After three decades at the influential Monterey Jazz Festival, Tim Jackson is calling it quits, though he says he’ll remain with the venue he co-founded in his hometown of Santa Cruz, the Kuumbwa Jazz Center.
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How second- and third-generation Latinos are reclaiming the Spanish language
Language and culture are intertwined, and many Latino Americans are seeking to learn or improve their Spanish to form deeper connections with family and their own identities.
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Lookout launches ‘Storms 2023: Road to Recovery’ section
The storms leave many challenges and questions for Santa Cruz County in their wake. Who will pay for the repairs to public infrastructure and private property? Will those financial resources be distributed equitably across the county? As climate change alters our weather patterns, how can we make our communities more resilient to future natural disasters? What does it mean to build back better? And we all need regular updates on road reopenings and infrastructure repairs, resources for residents and businesses affected by the storms and opportunities to donate or volunteer. Our new “Storms 2023: Road to Recovery” is a one-stop shop to find it.
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Watsonville residents near Pajaro River tributaries seek answers in aftermath of Santa Cruz County storms
Those who live in the lowest-lying areas adjacent to the Pajaro River’s tributaries knew that flooding was a possibility, but most had never seen it for themselves. When a weather system predicted to drop far less rainfall than it did arrived on New Year’s Eve, it created a perfect storm of chaos for many residents — particularly some of the area’s oldest and most vulnerable in the neighborhood known as The Villages.
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‘8 Tens’ review: Beloved Santa Cruz 10-minute play festival returns to Actors’ Theatre
After going dark in 2021 and ’22, a local touchstone returns with the “8 Tens @ 8,” two separate programs of eight short plays that present the finest of Santa Cruz’s theater community.
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Add to your Pizza My Heart T-shirt collection for a good cause
Are you really from Santa Cruz County if you don’t have at least one Pizza My Heart tee? The chain’s latest is part of the effort to raise funds to help rebuild Capitola Village businesses battered amid January’s storms.
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‘I like to think I’ve bottled that feeling’: Windser set for Santa Cruz return with Catalyst gig
Jordan Topf returns to his hometown Friday under his stage name, Windser, and on the strength of his EP “Where the Redwoods Meet the Sea,” inspired by his childhood in Seabright.
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Community reads program gives novel ‘Mary Coin’ the full 360 treatment
Each February, Friends of the Aptos Library puts a single book under the microscope, centering a series of events around that title. This year’s “Our Community Reads” novel imagines the backstory to Dorothea Lange’s famous Depression-era “Migrant Mother” photo.
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Rosemary Chalmers’ next act looks primed for February launch
Former KSCO-AM morning host Rosemary Chalmers hinted recently that her livestreaming/podcasting venture, Santa Cruz Voice, is just about ready for our ears, and it promises to bring along some other familiar names.
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Half Moon Bay suspect lived at mushroom farm where shootings occurred
For at least three years, the suspected gunman — identified by authorities as Chunli Zhao, 66 — worked and resided in trailers at Mountain Mushroom Farm along State Route 92 in Half Moon Bay, the site of the first attack, law enforcement officials said. According to Half Moon Bay Vice Mayor Joaquin Jimenez, the suspect lived with farmers who were attacked in Monday’s deadly rampage at two locations.