First Fridays offer free live music | Try This
"Try This" is a weekly column that celebrates local businesses — especially eateries, watering holes, coffee shops and the like.
Sujie’s Chinese pancakes |The Mixing Bowl
The first day of the Chinese New Year, also called the Spring Festival, arrives on January 25. Following are fourteen days of...
Painted sky | Photo gallery
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Breakfast, with everything | Try This
Tony Nuñez
FOOD: Cafe Ella's Mañana Panini
I’m not a fan of small breakfast. I...
Theater festival celebrates 25th anniversary
Five-week event returns tonight to downtown Santa Cruz
SANTA CRUZ—Santa Cruz County Actors’ Theatre is celebrating the 25th Anniversary...
Tandy Beal & Company pays tribute to musical director Jon Scoville
APTOS—Jon Scoville has always been eager to open his mind to new music.
Growing up as a minister’s son...
Mediterranean flavors in a British casserole | The Mixing Bowl
Here’s a warm and wintry dish to fit the season. It’s a traditional English dish called, uncomfortably, Toad-in-hole, or in shorthand, but...
Voting opens for Phase 2 of large Watsonville mosaic
WATSONVILLE—The second round of voting for the next large installation of “Watsonville Brillante” has opened.
A project from accomplished...
Sunset play | Photo Gallery
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The heart of pizza | Try This
A weekly column that celebrates local businesses — especially eateries, watering holes, coffee shops and the like.
Tarmo...
