Hey, not so fast… says one reader defending the honor of political cartoonist DeCinzo and his latest poke at a possible desalination plant.
Humanity and Sanity
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.
Food Revolution Summit is Live Online This Week
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.
Pioneering Provost Returns for UCSC Alumni Weekend
Oakes College started in 1972 as something of an experiment, a multi-cultural–themed resident UCSC college that represented a serious departure from the norm. As Don Rothman, senior writing lecturer emeritus, recalls, it soon became clear that the faculty there was doing things differently and leaving a mark.
World Book Night Goes Surfing
On the Monday after a hot weekend in town mobbed with tourists, Santa Cruz skies are solid and gray. The ocean is as flat as old beer from Cowell’s Beach to the Moss Landing power plant, and Vice Mayor Hilary Bryant looks mighty lonely paddling out on her waxy board, carrying a mesh backpack filled with books meant for the surfers who are lurking inland until they can ambush the real swell like a pack of alligators.
Hunting for Bigfoot in the Santa Cruz Mountains
When I found out I’d be going Bigfoot hunting with Michael Rugg, I figured we’d hike deep into the woods to some remote destination to conduct our search. In actuality, we spend most of the time in Felton, right along the road and close to the nearby homes. “Bigfoots don’t have to be in a big wilderness area to exist,” Rugg, who owns the Bigfoot Discovery Museum, explains to me on our outing. “They can exist around the edge of town.”
The Creative Process Gets Its Closeup, Unretouched
What impulse drives people to create? And who chooses such an (often) unappreciated, solitary voyage in the first place? These are two of the central questions explored over a 12-year period by essayist and author Tom Bissell, whose new nonfiction collection, Magic Hours: Essays On Creators and Creation (Believer Books, $14), highlights a cross-section of writers, artists and filmmakers —from the relatively obscure to the relatively famous—all connected by their ability to produce something from nothing.
Fundraiser Lends Hand to Student Bike Programs
Bobby D. Richardson has been working on bikes for 33 years, but he didn’t start teaching people about them until September. Now the former bike mechanic instructs students at Scotts Valley High School in how to work on bikes, thanks to joint funding from the Santa Cruz County Office of Education and Project Bike Trip, a nonprofit that’s gearing up for a bike-a-thon fundraiser on behalf of students next month.
‘Dare to Pair’ Makes Foodie Fun Matches
Once again, budding young chefs are looking for vintage inspiration—and that’s because it’s time again for the “Dare to Pair” food and wine challenge, coming up fast on Sunday, April 29. It’s a Westside delight.
John C. Reilly, Beverly Hillbilly
It was in his early twenties, just as he was learning guitar, that actor John C. Reilly first felt the tug of the blues. He even started a band, but it just didn’t take. “Somehow, in the back of my mind, I didn’t feel like I was totally suited to blues music even though I love it,” he says.
