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Desal Affects All Jim Jonesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s letter of Sept. 18 about the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Secret of Desalâ&#x20AC;? is certainly as provocative as he suggested it would be. Letters that reveal secretsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;even if those secrets are factually incorrectâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;usually do get folks excited.

There are many errors in the Jones letter.

Most glaring and most troubling is his assertion that the aquifer that is in danger of destruction by saltwater intrusion belongs solely to the Soquel Creek Water District. That aquifer is also under the City of Santa Cruz water service area, and is an important source of water for City water users, too. We all need to participate in protecting it.

Jones also simply makes some stuff up.

For instance, it is just incorrect to say the City Council has said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Desal is the best answer.

Just trust us.â&#x20AC;? The City Council unanimously voted to put the question of desal to the voters in our community... and the Council did that a few months BEFORE the right to vote on desal

signature gatherers qualified their measure for the ballot.

Of course, no provocative letter around here can do without a line like this: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Real estate agents, landscapers, restaurateurs, building contractors, retailers, wealthy people who own large amounts of income and commercial property county-wide: they would all suffer.â&#x20AC;?

For provocative letters, it is always important to make sure the community â&#x20AC;&#x153;understandsâ&#x20AC;? that moneyed interests might get something out of the thing the letter-writer opposes.

Never mind that, in a major drought, pretty much everyone would suffer and many treasured resources would suffer: your gardens and my yard and my neighborâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hotel job and everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parks would suffer in Santa Cruz and in mid-county if we have a serious multiyear drought. The suggestion that only midcounty has a problem is dead wrong.

I have much respect for many of those in the community who question the need for desal. It is an issue that needs careful scrutiny.

But arguments against desal also require

similar scrutiny. It is so important that we get this rightâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and misleading people will not contribute to that effort.

DON LANE Mayor, Santa Cruz

The Party House Problem What a fantastic, clear, comprehensive and accurate article Georgia Perry wrote on Rowdy Houses (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Santa Cruz Guide,â&#x20AC;? Sept. 22) and party protocol for those students who live in town. As a 32-year resident of the West side (and UCSC employee for that time), I applaud your writing on this topic. UCSC has developed a wonderful renterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website about living in town and I hope everyone is aware of it.

Re: parties, hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s some additional background: 1. Homeowners and other residents are not necessarily always upset with the students, though it may seem that way. We â&#x20AC;&#x153;getâ&#x20AC;? that a break is welcome from studying, but we have been frustrated by landlords who live elsewhere and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t respond to weekly calls at 2 am to please intervene on noise and party trash in front yards. The landlords werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t interested in enhancing the neighborhood community even though they owned a house on the block.

We had to leave messages on an answering machine that had a young kidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s voice on it and sometimes heard back. Sometimes there have been assaults on women UCSC students as a result of the parties. We hate to see that.

2. The eternal Santa Cruz problem on or off campus: Parking, parking, parking. If your party guests take up the limited spots available on the street, it gets to be a challenge for nine months to return home and not find parking at 10 or 11pm.

Seek creative and safe transportation solutions.

3. If you leave the party at midnight or after, please be aware that there is something about the geology here that makes voices reverberate all over the neighborhood at 2 am as you walk down the street.

Wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t it be great if that $25,000 that UCSC spends for extra police in Fall Quarter could go instead into something positive, rather than enforcement, like enhancing the UCSC University Library collections?

KAREN MOKRZYCKI Retired UCSC Librarian

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Currents TALK SUPE Eric Hammer checks in with Nicona Easton, assistant coordinator of his campaign for District Five supervisor.

The Fifth Dimension Supervisor race in San Lorenzo Valley turns on unique issues

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o you know who I am?â&#x20AC;?

Eric Hammer is being quizzed. A Democrat running for Fifth District County Supervisor, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s walking a precinct in Felton, handing out pamphlets outlining his campaign platforms. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Well, I know I recognize you from the alumni association,â&#x20AC;? replies Hammer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yeah, where else?â&#x20AC;?

He furrows his brow. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s blanking. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I probably drove your little ass to school!â&#x20AC;?

Recognition washes over his face. He laughs and hands his former school bus driver a pamphlet.

This November, Hammer, a fourth generation San Lorenzo Valley resident and Boulder Creek Parks District board member, squares off against the ridiculously experienced former California Secretary of State Bruce

McPherson for the supervisor position.

In the June primary, McPherson was just 100 votes short of the majority needed to circumvent a runoff election this November.

Three days after the election was pushed into runoff, McPherson dropped his longstanding Republican Party affiliation and is now running as an Independent.

McPherson, who is in his late 60â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, ascended to the offices of California State Assemblyman, State Senator and Secretary of State after several years as editor of the Sentinel, which was owned by his family. This summer he gained the endorsement of Democrat and County Treasurer Fred Keeley, who calls the Fifth District the â&#x20AC;&#x153;most in needâ&#x20AC;? of all the districts, and believes McPhersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s experience and ample list of contacts in Sacramento will be vital in getting the area the attention it needs.

McPherson insists his move to Independent is what residents want: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tell you the many people who

have said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;You know, Bruce, you said itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a nonpartisan office. Why donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t you do something about it?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; And so I said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I will.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

His critics, however, were not necessarily impressed. Former Santa Cruz County Supervisor Gary Patton calls McPhersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s affiliation change â&#x20AC;&#x153;a desperate moveâ&#x20AC;Śto curry favor with Fifth District voters.â&#x20AC;?

Local Angles Walking precincts in Felton, Hammer passes a former crack house, now empty and bearing a red tag on its front door. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It took the community screaming at the county to get that taken care of,â&#x20AC;? he says.

This, he believes, is his appeal. His work turning around a dysfunctional parks board, including soliciting community volunteers to build a park when the district fell short of the $20,000 they needed to pay contractors, has given him confidence

that he knows how to help community members to help themselves. He also touts the fact that over 75 percent of his approximately $50,000 campaign budget was raised in the Fifth District. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is not about who you know at the state. This is about who you know locally. We know that the state is broke,â&#x20AC;? says Hammer.

Some of the Felton residents Hammer encounters clearly view McPherson as an outsider, with one even saying McPherson â&#x20AC;&#x153;can take a hike and go back to Santa Cruz.â&#x20AC;? A sticking point with some Fifth District voters has been that McPhersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home in Pasatiempo is in an upscale neighborhood surrounding a golf course that wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a part of the Fifth District until a matter of months ago. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been ridiculed as a wealthy white man who lives in a gated community,â&#x20AC;? McPherson admits. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But the gates are open 90 percent of the time.â&#x20AC;?

McPhersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s extensive experience makes the question of whether he can do the job irrelevant. A bigger question surrounding the race has been: Why does he want it? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The board of supervisors is a position that is typically held by someone who is growing in their political future, not someone who has already gone through it,â&#x20AC;? argues Hammer.

McPherson rejects this notion. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re witnessing the biggest shift in government responsibility since Prop. 13 was passed in 1978,â&#x20AC;? he says, referencing the movement of nonviolent felons from state prisons to county jails as one example. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re seeing that responsibility reversed from state to local government, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re gonna be seeing more of it.â&#x20AC;?

Once described by Sunset Magazine as â&#x20AC;&#x153;absurdly rural,â&#x20AC;? the San Lorenzo Valley has different needs than its more urban neighbors. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In Santa Cruz, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re worried about tourists parking on their curbs and gutters,â&#x20AC;? said Hammer during a debate. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Up here, we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even know what curbs and gutters look like.â&#x20AC;? 0

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Voter Reg 2.0 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Today, the Internet replaces mailboxes for thousands of Californians wishing to register to vote.â&#x20AC;? That was California Secretary of State Debra Bowen at a press conference Wednesday, speaking about Californiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new online voter registration system, which launched last week.

State Sen. Leland Yee (D-San Francisco) authored the measure, citing that only 44 percent, or 6 million eligible California voters, participated in the 2008 presidential election.

With several significant ballot measures both statewide and here in Santa Cruzâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;including the aforementioned measure on GMO labeling, a potential ban on the death penalty and, locally, some proposed tax raises and a hefty bond measure for the Pajaro Valley Unified School Districtâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; votes count. Appropriately, interested citizens who havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t yet registered can visit VotesCount.com, Santa Cruzâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Election Department website, and click on the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Am I Registered To Vote?â&#x20AC;? tab. The deadline for online voter registration is Oct. 22. County Clerk Gail Pellerin says the service has been popular, with about 100 people registering right after its launch last Wednesday, and upwards of 200 people a day since then.

Of course, registering to vote is just the first step. Voter turnout in the June primary was a â&#x20AC;&#x153;pathetically lowâ&#x20AC;? 39.8 percent of registered voters, says Pellerin. November presidential elections typically draw in much higher numbers, with over 86 percent in 2008 and 83 percent in 2004.

California, Arizona, Colorado, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Oregon, Utah, Nevada, Maryland, New York and Washington currently allow online voter registration. Washington State has even partnered with Facebookâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the online voter registration form is automatically filled with pertinent information from the userâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Facebook account. One question: Does the service take into account usersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;I Dressed As Sarah Palin Halloween â&#x20AC;&#x2122;08 LOLâ&#x20AC;? photo albums? 0

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The pro-Prop 37 camp, which has a strong base in Santa Cruz, has some new ammunition in support of its cause, even as polls show the measure cruising to victory in its effort to mandate labeling of genetically modified food.

A newly released study claims to have found a connection between certain genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, and serious health problems in rodents. More specifically, the controversial report links Monsantoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trademark herbicide RoundUpâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;as well as the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s corn and the soy and corn productsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; with tumors, liver problems and kidney damage in rats.

Gilles-Eric Seralini, the French scientist who conducted the study, says the findings make a clear case for labeling of GMOs, the driving force behind Prop 37, which hits California ballots in November. GMO labeling is already mandated in several countries, including Japan and all the members of the European Union.

But such labeling isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t required anywhere in the United States. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is in my idea a very severe problem,â&#x20AC;?

Seralini said in an international press conference with reporters last week.

There are some details yet to be established: Seraliniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team has not said how much the rats were given to eat, or what their growth rates were.

Seralini said they have still have much more data, some of which will be published in subsequent reports. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We cannot put it all in one paper,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Prop 37 opponents have already begun questioning the report and point to hundreds of studies which arrived at contrary conclusions. In an email, No on 37 spokesperson Kathy Fairbanks said the study â&#x20AC;&#x153;appears to be deeply flawed,â&#x20AC;? adding that people would know by now if there were any serious health risks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If this study had any merit, and GE has been eaten by humans worldwide for 25+ years,â&#x20AC;? Fairbanks said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;then why arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t millions of people dead already?â&#x20AC;?

Prop 37 supporter Thomas Whitman, a leader of Right to Know Santa Cruz, wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t surprised by the studyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s findings. He says people should demand the right to find out whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in

their food no matter what. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you had a chance to knowâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;even if there were a chance something were wrongâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d want to know,â&#x20AC;? he says.

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RAISING THE ISSUE Larry Davis in Wyoming on Day 35 of his trek, after biking 1,636 miles as part of his ride to call attention to depression.

Rolling Out How one Santa Cruz man faced up to his depression, and biked across the U.S. to inspire others BY MARIA GRUSAUSKAS

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n May 2 of this year, Larry Davis kissed his wife goodbye, climbed on his tandem bicycle and headed east. A trailer rolling behind him held a tent, a few clothes and some snacks for fuel. It was going to be a long ride.

With no real physical preparation (his philosophy was â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get stronger as I rideâ&#x20AC;?), the 43-year-old Davis pedaled every day for the next two months, from Santa Cruz to his childhood home of Southington, Ohio. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Enjoy the Rideâ&#x20AC;? was a 3,100-mile journey, propelled by fruits and nuts, friends and strangers (including a man with a plastic bag full of clothesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;fresh out of jail and needing a ride), and one unlikely motivation: chronic depression. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We in the Bay Area completely take it for grantedâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re depressed you

go get help. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like having a broken arm.

The rest of the country, and the world as far as I know, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not so,â&#x20AC;? said Davis.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to believe Davis was one of those people. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tall and fit, with warm green eyes and that healthy glow people who work out in the morning get. But heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been quietly battling chronic depression for the past 25 years. It was a bout deep enough to leave him contemplating suicide that caused him to finally seek helpâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;spurred by his supportive wife, who he calls â&#x20AC;&#x153;my champion.â&#x20AC;?

Davis joins an increasing number of people â&#x20AC;&#x153;coming outâ&#x20AC;? to the world about a debilitating disease that afflicts 6.7% of the adult population, and claims many lives: in the last (2009) report by the Center for Disease Control, suicide claimed a total of 36,891 lives.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you do the math, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one death every 15 minutes, every day,â&#x20AC;? Davis says.

The very day Davis departed on his trip, 19-season NFL player Junior Seau fatally shot himself in the gutâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;joining several other athletes who committed suicide in this way so that their brains would remain intact for scientific research into the connection between brain trauma and mental illness.

Posting every evening on his â&#x20AC;&#x153;Enjoy the Rideâ&#x20AC;? Facebook page, from his tent or occasional hotel room (when he really needed rest), Davis quickly amassed a following, reaching an average of 1,002 daily page hits by the end of his trip.

But it was in the warm and friendly interactions with strangers who took him in (host families he found at warmshowers.org, a worldwide

hospitality exchange for touring cyclists), that Davis says he really got a feel for the American culture he was traveling through.

In small town America, Davis was hosted by a man who had kept his depression quiet for years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He lived in a small town in Idaho.

Blue collar, nose to the grindstone, farmer town, rancher town where you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t talk about depression, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a character flaw, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a personal weakness, you pull yourself up by your bootstraps, dust yourself off and get a move on,â&#x20AC;? says Davis.

Before Davis continued on his way, the same man agreed to have Davis film him talking about his struggle with depression. The trip also helped Davis conquer his own fears about breaking the stigmas to speak openly about his depression. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I met not a single person on my ride that judged me or thought less of me for seeking the help that I needed. In fact it was quite the opposite, more like â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;you dumb shit, why didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t you do this twenty years ago?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? says Davis.

Back in Santa Cruz, Davis continues to keep up his â&#x20AC;&#x153;Enjoy the Rideâ&#x20AC;? page, and hopes to soon invite others to fight depression with three powerful mechanisms, as described by Davis in a recent post: 1. a daily need for heart-pounding, sweat-pumping exercise; 2. an ongoing pursuit of adventure and exploration in all of its forms; and 3. an unabashed willingness to talk openly about my struggles with depression... Depression has given me an ultimatum; â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;If you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pursue all of the things in life that make you happy and fulfilled, I will kill you.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; But just as he couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have pedaled all that way on a 150-pound rig without the help of some 25 other humans who took a seat behind him, Davis is now more convinced than ever that you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fight a disease that makes it seem okay to give up on life, alone. 0

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Why Canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t We

Despite our sleep-aid culture, many people never feel rested enough.

In his new book, UCSC professor Matthew WolfMeyer uncovers whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wrong with the way we sleep BY LILY STOICHEFF

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eople spend roughly a third of their lives sleepingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;about 26 years, based on the average life expectancy. So why are we so tired?

And as we reach for coffee, energy drinks and pills to counter our restlessness and insomnia, how much do we really know about those eightish hours between night and day?

Matthew Wolf-Meyer, a professor of anthropology at UCSC, has been fascinated by the way Americans sleep for most of his life, and over the past 10 years has collected his findings for his new book, The Slumbering Masses: Sleep, Medicine, and the Modern

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American Life. His conclusion? We should be talking a lot more about why we sleep the way we do.

Wolf-Meyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interest in the subject started as an undergrad while working the â&#x20AC;&#x153;third shiftâ&#x20AC;? at Kinkoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was always okay with third shift,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would go to work and go to sleep at 8am, and wake up at 5pm and get on with the rest of my day. But the rest of the people around me were doing it for the meager financial benefit, and struggled physically. I stopped because I started teaching at an elementary school and I had a total reversal. I had to wake up at 6:30 in the morning, and it was excruciating to me.â&#x20AC;?

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COVER STORY | WHY CANâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;T WE SLEEP

SLEEPING GIANT UCSCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Matthew Wolf-Meyer tackles Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sleep issues.

While working on his dissertation, he happened to read about a sleep clinic right around the corner from his New York apartment. A visit to the facility made it clear that what was originally supposed to be a single chapter on sleep needed to be a book. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The clinicians were talking about cases, and what they had seen and case literature. Like a lot of people, I think, I was blind to the variation of sleep,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have intermittent insomnia. I have slept in weird ways all my life. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had sleeping schedules that destroyed relationships. But I heard clinicians talking about even more extremes in the spectrum, between normal sleep that everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fine with to behavior disorders like sleep apnea and narcolepsy. I just wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t aware of it.â&#x20AC;?

Wolf-Meyer spent five years at the clinic interviewing patients and attending support groups for people with restless leg syndrome, sleep apnea and narcolepsy. He then went to Chicago to do archival work while continuing to do interviews and visit support groups.

Market Driven In his new book, he lays out how, over the past 200 years, our economy has dictated when and how we sleep. Working from 9 oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;clock in the morning to 5 oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;clock in the evening has generated an â&#x20AC;&#x153;11 to 7â&#x20AC;? sleep cycle, where individuals experience

uninterrupted sleep through the night and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sleep during the day.

Most clinicians would consider this â&#x20AC;&#x153;normal,â&#x20AC;? and most Americans strive to adhere to this system. And yet, says Wolf-Meyer, there is evidence all around us to suggest that this is not the ideal sleeping pattern for millions of people. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you start to talk to people or read one of the many surveys that have been published in the last decade about how people sleep, you see that Americans sleep anywhere between 4 and 12 hours in a 24-hour period. Some people are sleeping bi-phasically, meaning they sleep a few hours at night and a few hours in the middle of the day.

Some people sleep in a very erratic fashion, like doctors and truck drivers, where theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be awake for 36 hours and sleep for 12 hours,â&#x20AC;? explains Wolf-Meyer.

A childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sleep needs are different than an adolescent, and both are unique from the needs of adults.

Ultimately, the model we think of as â&#x20AC;&#x153;normal sleepâ&#x20AC;? doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t match up with our own experiences very often.

Drug Culture But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Americans that are adapting, not the schedule, and the cure often has an Rx on the label. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chemical substances have become kind of innocuous in our daily age,â&#x20AC;? Wolf-Meyer notes. Our search for relief from a variety of sleep disorders has catapulted the sleep aid industry in the last 20 years from obscurity to the commonplace.

Millions of Americans are prescribed Ambien or Lunestra to help them fall asleep and stay asleep, and then continue to medicate themselves throughout the day to stay awake.

Wolf-Meyer is careful to draw a line here. He explains that there are many people who suffer from material disorders like obstructive sleep apnea and narcolepsy for which drugs and therapies are greatly beneficial.

There are also individuals who use pharmaceuticals to alleviate their disorderly sleep when an adjustment to their social obligations, like waking and sleeping outside of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;11 to 7â&#x20AC;? model, would be just as helpful.

Most of these drugs have only been around for 20 years or less, and

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Coffee Fix Of course, prescription drugs arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the most common way Americans cope with a lack of sleep. Wolf-Meyer cites most Americanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mechanical grab for a cup of coffee in the morning and asks: Why are we that tired after we wake up? Why do we need to be that alert first thing in the morning? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our social obligations dictate our biological desires,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My need for coffee is not just my taste for coffee, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s because my son requires me to be awake so we can watch Sesame Street together at 7 in the morning.â&#x20AC;?

In the afternoon, when weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re tempted to pour another, he believes we should just as easily be able to stroll to the nearest napping center as we do the nearest coffee shop. He tells of a sleep doctor he used to know who joked that humans have a nervous system that works optimally with one cup of coffee. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone believed it, but of course itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a joke. Our ancestors were not drinking cups of coffee in the cave.

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing natural about our caffeine consumption,â&#x20AC;? he says.

Napping in Shame Wolf-Meyer discusses a pervasive feeling in society he describes as â&#x20AC;&#x153;the shame of napping.â&#x20AC;? Historically, this connection between sleep and laziness can be traced back to the Protestant work ethic of our forefathers. Benjamin Franklin was â&#x20AC;&#x153;early to bed and early to rise,â&#x20AC;? and religious writings warn against being awake too late and sleeping past dawn because, in short, what sort of mischief were you trying to get up to during the night?

There is historical evidence to suggest humans used to sleep biphasically. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d go to bed earlier, wake up for a period of time in the

middle of the night and sleep a little later. The traditional siesta in Spanish cultures arose out of a need to rest in the afternoon to counter a later bedtime. But in the last 20 years Spain has realized that thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no way it can remain a world economic power if no one holds meetings between noon and 4pm every day.

A Simple Solution The modern demands of our society make this kind of rest nearly impossible. So what can the sleepless masses do?

Wolf-Meyer offers a simple prescription: â&#x20AC;&#x153;People should sleep when theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re sleepy and not sleep when they arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t.â&#x20AC;?

Our biggest problem, he says, is that we think we need to be in bed at a certain time, and awake at a certain time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not sleepy at 10 oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;clock, just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go to bed. Even if it means youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get less sleep than you think you should, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re better off staying out of bed than laying in bed and staring at the clock,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Part of that is behavioral: the more time you spend in bed not sleeping, the more sleep becomes this problem in your life. If it means you need to take a nap the next day or go to bed at 8 oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;clock the next night, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fine.â&#x20AC;?

Most importantly, he suggests that we avoid using drugs, in whatever form, as a crutch: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Medicine draws the line between alternative orders and disorders. If you can live unproblematically with your sleep schedule, whatever that is, and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing no harm to yourself or those around you, then itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not very disorderly.â&#x20AC;?

But sleep disorders, of course, are very real. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If in order to maintain your sleep schedule, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re consuming 12 cans of Mountain Dew a day, or taking trucker speed, and then you have to take Ambien to go to sleep at night, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clearly something wrong there,â&#x20AC;? he says.

Science still isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sure why humansâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;or any organisms, in factâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; need sleep. But a more conscious understanding of why we sleep the way we do might make our periods of unconsciousness more restful. 0

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scientists donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what the longterm effects will be. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ambien shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be prescribed for more than two weeks, but people end up using it forever. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s referred to as â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;habit formingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; not â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;addictive.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; People end up taking higher and higher doses of these drugs for years, and no one knows what the longterm effects of these drugs are,â&#x20AC;? WolfMeyer says.

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8 Bits To Glory San Juan Bautistaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pedro Silva rocks chipstyle in Slime Girls BY STEVE PALOPOLI

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edro Silva remembers walking out of the Catalyst Atrium last year, after the first show he ever played with his band Slime Girls, and hearing two guys talking on the sidewalk about his set. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on in there?â&#x20AC;? asked one. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re playing video games on stage,â&#x20AC;? replied the other, with a mixture of awe and disgust. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And people like it.â&#x20AC;?

That, as Silva sees it, is the main reason chiptune bands need to distance themselves from the musicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s association with video games. Which he admits is hard, since bands such as his use 8-bit technology (generally, Nintendo Game Boys) as a core part of their sound. The chiptune genre did originally rise out of a geeky nostalgia for the music of classic video games, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s become something much more, thanks especially to Bay Area chip bands like Crashfaster and Glowing Stars, the latter of which will perform with Slime Girls this Saturday at Crepe Place.

Chiptune has in a few short years already become a looser collection of diverse bands with an array of sounds, linked mostly now by their 8-bit component. Glowing Starsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;who unfortunately have announced they will be playing their last show in Novemberâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;features the lyrics of Lizzie Cuevas, while Slime Girls is set up much like pioneering chip band Anamanaguchi; the music is mostly instrumental (Silva does a few covers with vocals), driven by guitars, drums and Game Boy.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;To me, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really important to distance yourself from video games,â&#x20AC;? says Silva. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not about being nostalgic, for me. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about making something new.â&#x20AC;?

That said, he likes the 8-bit sound, and the way it gives him a certain framework to work within. He lives in San Juan Bautista, which has him sort of caught between the Santa Cruz and San Jose music scenes, and gave him plenty of time to play video games, and eventually discover chip bands. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Growing up here, there was nothing, but it was right at the advent of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;hey, hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the Internet,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? says the 22-year-old Silva. He started Slime Girls last year, doing home-studio recordings himself, but recruiting a band for live shows. The first Slime Girls EP, Vacation Wasteland, came out this summer.

Most of his musical influences, Silva says, are not even chiptuneâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Bomb the Music Industry, for instance, being high among them. But apart from his fondness for video games themselves, he likes the rawness of the sound, the camaraderie within the sceneâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x153;thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no jerks,â&#x20AC;? he saysâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and the DIY aspect of the music that allows indie upstarts to quickly and cheaply create music with components that cost less than 50 bucks all together. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chiptune, to me, is the electronic punk rock,â&#x20AC;? he says.

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GET SLIMED With a name taken from the Japanese game Monster Girl Quest and an 8-bit chiptune sound, Slime Girls has plenty of geek cred.

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Belly Dancers Rotating cast of belly dancing talent each Saturday on the garden stage at the Crepe Place.

Sat, 1:30pm. Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.429.6994.

THEATER Crooked Van Antwerp Theater Company presents a coming-of-age story about a 14-year-old girl discovering her faith. Fri, Sep 28, 8pm and Sat, Sep 29, 8pm. $17. Broadway Playhouse, 526 Broadway, Santa Cruz, 831.429.2339.

CONCERTS High School Jazz Band Auditions Kuumbwa Jazz Honor Band auditions for all-star high school musicians. Audition piece: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll Remember April.â&#x20AC;?

Call or email Melody Korkos with questions: melody@ kuumbwajazz.org. Thu, Sep 27, 4:30pm. Cabrillo College, 6500 Soquel Dr, Aptos, 831.427.2227 x212.

Santa Cruz Symphony Conductor Dr. Robert Tomaro leads the overture to Merry Wives of Windsor with soloist Neil Rutman. www.santacruzsymphony. org. Sat, Sep 29 and Sun, Sep 30. $20-$65. Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, 307 Church St, Santa Cruz, 831.462.0553 x10.

GALLERIES &217,18,1* Brown Ranch Marketplace Zizzoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee. Whimsical paintings by local artist and childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book illustrator Angelo Lopez will be on display along with sea glass jewelry by Gary Comb.

Mon-Sat, 6am-6pm & Sun 7am-5pm. Thru Sep. 30.

831.477.0680. 3555 Clares St, Capitola.

Cabrillo College Gallery A Bridge Beyond Borders.

This show of innovative printmaking techniques from Mexican and American artists attempts to unite cultures through understanding and friendship. Monâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Fri, 9amâ&#x20AC;&#x201C; 4pm. Thru Sep. 28. Free.

6500 Soquel Dr, Aptos, 831.479.6308.

Louden Nelson Community Center Ageless Art Project.

All artwork created by care facility residents of Family Service Agency of the Central Coast. Artist reception Sept. 21, 1-3pm.

Work on display thru Sept 28. Free, 831.459.8917x208.

301 Center St, Santa Cruz.

Pajaro Valley Arts Council Monterey Bay: Land, Air & Sea. Inspired by the 20th anniversary of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, this collaborative show features sculpture, glass, photography, printmaking, painting and more from over 50 artists. Gallery hours Thurs & Fr, 11am4pm; Sat & Sun, noon-4pm.

Thru Oct. 7. 37 Sudden St, Watsonville, 831.722.3062.

Santa Cruz Coffee Roasting A World Away: Photographs.

Santa Cruz native Miranda Emanuel spent a year abroad experiencing different cultures and photographing them. The works from Africa, Europe and French Polynesia are an account of her experiences. Thru Oct 8.

6-10pm. 1330 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.459.0100.

Santa Cruz County Bank Painting Our Parks. Plein air oil paintings of county state and national parks in California. Twenty percent of sales benefit Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks.

Monâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Thu, 9amâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;5pm & Fri. 9amâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;6pm, thru Jan. 18.

831.457.5003. 720 Front St, Santa Cruz.

Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History Passages: An Art Installation. Santa Cruz County artist Rose Sellery presents a large-scale installation that explores the journey of an individual womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life as she searches for love, loses herself and then finds herself. Thru Nov 25. $5 general. Museum hours Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm; closed Mon. 705 Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.429.1964.

LITERARY EVENTS Author Event: Betty Jones Local author Betty Jones reads from her awardwinning childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book, A Childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Seasonal Treasury, which features poems, songs, riddles and more.

Wed, Sep 26, 7:30pm.

Capitola Book Cafe, 1475 41st Ave, Capitola, 831.462.4415.

Author Event: Joann Leonard Local author Joann Leonard leads a conversation about mental and spiritual healing, with reference to her book, The Healer of

Fox Hollow. Thu, Sep 27, 7:30pm. Capitola Book Cafe, 1475 41st Ave, Capitola, 831.462.4415.

Storytime Former Shakespeare Santa Cruz actress Billie Harris and Book Cafe manager Jill Rose perform animated readings of childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stories. Mon, 11am. Capitola Book Cafe, 1475 41st Ave, Capitola, 831.462.4415.

The Writers Journey with Laura Davis Local writer Davis will provide writing prompts that â&#x20AC;&#x153;will open the channel from your heart to your head to your pen.â&#x20AC;? Mon, Oct 1, 7:30pm. Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.460.3232.

LECTURES Sea Otter Awareness Week Talks Special talks by sea otter experts. www.seaotterweek. org. Thu, Sep 27. Seymour Discovery Center, 100 Shaffer Rd, Santa Cruz, 831.726.9010.

Wellness Lecture: Chronic Pain Acupuncturist Corey Miller teaches effective solutions for healing chronic pain with diet, exercise and stress management. Thu, Sep 27, 6-7:30pm. New Leaf Market Westside, 1101 Fair Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.466.9060 ext. 126.

Wellness Lecture: Hormonal Health Nutritionist Rebeca RovayHazelton explains how diet and lifestyle are tied to hormonal health. Preregister at www.newleaf.com. Wed, Sep 26, 6-7:30pm. New Leaf Market Westside, 1101 Fair Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.466.9060 ext 126.

NOTICES Atheist Hikes Nonbelievers are invited to come together for weekly hikes, held at different scenic areas every week on Saturdays. Hikes are followed by lunch, and participants are encouraged to bring food or money and water. www.meetup.com/ santa-cruz-atheists. Sat, 10am. Free. Various sites, NA, Carmel.

geology of the coastal bluffs on this two-hour natural history walk. Sat, Sep 29, 11am. Wilder Ranch State Park, 1401 Coast Rd, Santa Cruz, 831.426.0505.

A Course In Miracles Study Group A weekly meeting on learning how to forgive and live in peace. Drop-ins are welcome. Thu, 7-9pm.

The Barn Studio, 104b Park Way South, Santa Cruz, 831.272.2246.

GMO Foods Radio Show Right to Know Show: GMO Foods is a weekly radio talk show hosted by Thomas Wittman and GMO-Free Santa Cruz Volunteers, which aims to share the facts about foods made with Genetically Modified Organisms. Tune in to listen at 1080 AM. www. righttoknowsantacruz. com. Tue, 7-8pm. Thru Nov 6. Free. KSCO Radio, Portola Dr., Santa Cruz, 831.475.1080.

Insight Santa Cruz Meditation sits, talks and discussions every day of the week. Learn the formal practice of meditation and engage with a community dedicated to reducing suffering by cultivating compassion. Visit www. insightsantacruz.org for specific times and more information. Ongoing.

Insight Santa Cruz, 1010 Fair Avenue, Suite C, Santa Cruz, 831.425.3431.

Miracle Working Spiritual teacher Dominique Free leads a weekly class on cultivating the consciousness to heal, overcome, succeed and create miracles. Thu, 7-8pm.

Conscious Lounge, 1651A El Dorado Av @ Capitola Rd, Santa Cruz, 831.359.0423.

NAACP Santa Cruz Membership and Leadership Outreach Effort Members of the community are invited and encouraged to attend meetings of the NAACP Santa Cruz County Branch #1071. First Mon of every month, 7:30pm.

Progressive Missionary Baptist Church, 517 Center St, Santa Cruz.

Overeaters Anonymous

In these beginning bridge classes, certified instructor Nancy Weiner will teach participants the â&#x20AC;&#x153;worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most popular card game.â&#x20AC;? www.santacruzbridge.org.

Wed, 6:30-8:30pm. Thru Sep 30. Free. Santa Cruz Bridge Center, 2450 17th Avenue, Suite 200, Santa Cruz, 831.465.1102.

Sundays 9-10:15am at 2900 Chanticleer Ave, Santa Cruz.

Wednesdays noon-1pm at 49 Blanca Ln. #303, Watsonville and 6:30-7:30pm at 335 Spreckles Dr. Ste. A, Aptos.

Thursdays 1-2pm at Louden Nelson Community Center, Room 5, 301 Center St., Santa Cruz. Fridays noon1pm at 49 Blanca Ln, #303, Watsonville. Wed-Fri-Sun. 831.429.7906.

Coast Nature Walk

Red Cross Gala

Bridge Classes

Explore the ecology and

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Santa Cruz Symphony The first of five guest conductors, Dr. Robert Tomaro recently recorded a CD with the London Symphony Orchestra. Here, he will lead performances of the Overture to the Merry Wives of Windsor and Mozartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 22nd Piano Concerto with a solo by Neil Rutman.

Saturday, Sept. 29 at 8pm at Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, 307 Church St., Santa Cruz, and Sunday, Sept. 30 at 2pm at Mello Center, 250 East Beach St., Watsonville. Single tickets $20$65. Subscription packages $100-$275. www.santacruzsymphony.org. with live music and auctions will benefit the Santa Cruz County Chapter of the American Red Cross. Fri, Sep 28, 6-10pm. $100. Cocoanut Grove, 400 Beach St, Santa Cruz, 831.423.2053.

members and prospective members. There will be food and a raffle. Thu, Sep 27, 5:30-7pm. $5 members; $10 prospective members.

La Madrona Athletic Club, 1897 La Madrona Drive, Santa Cruz, 831.438.1010.

SC Diversity Center

Serenity Firstâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Pagans in Recovery

The Diversity Center provides services, support and socializing for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and questioning individuals and their allies.

Diversity Center, 1117 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.425.5422.

Scotts Valley Business Networking Mixer Scotts Valley Chamber of Commerce members will network with new business

A 12-step meeting with a pagan flair where guests are free to discuss their nature-based, goddesscentered spiritual paths.

Sun, 7pm. The Sacred Grove, 924 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz, 831.423.1949.

Support and Recovery Groups Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s: Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Assn., 831.464.9982.

Cancer: Katz Cancer Resource Center,

831.351.7770; WomenCARE, 831.457.2273. Candida: 831.471.0737. Chronic Pain: American Chronic Pain Association, 831.423.1385.

Grief and Loss: Hospice, 831.430.3000.

Lupus: Jeanette Miller, 831.566.0962.

Men Overcoming Abusive Behavior: 831.464.3855. SMART Recovery: 831.462.5470.

Trans Latina women: Mariposas, 831.425.5422.

Trichotillomania: 831.457.1004. 12-Step Programs: 831.454.HELP (4357).

The Speakers Gym This workshop, led by Noel Murphy, teaches the skills of leadership, effective communication, and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fortune 100â&#x20AC;&#x201C;caliber

speaking.â&#x20AC;? Wed, 7-9pm.

Discovery Gym, 75 Mt. Hermon Rd., Scotts Valley, 831.238.1234.

Touched By Adoption Group Adoptive families, adult adoptees, families waiting to adopt and birth parents meet monthly to connect in a safe, confidential setting.

Last Sat of every month, 10am-12pm. Free. Live Oak Family Resource Center, 1438 Capitola Rd, Santa Cruz, 1.866.219.1155.

Yoga Instruction Pacific Cultural Center: 35+ classes per week, 831.462.8893. SC Yoga: 45 classes per week, 831.227.2156. TriYoga: numerous weekly classes, 831.464.8100.

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Oktoberfest at Davenport Roadhouse An autumn day of food, beer, live music by the Coffis Brothers and kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; activities leaves little to be desired. But the folks at LiVBLUE have added volunteerism endorphins to the mix, launching a new ocean conservation program called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tip the Oceanâ&#x20AC;? at this event.

Saturday, Sept. 29 and Sunday, Sept. 30 from noon-6pm at Davenport Roadhouse, 1 Davenport Ave., Davenport, CA. www.davenportroadhouse.com Yoga Within at Aptos Station, 831.687.0818; Om Room School of Yoga, 831.429.9355; Pacific Climbing Gym, 831.454.9254; Aptos Yoga Center, 831.688.1019; Twin Lotus Center, 831.239.3900.

Hatha Yoga with Debra Whizin, 831.588.8527.

Zen, Vipassana, Basic: Intro to Meditation Zen: SC Zen Center, Wed, 5:45pm, 831.457.0206.

Vipassana: Vipassana SC, Wed 6:30-8pm, 831.425.3431. Basic: Land of the Medicine Buddha, Wed, 5:30-6:30pm, 831.462.8383.

Zen: Ocean Gate Zendo, first Tue each month 6:307pm. All are free.

AROUND TOWN Astronomy Night Use the parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s telescope to view seasonal constellations and planets.

Sat, Sep 29, 9-10:30pm.

Little Basin, 21700 Little Basin Road, Boulder Creek, 831.338.8018.

English Country Dance Second and fourth Thursdays of each month; beginners welcome. Fourth Thu of every month. $5-$7.

First Congregational Church of Santa Cruz, 900 High St, Santa Cruz, 831.426.8621.

Fall Harvest Festival This festival of the seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s produce features an apple pie baking contest as well as live music, hay rides and kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; crafts. Sun, Sep 30, 11am-5pm. $5. UCSC Farm and Garden, UCSC, Santa Cruz, 831.459.3240.

The event will raise money for beach clean-up efforts in Santa Cruz. Sat, Sep 29 and Sun, Sep 30. Davenport Roadhouse, 1 Davenport Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.426.8801.

Poets for Change Beginning with an open

mic, this event also includes performances by featured local poets as well as a poetry walking tour from Louden Nelson to the Clock Tour. Sat, Sep 29, 12pm.

Louden Nelson Community Center, 301 Center St, Santa Cruz, 831.420.6177.

Gardens of Time Tour the native plant beds, neophyte kitchen garden and more. Sat, Sep 29, 1-2pm. Free. Santa Cruz Mission State Park, 144 School St, Santa Cruz, 831.464.5620.

Glass Pumpkin Patch This annual event features glass blowing demonstrations in addition to a gallery of glass pumpkins. Sat, Sep 29, 11am-5pm. Masaoka Glass Design, 13766 Center St, Carmel Valley, 831.659.4953.

Inner Light Benefit with Michael Beckwith â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spiritual revolutionariesâ&#x20AC;?

Beckwith and Rickie Byars Beckwith will share their message of love as a living, powerful energy that holds the world together. Fri, Sep 28, 7pm. $25. Inner Light Ministries, 5630 Soquel Dr, Soquel, 831.465.9090 x6.

San Franciscoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s City Guide

Beach House Floating in space and strumming instruments, Baltimore duo pedals in sonic landscapes. Sep 28 at the Fox Theater.

Harmony By the Bay Harmony Festival presents Shins, Alison Krauss, Jimmy Cliff, more in day-long fest. Sep 29 at Shoreline.

Hot Water Music Reunited punk band from Florida plays with Dead to Me and Heartsounds. Sep 30 at Slimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.

Sonny Rollins Tenor saxophone colossus still playing live, soaring with improvisatory ideas at age 82.

Sep 30 at Davies Symphony Hall.

Oktoberfest Oktoberfest features food, beer, live music by the Coffis Brothers and more.

More San Francisco events at www.sfstation.com.

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SHORT FOR ODD Even without their full name, Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, Odd Future will keep it strange at their Catalyst show.

e p a c s Beat THURSDAY | 9/20

LOS AMIGOS INVISIBLES Because nobody does disco likeâ&#x20AC;Ś Venezuela? In the days of the early â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;90s, when punk reigned supreme, Los Amigos Invisibles set out to prove that the people could groove to beats beyond salsa and merengue. Melding the sounds of electric guitar and the driving force of disco while maintaining the flavors of their Latin roots, Venezuelaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first dance band was born.

Credited with reinventing the Caracas club scene and offering their amigos a whole new way to party, the six-piece band is now anything but invisible. Just ask their Latin Grammy collection. Moeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Alley; $18 adv/$20 door; 8:30pm. (Janelle Gleason)

FRIDAY | 9/21

CAROLYN WONDERLAND Blues-rocker Carolyn Wonderland has shared billing with the best of the bestâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;B.B. King,

Johnny Winter, Buddy Guy, and the Allman Brothers, to name a few. Her powerful voice won her comparisons to Janis Joplin and a slew of best female vocalist awards from her native Houston press. Whether performing solo or with her band the Imperial Monkeys, she delivers a unique and compelling blend of blues, rock, country, gospel, soul, and even jazz. Catalyst; $10 adv/$15 door; 9pm. (Juan Guzman)

FRIDAY | 9/21

ERIC LINDELL + ANSON FUNDERBURGH Though we may soon be seeing a studio collaboration from these two blue-eyed bluesmen, the only way to catch them together for now is out on the road. Eric Lindell began his career in Northern California, working as a baker by day and honing his guitar/keyboard/harmonica/ bass skills by night, but a move to New Orleans in 1999 further fueled his creative ambitions to craft his brand of funk-infused blues. Teamed with Texas blues player Anson

Funderburgh, a staple of the scene since 1978, Lindell is sure to produce a night of raw, honest soul. Moeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Alley; $15 adv/$20 door; 9pm. (JG)

SATURDAY | 9/22

EASY STAR ALL-STARS Though many of us are well-acquainted with Pink Floydâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s classic album, Dark Side of the Moon, how many have heard the Easy Star All-Starsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Dub Side of the Moon, the tripped-out, echo- and delay-heavy take on the classic album? The numbers for the latter may dip a bit, but that reflects a lack of exposure rather than a lack of talent. Originally a studio band, the AllStars have made a name for themselves by pulling a number of popular acts, including Radiohead, the Beatles and most recently, Michael Jackson, over to the dub side.

Featuring a rotating roster of top-notch musicians this outfit puts a new twist on pop songs, taking them where theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never gone before. Catalyst; $14 adv/$19 door; 9pm. (CJ)

SATURDAY | 9/22

ABYSSINIANS Firmly established in their roles as elder statesmen of roots reggae, the Abyssinians have been bringing their conscious lyrics, tight three-part harmonies and minor key melodies to the masses for longer than many of todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jamaican superstars have been alive. Formed when reggae was more closely associated with cheerful pop vocals than Rastafarianism, the Abyssinians have contributed massively to the Jamaican musical soundscape, and their smash hit single â&#x20AC;&#x153;Satta Massaganaâ&#x20AC;? has taken on no less than anthemic status for the roots faithful around the world. Moeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Alley; $20 adv/$25 door; 9pm. (CJ)

SUNDAY | 9/23

ANDY IRVINE A legend of Irish folk music, Andy Irvine has had an illustrious career as one of the Emerald Isleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most celebrated musical treasures. As a teenaged guitarist in the 1960s, Irvine was inspired by the music of

19 Woody Guthrie and started playing songs of his own, as well as favorites he discovered in the international folk canon. He has since been part of a number of renowned groups including Sweeneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Men, Planxty and Patrick Street. As a solo artist and performer, Irvine has won the praise of audiences around the world with his appreciation of traditional music, his heartfelt songwriting, his engaging storytelling and his dynamic musicality. Don Quixoteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s; $15 adv/$17 door; 7pm. (CJ)

Celebrating Creativity Since 1975

Thurs. September 27 U 7 pm

ERIK JEKABSON QUINTET PLAYS CHET BAKER Fri & Sat. September 28 & 29 U 8 pm

A TRIBUTE TO BOB DYLAN

Advance tickets at Streetlight Records

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MONDAY | 9/24

MATT THE ELECTRICIAN Few people work harder than Matt Sever.

For years, Sever would set out for work before the break of dawn to wire houses as an electrician only to return home after the sun had already set. From there, he would go on well into the night to play his banjo at any bar in Austin that would let him. He has since quit his electrical profession to pursue music full-time, but he just couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t shake the name. Matt the Electrician comes with a voice softer than his calloused hands, along with an impressive work ethic and equally impressive beard. Crepe Place; $10; 9pm. (JG)

TUESDAY | 9/25

DIEGO DEL MORAO One of the most recognized Spanish flamenco guitarists, Diego del Morao is a wizard of the nylon strings, playing with mind-boggling technicality, grace and style.

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CLARICE ASSAD Tues. October 2 U 7:30 pm

MARTIN HAYES & DENNIS CAHILL

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WAYNE KRANTZ TRIO WITH NATE WOOD (BASS) & KEITH CARLOCK (DRUMS) Mon. October 8 U 7 and 9 pm

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Hafez Modirzadeh with Vijay Iyer Acoustic Africa: Afropean Woman

Unless noted advance tickets at kuumbwajazz.org and Logos Books & Records. Dinner served 1-hr before Kuumbwa presented concerts. Premium wines & beer.

All ages welcome.

320-2 Cedar St [ Santa Cruz 831.427.2227

kuumbwajazz.org Born into a family with a long and rich musical legacy (he is the son of celebrated guitarist Moraito Chico II and grandson of flamenco innovator Manuel Morao) Morao carries on his familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s musical traditions while putting his own distinct mark on modern flamenco music. His latest album, Orate, features the legendary Paco de Lucia, one of the finest guitarists and flamenco composers of all time. Kuumbwa; $25 adv/$28 door; 7pm. (CJ)

VOICES CARRIED Aimee Mann has been remaking Til Tuesday videos (no, really) and packing for her Rio show.

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WED 9/26

THU 9/27

FRI 9/28

SAT 9/29

SANTA CRUZ BLUE LAGOON

Illusion of Self

Live Comedy

Cula A Boca

DJ Tripp

Honkey Tonky Night

DJ AD

DJ Mikey

Live Bands

Rainbow Room

Cruzing

Barcode Jesus

Variant Soul

DJ Don~Ette G

Eliquate

Banda Independencia

Sincere

S E P T E M B E R 2 6 - O C TO B E R 2 , 2 0 1 2

923 PaciďŹ c Ave, Santa Cruz

BLUE LOUNGE 529 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz

BOCCIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S CELLAR

Kevin Waylonis

140 Encinal St, Santa Cruz

THE CATALYST ATRIUM 1101 PaciďŹ c Avenue, Santa Cruz

THE CATALYST

Odd Futureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

1011 PaciďŹ c Ave, Santa Cruz

Good Riddance

Camp Flog Gnaw Tour

CREPE PLACE

Hall Pass

Birdhouse

Roots 66

Garage Band

Slime Girls

1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz

CROWâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S NEST

Jim Lewin Band

Nora Cruz

2218 East Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz

DAVENPORT ROADHOUSE

Polyglot Quartet

1 Davenport Ave, Santa Cruz

FINS COFFEE

Marty Atkinson

1104 Ocean St, Santa Cruz

& Friends Acoustic Night

HOFFMANâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BAKERY CAFE

Preston Brahm Trio

Mapanova

Isoceles

KUUMBWA JAZZ CENTER

Erik Jekabson

Tribute to Bob Dylan

Tribute to Bob Dylan

320-2 Cedar St, Santa Cruz

Quintet

Melvin Seals

Dave Alvin

1102 PaciďŹ c Ave, Santa Cruz

MOEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ALLEY

with Gary Montrezza

The Monophonics

Broken English

1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz

MOTIV

Dasswassup

1209 PaciďŹ c Ave, Santa Cruz

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120 Union St, Santa Cruz

Massive Delicious

RIO THEATRE

Libation Lab

DJ Sparkle

with Sam F & Ruby Sparks

THE REEF

Bluegrass Jam

Aloha Friday

Dennis Dove

Aimee Mann

Sean Hayes

Band

1205 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz

SEABRIGHT BREWERY 519 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz

Papaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Garage

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Live Bands

BLUE LAGOON

Neighborhood Night

BLUE LOUNGE

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Noctooa

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A Thousand

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Shall Fall

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Buffalo Field

THE CATALYST 831.423.1336

7 Come 11

CREPE PLACE 831.429.6994

Live Comedy

CROWâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S NEST 831.476.4560

CofďŹ s Brothers

DAVENPORT ROADHOUSE 831.426.8801

Geese in the Fog

FINS COFFEE 831.423.6131

Dana Scruggs Trio

Joe Leonard Trio

Barry Scott

HOFFMANâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BAKERY CAFE

Clarice Assad

Martin Hayes &

& Associates

831.420.0135

Dennis Cahill

KUUMBWA JAZZ CENTER 831.427.2227

MOEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ALLEY 831.479.1854

Rasta Cruz Reggae

Eclectic

Into the AM Tour

Primal Productions

Jazz â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;N Blues

MOTIV 831.479.5572

Uke Club

THE REEF 831.459.9876

RIO THEATRE 831.423.8209

SEABRIGHT BREWERY 831.426.2739

Jerry Douglas 5IVSTEBZ t 0DUPCFS t 1.

Jerry Douglas is the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most renowned Dobro player, and has garnered 13 Grammy Awards while being named â&#x20AC;&#x153;Musician of the Yearâ&#x20AC;? by the Academy of Country Music a remarkable 11 times. He is the unmistakably American sound behind Alison Krauss & Union Station, Elvis Costelloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sugarcanes, and the soundtrack to O Brother, Where Art Thou?.

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Friday, September 28 Â&#x2039; ALL AGES

Camp Flog Gnaw Tour

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Diferencia De Mexico also DJ The Beat & N9ne !DV $RS s $RS P M 3HOW P M

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/CT Roach Gigz (Ages 16+) /CT Yelawolf (Ages 16+) /CT Zion I/ Minnesota (Ages 16+) /CT Matisyahu/ The Constellations (Ages 16+) /CT Too Short (Ages 16+) /CT Taking Back Sunday (Ages 16+) /CT Tiger Army (Ages 16+) /CT Switchfoot (Ages 16+) /CT Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (Ages 16+) /CT Brother Ali (Ages 16+) /CT Collie Buddz (Ages 16+)

Unless otherwise noted, all shows are dance shows with limited seating.

WED 9/26 / APTOS / RIO DEL MAR / SOQUEL

THU 9/27 /

BRITANNIA ARMS

FRI 9/28 /

SAT 9/29 /

Karaoke

Highway 17

8017 Soquel Dr, Aptos

THE FOG BANK

Touched Too Much

John Michael

David Paul Campbell

David Paul Campbell

George Christos

Roberto-Howell

Choice Karaoke

Wild Blue

Lara Price

Lilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Pea &

211 Esplanade, Capitola

MANGIAMOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S PIZZA AND WINE BAR 783 Rio del Mar Blvd, Aptos

MICHAELâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ON MAIN 2591 Main St, Soquel

The Third Degree

PARADISE BEACH GRILLE

Breeze Babes

215 Esplanade, Capitola

SANDERLINGS

Live Hawaiian Music

In Three

Breeze Babes

The Blackouts

Joe Ferrara

BeBop

1 Seascape Resort Dr, Rio del Mar

SEVERINOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BAR & GRILL

Don McCaslin &

7500 Old Dominion Ct, Aptos

The Amazing Jazz Geezers

SHADOWBROOK 1750 Wharf Rd, Capitola

THE UGLY MUG

Three Brothers

4640 Soquel Dr, Soquel

Two Mothers

ZELDAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S

Jake Shandling Trio

Bombshell Bullys

DJ Dex

Father John Misty

Foreverland

John Craigie

Mariachi Ensemble

KDON DJ Showbiz

203 Esplanade, Capitola

SCOTTS VALLEY / SAN LORENZO VALLEY DON QUIXOTEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S

Coyote Grace

6275 Hwy 9, Felton

HENFLINGâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S TAVERN 9450 Hwy 9, Ben Lomond

WATSONVILLE / MONTEREY / CARMEL CILANTROâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S

Hippo Happy Hour

1934 Main St, Watsonville

MOSS LANDING INN

& KDON DJ SolRock

Open Jam

Hwy 1, Moss Landing

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Karaoke with Eve

THE FOG BANK 831.462.1881

MANGIAMOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S PIZZA AND WINE BAR 831.688.1477

Lisa Marie

MICHAELâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ON MAIN 831.479.9777

Lara Price

PARADISE BEACH GRILLE 831.476.4900

SANDERLINGS 831.662.7120

SEVERINOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BAR & GRILL 831.688.8987

SHADOWBROOK 831.475.1511

Open Mic with Jordan

THE UGLY MUG 831.477.1341

Matt Bolton

ZELDAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S 831.475.4900

SCOTTS VALLEY / SAN LORENZO VALLEY Bluegrass Festival

Bill Kirchen &

Laura Marling

Too Much Fun

DON QUIXOTEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S 831.603.2294

Karaoke with Ken

HENFLINGâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S TAVERN 831.336.9318

WATSONVILLE / MONTEREY / CARMEL Santa Cruz Trio

KPIG Happy Hour

CILANTROâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S 831.761.2161

Karaoke

MOSS LANDING INN 831.633.3038

S E P T E M B E R 2 6 - O C TO B E R 2 , 2 0 1 2

Comedy Nite Pam Hawkins

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Film Capsules

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New ANIMAL HOUSE (1978) Though itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s now difficult to imagine a time when frats were known for something other than hazing scandals, back in the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;70s, John Landisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; comedy turned obnoxious snobs into heroes. Note:

It helps when your head obnoxious snob is John Belushi. (Thu at Santa Cruz 9) BACHELORETTE (R; 87 min.) Director-writer Leslye Headland jumps on the Hangover/Bridesmaids bandwagon with a seemingly darker comedy about Kirsten Dunst and some fellow bridemaids (who used to call

S H O W T IM E S

the bride â&#x20AC;&#x153;pig faceâ&#x20AC;?) wreaking havoc. (Opens Fri at the Nick) BELOVED (NR; 139 min.)

French musical follows the soap-operaish stories of a mother and daughter across half a century, as played by real-life mother and daughter Catherine Deneuve and Chiara Mastroianni. (Opens Fri at the Nick)

Movie reviews by Steve Palopoli and Richard von Busack

FIGHT CLUB (1999) In producer Art Linsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fantastic book What Just Happened?, he writes about sitting with a roomful of horrified, practically terrified Fox executives after their first screening of this David Fincher film. That this movie had the power to actually outrage those jaded Hollywood suits speaks to

how it managed to be truly subversive in an age when the fight had long since been sucked out of big-budget moviemaking. Though it quickly become known for its violence and supposed cynicism, the film (which, despite its famous twist, is barely even concerned with its plot about a bored Edward

Showtimes are for Wednesday, September 26, through Wednesday, October 3, unless otherwise indicated. Programs and showtimes are subject to change without notice.

APTOS CINEMAS 122 Rancho Del Mar Center, Aptos 831.688.6541 www.thenick.com

Beasts of the Southern Wild â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 1:50; 6:30; Fri-Wed 4:15; 8:30.

Lawless â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 4; 8:30.

Robot & Frank â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Fri-Wed 2:15; 6:30 plus Sat-Sun 12:15pm.

Trouble with the Curve â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Daily 2; 4:30; 7; 9:15 plus Sat-Sun 11:40am.

CINELUX 41ST AVENUE CINEMA

Finding Nemo 3D â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Wed-Thu 12; 12:45; 2:45; 3:45; 6; 8:30; Fri-Wed 12:05; 2:45; 6:40; 9:10.

House at the End of the Street â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Wed-Thu 1; 4; 7:55; 10:30; Fri-Wed 1; 4; 7:25; 10:05.

The Possessionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Wed-Thu 12:30; 2:50; 6:05; 8:15; 10:30; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Resident Evil: Retribution â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Daily 3:05; 5:30.

Resident Evil: Retribution 3D â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Daily 12:40; 8; 10:25.

Animal House â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Thu 9pm.

Maloof Cup â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Tue 7:30pm.

Lawrence of Arabia â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed 10/3 7pm.

1475 41st Ave., Capitola 831.479.3504 www.cineluxtheatres.com

CINELUX SCOTTS VALLEY STADIUM CINEMA

Wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Back Down â&#x20AC;&#x201D; (Opens Fri) 11; 1:45; 4:30; 7:20; 10.

Hope Springs â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 2; 4:30; 7; Fri-Wed 2:10; 7.

House at the End of the Street â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Daily 11:55; 2:30; 4:55; 7:30 10:10.

Moonrise Kingdom â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Fri-Wed 11:45; 4:40; 9:30.

Resident Evil: Retribution â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 11:45; 2:15; 4:45; 7:15; 9:45.

The Words â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 11:30; 9:30.

226 Mt. Hermon Rd., Scotts Valley 831.438.3260 www.cineluxtheatres.com

DEL MAR 1124 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz 831.426.7500 www.thenick.com

Arbitrage â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 12:30; 2:40; 4:50; 7; 9:05; Fri-Wed 2:40; 4:50; 7; 9:05 plus Sat-Sun 12:05pm.

The Master â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 12:15; 2; 3:15; 5; 6:15; 8; 9:15; Fri-Wed 2; 3:30; 5; 6:30;

Hotel Transylvania â&#x20AC;&#x201D; (Opens Fri) 11:10; 1:30; 4:10; 7; 9:10.

Hotel Transylvania 3D â&#x20AC;&#x201D; (Opens Fri) 11:55; 2:20; 4:40.

Looper â&#x20AC;&#x201D; (Opens Fri) 11; 1:45; 4:30; 7:15; 9:20; 10.

Wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Back Down â&#x20AC;&#x201D; (Opens Fri) 11:20; 2; 4:40; 7:20; 10.

2016: Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s America â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 11:30; 1:45; 4; 6:30; 9; Fri-Wed 6:45pm.

Arbitrage â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Fri-Wed 11:45; 2:30; 4:55; 7:20; 9:45.

Dredd â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 12:15; 2:45; 5:15; 7:40; 10:10; Fri-Wed 12:15; 2:45; 5:10; 7:40 9:30.

End of Watch â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Wed-Thu 11:20; 2; 4:40; 7:20; 10; Fri-Wed 11:30; 2:10; 4:45; 7:30; 10:15.

Finding Nemo 3D â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 11; 1:30; 4:10; 6:45; 9:20; Fri-Wed 11; 1:30; 4; 6:30.

House at the End of the Street â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 11:45; 2:20; 4:55; 7:30; 10; Fri-

8; 9:20 plus Sat-Sun 11:10; 12:20; Fri, Sat 11pm.

Wed 12:30; 3; 5:20; 7:45; 10:10.

Fight Club â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Fri-Sat midnight.

Hope Springs â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 11:30; 2; 4:20.

Last Ounce of Courage â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 3:45; 6:15.

Lawless â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 7:10; 9:40.

The Possession â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 12:15; 2:45; 5:15; 7:40; 9:55.

Raiders of the Lost Ark â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Wed-Thu 11; 1:40; 4:20; 7; 9:30; Fri-Wed 10pm.

Resident Evil: Retribution â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 12:45; 9:45.

Resident Evil: Retribution 3D â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 2:30; 4:45; 7:20.

Trouble With the Curve â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 11:10; 1; 1:45; 4:30; 7:10; 8:45; 9:45; Fri-

NICKELODEON Lincoln and Cedar streets, Santa Cruz 831.426.7500 www.thenick.com

Bachelorette â&#x20AC;&#x201D; (Opens Fri) 2:20; 4:10; 8; 9:50 plus Sat-Sun 12:30pm.

Beloved â&#x20AC;&#x201D; (Opens Fri) 2:10; 6:50.

Wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Back Down â&#x20AC;&#x201D; (Opens Fri) 2; 4:30; 7; 9:30 plus Sat-Sun 11:30am.

Chicken with Plums â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 2:50; 5; 7; 9.

Moonrise Kingdom â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 4:10; 8:15; Fri-Wed 2:50; 6; 9:15.

Robot & Frank â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 2:15; 4:15; 6:15; 8:15; Fri-Wed 2:15; 6:15.

Samsara â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 2:10; 4:30; 7:10; 9:30; Fri-Wed 4:50; 7:10 plus 12:40pm.

Sleepwalk with Meâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Wed-Thu 3; 5:10; 7:20; 9:10; Fri-Wed 5; 9:40 plus Sat-Sun 12:20pm.

RIVERFRONT STADIUM TWIN 155 S. River St., Santa Cruz 800.326.3264 x1701 www.regmovies.com

Looper â&#x20AC;&#x201D; (Opens Fri) 4; 7; 9:40 plus Fri-Sun 1pm.

The Campaign â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 9:40pm.

Trouble With the Curve â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 3:45; 4:30; 6:45; 7:15; 9:20; Fri-Wed 3:45; 6:45; 9:20.

SANTA CRUZ CINEMA 9 1405 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz 800.326.3264 x1700 www.regmovies.com

Hotel Transylvania â&#x20AC;&#x201D; (Opens Fri) 12; 12:30; 2:20; 2:55; 4:40; 7.

Hotel Transylvania 3D â&#x20AC;&#x201D; (Opens Fri) 9:20pm.

Pitch Perfect â&#x20AC;&#x201D; (Opens Fri) 12:15; 3; 7:05; 9:45.

Bourne Legacy â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 12:15; 3:50; 6:50; 9:50; Fri-Wed 12:20; 3:30; 6:45; 9:50.

The Dark Knight Rises â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Fri-Wed 5:15; 8:45.

Dredd â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 12:30; 3; Fri-Wed 12:45; 3:15.

Dredd 3D â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 6:35; 9.

End of Watch â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 1:20; 4:30; 7:35; 10:15; Fri-Wed 1:15; 4:15; 7:35; 10:15.

(No Wed 10/3 7:35pm)

Wed 11:15; 1:45; 4:20; 7; 9.

GREEN VALLEY CINEMA 8 1125 S. Green Valley Rd., Watsonville 831.761.8200 www.greenvalleycinema.com

Hotel Transylvania â&#x20AC;&#x201D; (Opens Fri) 1; 5:05; 9:30.

Hotel Transylvania 3D â&#x20AC;&#x201D; (Opens Fri) 3; 7:15 plus Sat-Sun 11am.

Looper â&#x20AC;&#x201D; (Opens Fri) 1:20; 4; 7:15; 9:45 plus Sat-Sun 10:45am.

Wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Back Down â&#x20AC;&#x201D; (Opens Fri) 1:20; 4; 6:50; 9:45 plus 10:45am.

Dredd â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 1; 3; 5:05; 7:15; 9:45; Fri-Wed 1; 5:05; 7:15.

End of Watch â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 1:15; 4; 6:50; 9:30; Fri-Wed 1:15; 3:45; 6:50; 9:30 plus Sat-Sun 10:50am.

The Expendables 2 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 7:15pm.

Finding Nemo â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 1:15pm.

Finding Nemo 3D â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 3:45; 6:50; 9:30; Fri-Wed 1:10; 3:45; 6:50 plus Sat-Sun 11am.

The House at the End of the Street â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 1:15; 3:45; 7:15; 9:45; FriWed 1:10; 3:45; 7:15; 9:45 plus Sat-Sun 11am.

Lawless â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 6:50; 9:30.

ParaNorman â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 1; 3; 5:05.

The Possession â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 3; 9:45.

Resident Evil: Retribution â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 1; 5:05; 9:45.

Resident Evil: Retribution 3D â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 3; 7:15; Fri-Wed 9:30pm.

Trouble with the Curve â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 1:15; 4; 6:50; 9:30; Fri-Wed 1:20; 4; 6:50; 9:30

Norton drawn into Brad Pittâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crackpot anti-social cult) artfully turns over-the-top shocks into joyous rebellion against the tyranny of the banal. (Plays Fri and Sat at midnight at the Del Mar) HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA (PG; 91 min.) Adam Sandler and Addy Samberg team up for another movie, but this time itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s animated and Sandlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doing the voice of Dracula, so you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really have to see or hear him. His count runs a hotel for monsters that is stumbled upon by a human boy. Wackiness ensues. (XXX) LOOPER (R; 118 min.)

Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays a hitman who specializes in rubbing out people sent back from the future (nope, close your checkbook, this doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t actually exist yet). Guess who one of his targets turns out to be? If you said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;his future self as played by Bruce Willis,â&#x20AC;? you have watched exactly enough Twilight Zone reruns in your life to guess every sci-fi premise. (Opens Fri at Riverfront Twin) WONT BACK DOWN (PG) Maggie Gyllenhaal and Viola Davis play two women crusading to save an inner school, using whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s known as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Parent Triggerâ&#x20AC;? law. Word to the wise: parent-trigger laws are, in reality, the spawn of the right-wing American Legislative Exchange Council, and are basically a ploy to privatize schools. (Opens Fri at the 41st Avenue, the Nick, Scotts Valley and Green Valley)

Reviews ARBITRAGE (R; 108 min.)

Richard Gere in the type of stylish, high-concept thriller they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make any moreâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; as in, the kind that makes you think. Gere plays a hedge fund magnate who gets himself in a lot of trouble, and has to consider what heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s willing to do to get out of it.

CHICKEN WITH PLUMS (PG-13; 93 min.)

Neither Persian food porn nor a beguiling magical realist tale, Chicken With Plums is instead an unsteady follow-up to Persepolis by director/writer Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud. The film is done in the mixed animation and live action style of Frank Miller and Zack Snyder, which includes passages of complete surrealism.

DREDD 3D (R; 95 min.)

Judge Dredd has been around in British comics for 35 years now, andâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;that

awful Sly Stallone movie notwithstandingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the character would seem to be a natural for the big screen, falling in somewhere between Robocop and Dirty Harry. This new take on his story, which once again has him playing cop, judge and jury (and sometimes executioner) in a future dystopia, is getting early positive reviews from fans in the UK, where itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s already been released.

END OF WATCH (R; 109 min.) Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s end of watch for those who wondered what writer-director David Ayer has been up to after a rather lengthy break between projects. Having written two of the best bad-cop movies in memory (Training Day and Dark Blue), heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gone with a couple of likable recruits this time, in the form of Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena (but then, could anyone make Jake Gyllenhaal unlikable?)

Thanks to a routine traffic stop, they get on the bad side of some druglords.

THE HOUSE AT THE END OF THE STREET (PG-13; 101 min.)

Several of the most famous exploitation flicks have â&#x20AC;&#x153;houseâ&#x20AC;? in their titlesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x153;Last House on the Left,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;House on the Edge of the Park,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Last House on Dead End Street.â&#x20AC;? So itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a pretty crowded horror housing market, but this Jennifer Lawrence haunty-house flick is going for more of an upscale puzzle-movie thing.

THE MASTER (R; 137 min.)

Paul Thomas Andersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most accomplished film to date tells of the partnership between a shell-shocked Navy vet of 1950 named Freddie (Joaquin Phoenix) and a dapper, biggerthan-life fraud, Lancaster Dodd (Philip Seymour Hoffman).

RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION (R; 95 min.) Incredibly, this video-game film franchise is now five films in. Warning: director Paul W.S. Anderson will keep making them if you keep going to see them. Could this whole series be an Umbrella Corporation plot?

SAMSARA ( PG-13; 102 min.)

The director of Baraka filmed this documentary over five years in 25 countries, across five continents. Like his 1992 film, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a wordless flurry of breaktaking images and music, this time a meditation on the natural world and the effect that mankind has had on it. The fact that the title is Sanskrit for â&#x20AC;&#x153;cyclic existenceâ&#x20AC;? provides a clue to the message. (Opens Fri at the Nick.)

Send tips about food, wine and dining discoveries to Christina Waters at xtina@cruzio.com. Read her blog at christinawaters.com.

F O O D I E F I LE

Leslie Fellows Director of Marketing, Artesana Winery Q: Did you literally have to begin from scratch learning the wine business?A:

A PENNY FOR HER THOUGHTS Kendra Baker of the Penny Ice Creamery reveals her secrets Oct. 27.

Autumnal Equinox

BY CHRISTINA WATERS ENLIGHTENED TAPAS: On tap on Tuesdays, tapas to go with your amusing pour of mazanilla sherry. At Soif, that is, where I just feasted on a lovely plate of jamon Serrano, layered astride coins of Mission figs calligraphied with balsamic and olive oil. A terrific partner to glasses of big, bold Tannat/Merlot blend from Uruguayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Artesana.

NEWS FLASH! KENDRA BAKER OF THE PENNY ICE CREAMERY, will give an ice-cream-making class at Love Apple Farm on Sat., October

27 from 10am-2pm ($115) Join the popular pastry chef as she demonstrates how to create organic ice cream made from scratch using local, sustainable ingredients. The class absolutely requires advance registration at www.growbetterveggies.com.

IN VINOCRUZ VERITAS: Lots of

events erupting at this busy wine store in downtown Santa Cruz. A Wargin Wines pouring on Sept. 29 for example.

Mikael Wargin is a Soquel native who majored in biochemistry at UCSC. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s currently winemaker for MJA Vineyards as well as for his own eponymous label.

Along with his wife Deniseâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a New York transplantâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Mikael Wargin is busy making wines graced by the bountiful

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fairy Wine Motherâ&#x20AC;? label. Stop by the VinoCruz pouring, or the Wargin boutique winery located at 328A Ingalls (facing New Leaf Market) to taste the signature Montepulciano-based blend, 2010 Big & Beautiful (75% Montepulciano, 12% zinfandel, 7% mourvedre and 6% Alicante Bouschet). Yes, it is voluptuousâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;as the name implies. Wargin also makes Petite Sirah, Zinfandel and Chardonnay. And yes, the crush of 2012 is on at Wargin Wines too, which means there will be big, beautiful Wargin Sangiovese and Barbera varietals in a few years.

TOTALLY TUMESCENT TOMATOES:

Dirty Girl rocks the Farmers Markets with dry-farmed tomatoes of exquisite depth, multi-layered sweetness and, well, these are what tomatoes were intended to be from the very start. But choose your own favorite growerâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve all got amazing pomodori this very minute.

For example, the UCSC Farm & Garden growers are turning out incredibly vibrant dry-farmed tomatoes and make no mistake, this is the moment for tomatoes. This zenith of ripeness canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t last much longer. Find them, pick (or buy) them and eat them! 0

Absolutely! I had to learn branding and marketing, and in a very tough market competing with more than 7000 brands in the US alone. And the state of the economy definitely affects wine pricing and sales.

Consultants told me, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to hit a hole in one without having done much practice on the greens.â&#x20AC;? I also had to learn a ton about winegrowing and winemaking â&#x20AC;&#x201D;how to talk about vineyards and yields, and what it means to produce small-lot wines using minimal intervention and gentle handling techniques. And it all started with a tasting at Soif two years ago!

Q: What convinced you that, no matter how much work it involved, you could be successful? A: For most of my life Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve worked in the arts, and

my strength is project coordinating, and sales and marketing. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never taken â&#x20AC;&#x153;noâ&#x20AC;? for an answerâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve found ways to get things done, often on a shoestring budget. If you are lucky enough to follow your passionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and when failure is not an optionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s possible to make things happen.

Q: Which part of the process was most difficult? A: It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t getting the brokerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license, or learning wine background, but selling the wine itself.

I assumed that once I had an excellent vineyard producing high quality fruit, plus a winery equipped with the best French and Italian winemaking equipment, plus two rising star Uruguayan women winemakers, the public would just show up at our doorstep. I soon learned that our wine is a hand sellâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;bottle by bottle, case by case.

Q: What is most rewarding about this business? A Having people taste

the wine and enjoy it, telling our story and promoting Uruguay, especially because most people have never tasted a wine from Uruguay or a Tannat. As director of sales I can promote our two Uruguayan women winemakers and point out how beautifully they handle Tannat, which is a big grape, originally from Franceâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;it came to Uruguay in the 1870s. Our winemakers are rising stars in Uruguay and the wine has been very well received in the US. I am very proud of themâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;they are the heart and soul of Artesana.

Q: How has being a representative for these Uruguayan wines changed your perspective on what you want to do with your life? A:

It has changed my life completely. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve fallen in love with Uruguay. I wake up every day passionate about what I do. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s venture and I am completely in charge of the entire project. I have to make all the big decisions that affect the outcome. Now our winery is on track to become one of the top 10 wineries in Uruguay.

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Diner s Guide Our selective list of area restaurants includes those that have been favorably reviewed in print by Santa Cruz Weekly food critics and others that have been sampled but not reviewed in print. All visits by our writers are made anonymously, and all expenses are paid by Metro Santa Cruz.

Symbols made simple: $ = Under $10 $$ = $11-$15 $$$ = $16-$20 $$$$ = $21 and up

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Price Ranges based on average cost of dinner entree and salad, excluding alcoholic beverages

APTOS $$ Aptos

Ambrosia India Bistro Indian. Authentic Indian dishes and specialties served in a 207 Searidge Rd, 831.685.0610 comfortable dining room. Lunch buffet daily 11:30am-2:30pm; dinner daily 5pm to close. www.ambrosiaib.com

$$ Aptos

Britannia Arms

$$$ Aptos

Severino s Grill

$$ Aptos

Zameen Mediterranean

8017 Soquel Dr, 831.688.1233

7500 Old Dominion Ct, 831.688.8987

American and specialty dishes from the British and Emerald Isles. Full bar. Children welcome. Happy hour Mon-Fri 2-6pm.

Open daily 11am to 2am.

Continental California cuisine. Breakfast all week 6:30-11am, lunch all week 11am-2pm; dinner Fri-Sat 5-10pm, Sun-Thu 5-9pm. www.seacliffinn.com.

Middle Eastern/Mediterranean. Fresh, fast, flavorful. Gourmet 7528 Soquel Dr, 831.688.4465 meat and vegetarian kebabs, gyros, falafel, healthy salads and Mediterranean flatbread pizzas. Beer and wine. Dine in or take out. Tue-Sun 11am-8pm.

CAPITOLA $ Capitola

Cafe Violette

$$

Geisha Sushi

All day breakfast. Burgers, gyros, sandwiches and 45 flavors of 104 Stockton Ave, 831.479.8888 Marianneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and Polar Bear ice cream. Open 8am daily.

Capitola

Japanese. This pretty and welcoming sushi bar serves 200 Monterey Ave, 831.464.3328 superfresh fish in unusual but well-executed sushi combinations. Wed-Mon 11:30am-9pm.

$$$

Shadowbrook

Capitola

1750 Wharf Rd, 831.475.1511

$$$

Stockton Bridge Grille

Capitola

231 Esplanade, 831.464.1933

$$$ Capitola

Zelda s

California Continental. Swordfish and other seafood specials.

Dinner Mon-Thu 5:30-9:30pm; Fri 5-10pm; Sat 4-10:30pm; Sun 4-9pm.

Mediterranean tapas. Innovative menu, full-service bar, international wine list and outdoor dining with terrific views in the heart of Capitola Village. Open daily.

California cuisine. Nightly specials include prime rib 203 Esplanade, 831.475.4900 and lobster. Daily 7am-2am.

SANTA CRUZ $$ Acapulco Mexican/Seafood/American. Traditional Mexican favorites. Best Santa Cruz 1116 Pacific Ave, 831. 426.7588 fajitas, chicken mole, coconut prawns, blackened prime rib!

Fresh seafood. Over 50 premium tequilas, daily happy hour w/ half-price appetizers. Sun-Thu 11am-10pm, Fri-Sat 11am-11pm.

Le Cigare Volant $$$ Santa Cruz 328 Ingalls St, 831.425.6771

Featuring vibrant, seasonally driven cuisine that pairs effortlessly with Bonny Doon Vineyard wines. Menu changes weekly to spotlight the freshest, local, organic and biodynamic ingredients.

Bring friends, meet new ones, and dine ensemble, while embracing community and cuisine.

$ Charlie Hong Kong California organic meets Southeast Asian street food. Organic Santa Cruz 1141 Soquel Ave, 831. 426.5664 noodle & rice bowls, vegan menu, fish & meat options, Vietnamese style sandwiches, eat-in or to-go. Consistent winner â&#x20AC;&#x153;Best Cheap Eats.â&#x20AC;? Open daily 11am-11pm $$ Clouds Santa Cruz 110 Church St, 831.429.2000

American, California-style. With a great bar scene, casually glamorous setting and attentive waitstaff. Full bar. Mon-Sat 11:30am-10pm, Sun 1-10pm.

$$ The Crepe Place Crepes and more. Featuring the spinach crepe and Tunisian Santa Cruz 1134 Soquel Ave, 831.429.6994 donut. Full bar. Mon-Thu 11am-midnight, Fri 11am-1am, Sat 10am-1am, Sun 10am-midnight. $$

Crow s Nest Seafood. Fresh seafood, shellfish, Midwestern aged beef, pasta Santa Cruz 2218 East Cliff Dr, 831.476.4560 specialties, abundant salad bar. Kids menu and nightly entertainment. Harbor & Bay views. Breakfast, lunch & dinner daily.

Gabriella Cafe $$ Santa Cruz 910 Cedar St., 831.457.1677

Califormia-Italian. Fresh from farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; markets organic vegetables, local seafood, grilled steaks, frequent duck and rabbit, famous CHICKEN GABRIELLA, legendary local wine list, romantic mission-style setting with patio, quiet side street.

$$ Hindquarter Americana. Ribs, steaks and burgers are definitely the stars.

Santa Cruz 303 Soquel Ave, 831.426.7770 Full bar. Lunch Mon-Sat 11:30am-2:30pm; dinner Sun-Thu 5:30-9:30pm, Fri-Sat 5:30-10pm. $$ Hoffman s California/full-service bakery. Breakfast, lunch, dinner. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Best Santa Cruz 1102 Pacific Ave, 837.420.0135 Eggs Benedict in Town.â&#x20AC;? Happy Hour Mon-Fri 5-6pm. Halfprice appetizers; wines by the glass. Daily 8am-9pm.

Hula s Island Grill โ 60s Vegas meets โ 50s Waikiki. Amazing dining experience in Santa Cruz 221 Cathcart St, 831.426.4852 kitchy yet swanky tropical setting. Fresh fish, great steaks, vegetarian. Full-service tiki bar. Happy-hour tiki drinks. Aloha Fri, Sat lunch 11:30am-5pm. Dinner nightly 5pm-close.

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India Joze

Santa Cruz 418 Front St, 831.325-3633

$$ Johnny s Harborside Santa Cruz 493 Lake Ave, 831.479.3430

Eclectic Pan Asian dishes. Vegetarian, seafood, lamb and chicken with a wok emphasis since 1972. Cafe, catering, culinary classes, food festivals, beer and wine. Open for lunch and dinner daily except Sunday 11:30-9pm. Special events most Sundays.

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Seafood/California. Fresh catch made your way! Plus many other wonderful menu items. Great view. Full bar. Happy hour Mon-Fri. Brunch Sat-Sun 10am-2pm. Open daily.

$$ Olitas Fine Mexican cuisine. Opening daily at noon.

Santa Cruz 49-B Municipal Wharf, 831.458.9393 $$ Pacific Thai Thai. Individually prepared with the freshest ingredients, Santa Cruz 1319 Pacific Ave, 831.420.1700 plus ambrosia bubble teas, shakes. Mon-Thu 11:30am-9:30pm, Fri 11:30am-10pm, Sat noon-10pm, Sun noon-9:30pm. $ Pono Hawaiian Grill Santa Cruz 120 Union St, 831.426.pono

Ristorante Italiano

Santa Cruz 555 Soquel Ave, 831.458.2321

Authentic Hawaiian Island Cuisine! Featuring โ The Reefโ tropical bar. Large outdoor patio. Variety of poke, wraps, salads, vegetarian, all entrees under $10! โ Aloha Fridays,โ Hawaiian music and hula! Open 11-10pm Sun-Wed,11-11pm Thur-Sat!

Italian-American. Mouthwatering, generous portions, friendly service and the best patio in town. Full bar. Lunch Mon-Fri 11:30am, dinner nightly at 5pm.

$$ Santa Cruz Mtn. Brewery California / Brewpub. Enjoy a handcrafted organic ale in the Santa Cruz 402 Ingalls Street, Ste 27 taproom or the outdoor patio while you dine on Bavarian pretzels, 831.425.4900 a bowl of french fries, Santa Cruzโ s best fish tacos and more.

Open everday noon until 10pm. Food served until 7pm.

Soif Wine bar with menu. Flawless plates of great character and $$ Santa Cruz 105 Walnut Ave, 831.423.2020 flavor; sexy menu listings and wines to match. Dinner MonThu 5-9pm, Fri-Sat 5-10pm, Sun 4-9pm; retail shop Mon 5pmclose, Tue-Sat noon-close, Sun 4pm-close. $$ Woodstock s Pizza Santa Cruz 710 Front St, 831.427.4444

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Pizza. Pizza, fresh salads, sandwiches, wings, desserts, beers on tap. Patio dining, sports on HDTV and free WiFi. Large groups and catering. Open and delivering Fri-Sat 11am-2am, Mon-Thu 11am-1am, Sun 11am-midnight.

SCOTTS VALLEY $ Heavenly Cafe American. Serving breakfast and lunch daily. Large parties Scotts Valley 1210 Mt. Hermon Rd, 831.335.7311 welcome. Mon-Fri 6:30am-2:15pm, Sat-Sun 7am-2:45pm. $ Jia Tella s Scotts Valley 5600 #D Scotts Valley Dr, 831.438.5005

Cambodian. Fresh kebabs, seafood dishes, soups and noodle bowls with a unique Southeast Asian flair. Beer and wine available. Patio dining. Sun-Thu 11am-9pm, Fri-Sat 11am-10pm.

SOQUEL $$ Soquel

El Chipotle Taqueria

Mexican. Open for breakfast. We use no lard in our menu and 4724 Soquel Dr, 831.477.1048 make your food fresh daily. We are famous for our authentic ingredients such as traditional mole from Oaxaca. Lots of vegetarian options. Mon-Fri 9am-9pm, weekends 8am-9pm.

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Approx. 4 acres located in Los Gatos Mountains with Beautiful views and all day sun. Redwood Trees proudly stand tall and are gathered in various areas around the property. Power at the street.

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Beautiful creek front setting with a pretty meadow. Sunny, happy place to garden. Bit of a rough road getting there and off the grid. Shown by appointment only. Broker will help show. Offered at $157,000. Call Debbie @ Donner Land & Homes, Inc. 408-395-5754 www.donnerland.com

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Permits approved for 2,500 SF house & workshop. Create your dream home in a good neighborhood! Peacefully private, pretty Meadow-like setting. Potential horse property. Good well with solar pump. Close to Aptos Village.

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Owner Financing on this Fully Permitted, Log House on 40 Acres. Private, Sunny & Secluded.

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