The group was attending the game that saw the Los Angeles Rams defeat the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday to advance to the Super Bowl.
Recreation & Sports
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Unsung Santa Cruz: Why one woman’s outside-the-box idea could be a fitness game-changer
Natalia Rivera-España didn’t intend to start a business, but she spotted a big need during the pandemic and knew she’d regret it if she didn’t act. The result: GOAT Santa Cruz and signs of an outside workout phenomenon.
Posted inLatest News
Super Bowl LVI won’t involve the 49ers, but here’s everything you need to know about a Rams-Bengals showdown
Everything you need to know about the 2022 Super Bowl, including teams, start time, location, TV channel, streaming options and halftime show. It’s the second time in two years a home team gets to defend its turf.
Posted inHealth & Wellness
49ers-Rams football, Lunar New Year pose new COVID-19 challenge for California
California is on the downslope of yet another coronavirus surge as it enters another season of celebration; will gatherings in the coming days send things in the opposite direction?
Posted inRecreation & Sports
49ers encourage fans to take over Rams’ stadium once again for NFC championship game
The Rams will host the NFC Championship Game on Sunday, but with a spot in Super Bowl LVI on the line, they might not have home-field advantage if San Francisco 49ers fans take over SoFi Stadium again.
Posted inRecreation & Sports
Another chance to beat L.A.: 49ers to face Rams with Super Bowl berth on line
The Rams’ victory Sunday over defending champion Tampa Bay means they’ll host the 49ers next Sunday, with the winner heading to Super Bowl LVI, set for Feb. 13 in Los Angeles.
Posted inCoast Life
Surfing during a tsunami? Here’s why some foolish Santa Cruzans like me would do such a thing
Yes, I was one of them Saturday morning at Pleasure Point — amid a sea of high school surf contestants. But there are reasons that some of us Santa Cruz folks are different than others and would want to put themselves out there into nature’s grasp with little to go on. We’re a bit different when it comes to pushing the envelope.
Posted inFood & Drink
Restaurants, distilleries bracing for changes in alcohol distribution, consumption laws
Starting Jan. 1, restaurants, distilleries and consumers throughout California will be dealing with changes to the state’s booze laws. These include tightened restrictions on to-go beverages and a renewal of the prohibition on shipping spirits within the state.
Posted inCity Life
A taste of honey: California Honeydrops return to Santa Cruz for three-show run
At a loss on what to do as 2021 turns to 2022? Between the Honeydrops’ R&B-soul blend and the White Album Ensemble’s late-period Beatles, Wallace Baine has a few ideas to get you rockin’ into New Year’s.
Posted inCoast Life
Don’t mess with the women: Backlash over surf contest inequity leads to a reexamination of fairness, the law
When Santa Cruz’s only big surf industry company, O’Neill Wetsuits, put on an event in October that for the first time included females, it could’ve been a happy story of progress at last. Instead it “came off wrong,” according to many who followed it closely, and the company has said very little about it. Others, though, had much to say.
