Founded in Santa Cruz, the Internet Underground Music Archive was the first source not only for indie bands but for online music anywhere.

The pungent Skunk strain of cannabis is the legendary genetic building block of thousands of strains produced today. What most folks—even locals—don’t know is...

The French supercentenarian Jeanne Louise Calment was not just alive at 122, she thrived.  “I’ve only got one wrinkle and I’m sitting on it,” she...

We’re number one. The California per capita homeless population is the largest in the country and last June a grand jury report found that...

the inaugural Kaleidoscope Music Festival aims to shine a light on Santa Cruz and its homegrown music scene. The festival happens Saturday, March 30

"Love says I am everything. Wisdom says I am nothing. Somewhere in between the two, my life flows." - Nisargadatta Maharaj

My grandmother always said not to diet, what good could come of a word where the first three letters are d i e? The “die”...

Bold representation of an underrepresented culture and lowriders are among the themes of this year’s 12th Annual Watsonville Film Festival.

With vulnerability in her writing, humor and creative vocal textures, Kendra Morris deserves a listen.

​​This is gonna get personal. It’s also going to get messy and massive, specific and saucy, creative and crave-making, euphoric and caloric.

Sarina Simon, Nina’s mother, is sitting in the treatment center, receiving a chemotherapy infusion for her Stage 4 lung cancer. She has an inspiration...

This Valentine’s Day, local podcasters, sexpert-preneurs and now authors April Lampert (left) and Amy Baldwin (the team behind the Pure Pleasure Shop and the Shameless Sex podcast) have some advice for those of you trying to get to the pleasure point.