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 ...

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 ...

'People are stuck in the Stone Age," says Kevin James Stover, creator, promoter and organizer of Santa Cruz's first-ever Christian hardcore music festival. "I'm not being rude by saying that, I'm just ...

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 ...

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 ...

Many couples in the United States experiencing fertility troubles spend thousands of dollars on various drugs and in vitro procedures. But there's another option as well. If you take Highway 152 from ...

IT COMES as no surprise that Santa Cruz has hosted countless peace protests, support groups following Jerry Garcia's death and drum circles for sensitive New Age guys. But who could have imagined ...

There's something so pure and simple about breakfast. At no other time of day do you get to start with a clean slate. From that greasy pile of hangover-curing bacon, eggs and potatoes to one single ...

The panelists shifted in their seats, scratched their heads and flared their nostrils in unease as Daniel Dodge, political director of the Central Labor Council, got into the meat of his message.

The Charge of the Night Brigade: David Folsom-Jones stays in close contact with his dispatcher, the driver's lifeline to potential customers and assistance if he should need it in the long haul ...

'I started out just by filming my friends, and my friends ended up being some of the best surfers in the world," says surf filmmaker Josh Pomer, who returns home this month for the premiere of his new ...