Wood from the Western Flyer, the boat John Steinbeck and Ed Ricketts chartered for a 1940 trip to the Sea of Cortez, is now a guitar and a surfboard made in a collaboration between Santa Cruz Guitar Company and Ventana Surfboards.
Mat Weir
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‘He was larger than life’: Remembering Felix Lozano of pioneering Santa Cruz County Latino punk band Los Dryheavers
Felix Lozano, a longtime bartender at the Blue Lagoon whose work with disabled clients and role in Santa Cruz’s Latino punk rock scene made him a respected figure in the county’s artistic community, died on April 19.
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‘Era más grande que la vida’: Recordando a Félix Lozano de la banda pionera de punk latino de Santa Cruz County, Los Dryheavers
Félix Lozano, un cantinero de larga data en el Blue Lagoon, cuyo trabajo con clientes discapacitados y papel en la escena del punk rock latino de Santa Cruz lo convirtieron en una figura respetada en la comunidad artística del condado, murió el 19 de abril.
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‘He’s our lifeline’: Veterans rally to reinstate ousted county services officer
Dozens of veterans packed Tuesday’s meeting of the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors to protest the firing of Veterans Services Officer Xavier Bianchi, a Purple Heart recipient praised for his dedicated, hands-on approach to helping fellow veterans.
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Love stack: Pancake-obsessed Santa Cruz musician tackles different kind of record
Santa Cruz musician Andy Fairley – aka Andy Pankakes – attempted to seize the Guinness World Records title for tallest pancake stack Saturday at 11th Hour Coffee’s roastery on Santa Cruz’s Westside. The 12-hour effort doubled as a music festival with five local bands.
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Addicted to the sounds: Darkwave trio Urban Heat returns to Santa Cruz on eve of new album
Following up a viral TikTok hit with upcoming album “The Tower,” out Aug. 16, Urban Heat hit Moe’s Alley on Wednesday. “There are people who need a song,” says frontman Jonathan Horstmann, “and it’s my job to get it to them.”
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Sanctuary in sadness: Little Rock metal band Pallbearer plays Santa Cruz debut
Funeral doom takes the sludgy, slowed-down tempo of doom metal and blends it with melodic funeral dirges – an otherworldly, dreamlike atmosphere that takes the listener into a sonic journey through what psychoanalysis godfather Carl Jung called the “shadow self.” Get an earful Friday when Pallbearer plays the Catalyst Atrium.
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Court weighs release of Madyson Middleton’s killer, Adrian Gonzalez
Convicted in 2021 of the kidnapping, rape and murder of 8-year-old Madyson Middleton, Adrian Gonzalez returns to a Santa Cruz court this week for a hearing to help determine whether he remains a danger to society or if he can be released from prison later this year. The hearing continues Monday.
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Santa Cruz stays course on homelessness approach, but Supreme Court decision casts shadow
The U.S. Supreme Court said local jurisdictions can criminalize people sleeping and camping on public land. But does that mean communities in Santa Cruz County will?
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