New Use for Sentinel’s Old Home

The former offices of the Santa Cruz Sentinel are about to get new tenants. The Church Street landmark is going to be taken over by Internet service provider Cruzio Internet and the nonprofit Ecology Action. In addition, two commercial spaces totaling 13,000 square feet will be rented out to retailers or as office space.

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Santa Cruz Winemaker With Class

Vintner Sal Godinez at Vine Hill Winery

Vine Hill Winery’s Sal Godinez makes terrific pinot noirs. But he also knows the secret alchemy of winemaking, and that skill has won him a cult following. Years ago in Napa, Godinez was a young cellar worker looking for extra work to support his family. Scoring a weekend job with one of the top shops for wine reconstruction, Godinez learned to extract volatile acids—the spoilage that can turn pricey wine to cheap vinegar. He soon became an expert wine doctor, the go-to guy to save a winemaker’s investment, much like Hollywood script doctors come in to tweak a film into commercial shape.

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Charcuterie for Santa Cruz

Chris La Veque of El Salchichero at the Live Oak Farmers Market. Photo by Curtis Cartier.

When Chris La Veque was still working at restaurants, he’d go in on his days off and practice his newfound hobby of making sausages, mixing meat with herbs and spices as inspiration led him. “I wasn’t even clocking in because I love doing it so much,” he says. “It’s my passion.”

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The Carnivore’s Agenda

Annabelle Drake catches a chicken for slaughter at a TLC Ranch workshop. Photo by Curtis Cartier.

It’s another Monday night south of Market in San Francisco. As the jukebox blares Joy Division, the Bloodhound Bar is shoulder to shoulder with thirty-somethings sipping from Mason jars of bacon-infused whiskey cocktails. Beards, tattoos, bandanas and black T-shirts mingle. Suddenly, the back door flies open. Ryan Farr and Taylor Boetticher emerge, carrying giant goat and lamb carcasses high above their heads. With slideshow

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