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Rosemary Menard testified in Washington on May 31.

I went to Washington to talk about the looming crisis of water; here’s what I told Congress

by Rosemary Menard July 13, 2023

We might be on the cusp of a breakthrough to help maintain water services for all, writes Rosemary Menard, director of the City of Santa Cruz’s water department, which provides water to all residents of the city of Santa Cruz. Or we might be unable to keep water affordable for everyone in our community and reinvest in our water delivery system. Menard went to Washington on May 31 to explain her plea for federal funding for Santa Cruz County and other California communities. Here, she explains what she said and why.

Aptos

Aptos, Microsoft’s new default font, chosen for the community’s ‘widely ranging landscape and climate’

by Hillary Ojeda July 13, 2023December 17, 2023

Aptos is a sans serif font, which is designed to be easily readable and features letters that are simpler, with fewer flourishes. Microsoft said Steve Matteson designed the typeface “with a slight humanist touch.”

A scene from a Fever candlelight concert

Arts & Entertainment, Events

Weekender: MAH amping Frequency back up, music by candlelight at Cocoanut Grove and trivia’s back

by Wallace Baine July 13, 2023November 13, 2024

Hi friends, Your new vocabulary for this week must include “Barbenheimer,” a portmanteau of two completely unrelated upcoming summer movies, “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer,” that happen to share only a release date (next Friday, July 21). Why is this a thing? Maybe it’s because it ironically brings together two wildly different cultural ideas — a pink […]

Wallace Baine and comedian Richard Stockton emceeing the inaugural Lookout Trivia Night at Abbott Square in July 2022.

City Life

Mark your calendars now for Lookout’s next trivia night

by Wallace Baine July 13, 2023

Tuesday, July 25, brings the next installment of an Abbott Square fave, with writer Sven Davis joining Wallace Baine to entertain and enlighten downtown.

City Life

Halloween, Taylor Swift and Vivaldi by candlelight? Cocoanut Grove has you covered

by Wallace Baine July 13, 2023October 30, 2024

Hundreds of onstage candles will light the way for a series of concerts beginning in October at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk’s Cocoanut Grove, with a string quartet taking on spooky movie classics, the ever-growing catalog of Taylor Swift and classical standby “The Four Seasons.”

An image from the MAH's upcoming "The Last Chinatown" exhibit

City Life

‘Frequency’ cycling back into the MAH in September

by Wallace Baine July 13, 2023January 23, 2025

The biennial “Frequency” digital arts festival is set for a (mostly free) return engagement Sept. 21-24 in and around Abbott Square in downtown Santa Cruz, and among the highlights looks to be a high-tech public memorial to the Santa Cruz Chinatown that once thrived nearby.

Anchor Brewing Company's San Francisco headquarters in a 2020 photo.

Business & Technology

San Francisco’s historic Anchor Brewing shuts down, citing ‘sluggish’ business

by Noah Goldberg July 12, 2023

The beer institution was losing around $10 million per year since COVID-19 “significantly affected” its business, according to parent company Sapporo Holdings Ltd.