Business

From April 22-May 3, Bay Area Pizza Week puts the spotlight on the craft, creativity and sheer pleasure of great pizza across the region. Building on the success of North Bay Pizza Week, Santa Cruz Pizza Week and Silicon Valley Pizza Week in 2025, the...

Remember when you started your own business? That quiet question that lingers in the background: Will I succeed … and what was I thinking? Most of my articles focus on one local business at a time. This one is a double take. Two women, two...

There are plenty of places to get a cup of coffee in Boulder Creek, but there’s a new opportunity to enjoy a cuppa in the comfort of your own home. Enter Gold Dot Roasting, an up-and-coming coffee roaster that’s just five months old and...

A little over a week ago, 12-year-old Felton resident Luke Smith got wind that the old Rite Aid building in his hometown would be reopening within days. And on March 2, at about 7:20am, he cruised over there with his 10-year-old sister Elsie, as Felton...

To my business readership and leadership audience: as AI platforms boost efficiency, how do we ensure we maintain authentic, human-centered leadership rather than becoming overly dependent on automation? Are we using automation while still maintaining emotional presence? I use ChatGPT. I attend AI conferences. I explore...

Santa Cruz Restaurant Week and Good Times, sister publication of the Press Banner, have announced the ninth annual Santa Cruz Burger Week: 12 days of burger love, as only Santa Cruz can do it. The spinoff of Santa Cruz Restaurant Week, the Burger Week concept...

If you don’t have plans for Valentine’s Day yet, there’s a brand-new option to consider. Marco Rocha, the 40-year-old owner of the El Rey Leon food truck in Boulder Creek, is holding the grand opening of his new restaurant, Corazon de Leon, in the former...

Step into the woods and something shifts. Your pace slows. Your senses wake up. What once looked like an ordinary path becomes a living classroom, filled with plants that have stories to tell and healing properties waiting to be understood. Being outdoors in our natural...

Perhaps you missed one of the articles this year that highlighted the collective power of women shaping the local business ecosystem. As this year winds down and we gather in gratitude, I wanted to reflect on these women-led businesses not only for the services they...

When the Rite Aid in Felton went dark in August of this year, it left more than an empty building behind. For many residents, it marked the loss of a familiar gathering place—a stop for prescriptions, last-minute essentials and, for generations of locals, a...