Readers respond to Michelle Shocked’s “story,” kids doing yoga and the MAH’s innovative staff.

Most people have heard by now of the concept of reducing humans’ “carbon footprint.” For years, it’s been talked about most often in relation to big companies, but there’s an increasing focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions at smaller and even individual levels.

Claws come out in the debate over Santa Cruz’s feral cats.

Discussions about Highway 1 traffic continue while Foodie File gets some appreciation.

Hipsters, trains and automobiles.

On the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam depicts the origin of life as told by Christian theology. God’s hand reaches toward Adam’s, their fingers pointing outstretched. If UCSC biochemist David Deamer could paint himself into the fresco, his finger would point toward the slimy edge of an acidic, bubbling, volcanic pool.

The voices of Santa Cruz’s everyday people on the Palomar Inn, Neary and spirulina.

Festivals, concerts and stage productions around Santa Cruz County and beyond.

Santa Cruz artists looking to get their projects funded now have a whole new avenue available to them, through a new program at the Tannery Arts Center called FEAST.