Week of June 19 ...

But academia was never her sole/soul focus. “Even while working on my degrees, I was directing at the Actors’ Theatre, in Santa Cruz,” Shakina says, speaking from rehearsals for 5 & Dime.. “Basically, ...

Opened recently, Dreamers is a deeply mountain-vibed breakfast/lunch diner described by owner Allen Strong as a “time machine back to the ’70s, everything except the prices.” His eclectic San Lorenzo ...

KATIE “You Are A Sad Strange Little Man” —Buzz Lightyear. Katie Turner, 36, Director of Student and Family Support, North Monterey County Unified School District ...

Featured articles from Santa Cruz county that were on the cover of the Good Times newspaper.

Tyreek McDole is a rising star in the jazz community, a winner of the Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Outstanding Vocalist Award and the Sarah Vaughan International Vocal Competition. In concert on Monday at ...

With over 1 million downloads in a single week and 100% uptime, Watch Duty is setting the gold standard for wildfire awareness. Photojournalist Alekz Londos and his recent content of Los Angeles ...

Good Times reporter John Koenig talks to Santa Cruzans for our Question of the Week: What historic event would you have wanted to witness?

The Good Times editorial team offers up their own suggestions for some of the things that make Santa Cruz County a great place to live.

In a landscape dotted with fast food joints, it almost seems impossible to eat tastefully, carefully and healthily.. Not so, says Good Times Wellness writer Elizabeth Borelli, whose new book focuses ...

THE COW BUS Santa Cruz has a huge community of artists, and an even larger community of families who gather around art. Co-founder Kirby Scudder had a light-bulb moment when he was creating First ...

Almost 20 years ago, and two days before Noe Ortiz was born, his grandparents Maria and Ventura opened El Alteño restaurant in downtown Watsonville. Noe started working there three years ago and says ...