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Soquel resident Will Barba, 26, says the idea for the upcoming gathering he’s planning with his business partner, 25-year-old Tristan Piotrowski, was sparked by time spent overseas. “Truly the inspiration for this comes from my travels in Türkiye,” he said, looking out past flag bunting...

When Oscar Wilde walked into court in London in 1895, he was one of the most celebrated writers of his generation. Within months, his career, reputation, finances and freedom would be shattered. That dramatic transformation is at the heart of Moisés Kaufman’s “Gross Indecency: The...

Felton’s Covered Bridge County Park was positively teeming with kids of all ages last weekend, as the long-awaited Felton Pump Track was opened to the public. In preparation for Saturday’s event, the fencing had been dropped around the perimeter of the track on Friday; once...

If you’re looking for belly laughs that come in fits and leave you wanting more, Mountain Community Theater’s (MCT) production of Neil Simon’s “Rumors” delivers them with dizzying speed, sharp comic timing and a talented cast that brings Simon’s script into hilarious focus. Directed by...

For Imani Wilson, repair is not a new idea. It is something she grew up with, and something that eventually became part of her own working life. “My connection to repair goes back much further than The Repair Movement,” Wilson said. “My father was a...

A few years back, a consultant report identified “inclusion” as an area where the San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District had room to improve. SLVUSD partnered with an organization called Inclusion Counts using grant funds from the California Department of Education Antibias Education Grant Program;...

Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a public birthday event and a fundraising campaign supporting state parks and beaches in Santa Cruz and San Mateo counties. Founded in 1976 as a grassroots community organization, Friends has grown into a...

The month of August is generally when students return to campus, but this August signified a graduation of sorts as a cadre of Santa Cruz County residents completed their year of service on the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office Advisory Team, emerging with an...

When Valley Churches United Executive Director Danny Reber came to a recent meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Scotts Valley, he expected to talk about ways the service club could help. What he didn’t expect was for the conversation to lead to a much-needed commercial...

In Maj. Rolin C. Watkins’ “History of Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties, California,” he traces the emergence of Ben Lomond as a vibrant outpost. “On the way to Boulder Creek one can stop at Ben Lomond, a town comparatively new in 1892, located under the...