On The Bubble Adam Freidin snapped this photo at the Earth Day Santa Cruz celebration at San Lorenzo Park on April 16.
Santa Cruz Poets, Santa Cruz Inspiration: Maggie Paul
Two poems from the college writing teacher and author of a new collection of poems.
Author Daniel Clowes’ Cringe Binge
We adore embarrassment, so long as it is not our own. Those who make us uncomfortable, whose misfortunes are so overwhelming as to inspire laughter instead of tears, are beacons of hope to anyone with anything left to lose. But it takes a consummate artist to create losers we love.
The Yin And Yang of Santa Cruz Mountain Wines
The array of microclimates within the Santa Cruz Mountains winegrowing region is as nuanced as its fog-cooled slopes and sun-drenched summits. This 480,000-acre appellation famously produces a range of intriguing wines. Rather than delivering a single, unmistakable hallmark, our wines seem to specialize in diversity driven by eclectic terroir.
PLATED: Party Season Begins
Yes, they’re baaack—the cool, creamy, handmade designer ice creams offered at the easy-access little ice cream window at Kelly’s French Bakery on the Westside. Many diehards are already in line for their rightful pound of awesome caramel almond, the flavor that stopped countless diets in their tracks. (How many metaphors were mixed in that last sentence?) Also, believe it or not, the popular Santa Cruz baking institution will celebrate its 30th anniversary on May 14. Hard to believe. Make this special day an excuse to sample Kelly’s new line of milkshakes and malts and see if you’re a lucky winner of prizes announced throughout the day. Stay tuned for extreme details.
Sweet Honey Takes A Stand
A year ago, Arizona passed its controversial law SB 1070, making it a crime for immigrants not to carry documentation at all times and making it illegal for any citizen to hire, shelter or transport illegal immigrants.
All ‘Together’ With The New Pornographers
A few nights ago on “The Sound of Young America,” the syndicated radio show hosted by former KZSC star Jesse Thorn, New Pornographers founder and frontman Carl Newman let fly with the kind of self-deprecating statement that makes everyone love Canadians. “We just can’t take ourselves seriously as rock stars,” he said, explaining the group’s penchant for satirical videos.
Water Activists Ready for Desal Debate
Jan Bentley remembers it like it was yesterday—closing down the Graham Hill Water Treatment Plant on Graham Hill Road after sunset because Santa Cruz’s water system had reached capacity. On wet winter nights during the 1990s, Santa Cruz’s now-retired water production superintendent says he used tell his co-workers, “It would be great if we could find a place to send a couple million gallons.”
Local Dog Is A Star
Move over, James Durbin. You’re not the only star in Santa Cruz. There’s also Coco, a miniature porkie (half pug and half Yorkie), who will be taking to the airwaves on Univision’s “Dogs Who Look Like Their Owners” contest.
Response Disaster
Nearly a month after the March 11 tsunami warning, there is still confusion about what caused the stark difference in information circulating in the Spanish-speaking and English-speaking communities.
