Features
Song of The River

Chasing Water tells the tale of the once-mighty Colorado River.
Issue: February 22, 2012
read moreTar Sands vs. the Spirit Bear

An award-winning documentary offers a glimpse of a little-known pipeline plan—and the paradise it threatens.
Issue: February 22, 2012
read moreThe Disc of Love

My first boyfriend had the right idea. For Valentine’s Day in sixth grade, he gave me a single long-stem rose and a mixtape featuring The Beatles’ “I Wanna Hold Your Hand.”
Issue: February 8, 2012
read moreMating For Non-Dummies

Finally, a how-to sex book that hits the sweet spot
Issue: February 8, 2012
read moreMeet Your Match

The Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter gets ready for its 2nd annual unconditional lovefest and pet adoption fair.
Issue: February 8, 2012
read morePaleo Man

Karsten Mueller eats a paleo diet and plays outside every day. And he thinks you should too.
Issue: January 25, 2012
read moreiFitness
Taking a look at the apps that make life easier for runners, yogis and dieters.
Issue: January 25, 2012
read moreChilling With The Chi

Eugene Ervin has studied t’ai chi for 35 years. He tells Maria Grusauskas why.
Issue: January 25, 2012
read more10 Ways to Tell It’s Too Warm for A Saturday in January
Notes on an unseasonably warm weekend in Santa Cruz
Issue: January 18, 2012
read moreTen Questions for Andy Zenczak

The owner and operator of Gadgetbox Recording Studios on the things he’d fix if he were a superhero, his love of breakfast cereal and his favorite record to emerge in the last 10 years.
Issue: January 18, 2012
read moreTen Questions for Lucy Martin

The Felton painter, whose piece “Amanita Muscaria” graces the cover of this week’s issue, talks about her favorite hiking trail and her new show of wild mushroom paintings in San Francisco.
Issue: January 11, 2012
read moreArt Museum
Writer Stephen Kessler on an afternoon spent at the Museum of Art and History
Issue: January 11, 2012
read moreThe 2012 Bucket Lists

If you had only 50 weeks to live, what would you do? A few Santa Cruzans you might know piped up to answer our nosy question, posed with the Mayan calendar in mind and our tongue in our cheek.
Issue: January 4, 2012
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