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May 8, 2012
San Francisco Man Arrested in "Savage" Santa Cruz Murder
A San Francisco man with "extensive history with police" was booked into Santa Cruz jail last night after police found him hiding bloody clothes shortly after a woman was stabbed to death in broad daylight.Police arrested the 44-year-old man, who has not yet been identified, and charged him with bru ... More >>
Blogs
November 16, 2011
Verve Coffee's Colby Barr on How to Help People Discover Richer Coffee
In an effort to chart the ever-expanding specialty coffee scene in the Bay Area, we've been engaging a selection of local coffee personalities to pick their brains about why coffee and why now. Today we talk to Colby Barr of Santa Cruz's Verve Coffee. Can you tell me a little bit about h ... More >>
Blogs
November 8, 2011
S.F. Pot Clubs Threatened by Government Crackdown Won't Sue
On defenseIt was only a matter of time before the state's medical marijuana collectives went to the courts -- and the time was nigh Monday for Lynette Shaw of the Marin Alliance for Medical Marijuana to announce at a downtown San Francisco law firm that she's suing the feds. Her deadline to close ... More >>
Blogs
September 1, 2011
Santa Cruz Collective to Stage a "Milk-In" for Raw Milk Rights
Santa Cruz area raw-milk proponents are tired of the government getting up in their dairy. In response to "cease and desist" letters from the Santa Clara County DA's office sent to small, herd-share businesses that contract out milk from a goat or cow, the Santa Cruz Food Rights Coalition formed an ... More >>
Blogs
March 15, 2011
Kamala Harris Touts Use of Familial DNA Testing in Santa Cruz Sex Crime Arrest
A controversial form of DNA testing is back in the limelight as law-enforcement officials praise its use in the investigation into an attack on a barista in Santa Cruz.Elvis Garcia, 21, was arrested Friday on charges of sexual assault, robbery, and false imprisonment. He is being held on $1 milli ... More >>
Calendar
October 27, 2010
Dueling Dubs
A controversial form of DNA testing is back in the limelight as law-enforcement officials praise its use in the investigation into an attack on a barista in Santa Cruz.Elvis Garcia, 21, was arrested Friday on charges of sexual assault, robbery, and false imprisonment. He is being held on $1 milli ... More >>
Blogs
September 2, 2010
Beer Truck Overturns, Ruins Morning Commute
When beer trucks lose their load during commute hours, we all loseTragedy has enveloped both beer-drinkers and commuters today in the Bay Area. A truck carrying a purported 43,000 pounds of beer has hit an embankment and overturned on Highway 17. Its precious, precious payload is now leaking alon ... More >>
Blogs
July 16, 2010
Saturn Cafe to Ring Up Its First Sale, Flying Ninja Appears Out of Nowhere
The past 24 hours in S.F. restaurant gossip, puffery, and cold, hard facts.At Vegansaurus, Megan D! announces that Saturn Cafe, a Santa Cruz vegetarian diner, is opening a second location in Berkeley tomorrow (2175 Allston, 510-845-8505, www.saturncafe.com). The pitch: comfort food like nachos, ... More >>
Calendar
June 9, 2010
Phlebotomy on Wheels
The past 24 hours in S.F. restaurant gossip, puffery, and cold, hard facts.At Vegansaurus, Megan D! announces that Saturn Cafe, a Santa Cruz vegetarian diner, is opening a second location in Berkeley tomorrow (2175 Allston, 510-845-8505, www.saturncafe.com). The pitch: comfort food like nachos, ... More >>
Blogs
May 19, 2010
Driver Accused of Playing Human Frogger -- on Meth. With 'No Kidding' Mug Shot.
Pedestrians, bewareA Santa Cruz man accused of driving while high on meth didn't do himself any favors by posing for this mug shot. Abraham Kelly, 40, was arrested by Santa Cruz police following a "low-speed pursuit" through the west of Santa Cruz. Cops had been flagged down by several people rep ... More >>
Blogs
March 18, 2010
Nazi-Saluting Santa Cruz Gadfly Gets His Day in S.F. Court. Again.
Santa Cruz city council meetings sound like a real thrillLast year, seemingly ending a case that had dragged on longer than World War II, San Francisco's 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the City of Santa Cruz was within its rights to twice eject a gadfly from government meetings after he ... More >>
Blogs
February 16, 2010
Coast Down to Santa Cruz for Saturday's Clam Chowder Cook-Off
beachboardwalk.comThe 29th Annual Santa Cruz Clam Chowder Cook-Off & Festival, a benefit for the city's Parks and Rec Department, is set to steam up the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk on Saturday. It should provide excellent cover for adults looking for an excuse to ride the Sea Swings. Parks and ... More >>
Dining
November 11, 2009
Morning, noon, and night, Ironside wants to be the SOMA spot
beachboardwalk.comThe 29th Annual Santa Cruz Clam Chowder Cook-Off & Festival, a benefit for the city's Parks and Rec Department, is set to steam up the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk on Saturday. It should provide excellent cover for adults looking for an excuse to ride the Sea Swings. Parks and ... More >>
Blogs
November 6, 2009
Court Ruling: Man Officially a Dick For Giving Nazi Salute at City Council Meeting
Welcome to Santa Cruz...A legal case lasting longer than America's involvement in World War II has ostensibly culminated with the following conclusion: A man who felt the need to give the Nazi salute during government meetings deserved the Stalingrad treatment he got.A Santa Cruz man named Robert ... More >>
Blogs
November 2, 2009
Video of the Day: Sleepy Sun's New Age
San Francisco psych-popsters Sleepy Sun get extra cosmic on their new video, "New Age," a red- and droopy-eyed ballad that opens up into some seriously stony guitar solos. We would expect nothing less from a band that got its original musical and spiritual guidance down in Santa Cruz.
Blogs
October 9, 2009
Oom-Pah-Pah in Oakland Tomorrow at Oaktoberfest
Oaktown is the site of tomorrow's appropriately named Oaktoberfest in the Dimond District (Ground Zero: MacArthur and Fruitvale), 11 a.m.-6 p.m. It's continuing a longstanding tradition: In the early 1900s, the area was full of beer gardens and German-owned vacation spots for S.F. families. ... More >>
Blogs
August 19, 2009
Fire Engulfs 'Haunted' Music Venue Brookdale Inn
For many years, the Brookdale Inn has played host to music acts ranging from Dick Dale to Om. The legendary "haunted" old hotel in the Santa Cruz mountains has been used as a venue most recently for artists working with (((FolkYeah!))), which books everything from metal to folk to indie in the lo ... More >>
Blogs
August 7, 2009
Drink of the Week: Taylor's Tonics' Chai Cola
Taylor's Tonics of Santa Cruz offers a simple yet unique idea with its Redwood forest-brewed Chai Cola. A bubbly concoction featuring main ingredients of yerba mate, ginger, and black chai tea, this cola is sweetened with evaporated cane juice and tastes like a supercharged hybrid of ginger ale a ... More >>
Calendar
August 5, 2009
The Barb
Taylor's Tonics of Santa Cruz offers a simple yet unique idea with its Redwood forest-brewed Chai Cola. A bubbly concoction featuring main ingredients of yerba mate, ginger, and black chai tea, this cola is sweetened with evaporated cane juice and tastes like a supercharged hybrid of ginger ale a ... More >>
Blogs
August 4, 2009
Chronic City: Marijuana Moratorium -- How To Ignore The Voters And The Law
Dispensary moratorium: Latest political fad?One by one, across California, the lights are winking out.In city after city, town after town, patients who had dared hope they would at last have safe access to the medicine recommended by their physicians are having those hopes dashed by politic ... More >>
Blogs
July 3, 2009
Drink of the Week: Kombucha Botanica's Ginger Tulsi Kombucha
This is a great way to get some culture in ya. Kombucha Botanica, based in Santa Cruz, adds ginger and tulsi (the Southeast Asian herb colloquially known as "holy basil") to the tastiest of its kombucha beverages for something alternately smooth and spicy.The fermentation, thankfully and for once, i ... More >>
Blogs
June 5, 2009
Funk Man at the Fillmore Tonight
Funk Man: Del Del tha Funky Homosapien has done his part to help in these challenging economic times with a 'funk stimulus package': a free digital album entitled Funk Man. If you were thinking of giving up food for funk, download the album for free instead. Thanks, Del! The Hieroglyphics co-foun ... More >>
Music
April 29, 2009
The Devil Makes Three
Funk Man: Del Del tha Funky Homosapien has done his part to help in these challenging economic times with a 'funk stimulus package': a free digital album entitled Funk Man. If you were thinking of giving up food for funk, download the album for free instead. Thanks, Del! The Hieroglyphics co-foun ... More >>
Music
February 25, 2009
Sleepy Sun rises in the local psych scene
Funk Man: Del Del tha Funky Homosapien has done his part to help in these challenging economic times with a 'funk stimulus package': a free digital album entitled Funk Man. If you were thinking of giving up food for funk, download the album for free instead. Thanks, Del! The Hieroglyphics co-foun ... More >>
Blogs
February 18, 2009
28th Annual Santa Cruz Clam Chowder Cook-Off This Saturday
With separate divisions for amateur chefs, restaurants and corporations, the 28th Annual Santa Cruz Clam Chowder Cook-Off & Festival offers a unique cooking competition for all levels. The event, which has its own silly theme song, takes place on Saturday, February 21 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the ... More >>
Blogs
February 4, 2009
Penzeys Now in Bay Area
Some of Penzeys' spices are sufficiently superior that they're worth the extra trouble.
Culture
December 31, 2008
The recession is hurting A.C.T. and others
Some of Penzeys' spices are sufficiently superior that they're worth the extra trouble.
Blogs
December 12, 2008
Drink of the Week: Odwalla's Super Protein Pumpkin
The ever-reliable Odwalla, which was started in Santa Cruz and has its headquarters up the coast in Half Moon Bay, offers this Super Protein Pumpkin soy milk drink every winter; it's one of their only seasonal flavors. That's a shame because, with our mild weather year-round, when is it a bad time ... More >>
Blogs
November 17, 2008
Streetlight Records to Close Noe Valley Store
Thirty-two years after opening shop in Noe Valley, Streetlight Records is closing its flagship store. The 24th St. music outlet is shuttering due to a combination of poor CD sales and rising rents. General manager Jeffrey Moss send out a statement today saying the remaining Streetlight stores in S ... More >>
Blogs
October 16, 2008
Brightblack Morning Light in Santa Cruz on Saturday
Thirty-two years after opening shop in Noe Valley, Streetlight Records is closing its flagship store. The 24th St. music outlet is shuttering due to a combination of poor CD sales and rising rents. General manager Jeffrey Moss send out a statement today saying the remaining Streetlight stores in S ... More >>
Calendar
June 25, 2008
Tube Time
Thirty-two years after opening shop in Noe Valley, Streetlight Records is closing its flagship store. The 24th St. music outlet is shuttering due to a combination of poor CD sales and rising rents. General manager Jeffrey Moss send out a statement today saying the remaining Streetlight stores in S ... More >>
Blogs
April 3, 2008
(((folkYEAH!))) brings Cluster up the coast
Thirty-two years after opening shop in Noe Valley, Streetlight Records is closing its flagship store. The 24th St. music outlet is shuttering due to a combination of poor CD sales and rising rents. General manager Jeffrey Moss send out a statement today saying the remaining Streetlight stores in S ... More >>
Blogs
November 3, 2007
Simply Paradise: SoonHo Song Art Exhibit Opens Saturday
Thirty-two years after opening shop in Noe Valley, Streetlight Records is closing its flagship store. The 24th St. music outlet is shuttering due to a combination of poor CD sales and rising rents. General manager Jeffrey Moss send out a statement today saying the remaining Streetlight stores in S ... More >>
Calendar
September 19, 2007
Ride 'Em In
Thirty-two years after opening shop in Noe Valley, Streetlight Records is closing its flagship store. The 24th St. music outlet is shuttering due to a combination of poor CD sales and rising rents. General manager Jeffrey Moss send out a statement today saying the remaining Streetlight stores in S ... More >>
Blogs
September 18, 2007
Tramp Stamps, Sex Pistols and Rummy: SFTopNews Tuesday, September 18
Thirty-two years after opening shop in Noe Valley, Streetlight Records is closing its flagship store. The 24th St. music outlet is shuttering due to a combination of poor CD sales and rising rents. General manager Jeffrey Moss send out a statement today saying the remaining Streetlight stores in S ... More >>
News
September 12, 2007
Treasure Island Booty
A Guide to Getting Shipwrecked This Weekend
Music
May 30, 2007
Baseball season! San Francisco's musical farm team down south
A Guide to Getting Shipwrecked This Weekend
Blogs
May 25, 2007
Emily Jane White tonight
A Guide to Getting Shipwrecked This Weekend
Blogs
May 23, 2007
Independent film with local music = go see it
A Guide to Getting Shipwrecked This Weekend
Calendar
October 19, 2005
Skate Night
Sporty, spicy girls
Culture
May 12, 2004
Artbeat
Sporty, spicy girls
Calendar
March 3, 2004
Art of Fact
"Beautiful Ugly Violence"'s open wounds
Music
December 31, 2003
Ferociously Stoned
Remember when psych rock thrived in S.F.? Of course you don't. You were high. But Comets on Fire will jar more than your memory.
Culture
May 28, 2003
As Seen On
We like books and we like TV, so why don't we like book TV?
Summer Guide
June 19, 2002
Sports/Outdoors/Races
We like books and we like TV, so why don't we like book TV?
Music
March 15, 2000
Hippie Chic
Foxgluv's emergence on the rave scene has been a series of happy accidents and absurd coincidences
Calendar
January 20, 1999
REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World
Foxgluv's emergence on the rave scene has been a series of happy accidents and absurd coincidences
News
October 14, 1998
The Selling of a Wave
Three sports clothing companies are sponsoring contests that encourage surfers to ride the 60-foot waves at Maverick's Point. Someone may be encouraged to death.
Calendar
April 16, 1997
REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World
Three sports clothing companies are sponsoring contests that encourage surfers to ride the 60-foot waves at Maverick's Point. Someone may be encouraged to death.
Calendar
August 2, 1995
Slap Shots
Three sports clothing companies are sponsoring contests that encourage surfers to ride the 60-foot waves at Maverick's Point. Someone may be encouraged to death.
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