Santa Cruz musicians and musical establishments are banding together for weekend-long “Bigfoot Benefeet” to keep the institution afloat.
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Gillian Welch Album Worth The Wait
In 2009, a full six years after the release of Gillian Welch’s critically acclaimed Soul Journey, Welch’s partner David Rawlings was asked when their next album would come out. “On the happiest day of my life,” he replied.
Boy Severely Injured in Sand Tunnel Collapse
Ryan Buchanan, 17, is in critical condition after a sand tunnel that he and a friend were digging at Sunset State Beach collapsed on them.
SmartMeter Opponents Step Up Tactics
The wildfire of rebellion against PG&E’s plans to install SmartMeters in households across the state is growing hotter by the day. Before sunrise on Monday, June 27, about 50 demonstrators surrounded the gates of a PG&E yard in Capitola to keep workers from exiting and installing wireless SmartMeters in local neighborhoods, as PG&E had announced would happen that day.
Book Bloggers Here To Stay
A few years ago I worked for a newspaper on the East Coast. It was a very small town paper with not much news to report but it was owned by a huge media company. The media company sent us to various educational seminars about the internet. One of the most important things I learned was that everyone educates themselves via the internet before shopping.
Mandolins at UCSC
Bill Monroe, the legendary father of bluegrass, was one of the earliest musicians in the U.S. to bring the mandolin into the mainstream. Though it never approached the ubiquity of the guitar, the instrument has grown in popularity since then and even made the transition to rock, thanks in part to the Band’s Levon Helm and later Rod Stewart (who can forget the mandolin riff in “Maggie May?”)—and yes, even a couple of Grateful Dead songs (“Friend Of The Devil” and “Ripple”). Most of all, the mandolin has acquired an eclectic group of ardent fans who strum, pluck, and play the mandolin both professionally and for fun. Many of them are at UCSC this week for the eighth annual Mandolin Symposium.
Maybe in Florida, Lady, But Not Here
Cheryl L. Beauchamp, 34, from Tampa, Fla., was exploring Santa Cruz on foot last Thursday, taking a walk along Highway 17.
New Stow Video Surfaces
TMZ has just released a video of what appears to be Bryan Stow at the Dodgers-Giants game in which he was brutally attacked. The video shows Stow in the bleachers, arguing with a Dodgers fan. At one point, the fan has a finger just inches away from Stow’s face.
Santa Cruz Ride of Way
A lot of bike projects have been trotted out over the last few years. Here’s a progress on the Rail Trail, the Pogonip Multi-Use Trail, the Arana Gulch Trail and the King Street project.
Study: Marine Life Population Rich But Fragile
Seasonal tourists are flocking to California, and they’re coming for the food, especially the seafood. While that may not be news to many, it is when you consider that these tourists are big ocean predators like sharks and seals and tortoises. Yes, tortoises. Even they have to eat, and they happen to like fish.
