The hamburger wasn’t invented in California, but one can argue that the modern, everyday burger has deep roots here, with the state being the birthplace of A&W, In-N-Out, Carl’s Jr. and ...

STANDING UP Thousands marked a Day Without Immigrants on Feb. 3, protesting the current administration’s assault on migrant rights. PHOTO: Tarmo Hannula Thousands of people filled the streets in ...

Italian-born Peppino D’Agostino captures a vibrant and pure tone as deep as the wood grains on his guitars. Thursday January 30 at Ugly Mug.

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UP UNTIL THIS SPRING, rent control was a topic that most Santa Cruz progressives dodged when talking about the housing crisis, at least in public. But then a progressive political consultant sent a ...

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 ...

On a brisk December morning, six women, including this reporter, are doing crunches on a frost-coated footbridge in the Pogonip's grass-filled lower meadow. "Six, seven, eight! Good jo-ob!" encourages ...

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 ...