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A Sleep Doctor’s Advice for Quality Shut-Eye

By Richard Stockton in Articles, Featured, News

Sep 12 2019
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A Santa Cruz sleep doctor reveals how to beat our ever-worsening dreamtime deficit
By Richard Stockton

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Secrets of a Serial Santa Cruz Movie Extra

By June Smith in Articles, Featured, News

Sep 12 2019
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My second career as a movie extra began entirely by chance. The saga of how I was lucky enough to work with Kiefer Sutherland, Tom Hanks and Michelle Pfeiffer—to name a few—began when I worked on the Santa Cruz County film board with local casting assistant Judy Bouley. When she opened her own company, Central…

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Could the Hangar Become Watsonville’s Abbott Square?

By Santacruz.com Staff in Articles, Featured, Restaurants

Jul 25 2019
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Watsonville’s newest business hub has found its home in a 8,640-square-foot, World War II-era naval building on Aviation Way. The space harkens back to when the Watsonville Municipal Airport was a military base surrounded by four 160-square foot shipping containers, fire pits and picnic tables. It’s now known as the Hangar. The idea behind the…

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Sweet Curls Reinvents Santa Cruz Ice Cream

By Santacruz.com Staff in Articles, Featured, Restaurants

Jul 25 2019
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Ice cream has long been this area’s No. 1 dessert fixation. From the old-school scoops and sundaes at Marianne’s to Penny Ice Creamery’s more modern and unusual flavors that make the most of local produce, there is a destination for every type of sweet tooth. Now, Santa Cruz has a new type of ice cream…

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Terroir in a Jar Finds Life for Farms’ Unsellable Foods

By Santacruz.com Staff in Articles, Featured, News

Jul 25 2019
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It’s no surprise that Tabitha Stroup is cooking up something new, different and delicious. Stroup is one of the longtime culinary queens of Santa Cruz. She started her career in the Dream Inn kitchen in the early ’90s, then to other venues and projects—notably Friend in Cheeses Jam Company. But Stroup is moving on from…

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Food Trucks Expand Santa Cruz Turf

By Steve Palopoli in Articles, Featured, Restaurants

Jul 18 2019
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Editor’s Note: This story is part of Good Times’ annual Santa Cruz Visitors Guide 2019. Read the full publication here. In the 21st century, one of the measures of any city’s dining scene is its food truck culture. But while the food truck scene in nearby Silicon Valley is one of the most innovative in…

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Santa Cruz County’s New Theater Boom

By Santacruz.com Staff in Articles, Featured, News

Jul 17 2019
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Editor’s Note: This story is part of Good Times’ annual Santa Cruz Visitors Guide 2019. Read the full publication here. You can find drama of all kinds in Santa Cruz—on Pacific Avenue on a Saturday night, at the Boardwalk’s Giant Dipper, or at the surf breaks of Steamer Lane. But if you’re looking for theater…

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Learning the Ropes at Mt. Hermon Adventures

By Jacob Pierce in Articles, Featured, Lifestyle

Jul 14 2019
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Editor’s Note: This story is part of Good Times’ annual Santa Cruz Visitors Guide 2019. Read the full publication here. High above the floor of the Santa Cruz Mountains’ redwood forest, I’m jogging across flimsy wooden bridges, scrambling across nets made of rope and shimmying from one log to another. The ropes course at Felton’s…

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Fybr Brings Eco-Conscious Bamboo Clothing to Downtown

By Santacruz.com Staff in Articles, Featured, Lifestyle

Jul 11 2019
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Editor’s Note: This story is part of Good Times’ annual Santa Cruz Visitors Guide 2019. Read the full publication here. About five years ago, Kamala Allison bought a bamboo shirt for her husband as a gift, but she had no idea that shirt would lead to something much bigger. “He would wear the shirt and…

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A Killer Year for Monterey Bay Whale Watching

By Santacruz.com Staff in Articles, Featured, News

Jul 09 2019
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Editor’s Note: This story is part of Good Times’ annual Santa Cruz Visitors Guide 2019. Read the full publication here. I didn’t go whale watching to see whales. The Monterey Bay is full of whales year-round, from humpbacks to greys and the coveted big blues. I’ve heard stories of friends and families getting full spout…

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