Discover Rob Brezsny’s Free Will Astrology for the week of December 11, offering inspired guidance and cosmic insight for all 12 zodiac signs.

Legendary Mexican Elvis performer El Vez returns to Moe’s Alley on Dec. 17 with a high-energy holiday Espectaculo blending punk roots, political humor, glitter rock, and festive reinvention.

From Secret Santa and snowy toboggan runs to Mexico camping trips and classic holiday movies, Santa Cruz locals of all ages share their favorite festive traditions in this week’s Street Talk.

It all started with the ground beef tacos that we’ve been serving for our entire 70-year history. And 50 years ago, the shredded beef and chicken options made their debut and decided to stay. These ...

Maybe you are holding out hope your true love is going to give to you 12 drummers drumming, 11 pipers piping, 10 lords a-leaping, nine ladies dancing, eight maids a-milking, seven swans a-swimming, ...

Artina Morton and Douglas Harr plan to turn the Westside Santa Cruz property known as the Court of Mysteries into an annual Halloween attraction.

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.

Tofu may be the most misunderstood food in America. Maybe its useful but creepy ability to be anything and everything is what has made this anemic-looking block of curdled and pressed soy milk a ...

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

BORDER OF BUSINESS Peixoto owns another 1,000 acres in Imperial Valley in Southern California, and says that while the issue is pervasive across the state, certain conditions like housing availability ...

Curse of Santa Cruz I’m definitely thinking about it as I enter New Bohemia Brewing Company dressed as a skeleton late one October afternoon. My friends are waiting at the bar with pints of ...

To see the night sky as our ancestors did for millions of years, photographers and stargazers make the 45-minute drive up the coast to Pigeon Point Lighthouse, where Jeff Parry has dimmed the lights.