Gov. Jerry Brown has his own plans for fixing the budget. Photo by Neon Tommy/Creative Commons.
Calbuzz.com reports that the bipartisan state reform initiative is taking on water.
→ Read MoreThe death of Shannon Collins on May 7 has prompted a public outpouring of shock and sorrow that’s impossible to ignore.
→ Read MoreMicah Posner, who announced his run for Santa Cruz City Council last month, says he's signing on to voluntary campaign spending limits that several sitting councilmembers have rejected.
→ Read MoreIs the Obama administration's marijuana policy impinging on Californians' freedom?
→ Read MorePolice are investigating a possible hate crime after a vandal or team of vandals targeted the Holy Cross Church this past weekend. The vandals broke windows, poured paint on statues of Junipero Serra and the Virgin May and climbed on the roof so they could spray paint on the church’s bell tower.
→ Read MoreWhat if a “shadow group comprised of big government, industry, military and money” wanted to “destroy our constitutional democracy?” It’s already happening, one reader writes… Worse yet, it’s “succeeding.”
→ Read MoreThe sold-out Bassnectar show scheduled for Thursday, May 3 at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium has been cancelled over a disagreement between the artist and city over noise monitoring. The artist will play two nights at the Catalyst on May 6 and 7.
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You don’t have to go to the Santa Cruz farmers markets if you don’t have time. Now the farmers markets can come to you.
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The ancient ayurvedic treatment called “netra basti” concentrates on the deep relaxation of the ocular muscles while cleansing and lubricating the eyeball and socket with castor oil (said to prevent cataracts), rose water or, most commonly, ghee (clarified butter). Local ayurvedic practitioner Heather Nagel recommends the treatment for anyone who spends long hours gazing into a computer screen.
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“CSAs make it doable for farmers,” says Chris Menge of Tierra Madre Farm, a Santa Cruz County nursery operation that is offering its first Community Supported Agriculture program this spring.
→ Read MoreJim Lapp, pastor for St. Stevens Lutheran Church in Santa Cruz, says politically active nonprofit COPA is an important and powerful organization. “And are we powerful because we have a lot wealth and influence?” Lapp asked the crowd at a COPA election season event April 30.
→ Read MoreHey, not so fast… says one reader defending the honor of political cartoonist DeCinzo and his latest poke at a possible desalination plant.
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John Robbins has joined nine other progressive leaders in denouncing the movie ‘Thrive, in which they all appear, and which was made by Robbins’ old friends Foster and Kimberly Carter Gamble.
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In this year’s Summit, which began Saturday, April 28, and runs through May 6, John and Ocean Robbins are hosting interviews with an impressive array of food experts on topics including health, corporate agriculture, food policy, local food, climate change, raw food, sustainable animal products, food justice and more.
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