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Back in the biblical day, cherubim guarded the Tree of Life. Today’s cherubim are shown in this Garden of Eden photo doing due diligence, but in their spare time they are students at UCSC. Biblical ...

The Monterey Bay surfing community is described by many of its members as a family, and Brad Johnson is continuously evoked as the father. So, when Johnson, who in the mid-'70s and early-'80s used his ...

Cluster Muster: The women of 'Mango Fixation: A Tangy Cabaret' aim to entertain audiences and raise funds for the Actors' Theatre this Saturday. Fruitful Thinking: Local women artists, storytellers ...

Santa Cruz is preparing for one of its most popular annual surf competitions, complete with three days of food, music and wicked acrobatics. The only thing that will be missing: surfboards. Instead, ...

Every community has its hot-button issues; Santa Cruz is different only because it's got an entire bank of hot buttons, all flashing at the same time. Although some controversies tend to flare up and ...

If a town or county's General Plan is its local constitution, then its Housing Element may well be its Bill of Rights. Other general plan sections describe how local traffic flows, or what facilities ...

Fans of Shakespeare Santa Cruz's annual holiday productions have had only hindsight to judge Cinderella as the very best of the company's original children's shows. Until now. Debuted in 1999, ...

I'm always depressed after the holidays. It's not because I buy into the craze of consumerism or relate to religious associations, but more due to the sudden letdown of facing the banalities of going ...

People's attitudes toward lunch vary radically. For some, it's barely worth the bother, while others see it as the most important meal of the day (especially if they've managed to sleep through ...

Dallas Dobro is a man of the people, a musical evangelist who's happiest when recruiting new converts to the gospel of roots music. But earlier this summer, the veteran DJ ended up separated from his ...

The View From Santa Cruz Amatai Heller, singer for local art-punks the New Thrill Parade, has found the site to be invaluable in maintaining a web presence for his band. "MySpace has a very easy ...