Back in the biblical day, cherubim guarded the Tree of Life. Today’s cherubim are shown in this Garden of Eden photo doing due diligence, but in their spare time they are students at UCSC. Biblical ...

When you are ready to submit your life tribute to Good Times, we require the following information. Here is an example of the type of information you should include in your obituary. • Your name, ...

The Monterey Bay surfing community is described by many of its members as a family, and Brad Johnson is continuously evoked as the father. So, when Johnson, who in the mid-'70s and early-'80s used his ...

Few folks in Santa Cruz County are aware of the small, unincorporated town in our midst. It doesn't appear on AAA road maps beside points of interest and members of the local Chamber of Commerce. In ...

If a town or county's General Plan is its local constitution, then its Housing Element may well be its Bill of Rights. Other general plan sections describe how local traffic flows, or what facilities ...

Every community has its hot-button issues; Santa Cruz is different only because it's got an entire bank of hot buttons, all flashing at the same time. Although some controversies tend to flare up and ...

I'm always depressed after the holidays. It's not because I buy into the craze of consumerism or relate to religious associations, but more due to the sudden letdown of facing the banalities of going ...

Santa Cruz is preparing for one of its most popular annual surf competitions, complete with three days of food, music and wicked acrobatics. The only thing that will be missing: surfboards. Instead, ...

The View From Santa Cruz Amatai Heller, singer for local art-punks the New Thrill Parade, has found the site to be invaluable in maintaining a web presence for his band. "MySpace has a very easy ...

Grandma can't seem to get up the stairs in her house anymore? Ship her to a nursing home. Little Billy's all grown up now but he can't afford to live in Santa Cruz on his 7-Eleven wages? Buy him a ...

Fans of Shakespeare Santa Cruz's annual holiday productions have had only hindsight to judge Cinderella as the very best of the company's original children's shows. Until now. Debuted in 1999, ...

Cluster Muster: The women of 'Mango Fixation: A Tangy Cabaret' aim to entertain audiences and raise funds for the Actors' Theatre this Saturday. Fruitful Thinking: Local women artists, storytellers ...