the continent at Santa Cruz. A trio of visiting Hawaiian princes, apparently missing their home break and willing to brave the comparatively frigid waters, procured suitable ...