How the heck is it possible that we are already 10 days into the New Year? Holy cow! Don’t worry though, we’ve got you covered in terms of fun stuff to do this weekend. Here’s a look: Fungus Fest: The Fortieth Annual Fungus Fair takes place this weekend, from 3 to 7 p.m. on Friday…
The Lotus Collaborative, a health and recovery center in Santa Cruz specializing in eating disorder treatment and health, weight, exercise, and nutrition concerns, is celebrating its anniversary tonight. Here’s the invite: YOU’RE INVITED to our 2nd Anniversary Sparkle Party Celebration! When: Thursday, January 9th 2014 from 5-9 p.m.! Where: 701 Mission Street, Santa Cruz, CA The Santa…
According to KSBW, some fans spotted teenage heartthrobs Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez in the Santa Cruz-area yesterday. SANTA CRUZ, Calif. —#Omg! Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez were spotted Monday by teenage fans riding Segways in Santa Cruz and staying at an oceanfront resort in Aptos. In case you’ve been living under a rock for…
Current Santa Cruz County Supervisor and former Santa Cruz police spokesman Zach Friend has a new blog up over at Civinomics about building the Santa Cruz brand. It’s a topic that’s generated a lot of buzz in the past year, especially in the wake of a spate of violent crime that included the shooting deaths…
The Silicon Valley Business Journal has picked five cities in the region as “Silicon Valley cities to watch” in 2014. The list includes Santa Clara, Menlo Park, Fremont, San Jose and in the number 2 slot, Santa Cruz. Lauren Hepler reports: Will 2014 be the year that lesser-known Silicon Valley cities cash in on 49ers…
A UC Santa Cruz professor was quoted in a recent New York Times story looking at the recent finding of what’s believed to be the oldest DNA evidence yet of humans’ biological history. Carl Zimmer’s piece ran last week but I glossed over the UCSC reference. Beth Shapiro, an expert on ancient DNA at the…
Shanna McCord of the Santa Cruz Sentinel has a good piece today about Merrill Newman, the sometimes-Santa Cruz resident who was held hostage in North Korea. Newman has been released and is back home now. A relaxed Merrill Newman walked outside his Santa Cruz home on Sunday morning and was immediately greeted by a neighbor…
In October, a memorial garden was established at the Walnut Avenue Women’s Center in honor of Shannon Collins, a Santa Cruz business owner who was stabbed to death in May 2012. Tomorrow, Saturday, Dec. 7, at 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., LELO(a leading designer of luxury “intimate” products” and sponsor of the garden) is hosting…
The weekend is upon us and once again, I’m finding myself wrestling with that most delicious of dilemmas — there’s just too much going on this weekend that I want to check out. Until I find a way to actually be in multiple places at once, I suppose I’ll have to narrow it down. So…
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