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EDITOR’S NOTE Lauren Hepler has been working on this week’s cover story for a while now, and that’s not that unusual around here. Sometimes it takes months to sort through the research, find the right sources and examine the landscape of a story—especially this one, where the landscape of the story is pretty much the entire coastal landscape of Santa Cruz County. The goal is to provide a level of depth, context and history to our reporting that hasn’t been captured in any previous articles on the subject. That’s why we devote so much space and time and attention to our cover stories.

I’m often impressed with what our reporters are able to deliver, but this week, wow. I have to say I was pretty stunned when I was reading

LETTERS

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Thanks for a different perspective on yoga (GT, 5/1). The excellent article asks many important questions. I’d like to address this from the viewpoint of a recent yoga convert, spiritual seeker and old-timer building contractor who used to be in a lot of physical pain because my profession took priority over the needs of my body.

Not only has yoga made me feel better, stronger and younger at 60 than I did at 50, but the balance, poise, strength and flexibility gained while practicing asanas translates well into the daily lives of every yogi and yogini I’ve met.

Knowing how the respiratory, circulatory, musculo-skeletal, endocrine and nervous systems work in harmony to create vibrancy in our bodily communities prompts one to apply this knowledge to the rest of society.

If we all practiced this school of thought to our environmental, social, political and spiritual relationships, we’d achieve more harmony in all of life.

Just imagine everyone in the judicial,

Hepler’s piece for the first time to discover she had traced this area’s coastal-access issues back hundreds of years to when beachfront property was first divided up on local shores. I would call this a definitive piece on the issues we face regarding public access to the shoreline, and I guarantee it will shatter your assumptions about what both landowners and community legally have the right to do. Prepare to take a very deep dive into a fascinating and ultimately bizarre tangle of conflicting interests, miscommunication and legal grey area.

This is exactly the kind of piece I’m proud to run. If you take a look at page 12, you’ll see several of our stories from last year just won California Journalism Awards, along with honors for cover design, arts coverage and a coveted General Excellence award. I think we’re off to a great start this year, as well.

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legislative and executive branches being required to do yoga for an hour (like I do every morning) before beginning work.

They would need look no further than their own bodies to see how many different forces can act in harmony to benefit the whole. There would be no room for partisanship, let alone petty bickering, lying or working against one another. We either work together for the benefit of all, or one branch dominates and degrades the others to the detriment of all.

Shut up and get on your mat, Trump!

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EARTH TO SANTA CRUZ In regard to the recent Nuz column in which Richelle Noroyan reportedly states, “the city doesn’t need people from Aptos coming in and telling Santa Cruzans how to run things”: What? Those of us in the unincorporated areas who get pushed around by all the little city states in Santa Cruz County could say “pick on someone your own size.” Or, “do you know where the gravy comes from that you put on your veganomic dishes?”

Santa Cruz’s spoiled progressive >8

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A Santa Cruz emergency sewer repair project will break ground this month at the intersection of Laurel and Chestnut streets.

The work was pushed back one week to Monday, May 13, due to the contractor’s availability—which frankly makes it sound like less of an emergency, but we digress.

The hours of the work are 6 a.m.-4 p.m., and traffic will back up. The traffic light will be flashing, and certain turns will be restricted.

Friendly reminder that it’s Bike Month—so we probably shouldn’t be driving anyway.

UCSC astronomer Garth Illingworth has been studying the universe’s history for some time.

The professor emeritus led a team that put together a comprehensive image of galaxies using shots taken over a 16-year span from the Hubble Space Telescope peering back at light from 13.3 billion years ago. Illingworth’s crew assembled nearly 7,500 individual exposures into one picture and also made a timeline of images—stretching back to just 500 million years after the big bang, when the universe was still in its toddler stage.

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What do you think about bicycles?

BY MATTHEW COLE SCOTT

Bicycles bring people together, and they are a sustainable form of transportation, and they are really fun and make me happy, EMMA USSAT BONNY DOON | COMMUNITY OUTREACH MANAGER MBOSC

There’s not much in the way of a quick transformation of your mood and your mind that will fix it like a bike will.

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They’re about 75% slower than cars, and 100% more efficient than cars.

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We build the wheels! It’s like a math equation, and it’s like life—it goes around and it don’t stop. As long as you keep that wheel in line, your life is going to be in line.

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They are the best human invention thus far, and everybody should have one, and everyone should ride one.

So let’s all do it!

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ROB BREZSNY FREE WILL ASTROLOGY Week of May 8 ARIES Mar21–Apr19 Time to shake things up! In the next three weeks, I invite you to try at least three of the following experiments: 1. See unusual sights in familiar situations; 2. Seek out new music that both calms you and excites you; 3. Get an inspiring statue or image of a favorite deity or hero; 4. Ask for a message from the person you will be three years from now; 5. Use your hands and tongue in ways you don’t usually use them; 6. Go in quest of a cathartic release that purges frustration and rouses holy passion; 7. Locate the sweet spot where deep feeling and deep thinking overlap.

TAURUS Apr20–May20 According to science writer Sarah Zielinski in Smithsonian magazine, fireflies produce the most efficient light on planet Earth. Nearly 100% of the energy produced by the chemical reaction inside the insect’s body is emitted as a brilliant glow. With that in mind, I propose that you regard the firefly as your spirit creature in the coming weeks. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you too will be a dynamic and proficient generator of luminosity. For best results, don’t tone down your brilliance, even if it illuminates shadows people are trying to hide.

GEMINI May21–June20 Here’s a message from author Susan J. Elliott: “This is not your week to run the Universe. Next week is not looking so good either.” Now here’s a message from me: Elliott’s revelation is very good news! Since you won’t have to worry about trying to manage and fine-tune the Universe, you can focus all your efforts on your own self-care. And the coming weeks will be a favorable time to do just that. You’re due to dramatically upgrade your understanding of what you need to feel healthy and happy, and then take the appropriate measures to put your new insights into action.

CANCER Jun21–Jul22 The next three weeks will be an excellent time to serve as your own visionary prophet and dynamic fortune-teller. The predictions and conjectures you make about your future destiny will have an 85% likelihood of being accurate. They will also be relatively free of fear and worries. So I urge you to give your imagination permission to engage in fun fantasies about what’s ahead for you. Be daringly optimistic and exuberantly hopeful and brazenly self-celebratory.

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Leo poet Stanley Kunitz told his students, “You must be very careful not to deprive the poem of its wild origin.”

That’s useful advice for anyone who spawns anything, not just poets. There’s something unruly and unpredictable about every creative idea or fresh perspective that rises up in us. Do you remember when you first felt the urge to look for a new job or move to a new city or search for a new kind of relationship? Wildness was there at the inception. And you needed to stay in touch with the wildness so as to follow through with practical action. That’s what I encourage you to do now. Reconnect with the wild origins of the important changes you’re nurturing.

VIRGO Aug23–Sep22 I have no complaints about the measures you’ve taken recently to push past unnecessary limits and to break outworn taboos. In fact, I celebrate them. Keep going! You’ll be better off without those decaying constraints. Soon you’ll begin using all the energy you have liberated and the spaciousness you have made available. But I do have one concern: I wonder if part of you is worried that you have been too bold and have gone too far. To that part of you I say: No! You haven’t been too bold. You haven’t gone too far.

LIBRA Sep23–Oct 22 “Dreamt of a past that frees its prisoners.” So wrote Meena Alexander in her poem Question Time. I’d love for you to have that experience in the coming weeks. I’d love for you be released from the karma of your history

so that you no longer have to repeat old patterns or feel weighed down by what happened to you once upon a time. I’d love for you to no longer have to answer to decayed traditions and outmoded commitments and lost causes. I’d love for you to escape the pull of memories that tend to drag you back toward things that can’t be changed and don’t matter anymore.

SCORPIO Oct23–Nov21 “Desire is a profoundly upsetting force,” writes author Elspeth Probyn. “It may totally rearrange what we think we want. Desire skews plans and sets forth unthought-of possibilities.” In my opinion, Probyn’s statements are half-true. The other half of the truth is that desire can also be a profoundly healing and rejuvenating force, and for the same reasons; it rearranges what we think we want, alters plans and unleashes un-thought-of possibilities. How does all this relate to you? From what I can tell, you are now on the cusp of desire’s two overlapping powers. What happens next could be upsetting or healing, disorienting or rejuvenating. If you’d like to emphasize the healing and rejuvenating, I suggest you treat desire as a sacred gift and a blessing.

SAGITTARIUS Nov22–Dec21 “So much of what we learn about love is taught by people who never really loved us.” My Sagittarian friend Ellen made that sad observation. Is it true for you? Ellen added the following thoughts: so much of what we learn about love is taught by people who were too narcissistic or wounded to be able to love very well. And by people who didn’t have many listening skills and therefore didn’t know enough about us to love us for who we really are.

And by people who love themselves poorly, and so of course find it hard to love anyone else. Is any of this applicable to what you have experienced, Sagittarius?

If so, here’s an antidote that I think you’ll find effective during the next seven weeks: identify the people who have loved you well and the people who might love you well in the future—and then vow to learn all you can from them.

CAPRICORN Dec22–Jan19 Capricorn fantasy novelist Laini Taylor creates imaginary worlds where heroines use magic and wiles to follow their bliss while wrangling with gods and rascals. In describing her writing process, she says, “Like a magpie, I am a scavenger of shiny things: fairy tales, dead languages, weird folk beliefs, and fascinating religions.”

She adds, “I have plundered tidbits of history and lore to build something new, using only the parts that light my mind on fire.” I encourage you to adopt her strategies for your own use in the coming weeks. Be alert for gleaming goodies and tricky delicacies and alluring treats. Use them to create new experiences that thrill your imagination. I believe the coming weeks will be an excellent time to use your magic and wiles to follow your bliss while wrangling with gods and rascals.

AQUARIUS Jan20–Feb18 “I was always asking for the specific thing that wasn’t mine,” wrote poet Joanne Kyger. “I wanted a haven that wasn’t my own.” If there is any part of you that resonates with that defeatist perspective, Aquarius, now is an excellent time to begin outgrowing or transforming it. I guarantee you that you’ll have the potency you need to retrain yourself—so that you will more and more ask for specific things that can potentially be yours, so that you will more and more want a haven that can be your own.

PISCES Feb19–Mar20 I’m not a fan of nagging. I don’t like to be nagged, and I scrupulously avoid nagging others. And yet now I will break my own rules so as to provide you with your most accurate and helpful horoscope. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you aren’t likely to get what you truly need and deserve in the coming days unless you engage in some polite, diplomatic nagging.

So see what you can do to employ nagging as a graceful, even charming art. For best results, infuse it with humor and playfulness.

Nietzsche said, “One must have chaos within oneself if one is to be a dancing star.” © Copyright 2019 Are you a dancing star? Comment at freewillastrology.com.

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elitists apparently don’t have a clue as to what we put up with out here, and they don’t care. So here are a few clues: First, we can’t get “there” from “here” in a reasonable amount of time because you won’t support highway widening. Second, if we do get “there,” Santa Cruz does not have enough parking. Third, if we find a place to park, we can shop to our hearts content for two hours while we endure inattentive clerks who would rather not help women over the invisible age of 50.

Earth to Santa Cruz, and by extension

to Richelle Noroyan: When I have money to spend, I like to shop locally if it is a convenient, safe and pleasant experience.

Until Santa Cruz can provide that, I will head toward Watsonville, where there is parking along with friendly, helpful sales people. From there it’s not much further to Monterey and the Del Monte Shopping Center, where I can stay all day with free parking—maybe find something nice to wear besides a T-shirt, and someone nice who will show it to me.

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NEWS STACKED HOUSE Wary of piling up cash, cannabis businesses search for a legal way to bank

BY JULIA BAUM

VAN OF THE HOUR Matthew Van Nuys, a drug rehab counselor at Janus, lives in a small RV with his wife Pam, son Peter and dog Fred. PHOTO: JULES HOLDSWORTH

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Santa Cruz nonprofits are increasing their wages to help workers survive, but at what cost? BY ALISHA GREEN

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atthew Van Nuys feels he owes a debt to Santa Cruz.

He was a meth addict who “ran amok in the streets of Santa Cruz” for 12 years, as he describes it. One of the stops on his road to recovery was Janus of Santa Cruz, a nonprofit that provides addiction treatment services.

Every time he went into a recovery program somewhere, he built on the foundation he established at Janus, he says. Van Nuys eventually beat his addiction and now works at Janus as an intensive outpatient services counselor and DUI educator.

“I can do the most good here, and it is my way of giving back to the community,” he says.

But making ends meet as a nonprofit worker in Santa Cruz isn’t easy, as Van Nuys can attest.

He’s currently homeless, living in a van-sized RV in the backyard of a friend’s house with his wife, their 7-month-old child and their dog. He makes enough money that he does not qualify for many types of aid, but there have been several times when his bank account was at $5 for the whole week.

The Human Care Alliance, a collaborative of more than 27 Santa Cruz County nonprofits, is aiming

to better understand the living conditions of nonprofit workers like Van Nuys through a new survey. Nonprofit leaders hope the results from the survey, which is currently underway, can serve as a springboard for discussions with county officials about two realities they face: Their budgets are already strapped as they try to pay workers enough to survive with the high cost of living locally, and big budget gaps loom with the state’s minimum wage set to continue increasing until it reaches $15 an hour in 2023. Now, nonprofit directors are wondering whether they’ll be able to find enough additional funding to >12

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California dispensaries have had to navigate a number of systematic changes since voters approved the good green for recreational use more than a year ago. But for most, one thing that hasn’t changed is their cash-only status—most cannabisrelated businesses can’t accept electronic card payments because banks still refuse to do business with them.

Among the regional marijuana manufacturers and licensed cannabis retailers in Santa Cruz County lucky enough to have a bank account is edibles brand Big Pete’s Treats. For the past several years, Santa Cruz Community Credit Union welcomed local ganjapreneurs like Big Pete’s with open arms, enabling them to minimize cash transactions. According to Jim Coffis, deputy director of the cannabis organization Green Trade, it “was the first financial institution that I knew of in the county that accepted cannabis businesses as clients.”

But that seems to have changed. Big Pete’s CEO Pete Feurtado Jr. says that he just received a letter from the local credit union “basically kicking us out of the bank” after an established business relationship of several years. His company has until the end of the month to find a new banking establishment—if they can even find one willing to accommodate them.

“It’s very difficult for a new (cannabis) business to get into a banking situation,” Coffis says. “When you open an account, you have all kinds of documents showing you’re the owner of the account, and your sources of cash, to prevent money laundering. The first sign of money laundering is a lot of cash, and they’re treated exactly like a terrorist organization in terms of the scrutiny which the government has—and they have put that onto the banks.”

Feurtado says that while it’s been good to have a bank, his business has faced a number of hassles that others don’t. “They ask for more compliance and information than the state,” Feurtado said. “They’re asking about every little wire transfer.”

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The new survey results aren’t expected to be released until later this month, but a previous Human Care Alliance survey in 2016 provided some solid numbers on the issue. That survey found that 35% of nonprofit workers had an income that fell below the state’s poverty line. More than 70% of workers surveyed said they had more than one job at least some of the time to support themselves and their families.

The survey also revealed a vicious cycle: Some 61% of nonprofit employees said they required public assistance programs such as MediCal, food banks or food stamps at some point in the previous year to survive.

Raymon Cancino, CEO of the nonprofit group Community Bridges, says he’s on a personal mission to end that cycle.

“I cannot, as a leader, sit back and be complacent to a system that perpetuates poverty,” he says. “If we

are alleviating poverty, we cannot be a mechanism that continues to perpetuate it by providing lower wages to our employees.”

Though the Santa Cruz County government has a living wage of $16.65 per hour for its contractors, nonprofits are exempt from the requirement.

Still, given the state’s move toward a $15-an-hour minimum wage, many nonprofits, including Community Bridges, have started putting any new fundraising and revenue toward bringing workers closer to $15 an hour, Cancino says.

Community Bridges plans to pay all of its more than 190 workers at least $15 an hour by July 2020. At the same time, it must also increase wages for salaried workers, since state law requires that they make at least double the minimum wage.

In total, those wage increases will create a $200,000 annual budget gap for Community Bridges if its funding levels remain the same, says Cancino.

“So the question is not ‘Do we need more?’ It is ‘Where do we need to invest the dollars that people are willing to invest?” Cancino says.

COIN TOGETHER Finding more dollars may involve asking the county for increased funding.

The county government funds nonprofits in two ways, through one pot of what’s known as “core” funding and through contracts with county departments for specific services.

Core funding for community programs rose from $3.7 million in the county’s 2014-2015 fiscal year to around $4.4 million for the current fiscal year, an increase of 17%. The county also pays tens of millions of dollars each year to nonprofits through contracts, according to county Communications Manager Jason Hoppin, but the exact dollar amount is difficult to tally because the contracts are spread across departments such as the sheriff’s office, health services and mental health.

In addition to increasing funding for nonprofits, the county tried to offer more financial stability by moving from annual funding to a multi-year funding cycle.

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GOOD TIMES WINS 8 CALIFORNIA JOURNALISM AWARDS The California Newspaper Publishers Association announced at its 2018 California Journalism Awards ceremony last weekend that Good Times has won eight awards in categories from design to arts coverage to writing to the coveted General Excellence award.

The General Excellence award is given every year to the best overall newspapers in the state, with consideration given to “general news coverage, local news coverage; opinion pages; quality of writing; headlines; use of photography, graphics and

other artwork; print quality; advertising design and layout, and copywriting; graphic design and typography.”

GT took third place in the category.

The paper received top honors for its cover design, taking third place in Front Page Layout and Design category, with judges praising our noir-themed Susie Bright cover “Out of the Shadows,” the “Honor Bound” cover for the feature on the Kuumbwa Jazz Honor Band, and our wild deer vs. shark “Year in Review” cover.

GT’s overall arts section

was also recognized, with a fourth-place win in the Arts and Entertainment Coverage category.

Among GT’s awardwinning individual features this year was Lauren Hepler’s “There’s a Kick to It,” about Watsonville’s Ville FC semipro soccer team, which won second place in the Sports Feature Story category.

Hepler also won third place in the Feature Story category for her story about whale entrapment, “A Tangled Future,” which the judges called “an issues story done right.”

Georgia Johnson won a

fourth place award in the “Agricultural Reporting” category for “In Harm’s Spray,” which documented how pesticide use in close proximity to Pajaro Valley schools are putting students at risk.

Steve Palopoli won a fourthplace award in the Writing category for “Santa Cruz Goes Dark,” with the judges praising its noir-style opening.

He also won fifth place in the Profile Story category for “Now You Are Free,” about William McCarthy from the Augustines’ return to Santa Cruz for the documentary Rise.

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to accept cannabis businesses due to fears of running afoul of federal law. State lawmakers tried unsuccessfully last year to develop a banking system for the marijuana industry, but state Sen. Bob Hertzberg (D-Van Nuys) hasn’t given up on the issue.

He recently revived the failed bill as SB 51, which would basically mirror his original SB 930 and create a framework so private banks or credit unions could issue checks to dispensaries for paying taxes, rent and other business expenses. Dispensaries could also buy state and local bonds to help earn interest on their deposits.

Although SCCCU did not reply to a request for comment, its apparent rejection of Big Pete’s isn’t new in the formerly maverick marijuana industry. Dispensaries, farmers and manufacturers from around California have all reported being shut out

from traditional banking institutions, or forced to constantly switch places.

Running a cash-only business can be a serious inconvenience—a fact even the state admits. Last year, former California Treasurer John Chiang said the statutory “stalemate” was making cannabis businesses “targets for violent crimes and putting the general public in danger” by forcing them to handle large quantities of cash.

Chiang also noted that it “created a nightmare for state and local government revenue-collecting agencies.” The California Department of Tax and Fee Administration does not accept cash payment unless an exemption is requested. One concentrates manufacturer said he has to schedule an in-person appointment to pay Uncle Sam. Feurtado says that, “It’s absolutely a security risk” to deal with bags of cash every day. “We’re the top-selling baked

good in the state right now, and 95% of our customers pay us with cash,” he says. “It’s not fun having to deal with all of that cash.

We love checks, or at least we did when we had a bank account.”

Cannabis companies also pay indirectly for working only with cash; ATM machines are a liability that can drive up dispensary insurance rates, and some businesses hire armed security. Then there’s the steep fees levied by banks that take on marijuana businesses.

“They’ve basically charged us around $1,000 a month for the last few years just to put money in the bank,” Feurtado said about his account with SCCCU. “We don’t get anything like a line of credit, things a normal business would be able to get. We just deposit our cash.”

Coffis likened such fees “to an additional tax on their operating costs, as well as a major pain in terms of having to deal

with all the ever-changing compliance issues.” Because so few banks will accept the cannabis industry, those who do are “reaping the benefits of significant fees that they’re collecting” at the expense of a captive audience.

“They do have additional costs themselves in terms of handling all that cash,” Coffis says. “Some fees are legitimate, but if the federal credit union were to get into it, or another credit union, there is the opportunity for some competition to keep the lid on the financial costs.”

Being accepted by mainstream banks may take years, but Congress did recently introduce HR 1595, which aims to create protections for banks working with legitimate marijuana businesses. Whether the Democrats’ bill makes it through the GOP-controlled Senate, however, remains to be seen.

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“Like many other sectors of our economy, they are feeling strained, because while there have been increases in funding, those increases haven’t kept up with the costs of housing and healthcare,” Coonerty says.

The costs of services currently provided by the nonprofits would be much higher, he adds, if the county tried to provide those services itself.

“Our nonprofits, by and large, do a really good job of taking small amounts of money and leveraging them and providing excellent services to our community,” Coonerty says.

For nonprofit leaders, that’s part of the issue. That reduced cost for the county comes at the expense of the nonprofit workers, Cancino says, and they end up getting paid less.

Talk is already turning to whether increasing wages for nonprofit workers will mean cutting back on the services they provide.

Coonerty says the world of increasingly limited budgets poses serious challenges without easy answers. Everyone agrees there’s a problem, he explains, but then it becomes a matter of “which services do you cut” to make the numbers pencil out.

For his part, Cancino wants the discussions to ultimately lead to a reframing of the conversation around nonprofit work. “My hope is people start seeing them as not only nonprofit workers but public servants,” Cancino says.

Some of the workers are highly educated employees, Cancino notes, serving as social workers, doctors, clinical therapists, and behavioral therapists. Cancino has heard suggestions that nonprofit workers could enter the private sector in order to make more money. In response, Cancino says that wouldn’t allow many of these workers to fulfill their passion for serving the community’s needs.

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views of white sand, turquoise waves and lush greenery that lined the path to the beach seemed like something from another time.

The stairs are perched on a bluff at the end of Oceanview Drive, just off San Andreas Road in the part of South County where the big houses of La Selva Beach begin to bleed into the vast agricultural fields of Watsonville. During the summer of 2017, those who knew the stairs mostly steered clear of the sketchy sections hit by the storm, and found their way down the way they always had.

“I’ve been using that area for more than 40 years,” says Mike Watson, a Santa Cruz resident and board member of the Santa Cruz Longboard Union, who grew up in Aptos. “That’s where I learned to surf.”

It was a few months later, around October 2017, when Watson and others discovered that the barbedwire gate at the top of the stairs had been locked. “Temporary closure of the public access stairway to the public beach,” read the 60-day county permit posted outside.

A year and a half later, the stairway at Oceanview Drive is still closed, making it one of many coastal access points in Santa Cruz County stuck in limbo at a time when coastal real estate is more cutthroat than ever. In some cases, private owners have deliberately blocked public access. In others, government agencies contending with lower budgets and a backlog of infrastructure repairs have been slow to make repairs. Sometimes, it’s a combination of both.

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A year later, it sounded like a bad stoner joke when meteorologists warned that Santa Cruz was once again in line to be hit by a series of “Pineapple Express” storms moving east from Hawaii. Heavy rains were welcomed after severe drought, but then everything came unglued again. At Rio del Mar, parts of the cement ship once used as a Prohibition-era casino were ripped off in rough surf. Roads wiped out by mudslides cost the county tens of millions of dollars.

“Greetings from beautiful Santa Cruz County!” local officials wrote on postcards with photos of collapsed pavement and cars eaten by sinkholes, which they sent to Sacramento to lobby for disaster dollars.

As crews worked overtime to keep major arteries like Highway 17 open, a much smaller local thoroughfare quietly fell into disrepair. High surf swept out the base of a staircase that had long led surfers, fishermen and other beachgoers down to the sand at Manresa State Beach. The stairs themselves weren’t much to look at, just rough cement, but the sweeping

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“There’s a lot at stake. You’re talking about a strip of real estate that’s really important to a lot of people,” says Dan Carl, a Santa Cruz native who now runs the Central and North Central Coast districts for the California Coastal Commission. “It’s just ratcheted up.”

The politics of beach access are also changing. In recent years, local and state officials have gained more power to levy annual fees or fines for noncompliance with access laws. Just up the coast at Martin’s Beach, near Half Moon Bay, the case of Silicon Valley venture capitalist Vinod Khosla’s attempt to privatize the beach near

his $32.5 million property was argued all the way up to the Supreme Court last year—Khosla felt “coerced and extorted” by the ordeal, he wrote in a blog post—before a tenuous deal to allow surfers back in.

On busy days at Oceanview Drive, two dozen cars or more in would pack the dirt shoulder of the road wedged between a gated community and a Spanish-style mansion.

Smashed windows had always been a risk in the secluded area, but finding a spot meant that groups toting surfboards, coolers and tents didn’t have to pay the $10 parking fee at the lot down the street for Manresa State Beach.

Whether that option will exist this summer—or even sorting out who has the right to make that call—are questions with ripple effects far beyond one staircase.

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For much of recorded history, the beaches of present-day Santa Cruz County were an afterthought for generations of residents more concerned with hunting, ranching and staking claim to fertile ground farther inland.

The Ohlone used to burn old growth from the Santa Cruz Mountains to the edge of the Monterey Bay each year to grow grass and attract deer, according to John Hibble of the Aptos History Museum. When Sebastian Viscaino stumbled ashore and claimed the Central Coast for Spain in 1602, he set in motion a period of brutal colonization that revolved more around inland mission-building than the pristine waters the conquistadors sailed in on.

It wasn’t until the 1800s, when California was still part of Mexico, that people even started to divvy up beachfront property, according to local historian Allen Collins in his book Rio del Mar: A Sedate Residential Community. Property records didn’t exist, and land squatting was the norm.

“Understandably,” Collins writes, “there would be conflicts down the road.”

The first real estate heavyweight in what is now Santa Cruz County was the family of Mexican generalturned-cattle-rancher Don Rafael

de Jesus Castro, who in the 1830s received land grants from the Mexican government for more than 20,000 acres stretching from today’s Capitola to Sunset State Beach. Castro finally put the beach to use in 1850, when he built a 500foot wharf to ship livestock, hides and grain as part of a booming Mexican-American trade network that also involved private wharfs in Watsonville, Santa Cruz and other nearby towns.

It’s only fitting that a California divorce between Don Castro and his wife would set in motion the subdividing of coastal land that still makes it hard to determine who has rights to what today.

“People think the beaches are all public, and they really aren’t,” Carl says. “If it’s not a state park in this area, it’s likely to be privately owned beach that is used by the public.”

Under the modern system of beach access overseen by the Coastal Commission, and frequently fought in court, public access is established by a track record of people using a path or stairway or section of beach—a standard known in planning jargon as “prescriptive rights.” In uncontested areas, routes to the water often ebb and flow with little formal documentation.

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After he moved his dominion inland, near the beet sugar plant he built in a Monterey County town given the name Spreckles, the coastal land was sold to developers who started planning single-family homes, beach clubs, polo fields and a general Prohibition-era playground.

“It all started in the early ’20s.

This was a time for people to have second homes, visit the beach, get liquor—you know, party hardy,” says Hibble. “In Rio del Mar, the idea was to make it so exclusive that the only way you could use the beach was to be a member.”

The Great Depression and World War II stunted the original plans to develop the rest of the coast, but the rush to the suburbs in the 1950s and 1960s filled out the area with more housing. Some swaths of land were dedicated back to the government by private owners, and there would be flare ups like the battle over the Seascape resort, but the end result was a patchwork of property rights and dated surveying that can make it difficult to answer what may seem like black and white questions about access.

“This used to all be chicken coops and ag land, and people could walk literally down through some orchard and be at the beach,” Gaffney says. “Progress or development or whatever you want to call it over the last 60 years has really changed the way we do beach access.”

Part of what’s changed, Carl says, is more glaring tension between the state Coastal Act that calls for “maximum access” and homeowners now paying much higher prices for private estates along the coast. With property on the sand or the bluffs of Santa Cruz County routinely trading in the millions of dollars, public access can become a nuisance.

“That’s their private Shangri-La,”

Carl says. “They don’t wanna see the unwashed masses near their Shangri-La.”

DO NOT ENTER In 35 years, Watsonville native Felix Alfaro doesn’t remember a time when the stairs at Oceanview Drive have been blocked off like they are today.

“Have you seen the fence?”

Alfaro asks as he finishes a fix on a weathered teal surfboard at his Sand Dollar Quality Surfboard Repair business across the street.

It was early this year, months after the emergency county permit posted at the top of the stairs was set to expire, that a black iron fence was installed. The change was made after a chain link fence was repeatedly cut and wired back shut last year. Weaving in and out of both fences is a chaotic graveyard of padlocks, cables, wires and signs that blare warnings like “Stairs Closed,” “No Trespassing” and “Danger Do Not Enter.”

Exactly how it all got there—or who sliced, patched and repatched the fence—is unclear. Who should decide whether it gets dismantled and re-opened to the public depends on who you ask.

“I’m now very interested in us figuring out how we can open that up, and what we need to do to get it there,” Gaffney says. “If the land is owned by individuals or private property owners, that still doesn’t change the fact that there was a public easement there.”

“There is not a county easement on that property,” says William Hansen, the local businessman who owns the 7,100-square-foot beachfront lot last sold in 2009. He thinks it could be a prime location for a single-family home. “It’s inventory,” Hansen says. “We’re developers.”

The most likely answer, property records show, is some combination of both public easements and private property—a fairly common predicament that is usually resolved through either negotiations or the court system.

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He says that Oceanview Drive is “a great location” for a house, and that people who relied on the stairs for access are “just kind of evading the fact that the park system charges for parking” down the street at the official lot for Manresa State Beach.

“Obviously it has to be a situation where you protect the property rights,” Hansen says. “It’s really disruptive to that whole residential community.”

Watson contends that the path helps ease crowding at surf breaks along the coast, especially since other public staircases like the nearby Manresa Uplands Campground have also been washed out by storms.

“It’s a super important access spot for surfers and beachgoers alike,” Watson says. “It’s overflow parking, essentially, for Manresa.”

On a recent road trip to Southern California, he was struck by the number of barricades up and down the coast.

“Access is a funny thing,” Alfaro says. “The business to be in is fences.”

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“People just do outrageous things to block public access,” says Pat Veesart, who oversees enforcement for the Coastal Commission in Northern California. “I’ve caught people out there painting their curbs red. Up and down the coast, there

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Carl says. “You’d really have to get into it to figure out all the stuff for that place.”

Originally part of the plans for a neighboring gated community called Place de Mer, a 1963 map on file with the County Assessor’s office shows at least one county easement just off Oceanview Drive and 5 feet “reserved for path,” but the map only shows a corner of the property. Hansen says it’s “a complex discussion,” but he contends that the county only has rights to a pump at the top of the stairs. Both the county’s parks and public works departments say that part of the staircase and a drain pipe underneath traverse private property, but the path appears to have long been a public access point. The Coastal Commission’s website also lists the staircase and “informal” parking on its access page.

Watson, who in addition to being a regular at the South County surf spot is also a planner for the Coastal Commission, says the area is one of many in the county where he’s seen gradual restrictions put on parking or paths to the beach.

“It seems that, you know, over time the ability to access the coast has slowly been eroding—no pun intended,” Watson says.

The stairs at Oceanview Drive have also been disputed before.

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Most coastal observers agree that Santa Cruz’s access issues aren’t as severe as Southern California’s wealthiest enclaves, but they also aren’t taking any chances. In recent years, the Coastal Commission was authorized to levy new administrative penalties up to $11,250 per violation, per day, which have already been used locally—or at least threatened.

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Association sued the county in November, arguing that there is not a public easement on the property, and that the government had not previously shown an interest in maintaining the area.

“We got their attention with these notification-of-violation letters,” Veesart says of the case, which is still working its way through the courts. “We entered into negotiations with them and their attorneys ... We’ll see where that goes.”

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the Opal Cliffs park and surf break where residents have since the ’60s charged up to $100 a year for a key, and paid for a gate attendant to police access. For years, residents argued that paid access should be allowed because of better maintenance made possible by fees. A judge last year ordered the gate open after the county and the Coastal Commission challenged the permitting of the 9-foot fence, and homeowners are now due to submit a plan for long-term free access and a smaller fence.

“In the case of Opal Cliffs, it’s the only access way where the public’s charged a fee to access the beach in the state,” Carl says. “So it’s a big deal.”

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As April turned to May, the signs of struggle in the mangled fence at Oceanview Drive were obscured by knee-high weeds and wildflowers.

At the base of the stairs, near a red danger sign, a broken window sat in the ice plants just above the sand, and trash like a surgical mask could be seen off the overgrown walkway.

Stickers with surf shop logos or sayings like “Good Vibes Only” had started to fade on nearby signs and railings.

After questions from GT, the county says that they plan to reopen the stairs by as soon as this summer, after repairs projected to cost $50,000-100,000 are made to drainage infrastructure.

“My goal would be to have all that communication as far as permits and property access completed over the next month,” says Steve Wiesner, the county’s assistant director of public works for roads and transportation. “The repairs would begin to be implemented within the next 4-6 weeks, and then we would be complete early summer.”

Hansen, however, says he hasn’t been approached about reopening the stairs.

“No comment,” he says when asked about the prospect. He adds, “It’s amazing how people like to put up their different signs and feel that somehow establishes some type of legal residence … somehow you’re going to reflect some type of access.

It’s kind of comical.”

While pitched battles over development are nothing new in coastal California, there’s also the matter of how Mother Nature might play into the debate.

“Access ways disappear for a lot of reasons,” Carl says. “One of the more important reasons is because they're right at the coast, where it’s inherently dangerous.”

Henry Bose and his neighbors at

the Cañon del Sol subdivision on the edge of Manresa State Beach have found themselves caught in the middle of such a situation. Just a few hundred yards down the beach from the stairs at Oceanview Drive, the public wooden stairs that once led down to the beach near the Manresa Uplands Campground have been closed since a large section was destroyed in the storms of 2016.

With no re-open date given by local or state officials, Bose and his neighbors are considering a GoFundMe campaign to raise donations. While he knows that easy beach access is a nice selling point for homeowners, Bose says he’s more concerned about public access.

“Obviously I would have to recuse myself because it is of interest to me and my property value,” says Bose, a former real estate lawyer who retired to the area to be close to some of his 17 grandchildren. “But if you believe in California beaches being open to the public, this is a spot that was developed just for that.”

After years of budget cuts, state and county agencies are currently seeking funding from FEMA and many other sources to address a backlog of coastal maintenance estimated at $30-40 million in Santa Cruz County alone, Gaffney says.

“As every day goes by, things are costing more,” Gaffney says, due to limited local contractors willing to navigate coastal red tape. “Even numbers that we were using last year have gone up by 20%.”

And that’s if the climate cooperates. Scientists who study the coast also warn that a combination of more frequent strong storms and sea-level rise could add to the bottleneck.

“Because of the urban infrastructure pinning the location of the beaches, we’re going to lose 50% of the beaches,” says Patrick Barnard, a Santa Cruz-based coastal geologist with the U.S. Geologic Survey. “These beach access issues are going to become more and more complicated.”

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New mystery from Santa Cruz author Leslie Karst is loaded with suspicious chefs and questionable alibis BY CHRISTINA WATERS

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omething about Brian seemed off. I couldn’t tell precisely what—perhaps the angle of his lanky body as he hunched over the counter?

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chopping shallots for tonight’s bearnaise sauce, making a series of slow, methodical slices followed by a barrage of rapid-fire strokes.”

So begins Murder from Scratch, the fourth book in Santa Cruz

author Leslie Karst’s mystery series featuring the escapades of restaurateur Sally Solari. Set in Santa Cruz and laced with piquant details of our local scene, from bike rides along the coast to shopping

the downtown farmers’ market and pouring Venus gin, Karst’s latest caper offers enough local color to delight her fanbase.

In Murder from Scratch, we meet Solari’s young cousin Evelyn,

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with a few new cooks with trending pop-up eateries—cooks who were close to Evelyn’s mom—until they weren’t. Suspects who might have wanted Evelyn’s mom out of the way start popping up (sorry) everywhere.

Occasionally I found myself wondering how a busy restaurant owner and cook like Solari always has time to investigate clues or take her cousin shopping.

But hey, that’s why it’s called fiction, right?

Foodies will love the back-of-thehouse kitchen details seasoning this mystery, as Karst adds the down and dirty realities of restaurant chauvinism to her growing list of suspect motives. As with past Sally Solari books, these pages are filled with tantalizing food details, terrific attention to aromas, textures and sophisticated ingredient combos.

Reading the mouthwatering prep notes for Nonna Sophia’s Homemade Egg Pasta or Singapore Noodles with Roast Pork and Broccolini had me salivating for some of these seductive comfort foods. Karst knows her readers will all be doing the same, which is why she so graciously provides easy to follow, step-by-step recipes for these and a few other dishes at the back of her latest work of fiction.

Will Eric and Sally get back together romantically? Does Evelyn win Javier’s heart by teaching him the secret to tender pasta? Can Solari herself stay one step ahead of Detective Vargas? In Murder from Scratch, the menu of plot twists is good enough to eat.

Leslie Karst will read from and sign her new Sally Solari mystery ‘Murder from Scratch’ at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 9, at Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. Free.

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whose mother has just died under mysterious (duh!) circumstances.

Clues point to suicide, but Evelyn—whose sensory awareness is particularly acute due to her blindness—thinks otherwise. Using her heightened sense of touch, Evelyn quickly notices that items in her mother’s house have been moved and removed in ways that wouldn’t happen if her mom had taken her own life. Sally becomes suspicious enough to begin her own search for possible leads once she installs Evelyn in her guest room for a few weeks.

Karst wisely keeps her protagonist’s immediate surroundings front and center throughout the mystery series.

We become reacquainted with Eric, Sally’s former boyfriend, who has now become a good buddy.

Sally’s dad, who owns an Italian restaurant on the Santa Cruz wharf, returns, and is now speed dating a babe he’s met through an online service. Sally is still cooking the specials at Gauguin, her own restaurant, but has recently drawn up legal documents that will make her skilled sous chef Javier a full partner in the popular dinner house.

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MASS APPEAL The Church celebrates the 30-year anniversary of the ‘Starfish’ album at the Rio Theatre on Friday, May 10.

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teve Kilbey of the Church has good days and bad days. Most people, of course, you hope to catch on their good days. But if you have a chance to catch Kilbey on a bad day, I highly recommend it.

“In my childish world, it’s all going up and down all the time,” says the vocalist, bassist and primary songwriter of the celebrated Australian band, who come to the Rio on Friday, May 10. “On one level, we’ve had an amazing run. We’ve made over 30 albums, we can still tour the world, people still like us. On another level, I turn up last night at this gig in good faith and I got my ears blown off. They’re still ringing—more permanent damage.

So I’m just feeling like, ‘What am I doing this for?’”

But misery loves company, and get Kilbey going on one of these bad days, and he can go off on some hilariously entertaining tangents.

For instance, although the band is continuing its tour celebrating the 30th anniversary of megahit 1988 album Starfish, which broke them to an international audience, he’s doesn’t really have much to say about it at the moment, except that it never stood out to him in the Church’s catalogue, and he certainly never expected it to define the band’s career to most of the world.

“It was just, like, another record,” he says. “I thought it would probably do the same as all the others.”

Even the details on the band’s biggest hit, “Under the Milky Way,” are a bit vague after all these years, other than the fact that the band wasn’t really that into it—including him.

“Nobody really wanted to do it,” he says. “I had done a demo of it, and gave it to our then-drummer, who ironically didn’t actually play on it. He gave it to our manager, and our manager insisted that we record it. It was probably the only good idea he ever had.”

It isn’t really until the subject of Peter Murphy comes up that Kilbey really gets wound up. Murphy, the lead singer of the goth band Bauhaus, had gone solo by the time he was opening for the Church on their Starfish tour in the late ’80s,

and was famously petulant over the fact that he was not the headliner.

Kilbey definitely remembers their time together.

“I remember Peter Murphy was a fucking imbecile, and he still is,” says Kilbey. “I’m still baffled by what anyone would see in him. I love to watch the video of the Swedish guys beating him up. Have you seen that on YouTube?”

When I say I haven’t, Kilbey declares it a must-watch. “Oh, go on YouTube and google ‘Peter Murphy gets beaten up in Sweden.’ You’ll have a lot of fun with that.”

Turns out the video comes from last December, when Murphy was thrown out of his own Bauhaus gig for throwing things at the audience, according to reports. The video was taken on the street outside the club afterward and shows Murphy cussing out and taking a swing at a security guard, which results in him being taken down hard by a couple members of the security team. Just talking about it makes Kilbey’s day a little better.

“He really needs a good kicking.

He really does,” says a brightened Kilbey. He suggests I put up a link to the video with the headline, “A Complete Fuck-Knuckle Gets His Comeuppance At Last in Sweden.’’

Kilbery has carried on with the Church for three decades since that tour, putting out a slew of excellent albums that have carried on the band’s slightly mystical brand of guitar rock.

Can it really be that unfulfilling?

“Today I feel unfulfilled.

Tomorrow I might feel fulfilled. One day I’m happy, one day I’m sad. It’s like a marriage, I suppose,” he says.

It’s too late for misery now though. He’s laughing as he asks me to deliver a message.

“Just say: I live to come back to Santa Cruz. I live to come back there and walk down the beachfront and have one of those tacos. So I’m just living for that, that will be my medicine. There’s a great hat shop there, a couple of great vegan restaurants. So I reckon Santa Cruz is going to totally sort me out.”

The Church performs at 8 p.m. on Friday, May 10, at the Rio Theatre, 1205 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $31.50. folkyeah.com.

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PRESERVING A GROOVE Royal Jelly Jive brings its new album ‘Limited Preserve No. 3’ to Moe’s Alley on Saturday, May 11.

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Straight outta the Boom Boom Room, Royal Jelly Jive funks up the blues BY ANDREW GILBERT

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efore Lauren Bjelde became the charismatic frontwoman for the hornpowered six-piece soul combo Royal Jelly Jive, she had been holding down a monthly gig for a year at San Francisco’s Boom Boom Room with a psychedelic blues/funk project. An elemental Delta boogie seeped into the music, manifesting the spectral presence of blues legend John Lee Hooker, who once owned and operated the club.

Royal Jelly Jive’s story starts right after this, in late 2013, when Bjelde, keyboardist Jesse Adams and a few other members launched the band under its new name, delivering an uproarious blend of slinky R&B brass,

surging organ and keen melodic hooks, still leaving room for the blues that served as their foundation. The group started hitting the Boom Boom Room hard, and quickly emerged as one of San Francisco’s most entertaining bands.

“When Jesse Adams came into the picture, he took us to a new level of funk with the B-3, bringing that John Lee Hooker juju,” says Bjelde.

“We had the vibes spilling over from the Fillmore, and it all went into our sound.” Additionally, the band features Robby Elfman on reeds, trumpeter Danny Cao, acoustic bassist Tyden Binsted, and drummer Felix Macnee.

These days, Bjelde concentrates more on singing than on guitar,

a move she attributes to her increasing comfort on stage. It’s added a new layer of liberation to the music. “I’ve gotten more into physically embodying the music,” she says. “I tend to dance and not play instruments on stage, and I miss that. Moe’s Alley is a place I can pull out the guitar. I think I took my favorite guitar solo ever shredding at Moe’s.”

The group is releasing its Limited Preserve No. 3 album, accompanied by “a whole bunch of jelly being jarred. This is a harvest and assemblage of our studio experience,” Bjelde says, referring to the album, not the preserves.

“We been spending so much time

as a band on stage night after night, so much music pours out. There’s no rhyme or reason or official recipe as to who writes the songs. It’s about what feels good. Jesse and I are together all the time, and a lot of that songwriting comes together working feverishly on the boogie.”

Bjelde grew up in the Central Valley in small town outside of Modesto, the youngest of four siblings. She loved music as a child but isn’t the kind of performer who spent her life dreaming of the spotlight. Before Royal Jelly Jive came together, she was studying Islamic art and architecture in Turkey, and trained as an underwater archeologist (scuba diving is something of a family tradition). She was also a member of the CIA, “which stands for Conceptual/Information Arts,” she says, referring to author, artist and professor Stephen Wilson’s innovative San Francisco State program exploring the cultural implications of new technologies.

Bjelde was immersed in the program when it fell apart after Wilson’s death in 2011, but she spent fruitful months “taking apart pianos and putting them together in poetic ways,” she recalls.

With her SF State adventure coming to an end, the Boom Boom Room started exerting a powerful pull. Music had long been a more private pursuit. “I should have known,” she says. “Every memory I have I was singing, whether I was lulling myself to sleep or on the bus, music was part of it.”

All of her various interests come into play with Royal Jelly Jive, a band that embodies San Francisco at its best. Deeply informed and playfully reverent toward the departed masters whose shoulders they stand on, the band brings its far-flung curiosity to the stage.

“The more and more we travel, we realize how much we’re a San Francisco band,” Bjelde says. “You hear the history of the city in the lyrics.”

Royal Jelly Jive performs at 9 p.m. on Saturday, May 11, at Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $12 adv/$15 door. 479-1854.

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CABRILLO COLLEGE 41ST ANNUAL SPRING PLANT SALE Each year, Santa Cruzans and out-oftowners alike flock to Cabrillo College for the year’s finest selection of more than 1,000 different organic vegetable starts, perennial edibles, annuals, bedding plants, culinary and medicinal herbs, natives, succulents, and more.

Whether it’s for a garden or a lastminute Mother’s Day gift, there will be something for everyone—green thumb or not.

3-7 p.m. on Friday, May 10; 9 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday, May 11; 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Sunday, May 12. Cabrillo Community College, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos. 479-6241. Free.

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WEDNESDAY 5/8 ARTS UCSC DIGITAL ARTS & NEW MEDIA MFA EXHIBITION: ‘RECEIVERSHIP’ The Digital Arts and New Media (DANM) program presents Receivership, its 2019 MFA thesis exhibition. The exhibition represents the culmination of two years of intensive study and creative work, encompassing a range of artistic practices and approaches to the use and examination of new media. Noon. Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery, 1156 High St., Santa Cruz. danm.ucsc.edu. Free.

BIG TREES EXHIBITION Enjoy the history, in images, of Welch’s Big Trees, now the Redwood Loop Trail at Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park. See images of features no longer in the park and learn about others that have unusual stories to tell. Noon-4 p.m. San Lorenzo Valley Museum, 12547 Hwy. 9, Boulder Creek. slvmuseum.com. Free.

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The YoniVerse Monologues is a storytelling performance showcasing the stories and experiences of some of the extraordinary women in the Santa Cruz community. These women have spent seven months with Master Storyteller Sirena Andrea in her performance training program, writing their stories and learning the art of storytelling, and are now bringing their work to the stage. Young adults are welcome if accompanied by a parent or guardian, but be aware that sexual content, language and adult themes are to be expected. Proceeds benefit the Coalition To End Human Trafficking in Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties.

8 p.m. Friday, May 10-Saturday, May 11 and Friday, May 17-Saturday, May 18.

Resource Center for Non-Violence, 612 Ocean St, Santa Cruz. yoniversemonologues.com. $25.

WRITE THROUGH IT: CREATIVE WRITING CLASS In a safe and fun setting, seniors will utilize journaling as the mode for self-discovery leading to poetry, personal essays and other techniques useful in creating memoirs. 9:30-11 a.m. Louden Nelson Center, 301 Center St., Santa Cruz. cityofsantacruz.com. Donation/$4.

QI GONG Qi Gong (pronounced Chee Gohng) is an ancient Chinese healing art that has been used for centuries to balance one’s internal body energy and to promote good health. This method of internal energy work is a fantastic and easy practice that brings physical happiness, mental calm and a general sense of well-being. 11:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. Land of Medicine Buddha, 5800 Prescott Rd., Soquel. landofmedicinebuddha. org. $25/$5.

GENTLE YOGA Learn to move the body with loving intention, easy breathing practices, asana variations provided for each body (with adaptations for those with injuries). We have lots of props, no rental

THURSDAY 5/9 18TH ANNUAL LUNAFEST Women have a big role to play in the future of film, and for nearly 20 years, LunaFest has been securing and supporting that future. LunaFest is a traveling film festival of award-winning short films by, for and about women. The festival will visit nearly 200 cities this year, reaching around 25,000 people. This season features nine short films from filmmakers across the world. Santa Cruz’s screening will benefit WomenCARE, a nonprofit support system for women with cancer or a history of cancer.

7 p.m. Rio Theatre, 1205 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. lunafest.org. $20.

fee for mats. Lovely wood floors, sunny and bright with ceiling fans (heat and AC if needed). 10:30 a.m. Mark Stephens Yoga, 1010 Fair Ave. Suite C, Santa Cruz. yogawithirene.com. $10.

CBCT—COGNITIVELY BASED COMPASSION TRAINING Registration now open for April. Cognitively Based Compassion Training is a secular ethics training with roots in Buddhism yet is not religious. Developed at Emory University

by Geshe Lobsang Tenzin Negi, PhD, with input from multiple disciplines and the Dalai Lama, and taught in medical and educational institutions—anyone can learn this practice.

6:30-8:30 p.m. Wisdom Center of Santa

Cruz, 740 Front St. #155, Santa Cruz. wisdomcentersc.org.

CODECOMBAT AT DOWNTOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY SCPL’s CodeCombat Coding Club is a once-weekly meetup where we use online, game-based coding to learn Python and JavaScript. CodeCombat is a real game that teaches learners of all ages to code by playing through levels and quickly mastering programming concepts.

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Shakespeare to Go Presents The Tempest

Author Leah Penniman discusses the history of Black farmers and their contributions to agriculture, traditional farming knowledge, and foodways. She co-founded Soul Fire Farm in 2011 with the mission to end racism in the food system and reclaim our ancestral connection to land.

Making the MOST of Retirement Assets for Charitable Giving MAY 8, 9:30–11AM 100 ENTERPRISE WAY, SUITE E100, SCOTTS VALLEY FREE ADMISSION

Learn how to help your heirs avoid income tax on your retirement assets, receive potential estate tax savings from an estate tax deduction, strategize which assets should go to certain classes of heirs, and utilize the IRA Rollover Program.

Diverse Voices in Engineering MAY 8 & 22, 4:30–7PM ENGINEERING 2, ROOM 180 FREE ADMISSION

The Futures of Critical Food Studies MAY 10, 12–5:15PM NAMASTE LOUNGE FREE ADMISSION

Scholars gather to share, collaborate, and discuss the field of critical food studies through important questions that persist as anxieties in the field. Keynote by Ashanté M. Reese, Spelman College.

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UCSC student performers present a 50-minute version of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. While the new script is shortened, the richness of Shakespeare’s language remains.

Haunted Collections UCSC Jazz Ensembles & Disorderly Archives: & Big Band The Challenge of Making MAY 11, 7:30PM MUSIC CENTER RECITAL HALL ”History” across $4–$10/PERSON Communities Part I: “New Reflections”—UCSC Small MAY 10, 4–5PM HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES, HUM 2, ROOM 259 FREE ADMISSION

Jazz Ensembles reflect on varied contemporary musical influences. Part II: “Contemporary Big Band Jazz: From 1972 to Current Composers.”

Professor James Brooks, UC Santa Barbara, discusses case studies from Arroyo Hondo, Awat’ovi, and Abiquiu exploring the difficulty of settling on a single “past.”

Presented by the UC Santa Cruz Archaeological Research Center.

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This exhibit examines the history of iconic medieval manuscripts alongside explorations of modern artists’ reworkings of medieval structural, thematic, and historical themes.

Education and the Avant Garde: How Fluxus Artists Shaped the Arts at UC Santa Cruz THROUGH MAY 19, OPEN DURING LIBRARY HOURS MCHENRY LIBRARY THIRD-FLOOR GALLERY FREE ADMISSION

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Learn how UC Santa Cruz students and faculty in the late 1960s took inspiration from avant-garde artists as the fledgling campus debated the shape of arts education.

Circle Mirror Transformation

In the small town of Shirley, Vermont, five strangers gather in a dance studio to embark on a unique journey together in a creative drama class for adults. In this play by Annie Baker, the audience takes a transcendent journey through the mundane into the profound.

New Twists on Old Tales: 1000 Years of Handmade Books

Santa Cruz Pickwick Club MAY 14

Mother’s Day at the Seymour Center MAY 12, 10AM–5PM SEYMOUR MARINE DISCOVERY CENTER $0–$9/PERSON

Take your mother out for a beautiful seaside Mother’s Day in Santa Cruz.

There’s fun for the whole family! Learn a little about moms who live in the ocean and stop in for Sunday Seaside Crafts (1–3PM) to create a special ocean-themed Mother’s Day gift.

Grain by Grain: A Quest to Revive Ancient Wheat, Rural Jobs, and Healthy Food MAY 16–19

Poetics + Politics 4: Documentary Research Symposium MAY 18

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In celebration of Mother’s Day, more than 10 NextStage performers will read real stories from real people about their experiences with their mothers. This 90-minute production will include humor, gripes and experiences that everyone can relate to. NextStage is a nonprofit performance group for seniors, and will host the show as part of a national livereading series that has been performed in 200 productions in more than 50 cities.

4 and 7 p.m. shows. Center Stage Theater, 1001 Center St., Santa Cruz. nextstagelisten. brownpapertickets.com. $15.

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Watsonville Yoga, Dance and Healing Arts, 375 N. Main, Watsonville. 713-9843.

ONGOING CONGA DRUMMING CLASS WITH JIM GREINER IN SOQUEL Play Conga drums with multiple-award-winning percussionist and educator Jim Greiner for fun, and as a positive Life Practice. Release stress, ground and center yourself, tap into your innate ability to enter the flow state, learn fundamental and rhythmic principles, and celebrate life. All levels are welcome. Instruments provided or bring your own. 7-8:30 p.m. Jim Greiner’s Hands-On Drumming Events, 2745 Daubenbiss Ave., Soquel. 462-3786. $80.

START SMART—TEEN DRIVER SAFETY CLASS The California Highway Patrol offers a traffic safety program for teenage drivers and their parents. The primary objective is to provide teens and parents with an understanding of how poor choices behind the wheel can impact the lives of many. Traffic collisions are the leading cause of death for ages 15-20. 6 p.m. Aptos Branch Library, 7695 Soquel Drive, Aptos. santacruzpl.libcal.com. Free.

FOOD & WINE DOWNTOWN SANTA CRUZ FARMERS MARKET In addition to a large variety of farm products, this market offers a great selection of local artisan foodstuffs, delicious baked goods and lots of options for lunch and dinner. 1-6 p.m. Cedar and Lincoln streets, Santa Cruz. 454-0566. >40

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Tickets: Adults $50 / Seniors & Students $45 / Preview $27 all tickets

www.JewelTheatre.net (831) 425-7506 This production is funded, in part, by grants from the following organizations:

“zany fun”– The Cultural Critic “a wacky farce”– Chicago Tribune

JTC voted best theatre company in Santa Cruz!

THE EXPLORERS CLUB is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York

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WORLD HARMONY CHORUS The World Harmony Chorus is a community chorus that sings songs from around the world. Our 2018-2019 program features Music from the Americas, with songs from Québec to Argentina, and many places in-between.

Everyone is welcome, there are no auditions and no singing experience is necessary (experienced singers are also welcome, and there are solo opportunities for those who would like them). All parts are taught by ear, and musical transcriptions are provided.

7:15-9:15 p.m. Louden Nelson Community Center, 301 Center St., Santa Cruz. instantharmony.com. $12.

TOBY GRAY REEF PONO WEDNESDAYS Cool, mellow and smooth with a repertoire of several hundred of your favorite songs and fun, heartfelt originals. Taking on songs made famous by the Eagles, Beatles, Bob Dylan, Peter Rowan, Bob Marley, and many other classic artists, then adding his own interpretations and owning the songs, Toby continues to expand his range of expression, paying tribute to some of the founding voices of Motown, rhythm and blues, country, and rock with beautiful, profound results. 6:30 p.m. The Reef Bar & Restaurant, 120 Union St., Santa Cruz. 459-9876.

Citizens of Humanity AG • Mother Denim • Paige Michael Stars • Groceries Free People • Velvet • Wilt Frank & Eileen • Johnny Was Sanctuary • Lucky Brand CP Shades • Jag • Cut Loose

CABRILLO COLLEGE SMALL ENSEMBLES Join Cabrillo College

Nic & Zoe • Eileen Fisher

Small Ensembles in a varied concert of small ensembles for piano, voice and all instruments. 7:30 p.m. Cabrillo Samper Recital Hall, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos. cabrillovapa.com. $10/$8.

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Dr. Dawn presents science news you can use, practical health advice and answers your live calls and emails.

SPRING YOGA AND ETHNOBOTANY SERIES All classes take place in the Australian garden. Directional signs will be visible once you enter the Arboretum. This spring, the UCSC Arboretum & Botanic Garden is bringing back our popular Yoga and Ethnobotany series. 4 p.m. UCSC Arboretum & Botanic Garden, 85 Empire Grade, Santa Cruz. arboretum.ucsc.edu. $230/$16.

Dr. Dawn Motyka is also available for private consultation at her office on Santa Cruz Westside.

THURSDAY 5/9

Please call 831.421.0197 or visit optimagehealth.com

UCSC DIGITAL ARTS & NEW MEDIA MFA EXHIBITION: ‘RECEIVERSHIP’ The

ARTS Digital Arts and New Media (DANM) program presents Receivership, its 2019 MFA thesis

exhibition. The exhibition represents the culmination of two years of intensive study and creative work, encompassing a range of artistic practices and approaches to the use and examination of new media. Noon. Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery, 1156 High St., Santa Cruz. danm.ucsc.edu. Free.

BIG TREES EXHIBITION Enjoy the history, in images, of Welch’s Big Trees, now the Redwood Loop Trail at Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park. See images of features no longer in the park and learn about others that have unusual stories to tell. Noon-4 p.m. San Lorenzo Valley Museum, 12547 Hwy. 9, Boulder Creek. slvmuseum.com. Free.

NATURALIST NIGHT: THE NATURAL HISTORY OF TRAILS, WITH MBOSC Join the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History for another Naturalist Night, this time exploring the natural history of trails on Thursday, May 9! Santa Cruz County’s many parks and open spaces contain hundreds of miles of trails, allowing access to hikers, mountain bikers and equestrians alike.

7-9 p.m. Santa Cruz Museum Of Natural History, 1305 E Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz. santacruzmuseum.org. $4/$2.

CLASSES COMMUNITY PILATES CLASS Community Pilates class led by Pilates Instructor Jennifer Balboni. Drop-in any Tuesday or Thursday for a fun and challenging 60-minute, core-based flowing strength class. Bring your own mat. 10 a.m.

Temple Beth El, 3055 Porter Gulch Rd., Aptos. tbeaptos.org. Free.

POWER VINYASA FLOW YOGA Surf your edge in this energetic, inspired yoga flow designed to help you dive deep into your personal power. Instructor Tim Brattan will lead you through a fun sequence to move, sweat, smile, detox, discover, focus and play on the mat. Designed for all levels, you’ll build strength, endurance, flexibility, balance and concentration. 5-6:15 p.m. DiviniTree Yoga and Arts Studio, 1043-B Water St., Santa Cruz. oneyoga.org.

TRIYOGA BASICS CLASS WITH TERRI TriYoga flows are presented with personalized guided alignment assistance.

9:30 a.m. TriYoga Center, 708 Washington St., Santa Cruz. triyoga-santacruz.com. $15.

TRIYOGA BASICS/THERAPEUTIC YOGA WITH KIM TriYoga taught by Kim Beecher, DC (chiropractor) includes

CALENDAR sustained postures with prop support.

Everyone is welcome. Suitable for those with chronic conditions. 7:30-9 p.m. TriYoga Center, 708 Washington St., Santa Cruz. triyoga-santacruz.com. $15.

CRYSTAL BOWL SOUND MEDITATION A Sound meditation can take you beyond the mind-locks of your consciousness to the deeper regions of your Soul while energizing every cell in your body. 7:45 p.m. Breath+Oneness, 708 Capitola Ave., Capitola. breathandoneness.com. $10.

SENIOR NETWORK SERVICES HICAP PRESENTS MEDICARE 101 Whether you’re turning 65 or helping a family member navigate the system’s complexities, understanding Medicare can be overwhelming. At this seminar, a registered HICAP counselor will help demystify: The A, B, C’s (and D) of Medicare, When and how to enroll, supplementing Medicare and much more. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Dominican HospitalRehabilitation Services, 610 Frederick St., Santa Cruz. dignityhealth.org. Free.

GROUPS S+LAA MENS’ MEETING Having trouble with compulsive sexual or emotional behavior? Recovery is possible. Our small 12-step group allows feedback and meets every Thursday. 7:30 p.m. The Barn Studio, 104 S Park Way, Santa Cruz. Free.

YOUNG ADULT (18-25) TRANSGENDER SUPPORT GROUP A weekly peer

HEALTH

515-8699, thrivenatmed.com. $15.

MUSIC REGGAE THURSDAYS MI DEH YAH Reality Sound International and The Catalyst present Reggae Thursdays. DJ Spleece and Friends. Dancehall Reggae Remix. 7 p.m. The Catalyst Club, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. santacruzreggae.com. Free.

“SHOW CHOIR WITH POP” SINGING CLASS, ADULTS 50+ Recreate the moves and sounds from the girl groups and solo female singers of the top-of-the-chart hits of the ’50s and ’60’s. This class will put the “show” in your choir with great choral sound, “choral-ography” and fun. Build skills throughout the Show Choir With Pop 1-2 series. 1:30 p.m. Congregational Church of Soquel, 4951 Soquel Drive, Soquel. nextstagesantacruz.org. $136.

WEST AFRICAN DRUM CLASSES AT DRUMSKULL DRUMS Two teachers teach Djembe at Drumskull Drums every Thursday.

Sahar El Khatib teaches the beginner class every first and third Thursday of the month.

7 p.m. Drumskull Drums, 105 Pioneer St., Santa Cruz. 420-7803. $40/$30/$20.

SALSA FOR INTERMEDIATE Salsa Cuban style partner for intermediate dancers.

Featuring Salsa Suelta, Casino partner dancing and latest tunes from Cuba. No partner required, Age 16+. 7p.m. Motion Pacific, 131 Front St., Santa Cruz. salsagente. com. $10/$5.

VINYASA AND YIN YOGA WITH LIVE SAXOPHONE Join Brendan Sick, professional musician and Yoga instructor, for a warming and mindfully-paced Vinyasa practice followed by a meditative soak in Yin Yoga postures. Bask in the beautiful stream of Brendan's live music on the saxophone.

5:45-6:45 p.m. Watsonville Yoga, Dance and Healing Arts, 375 N. Main St., Watsonville. watsonville.yoga.

B12 HAPPY HOUR B12 helps support energy, mood, sleep, immunity, metabolism and stress resilience. Since B12 is not absorbed well during digestion, and all B vitamins are depleted by stress, most Americans are deficient. Having B12 in the form of an injection bypasses the malabsorption problem, and people often feel an immediate difference. Every Thursday morning, we offer discounted vitamin B12 by walk-in or appointment. 9 a.m.-noon. Thrive Natural Medicine, 2840 Park Ave., Soquel.

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Ancient Chinese Full Body Deep Tissue Table Massage

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LIVELY ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCE English country dance is a lively, social form of folk dance that was popular in the Renaissance era. You might have seen it performed at the Renaissance Faire. Couples dance in sets of various shapes and weave through various patterns as they interact with other couples. It's easy to learn. 7:309:30 p.m. Peace United Church of Christ, Santa Cruz, 900 High St., Santa Cruz. >42 englishcountrydancing.info.

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support group for young adults age 18-25 who identify as transgender, non-binary, genderqueer, agender, or any other noncisgender identity. This is a social group where we meet and chat among ourselves, sharing our experiences and thoughts in a warm, welcoming setting. 7-8:30 p.m. The Diversity Center, 1117 Ocean St., Santa Cruz. diversitycenter.org. Free.

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Various times. Kuumbwa Jazz Center, 320 Cedar St., Santa Cruz. hitidenation.com. $40.50/$33.50.

FOOD & WINE WATSONVILLE FARMERS MARKET This market is in the heart of the famously bountiful Pajaro Valley. Peaceful and family-oriented, the Latino heritage of this community gives this market a “mercado” feel. 2-7 p.m. 200 Main St., Watsonville.

TABLE TALKS WITH JULIE ANDERSON, AN UPLIFTING SUPPER CLUB SERIES We are bringing uplifting

SATURDAY 5/11 SENDEROS STREET FIESTA Help local nonprofit Senderos kick off the start of their traditional Vive Oaxaca Guelaguetza festivities next week with authentic Oaxacan food, music and dance. The musicians and dancers will arrive in a convite, or procession, with giant mojigangas (puppets) alongside colorful folkloric dancing by Senderos’ Centeotl Danza y Baile and visiting student musicians from Centro de Integración Social, Zoogocho, Oaxaca, renowned for their traditional Banda de Viento music.

5-7 p.m. Cooper Street, Santa Cruz. scsenderos.org. Free.

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to enjoy the vibe! It's a special evening of Anthony Arya solo and unplugged along with the amazing String Revolution visiting from L.A. 7-9 p.m. Zizzo's Coffeehouse and Wine Bar, 3555 Clares St., Capitola. 477-0680.

FRIDAY 5/10 ARTS PRE-SCHOOL STORYTIME Join us at the Aptos Library for our weekly Preschool Story Time. We'll read books, sing songs and make simple crafts. Suggested ages 3-6. 10-11 a.m.

Aptos Branch Library, 7695 Soquel Drive, Aptos. Free.

UCSC DIGITAL ARTS & NEW MEDIA MFA EXHIBITION: ‘RECEIVERSHIP’ The Digital Arts and New Media (DANM) program presents Receivership, its 2019 MFA thesis exhibition. The exhibition represents the

culmination of two years of intensive study and creative work, encompassing a range of artistic practices and approaches to the use and examination of new media. Noon. Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery, 1156 High St., Santa Cruz. danm.ucsc.edu. Free.

dinner conversation to the dining room table. This isn't your ordinary dinner party.

Inspired by Spring, Menu curated by Wylder Space. 6:30-9:30 p.m. Tiny House Productions, 9339 Mill St., Ben Lomond. thetinyhouseproductions.com. $55.

GROUPS WATSONVILLE QUEER YOUTH MEETUP (11-18) Every Friday after school, youth ages 12 - 18 are invited to join our dynamic team of youth activists and leaders from the Santa Cruz County. This meet-up group will run in conjunction with the Saturday LGBTQ Youth Meet-ups; more for you to choose. 3:30-6 p.m. The Diversity Center, 1117 Ocean St., Santa Cruz. diversitycenter.org. Free.

WATER DRUM AND SONG RED ROAD WAYS PRAYER CIRCLE Join

history, in images, of Welch’s Big Trees, now the Redwood Loop Trail at Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park. See images of features no longer in the park and learn about others that have unusual stories to tell. Noon-4 p.m. San Lorenzo Valley Museum, 12547 Hwy. 9, Boulder Creek. slvmuseum.com. Free.

Sylvane and Reyna for an evening learning traditional Red Road prayer songs, accompanied by the traditional water drum. Teaching is given about the sacred instruments in this tradition and elements of the pan-tribal Native American Church prayer traditions. Come respectfully with an open mind and heart ready to learn, and to open your voice in an encouraging and safe space. 7 p.m. Watsonville Yoga, Dance and Healing Arts, 375 N. Main St., Watsonville. watsonville.yoga.

JP SEARS COMEDY SHOW W/ GUEST STEPHANIE CLARK JP Sears takes his

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uplifting humor that’s accumulated over 300 million video views and brilliantly adapts it to the stage for his live stand up comedy show. Heavy on the satire, JP slices through the nuances of the new age community, self-help movement,

TAHITIAN DANCE: ALL LEVELS Learn the exciting, aerobic ori Tahiti with Yola and Siaosi. Build a solid foundation in Tahitian dance. This grounded form emphasizes strong, fast hip circles and accents. Learn to dance solo and with a group. Original

choreography by Yola. 5:15 p.m. Te Hau Nui Dance Studio, 924 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. tehaunuidance.com.

ART OF BELLYDANCE WITH YOLA Embrace your Inner Goddess through this sensuous, sacred, Divinely Feminine dance form. Original choreography by Yola. Learn body isolation, taxim undulations, belly rolls, floor work, drum solo, veil technique, finger cymbal rhythms and sword work. Bring a scarf to tie around your hips. 6:30-7:45 p.m.

Te Hau Nui Dance Studio, 924 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. tehaunuidance.com.

SINGING FROM THE HEART Sing along in an environment that is completely accepting of all diverse voices with the goal of having a good time. No experience necessary, just sing-along and have fun. 1 p.m. Louden Nelson Community Center, 301 Center St., Santa Cruz. cityofsantacruz.com.

Donation/$2.

LOOK MOM I’M ON TV One hour live music show on Community TV every second and fourth Friday of the month. Tune into channel 27 or 73. 7 p.m. The Satellite Flexible Workspace & Digital Media Studio, 325 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. satellite. communitytv.org. Free.

THE CABRILLO JAZZ COMBOS The exciting sounds of modern jazz are being presented by students of Cabrillo's renowned jazz program as part of the jazz series hosted by Cabrillo College Music Department. 8 p.m. Cabrillo Black Box Theater, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos. cabrillovapa.com. $12/$10.

THE CABRILLO COLLEGE DANCE SPRING DANCE CONCERT The 2019 Cabrillo Spring Dance Concert features fresh new works by emerging Cabrillo student choreographers and four faculty dance premieres. Working in a variety of dance styles and forms, today’s young dancers light up the stage with their innovative takes on contemporary issues and cultural concerns.

7:30 p.m. Cabrillo Crocker Theater, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos. cabrillovapa.com.

THE CAROLYN SILLS COMBO Local band The Carolyn Sills Combo is the 2018 Ameripolitan Award Winner for Western Swing Group of the Year, being nominated five times in the last three years, and a fivetime nominee for band and album of the year by the Academy of Western Artists. 8 p.m. Henfling’s Firehouse Tavern, 9450 Hwy. 9, Ben Lomond. carolynsills.com.

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Celebrate Mother’s Day with a Champagne Toast to Mom! Enjoy Champagne Brunch featuring Carving & Salad Stations, Fresh Fruit, Bagel, Danish & Dessert Stations and Drink Specials Adults $57, Children $20 (ages 6-12) 2 Banquet Seatings -- 10am & 1pm.

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SOQUEL HIGH 15TH ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT Come out to play at the 15th Annual Soquel High Golf Tournament and Barbecue on May 10 at DeLaveaga Golf Course in Santa Cruz. A full 100% of proceeds benefit academics, art, music, athletics, and clubs at Soquel High. Noon.

De Laveaga Golf Course, 401 Upper Park Rd., Santa Cruz. soquel.sccs.net. $25.

WESTSIDE SPRING CLEAN UP Join the Parish Santa Cruz for a westside clean up. It’s a great opportunity to better our local community and meet some neighbors.

Following the event will be ice cream and an after party at the Parish sponsored by a few of your favorite craft breweries including: Sierra Nevada, Lagunitas, 21st Amendment, Seismic, and Deschutes. Anyone is welcome to swing by! 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Parish Publick House, 841 Alamar Ave., Santa Cruz. Free!

SATURDAY 5/11 ARTS BIG TREES EXHIBITION Enjoy the

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history, in images, of Welch’s Big Trees, now the Redwood Loop Trail at Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park. See images of features no longer in the park and learn about others that have unusual stories to tell. Noon-4 p.m. San Lorenzo Valley Museum, 12547 Hwy. 9, Boulder Creek. slvmuseum.com. Free.

UCSC DIGITAL ARTS & NEW MEDIA MFA EXHIBITION: ‘RECEIVERSHIP’ The Digital Arts and New Media (DANM) program presents Receivership, its 2019 MFA thesis exhibition. The exhibition represents the culmination of two years of intensive study and creative work, encompassing a range of artistic practices and approaches to the use and examination of new media. Noon. Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery, 1156 High St., Santa Cruz. danm.ucsc.edu. Free.

ARTIST OF THE YEAR 2019 PROFILE PERFORMANCE Poet and writer Ellen Bass

INTRODUCTORY EVENINGS May 9, May 16, 7-9pm

Breakthrough Men’s Community At the Monterey Coast Preparatory School 125 Bethany Drive, Scotts Valley 831.375.5441 | breakthroughformen.org

has been named 2019 Artist of the Year by the Santa Cruz County Arts Commission.

Join us for a Profile Performance, where Ellen will be reading her poetry and talking about how she makes her poems. 7-9 p.m.

Simpkins Family Swim Center, 979 17th Ave., Santa Cruz. scparks.com. Free.

SHAKESPEARE TO GO PRESENTS ‘THE TEMPEST’ UCSC student performers

present a condensed, 50-minute version of Shakespeare’s The Tempest in their annual performance at the Boulder Creek Library on the lovely outdoor stage in the redwoods.

1-2 p.m. Boulder Creek Public Library, 13390 West Park Ave., Boulder Creek. theater.ucsc. edu. Free.

CLASSES SALSA RUEDA FOR BEGINNERS / PARA PRINCIPIANTES Salsa Rueda for the pure beginner. Monthly socials for experienced dancers. Great music and sound system. Learn the footwork, the cues, and the stylizations in an encouraging environment from a great teacher with years of experience teaching dance. 7-8 p.m.

Watsonville Yoga, Dance and Healing Arts, 375 N. Main St., Watsonville. watsonville. yoga.

FACE READING WORKSHOP Face reading is a method of diagnosis for both health and personality, and is a skill used to develop deeper awareness and to enhance communication and effectiveness in your work and relationships. 9 a.m. The College of Botanical Healing Arts, 4170 Gross Rd. Ext. #5, Capitola. cobha.org.

COMPASSIONATE BOUNDARIES It’s easy to think that being kind and compassionate means that we have to be available to everyone, 24/7, and do whatever it is they ask of us. We feel guilty about saying “no” or valuing our own needs.

As a result, instead of feeling open and compassionate, we end up feeling resentful, stressed, and burned out. Is this really the meaning of compassion? 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. The Land of Medicine Buddha, 5800 Prescott Rd., Soquel. landofmedicinebuddha. org. $108/$54.

FOOD & WINE APTOS FARMERS MARKET AT CABRILLO COLLEGE Voted Good Times best farmers market in Santa Cruz County.

With more than 90 vendors, the Aptos Farmers Market offers an unmatched selection of locally-grown produce and specialty foods. 8 a.m.-noon, Saturdays, Cabrillo College. montereybayfarmers.org or akeller@montereybayfarmers.org. Free.

WESTSIDE FARMERS MARKET The Westside Farmers Market takes place every week at the corner of Highway 1 and Western Drive, situated on the northern edge of Santa Cruz’s greenbelt. This market serves

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Plant Sale PRE-SALE Fri. May 10, 3–7pm

Friends of the Garden pre-sale, silent auction and refreshments. $25 memberships available at the gate.

PUBLIC SALE Sat. May 11, 9am–2pm

Sun. May 12, 10am–2pm

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GROUPS RHYTHM VIDEO GAME TOURNEY Total of $150 in prizes, 32 players max. Level Up is hosting a rhythm game video game trio competition. The games are Guitar Hero II on PS2, Donkey Konga on the Gamecube and Samba de Amigo on the Dreamcast. 7 p.m.

Level Up Video Games, 113 Locust St., Santa Cruz. levelupvideogames.com. $5.

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evening with the friendliest LGBTQ crowd in town. Gay, straight, trans or just plain KINKY? All LGBTQ allies and orientations are welcome. Make that move. You'll love Homo (sapien) Happy Hour #HHH. 3-7 p.m. Motiv, 1209 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. motivsc.com.

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spinning danceable pop music until someone asks for something else. LGBTQIA and allies welcome. 4 p.m. Motiv, 1209 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. motivsc.com.

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MUSIC “Top of the Campus” Follow the signs to the The Horticulture and Agricultural Tech Center Cabrillo College 6500 Soquel Dr., Aptos

Box Theater, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos. cabrillovapa.com. $12/$10.

THE CABRILLO COLLEGE DANCE SPRING DANCE CONCERT The 2019 Cabrillo Spring Dance Concert features fresh new works by emerging Cabrillo student choreographers and four faculty dance premieres. Working in a variety of dance styles and forms, today’s young dancers light up the stage with their innovative takes on contemporary issues and cultural concerns.

7:30 p.m. Cabrillo Crocker Theater, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos. cabrillovapa.com.

WILLIE NELSON CONCERT The one and only Willie Nelson will come to Santa Cruz for a one-night show on May 11. Tickets can be purchased online at CountryTourNow. 7:30 p.m. Kaiser Permanente Arena, 140 Front St., Santa Cruz. countrytournow.com. $564/$85.

THE CABRILLO LATIN JAZZ ENSEMBLES The Cabrillo Latin Jazz Ensemble presents an evening of the best Latin jazz classics. Warm up your Spring evening with this spicy music - there's room to dance, too. 8 p.m. Cabrillo Black

the late 1800’s, people were surprised to learn that birds actually flew hundreds or thousands of miles to and from different locations. Even now, we often have no idea of how far birds travel, and how they know when and where to go on their challenging and often heroic twice-yearly journeys. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Natural Bridges State Beach, Swanton Boulevard and West Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz. thatsmypark.org. Free.

SUNDAY 5/12 ARTS SUNDAY SEASIDE CRAFTS AT THE SEYMOUR CENTER Come create and take home a fun souvenir, an activity for the whole family to share. For example, find out what gray whales eat by creating a bright sun catcher for your window, or create a fancy fish with paper, paint, and color. 1-3 p.m. Seymour Marine Discovery Center, 100 McAllister Way, Santa Cruz. seymourcenter. ucsc.edu.

UCSC DIGITAL ARTS & NEW MEDIA MFA EXHIBITION: ‘RECEIVERSHIP’ The Digital Arts and New Media (DANM) program presents Receivership, its 2019 MFA thesis exhibition. The exhibition represents the culmination of two years of intensive study and creative work, encompassing a range of artistic practices and approaches to the use and examination of new media. Noon. Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery, 1156 High St., Santa Cruz. danm.ucsc.edu. Free.

BIG TREES EXHIBITION Enjoy the history, in images, of Welch’s Big Trees, now the Redwood Loop Trail at Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park. See images of features no longer in the park and learn about others that have unusual stories to tell. Noon-4 p.m. San Lorenzo Valley Museum, 12547 Hwy. 9, Boulder Creek. slvmuseum.com. Free.

SPRING ART MARKET This year’s market is on Mother’s Day, showcasing close to 50 art vendors, live music, activities for kids, food and libations. The market will feature Tannery artists as well as local artisans. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tannery Arts Center, 1050 River St., Santa Cruz. tanneryartscenter.org. Free.

CALENDAR GROUPS MOTHER’S DAY YOGA FOR HEALING LOSS On Mother’s Day in the later afternoon, Carla Brown offers an experiential class to move through struggle related to loss of our mother or loss of a child.

Combining many forms of gentle yoga, movement and breath techniques, this space is to help you transform the struggle, liberate the body and reconnect to love. 3-5:30 p.m.

Watsonville Yoga, Dance and Healing Arts, 375 N. Main St., Watsonville. watsonville. yoga.

MUSIC THE CABRILLO COLLEGE DANCE SPRING DANCE CONCERT The 2019 Cabrillo Spring Dance Concert features fresh new works by emerging Cabrillo student choreographers and four faculty dance premieres. Working in a variety of dance styles and forms, today’s young dancers light up the stage with their innovative takes on contemporary issues and cultural concerns.

2 p.m. Cabrillo Crocker Theater, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos. cabrillovapa.com.

SANTA CRUZ CONTRA DANCE “Contra” (New England Folk) community dance! Easy to learn dances are taught & prompted. Live music always! All ages welcome. Come alone, with a partner, or with friends. Experienced dancers will often ask new folks to dance to help them learn the ropes. 6-9 p.m. Santa Cruz County Veterans Memorial Building, 846 Front St., Santa Cruz. santacruzdance. org. $20/$12/$8.

DEVA PREMAL AND MITEN WITH MANOSE—ON THE WINGS OF MANTRA Join Deva Premal and Miten with

OUTDOOR YOUNGER LAGOON RESERVE TOURS This 90-minute, behind-the-scenes hiking tour takes visitors into Younger Lagoon Reserve adjacent to the Seymour Marine Discovery Center. Part of the University of California Natural Reserve System, Younger Lagoon Reserve contains diverse coastal habitat and is home to birds of prey, migrating sea birds, bobcats, and other

DOWNTOWN SANTA CRUZ ANTIQUE STREET FAIRE This open air vintage and antique Faire hosts dozens of vendors offering one of a kind unique treasures.

Clothing, jewelry and other accessories, indoor/outdoor decor and furniture, art, textiles, military, tools, ethnic eccentricities, and more. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Downtown Santa Cruz Antique Street Faire, Pacific Ave. & Lincoln St., Santa Cruz. Free.

MOTHER’S DAY AT THE SEYMOUR CENTER Take your mother out for a beautiful seaside Mother’s Day in Santa Cruz at the Seymour Marine Discovery Center.

There’s fun for everyone in the family! Learn a little about moms who live in the ocean and stop in for Sunday Seaside Crafts to create a special ocean-themed Mother’s Day gift to give to her, right on the spot. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Seymour Marine Discovery Center, 100 McAllister Way, Santa Cruz. seymourcenter. ucsc.edu.

35TH ANNUAL MOTHER’S DAY RUN/ WALK FOR SHELTER Pajaro Valley Shelter Services’ 35th Annual Mother's Day Run/ Walk for Shelter includes a 10K (out-andback loop) Run, 5K Run/Walk & 1K Kids’ Fun Run around Watsonville’s beautiful wetland trails. This well-loved event can be enjoyed by competitive runners, weekend joggers, and families who want to walk together.

7-10:15 a.m. Ramsey Park, 1301 Main St., Watsonville. pvshelter.org. $40/$20.

MONDAY 5/13 CLASSES TRIYOGA BASICS YOGA CLASS A relaxing, stretching, strengthening Basics TriYoga class to benefit your backs and hips.

With Dr. Kim Beecher (chiropractor). For beginners and all levels. 6-7:30 p.m. TriYoga Center, 708 Washington St., Santa Cruz. triyoga-santacruz.com. $15.

THICH NHAT HANH MEDITATION Santa Cruz Heart Sangha is a meditation group in the Thich Nhat Hanh tradition that meets every Monday. We welcome all to spend with us an hour in silent sitting and walking meditation followed by Dharma sharing. 7-9 p.m. Santa Cruz Zen Center, 113 School St., Santa Cruz. Free.

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GENTLE YOGA Customized for every body (with adaptations for those with injuries).

Learn to move the body with loving intention, easy breathing practices, asana variations provided for each body.We have lots of props, no rental fee for mats. Lovely wood floors, sunny and bright with ceiling fans (heat and AC if needed). 10:30-11:30 a.m. Mark Stephens Yoga, 1010 Fair Ave. Suite C, Santa Cruz. yogawithirene.com. $10.

LEVEL 1—FOUNDATION COURSE IN ESSENTIAL OIL THERAPY This class is a rich introduction to the essential oil experience. The information you learn in this class will provide you with a valuable, lifelong reference guide to the healing properties of essential oils and can truly be a life changing experience. 5 p.m. The College of Botanical Healing Arts, 4170 Gross Rd. Ext. #5, Capitola. cobha.org.

STRONG VINYASA Join seasoned instructors Marilu Shinn and Angela Rocchio for a class that will challenge, invigorate, and open you deeply. Strong Vinyasa is equivalent to a level 2/3 practice and is recommended for experienced practitioners.

5:30 p.m. Watsonville Yoga, Dance and Healing Arts, 375 N. Main St., Watsonville.

713-9843.

SANTA CRUZ WRITERS Join other published writers in a weekly workshop.

We plan an online publication and video showcasing our best writing from short fiction and excerpts to memoirs and nonfiction to poems and short plays. 1 p.m. The Bagelry, 320 Cedar St., Suite A, Santa Cruz. cdbaghaw@att.net. Free.

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FOOD & WINE SIR MONTHLY LUNCHEON/SPEAKER MEETING This month’s speaker is is Jack Healey, the longest tenured unpaid sportscaster in Santa Clara County history.

For over two decades, Jack did the radio play-by-play for Santa Clara University football and basketball games along with some Pacific Coast League baseball. 11:30 a.m. Santa Cruz Elks Lodge, 150 Jewell St., Santa Cruz. sirinc2.org.

GROUPS TRANS AND ALLIES AA SUPPORT GROUP The Diversity Center’s Trans A.A. group serves to provide a self-supporting environment for trans folks and allies who are seeking assistance with their substance >48 use. The primary purpose of A.A. is

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Manose and their international band for a deep immersion into the power of mantra, with Deva’s golden voice and Miten’s songs of love and gratitude carrying us beyond our daily worries. 7:30 p.m. Rio Theatre, 1205 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. devapremalmiten. com. $108/$35.

wildlife. 10:30 a.m.-Noon. Seymour Marine Discovery Center, 100 McAllister Way, Santa Cruz. seymourcenter.ucsc.edu.

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ARM-IN-ARM CANCER SUPPORT GROUP For women with advanced, recurrent and metastatic cancers.

Registration required at 457-2273. 12:30-2 p.m. WomenCARE, 2901 Park Ave. Suite A1, Soquel. 457-2273. Free.

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from any cause, any length of time ago, are invited to join The Compassionate Friends of Santa Cruz for our monthly grief support meeting. Opening circle followed by smaller connection groups. Sharing is optional. Grief materials available. Non-religious. 7-8:30 p.m.

Quaker Meeting House, 225 Rooney St., Santa Cruz. tcfsantacruz.com. Free.

TUESDAY 5/14 ART IMPROV FOLLIES Join the students in the improvisation classes who will perform fun and thought provoking skits as their final exam. Tickets required. 7 p.m. Cabrillo Black Box Theater, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos. cabrillovapa.com. Free.

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FOOD & WINE LIVE MUSIC AND TACO BAR Chaminade Resort and Spa’s live music series begins March 26 and runs through Aug. 27. Enjoy live music from 6-8 p.m. on our outdoor patio (weather permitting) performed by some of Santa Cruz’s well-known musicians.

6-8 p.m. Chaminade Resort and Spa, 1 Chaminade Lane, Santa Cruz. chaminade. com. $18.

TACO TUESDAY Tuesdays are better with tacos, especially when you can enjoy two delicious tacos with a locally crafted beer and a B-rated movie. 6-9 p.m. Solaire Restaurant and Bar, 611 Ocean St., Santa Cruz. hotelparadox.com. $10.

ALL THINGS TEA Join Hidden Peak Tea House founder David Wright for a free tea tasting and discussion on the topic of “All Things Tea.” This is an opportunity to pass through the gate of the Hidden Peak, explore the tastes offered and ask questions about tea history, tradition, health benefits, rituals, and more. 6-8 p.m. Hidden Peak

Teahouse, 1541-C Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. hiddenpeakteahouse.com. Free.

GROUPS CRIBBAGE GAME CLUB Gather for a friendly game night. There is no fee for play.

We are aiming to play a six game roundrobin, as time allows. Following two hours of play (7-9PM), points will be tallied to determine the winner for the night. 7 p.m.

Rosie McCann’s, 1220 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. rosiemccanns.com. Free.

WOMENCARE: LAUGHTER YOGA Laughter yoga for women with cancer meets the second and fourth Tuesdays. Call WomenCARE to register: 457-2273. 3:304:30 p.m. Inner Light Center, 5630 Soquel Drive, Soquel. womencaresantacruz.org.

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MUSIC MONTHLY CHANTEY SING Free community sailor-singalong. Each month, local chantey singer Aaron Clegg co-hosts this event with a different featured guest, leading old traditional songs used by sailing crews to performing rhythmical hard labor.

6:30 p.m. Pour Taproom, 110 Cooper St. Suite B, Santa Cruz. charmasband.com.

APPLIED MUSIC STUDENT SPRING RECITAL Cabrillo College students perform individually in a wide variety of styles. Tickets required. 12:30 p.m. Cabrillo Samper Recital Hall, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos. cabrillovapa. com. Free.

COWBOY JUNKIES Sometimes revolutions begin quietly. In 1988, Cowboy Junkies proved that there was an audience waiting for something quiet, beautiful and reflective. The Trinity Session was like a whisper that cut through the noise—and it was compelling. 8 p.m. Rio Theatre, 1205 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. pulseproductions. net. $35.

OUTDOOR SPRING YOGA AND ETHNOBOTANY SERIES All classes take place in the Australian garden. Directional signs will be visible once you enter the Arboretum. This spring, the UCSC Arboretum & Botanic Garden is bringing back our popular Yoga and Ethnobotany series. 4 p.m. UCSC Arboretum & Botanic Garden, 85 Empire Grade, Santa Cruz. arboretum.ucsc.edu. $230/$16.

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THE HAYWOODS Santa Cruz rockabilly band the Haywoods started out in 1997. Or maybe it was 1995—it’s a little hazy.

Let’s just say that the band has been at it a long time, longer than most of the traditional country bands around here.

At first, the focus was covering a lot of obscure ’50s rockabilly tunes, but the group quickly began filling out sets with originals. Early songs had lots of love for that same era, but with a modern twist.

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“We’re not trying to create a museum piece. It’s not 1954 rockabilly. No, this is 2019. We want to do original stuff, we want to stay creative. That’s a big thing for us,” says lead singer Chad Silva. “We weren’t really trying to emulate what was going on in the ’50s, because quite frankly some of that stuff was quite silly. There’s a little bit more grit and humor to what we do.”

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And the style can vary, thanks to a lineup of one acoustic guitar, one electric lead, a double stand-up bass, and drum kit.

For instance, one of the Haywoods’ new songs, “My Heart is in the Drink,” is a straight-up honky-tonk weeper.

“I think we play with classic American styles of music. A lot of it sounds really rockabilly, but some of it also sounds really country-blues. We play with unusual progressions. We don’t necessarily stick to 1-4-5 all the time.”

The group is nearly finished with its third, currently untitled full-length, which should be released sometime in the next few months. AARON CARNES 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 8. Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $10 door/$7 with cowboy boots. 429-6994.

COWBOY JUNKIES

THURSDAY 5/9 REGGAE

COCOA TEA Since 1984, Jamaican reggae artist Cocoa Tea has delivered a mix of roots reggae and dancehall to open ears all over the world. But it wasn’t until the early 1990s that his fame hit internationally with the release of his Oil Ting album all about the First Gulf War. It was banned in the U.K. but made it to the top of the charts in the U.S. MAT WEIR 9 p.m. Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $20 adv/$25 door. 479-1854.

FRIDAY 5/10 PSYCH-ROCK

JARON YANCEY One of the first times Eugene, Oregon, singer-songwriter Jaron Yancey got stoned, he jammed out on the guitar with his drummer friend Chubs for 15 minutes. That whole time, Yancey strummed the A, G and E chords and Chubs grooved along, and they just felt the power of psych-blues. This stoned jam session is also the moment that Yancey knew that he wanted to pursue music full-time. You can hear that love

of all things sonic in his current tunes, with psychedelic, loose grooves that are grounded in the blues—but aren’t particularly grounded at all. It’s like the slowest, trippiest Pink Floyd stuff you can picture. AC 9 p.m. Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $5. 423-7117.

NEO-SOUL

KELLY FINNIGAN Had it been recorded in 1970, “Catch Me I’m Falling,” the lead single from Kelly Finnigan’s debut solo album, would probably have been on the Jackie Brown soundtrack. With its vibraphone and falsetto, the song aims for a spot right there next to the Delfonics, Bloodstone and Eddie Holman. The longtime singer of Bay Area soul group the Monophonics, Kelly Finnegan has spent the last 15 years developing a sound that is true to the classics, without sounding stuck in the past. Now backed by a new band, he’s breathing new life into Morpheus’s favorite music genre, neo-soul. MIKE HUGUENOR 9 p.m. Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $12 adv/$15 door. 479-1854.

SATURDAY 5/11 INDIE

LIZ COOPER Nashville singer-songwriter Liz Cooper writes music that sounds like that quiet little moment of feel-good solitude you get when you’re driving by yourself. But of course, it wouldn’t sound so perfectly breezy without the assistance of her backing band Stampede. I know what you’re thinking—sounds like country music. But actually, Cooper writes folk-rock with a flair of beach-bop, psych and an almost-microscopic dose of country. It’s complicated music that will suit you on you loneliest of moments when you need to sort out some feelings while still feeling good to just be alive. AC 9 p.m. Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $10 adv/$12 door. 423-1338.

COMEDY

THE PUTERBAUGH SISTERS Comedy duo and sisters Tiffany and Danielle Puterbaugh (of Chicago’s Entertaining Julia fame) have a thing for absurd and ridiculous subjects, be it the nefarious implications behind naming a store For-

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ever 21 or how great everything seems when one is getting laid a lot. They share the stage and riff back and forth, often egging each other on and cracking each other up with zany characterizations and silly voices. The Puterbaugh Sisters are all about making sure everyone has fun, often spurring crazy impromptu dance parties after their performance. AMY BEE 7:30 and 10 p.m., DNA’s Comedy Lab, 155 River St., Santa Cruz. $20 adv/$25 door.

(530) 592-5250, dnascomedylab.com.

FOLK

OLIVIA MILLERSCHIN With the voice of an angel, it’s a surprise folk singer Olivia Millerschin isn’t more of a household name. Then again, this early 20-something still has plenty of time to get her music out there.

Besides constantly touring, she was a quarter-finalist on America’s Got Talent and has not one, but two John Lennon Songwriting awards. Like Lennon, Millerschin combines a classic folksy style with modern pop sensibilities for a sound that is deep and emotional. MW 8 p.m. Lille Aeske, 13160 Hwy. 9, Boulder Creek. $20-$25. 703-4183.

INDIE

SPOOKY MANSION Daytime beach parties eventually evolve into nighttime bonfires. As things get cozy in front of the fire, it’s time for some Spooky Mansion to turn those playful surf-rock riffs into an edgier, more torrid sound. Not exactly spooky, unless you’re sitting just a tad too far away from the flames, but definitely darker, and sexier. AB 9 p.m. Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $5. 429-6994.

JAZZ

EDDIE PALMIERI LATIN JAZZ BAND As a pianist, composer and bandleader, Eddie Palmieri has been at the center of New York’s Latin music scene for more than six decades. After making a name for himself at the Palladium, the dance hall that served as homebase for the era’s greatest Latin dance bands, he introduced a revolutionary brass-powered sound with his ensemble La Perfecta. He’s been an innovative force ever since, both as a composer and a rhythmic dynamo on

stage, where his percussive attack and harmonic voicings reveal his abiding love of Thelonious Monk and McCoy Tyner. ANDREW GILBERT 7 and 9 p.m. Kuumbwa Jazz, 320-2 Cedar St., Santa Cruz. $31.50 adv/$47.25 door.

427-2227.

TUESDAY 5/14 ROCK

7 p.m. Thursday, May 23. Kuumbwa Jazz Center, 320-2 Cedar St., Santa Cruz. $26.25 adv/$31.50 door. WANT TO GO? Go to santacruz.com/giveaways before 11 a.m. on Thursday, May 16, to find out how you could win a pair of tickets to the show.

COWBOY JUNKIES Though the band’s biggest U.S. hit might have been a cover of Lou Reed’s “Sweet Jane,” the Cowboy Junkies have always been about earnest self-expression. In an era of digitization, the group remained rootsy, opting out of fancy studios and recording its first two albums with a single microphone. The second, The Trinity Sessions, broke the band through to the mainstream with its loose and Reed-esque version of country, folk and blues music. Made up of three siblings (and a friend), the Junkies have grown, but never changed, as evidenced by last year’s All That Reckoning. MH 8 p.m. Rio Theatre, 1205 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $35 general/$50 gold circle.

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IN THE QUEUE CARMEN “MAMA” CROW

Acoustic soul, part of the Women Who Folking Rock series. Wednesday at Michael’s On Main FLAURAL

Denver-based acid trip masquerading as a band. Saturday at Crepe Place WILLIE NELSON

Hippie-country legend. Saturday at Kaiser Permanente Arena ELHAE

Futuristic R&B singer. Monday at Catalyst

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MONDAY 5/13

Back in the ’80s, when Danish classically trained violinist Mads Tolling was 14 years old, his dad gave him a Miles Davis cassette. It was a life-changing moment that forever gave him a love for 1960s jazz. He comes to the Kuumbwa to celebrate this music from the supremely cool Mad Men era with his slickly dressed, appropriately named backing band the Mads Men. On the vocals, he’ll be joined by jazz singer Spencer Day, a guy who brings the vibes and the vocal chops of the Rat Pack to the stage.

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Wednesday May 8 –8/9pm $15 Live Reggae From Maui

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TFLATZ & KELANDY Thursday May 9 –8/9pm $20/25 Live Reggae From Jamaica

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Joint Chiefs 6:30-9p

Aliza Hava 7-9:30p Gil de Leon Trio 6-8p

APTOS ST. BBQ 8059 Aptos St, Aptos

Blind Rick 6-8p

Kid Andersen & John “Blues” Boyd 6-8p

James Murray 6-8p

BOARDWALK BOWL 115 Cliff St, Santa Cruz

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Magpies Blues Band 6-8p

Broken Shades 6-8p

Mojo Mix 6-8p

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Karaoke 8p-Close

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Swing Dance 5:30p

Beat Weekend 8p

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Alex Lucero & Friends 8p

Karaoke 9-12:30a

Karaoke 9-12:30a

San Francisco Soul Favorites

CAPITOLA WINE BAR 115 San Jose Ave, Capitola

Twilight Cafe 6:30p

Kip Allert 7p

Echo Fabric 2p Mike PZ & guest 7p

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CATALYST 1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Robin Trower $38/$43 7p

Dance Gavin Dance $25/$30 6p

The Faint $20/$25 7p

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Private Island $12/$14 8:30p

Elhae $18/$20 8:30p

Frankie & the Witch Fingers $10/$12 8:30p

+ IRIE ROCKERS Friday May 10 –8/9pm $12/15

CD Release w Kelly Of THE MONOPHONICS

KELLY FINNIGAN & THE ATONEMENT Saturday May 11 –8/9pm $12/15

ROYAL JELLY JIVE

Wednesday May 15 –8/8:30pm $10/15

Double Bill Featuring 2 Guitar Greats w/ Bands

SCOTT PEMBERTON + FAREED HAQUE

Backyard Birds Free 6-8p

CILANTROS 1934 Main St, Watsonville

Hippo Happy Hour 5:30-7:30p

FRONT COUNTRY

CORK AND FORK 312 Capitola Ave, Capitola

Open Mic Night Free 7-10p

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Friday May 17 –8/9pm $25/30

Starcrawler, Liz Cooper & Stampede Death Valley Girls $10/$12 8:30p $12/$14 8:30p

CHAMINADE RESORT 1 Chaminade Ln, Santa Cruz

Thursday May 16 –8/8:30pm $10/15 Bluegrass & American Roots Music

Andy Vargas & Souleros Kevin Morby $25 7p $17/$20 8:30p

John Michael 3p

CORRALITOS CULTURAL CENTER 127 Hames Rd., Corralitos

KPIG Happy Hour 5:30-7:30p Bonny June & Bonfire Free 7-10p Open Mic 7-10p

Acoustic Open Jam 3-5p

Roots Reggae From St. Croix

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May 22 TUNNEL VISION + PACIFIC ROOTS May 23 SUPERSUCKERS May 24 B-SIDE PLAYERS May 25 MELVIN SEALS & JGB May 26 RUPA & THE APRIL FISHES + LOCURA May 30 GREEN LEAF RUSTLERS w/ CHRIS ROBINSON May 31 ETANA + SARITAH June 1 SPACE HEATER June 4 LOUIS YORK June 6 MICHAEL ROSE w/ SLY & ROBBIE June 7 REAL ESTATE June 8 MIGHTY DIAMONDS June 9 WEBB WILDER BAND June 12 YELLOWMAN June 14 DUB CONGRESS June 15 COFFIS BROTHERS June 16 ROY ROGERS

WWW.MOESALLEY.COM 1535 Commercial Way Santa Cruz 831.479.1854

Women Who Folking Rock

Carmen “Mama” Crow, Janet Croteau, Rachel Goodman, Makana

$10 adv/$10 door seated <21 w/parent Thu. May 9 7:30pm

A Love Supreme Electric

Henry Kaiser, John Harahan, Alan Licht, Andrew Dixon, Terry Shields

$15 adv./$15 door seated <21 w/parent Fri. May 10 5pm HAPPY HOUR / NO COVER

Shady Rest

Locomotive Breath

Fri. May 10 8:30pm $10 adv./$12 door Dance – ages 21 +

Spirit of ’76

Sat. May 11 8:30pm $15 adv./$15 door Dance – ages 21 +

Grateful Sunday

Sun. May 12 5:30pm GRATEFUL DEAD TUNES / NO COVER Wed. May 15 7:30pm

Diamonds In The Rough plus Anthony Arya Tribute to John Prine

$10 adv./$10 door seated <21 w/parent

COMING UP

Thu. May 16 The Swirly Girls Fri. May 17 Sonny & the Sunsets plus Kelly Stoltz Sat. May 18 Soulwise plus Wildflower & The Bees Tue. May 21 Che Apalache Wed. May 22 Love Songs of the World w/ Dror Sinai & Friends

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Full Concert Calendar : MichaelsonMainMusic.com 2591 Main St, Soquel, CA 95073

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FLIGHT MONGOOSE

w/ DISCO ANDERSON & THE IMPORTED 9PM - $6 DOOR

Friday, May 10 Rio Theatre

ROBYN HITCHCOCK

HMML 5/17 BIG SUR

FRIDAY 5/10

THE SHOOBIES!

w / HIGHLAND EYEWAY & LOCAL CREATURE 9PM - $10 DOOR

SATURDAY 5/11

FLAURAL

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9PM - $8 ADVANCE / $10 DOOR

SUNDAY 5/12

Rio Theatre

Marty Stuart 5/23 & his Fabulous Superlatives

GREEN LEAF RUSTLERS

MOE’S 5/30

REAL ESTATE MOE’S 6/7 JOHN PAUL WHITE (of Civil Wars) Rio 6/15

ZACH FREITAS

w/ DEAD CONDUIT & REV. STEPHEN SAMS 9PM - $10 DOOR MONDAY 5/13

SPOOKY MANSION

BILL CALLAHAN BIG SUR 6/17

9PM - $5 DOOR

JACKIE GREENE BAND

w / GETAWAY DOGS TUESDAY 5/14

7 COME 11

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Golden State Theater

Friday, June 7

Monterey

Friday, July 5

Monterey

MANDOLIN ORANGE SUR ANIMAL COLLECTIVE BIG 10/13

LIVE MUSIC WED THE CREPE PLACE 1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz CROW’S NEST 2218 E. Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz

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THU FRI SAT Flight Mongoose w/ Western Wednesday w/ Shoobies! w/ Highland Flaural Disco Anderson & more The Haywoods $10 8p & more $10 9p $8/$10 9p $6 9p

The DC Trio $3 7:30p

SkyPark $5 8p

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5/12

MON

5/13

Zach Freitas w/ Dead Spooky Mansion w/ Conduit & more $10 9p Getaway Dogs $5 9p

KavaJah & the Remedy The Gary Blackburn Band Live Comedy $6 9p $7 9:30p $7 9p

Funk Night ft. 7 Come 11 $6 9p-12a

FIRE & GRACE & ASH Tickets: celticsociety.org

Saturday, May 11 • 8:30 PM

SIN SISTERS BURLESQUE Tickets: eventbrite.com

Monday, May 13 • 7 PM & 9 PM

EDDIE PALMIERI LATIN JAZZ BAND

Led by an icon of salsa and Latin jazz.

Smoky Nights Free 6:30-8:30p

DNA’S COMEDY LAB 155 River St, Santa Cruz

Wednesday, May 15 • 7 PM SF’s Mental Health Comedy Hour 8p

CSI: Santa Cruz 7:30p Movie Riffing 10p

THE FISH HOUSE 972 Main St, Watsonville

FLOR DE TOLOACHE

The Puterbaugh Sisters 7:30 & 10p

A fresh and contemporary reimagining of classic mariachi sounds.

1/2 PRICE STUDENT TICKETS

The Ville Band

Thursday, May 16 • 7 PM

KUUMBWA JAZZ HONOR BAND

FLYNN’S CABARET 6275 Hwy 9, Felton GABRIELLA CAFE 910 Cedar St., Santa Cruz

5/14

Bourbon Brothers $5 8p

DAV. ROADHOUSE 1 Davenport Ave, Davenport DISCRETION BREWING 2703 41st Ave, Soquel

TUE

Wednesday, May 8 • 7:30 PM

Linc Russin 7-9p

JACK O’NEILL RESTAURANT & LOUNGE 175 W Cliff Dr. Santa Cruz

Matias 6:30-9:30p

KUUMBWA JAZZ 320-2 Cedar St, Santa Cruz

Fire & Grace & Ash $22/$25 7p

MICHAEL’S ON MAIN 2591 Main St, Soquel

Women Who Folking Rock $10 7:30p

Showcasing our community’s remarkable local jazz talent.

Jeannine Bonstelle & Sweeney Schragg 6:30-9:30p

A Love Surpreme Electric $15 8:30p

Scott Slaughter 6:30-9:30p JP Sears w/ Stephanie Clark $38.50-$87.50 7&9:30p Shady Rest Free 5p Locomotive Breath $10/$12 8:30p

1/2 PRICE STUDENT TICKETS

7th Wave Trio 6:30-9:30p

Friday, May 17 • 7 PM

Sin Sisters Burlesque $20-$40 7:30p Spirit of ‘76 $15 8:30p

Eddie Palmieri Latin Jazz Band $42/$47.50 7&9p Grateful Sunday Free 5:30p

CHAMPIAN FULTON: TRIBUTE TO DINAH WASHINGTON One of jazz’s rising-star vocalists playting homage to a legend.

1/2 PRICE STUDENT TICKETS Monday, May 20 • 7 PM & 9 PM

ANAT COHEN TENTET – MUSIC DIRECTOR: ODED LEV-ARI A synergistic, clarinet-centered ensemble.

Thursday, May 23 • 7 PM

MADS TOLLING & THE MADS MEN WITH SPENCER DAY

Bringing the cosmopolitan and urbane style of the 1960s to the stage.

1/2 PRICE STUDENT TICKETS Friday, May 24 • 7:30 PM

SLAID CLEAVES

Tickets: snazzyproductions.com Thursday, May 30 • 7 PM

UCSC JAZZ ENSEMBLES

A diverse program from the University’s esteemed jazz department.

1/2 PRICE STUDENT TICKETS Sunday, June 2 • 7 PM

Pensive and luminous nylon and twelve-string guitar artistry.

Monday, June 3 • 7 PM

JUDY CARMICHAEL WITH LARRY KOONSE Stride piano at its finest.

1/2 PRICE STUDENT TICKETS Thursday, June 6 • 7 PM

PASCAL LE BOEUF’S LIGHT AS A WORD

A new project from an acclaimed artist.

Unless noted, advance tickets at kuumbwajazz.org and dinner served one hour before Kuumbwa presented concerts. Premium wine & beer available.

All ages welcome.

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Wednesday, May 8 • Ages 16+

Robin Trower

Wednesday, May 8 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

PRIVATE ISLAND

plus Derek Ted

Thursday, May 9 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

ANDY VARGAS & SOULEROS

WED

5/8

MISSION ST. BBQ 1618 Mission St, Santa Cruz

Tom Lawson Free 6p

MOE’S ALLEY 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz

Maoli & Tflatz, Kelandy $12/$15 8p

Saturday, May 11 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

MOTIV 1209 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Euphoric, The Program 9:30p

Sunday, May 12 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

NEW BOHEMIA BREWERY 1030 41st Ave, Santa Cruz

Friday, May 10 • Ages 16+

KEVIN MORBY

plus Sam Cohen

Saturday, May 11 • Ages 16+

The Faint plus Choir Boy

LIZ COOPER & THE STAMPEDE STARCRAWLER • DEATH VALLEY GIRLS Monday, May 13 • Ages 16+

ELHAE

plus NBDY

Tuesday, May 14 • Ages 16+

FRANKIE & THE WITCH FINGERS May 16 Jai Wolf/ Giraffage (Ages 16+) May 18 Ari Lennox/ Baby Rose (Ages 16+) May 23 Hieroglyphics/ Rap Noir (Ages 16+) May 24 The Frights/ Naked Giants (Ages 16+) May 25 Mustache Harbor (Ages 16+) Jun 1 Ghostemane/ Ho9909 (Ages 16+) Jun 2 Planet Booty S.C. Pride Afterparty (Ages 21+) Jun 4 Dizzy Wright/ Demrick (Ages 16+) Jun 5 Chon/ d0MI x JD Beck (Ages 16+) Jun 6 Fidlar (Ages 16+) Jun 8 Andre Nickatina/ J.Lately (Ages 16+) Jun 27 Together Pangea/ Vundabar (Ages 16+) Jun 29 Galactic ft. Erica Falls (Ages 16+) Jul 14 Toots & The Maytals (Ages 16+) Aug 16 The Original Wailers (Ages 16+) Unless otherwise noted, all shows are dance shows with limited seating.

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THU

5/9

FRI

Broken Shades Free 6-8p

5/10

Lloyd Whitley Free 6p

Kelly Finnigan & Cocoa Tea & Irie Rockers the Atonements $20/$25 8p $12/$15 8p Libation Lab w/ Adam Cova King Wizard & Chief 9:30p Transcend 9:30p

SAT

5/11

Paula Harris & Nate Ginsberg Free 6p

SUN

5/12

AC Myles Free 6p

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5/13

Rob Vye Free 6p

5/14

Harpdog Brown Free 6p

D-Roc, Brandon Fox 9:30p

Rasta Cruz Reggae Party 9:30p

The Takeover, Turn Up Tuesday 9:30p Taco Trivia Tuesday w/ Hive Mind 6:30p

Trivia 8p

Cement Ship Free 10p

PARADISE BEACH 215 Esplanade, Capitola

Alex Lucero 6-9p

POET & PATRIOT 320 E. Cedar St, Santa Cruz

Holysea, Monsterlips, Free 8:30p

Vinny Johnson 2-5p Hot Laundry, The InfaOpen Mic, Free, 4-7p mous Swanks, Gidget & Dead Conduit, Average the G-Spots Free 9p Jill & more Free, 9pm

The Joint Chiefs 2-5p Queer Bingo $5/ Card, 3:30-6:30p Trivia, Free 7:30pm

Erin Avila 6-9p Comedy Free 8p

THE RED 200 Locust St, Santa Cruz THE REEF 120 Union St, Santa Cruz

TUE

Royal Jelly Jive & Kendra McKinley $12/$15 8p

Open Mic Free 8-11p ‘Geeks Who Drink’ Trivia Night 8p

Variety Show w/ Toby Gray 6:30p

RIO THEATRE 1205 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz

Acoustic Reggae Jam 6:30p

Aloha Friday 6:30p

LunaFest Santa Cruz $20 7-9p

The Church $31.50 8p

Featured Acts 6:30p

The Human Juke Box 6p

Open Mic 6p

Deva Premal & Miten w/ Manose $55 7:30p

Comedy Night 9p

First & Third Celtic Jam

Live DJ

Live DJ

Trivia 7:30p

THE SAND BAR 211 Esplanade, Capitola

Eric Morrison & the Mysteries 8p

The Joint Chiefs & Friends 8p

Isaac & the Haze 8:30p

Jake Nielson Triple Threat Dennis Dove 8:30p Open Jam 7p

Alex Lucero & Friends 7:30p

LIVE THURSDAY MAY 9, 2019

DOORS: 7:00 PM | SHOW: 8:00 PM

SAM DIGGEDY

Tuesday Trivia Night 6:30p Cowboy Junkies $35 8p

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5/9

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5/10

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5/11

SANDERLINGS 1 Seascape Resort, Aptos

Gypsy Mountain Drifters Yuji & Steve 7:30p 7:30p

SEABRIGHT BREWERY 519 Seabright, Santa Cruz

Evan Thomas Blues

SEVERINO’S BAR & GRILL 7500 Old Dominion Court, Aptos

Don McCaslin & the Amazing Jazz Geezers 6-10p

Hot Fuse 8-11:30p

Hall Pass 8-11:30p

SHADOWBROOK 1750 Wharf Rd, Capitola

Ken Constable 6:30-9:30p

Joe Ferrara 6:30-9:30p

Claudio Melega 7-10p

Mikey Bilello 6-9p

DJ Olright 6-9p

Drifting Compass 6-9p

Soul Doubt Free 5p

The Bourbon Brothers Free 5p

SHANTY SHACK BREWING 138 Fern St, Santa Cruz

Joe Kaplow 6-9p

STEEL BONNET 20 Victor Square, Scotts Valley SUSHI GARDEN S.V. 5600 Scotts Valley Dr, Scotts Valley

SUN

5/12

TUE

5/14

Toby Gray Free 5:30p Open Mic w/ Steven David 5:30p Joe Leonard & guest 3-5p

Mikey Bilello 6-8p

WHARF HOUSE 1400 Wharf Road, Capitola ZELDA’S 203 Esplanade, Capitola

5/13

Charles Whyte 6-8p Beach Cowboys

John Michael

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FILM

‘WILD’ TIMES Molly Shannon and Susan Ziegler in ‘Wild Nights With Emily.’

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Poet’s secret love life playfully explored in ‘Wild Nights With Emily’ BY LISA JENSEN

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t sounds like a classic “what if” premise: What if poet Emily Dickinson, the Belle of Amherst, long-famed as a reclusive, unworldly spinster, nurtured a secret love affair with another woman throughout her life?

But it’s not such idle speculation.

That the poet had a long-term love relationship from their teenage years on with Susan Gilbert, the woman who would eventually become her brother’s wife, has been increasingly well-documented in recent years. It was a story too delicious to pass up for playwright/filmmaker Madeleine Olnek. In 1999, she wrote a stage play celebrating this newly discovered

aspect of Dickinson’s life, which she now adapts in the film Wild Nights With Emily.

Olnek decided that Dickinson’s love poetry made no sense if she’d lived all her life as a timid, untouched spinster. When she read an article describing the technology by which it was now possible to read words that had been erased from old letters and manuscripts—in Dickinson’s case, dedications to “Sue” or “Susie”—Olnek was inspired. Despite its tonguein-cheek title, there’s nothing lurid in Olnek’s film, which portrays Dickinson’s surprising double life with plenty of dry humor and tenderness.

Molly Shannon stars as an

outwardly drab, but emotionally frisky Emily, who lives all her life in her parents’ Amherst house that she eventually inherits. Her days are occupied writing the nearly 1,800 poems that few will ever read (only a dozen were published in her lifetime), but which consume her. Asked why she always wears the same plain white dress, she says it’s because she doesn’t want to waste time and energy deciding what to wear every day.

As a teenager at school in the Ladies Shakespeare Society (the film unfolds in three different time periods), young Emily meets young Susan as they are reading aloud one of the love duels from Much Ado About Nothing. Their

first kiss soon follows, and a flirty, passionate and soulful relationship continues undisturbed after Susan (played as an adult by Susan Ziegler) eventually marries Emily’s brother, Austin (Kevin Seal), and they move into the house next door.

The movie’s comic tone is odd at times (especially around the third Dickinson sibling, Lavinia, the designated dingbat). But it’s smart in exploring the depth of the bond Emily shared with the woman basically excised from history for 180 years. While careful to keep their physical intimacy secret, they pour out their hearts and intellect to each other in hundreds of notes passed between the two houses for the rest of Emily’s life.

It’s Susan who encourages Emily’s (mostly futile) attempts to get published (magazine editors complain that her verses don’t rhyme), and commiserates with her over the editors’ lack of vision. But the movie is much too playful to be taken for a feminist rant.

Hired to provide mood music on the piano while Emily writes upstairs, Mabel becomes Austin’s mistress. Determined to capitalize on her three degrees of separation from the famous poet (whom the film suggests she never actually met), Mabel becomes the selfappointed executor of Dickinson’s literary legacy after the poet’s death—which includes personally erasing all those “Susies” from Emily’s love poems. She also takes it upon herself to provide titles for what few of Emily’s intentionally untitled poems see print in her lifetime. (When one of these appended, spoiler-providing titles appears on her poem in the newspaper, Emily is appalled. “It’s like calling Romeo and Juliet ‘They Both Die In the End,’” she cracks.)

Despite her uneven narrative, Olnek often hits the mark, as when the sound of Mabel’s dogged erasing plays over Susan’s tender administrations at Emily’s deathbed.

This eloquent shot speaks volumes.

Wild Nights With Emily *** (out of four) With Molly Shannon and Susan Ziegler.

Written and directed by Madeleine Olnek.

A Greenwich Entertainment release. Rated PG-13. 84 minutes.

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FILM NEW RELEASES HAIL SATAN? Let’s not let this go to our heads, people, but right on the heels of having our fair city featured in Jordan Peele’s Us, we’re already in another movie! Or at least the Satanic Temple Santa Cruz is featured in this new documentary about how the Satanic Temple group has used pranks and humor to fight some serious battles over the separation of church and state. Which I guess is why there’s a question mark at the end?

‘Cause they don’t really care about the devil at all? Or maybe it’s just fun to end with a question mark? Anyway, there will be a Q&A with Satanic Temple members at the Nickelodeon on Friday, May 10, at the 7:20 p.m. screening. Directed by Penny Lane.

(R) 95 minutes. (SP)

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THE HUSTLE The Hustle is hard to explain. Basically, it’s Dirty Rotten Scoundrels with con women instead of con men. Oh wait, that wasn’t hard at all! Directed by Chris Addison. Starring Rebel Wilson, Anne Hathaway and Dean Norris. (PG-13) 94 minutes. (SP)

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POKEMON DETECTIVE PIKACHU I think most of us can agree we had no desire to see this movie until we saw the preview and realized Ryan Reynolds was the voice of the Pokemon. And maybe we still don’t? As someone who has not even a basic understanding of Pokemon culture, let me tell you what I could glean about this liveaction adventure-comedy from the preview: There’s a boy who wants to train Pokemon, which are little yellow monsters, duh. He needs to find his dad (or something), and discovers a Pikachu who is a detective. All of this, so far, is somehow normal in this movie, but when the boy discovers he can actually understand what the Pikachu is saying—ho ho, look out, because that is crazy! “A human who understands a Pikachu,” he said to himself, shaking his head with a smile as he sipped on his Folger’s International Coffee.“What will they think of next?” Directed by Rob Letterman. Co-starring Justice Smith, Kathryn Newton and Bill Nighy. (PG) 104 minutes. (SP)

POMS Comedy about a group of women who form a cheerleading squad at their retirement home. Why tho? Directed by Zara Hayes. Starring Diane Keaton, Jacki Weaver, Pam Grier, and Rhea Perlman. (PG-13) (SP) RED JOAN Judi Dench in a British spy thriller? Yes, please! Dame Judi stars as the older Joan (with Sophie Cookson as her younger self) in this story inspired by the life of Melita Norwood, the British civil servant who spied for the KGB for four decades.

Directed by Trevor Nunn. (R) 101 minutes. (SP) TOLKIEN Ever wonder what J.R.R. Tolkien was like as a teenager? No? Er, well, this coming-of-age drama is about that. Directed by Dome Karukoski. Starring Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins and Colm Meaney. (PG-13) 112 minutes. (SP) CONTINUING EVENT: LET’S TALK ABOUT THE MOVIES Film buffs are invited Wednesday nights at 7 p.m. to downtown Santa Cruz, where each week the group discusses a different current release. For location and discussion topic, go to https://groups.google.com/group/ LTATM.

NOW PLAYING AMAZING GRACE This documentary is made up of neverbefore-released footage of Aretha Franklin recording her live album Amazing Grace at a church in Watts in 1972. Amazing Grace went on to win a Grammy and be the biggest-selling album of her career. Franklin’s label, Warner Bros., planned to put out a documentary in conjunction with the album, but director Sydney Pollack ran into technical issues that derailed the effort completely. After Pollack gave him the footage in 2008, Alan Elliott spent two years fixing it—but for reasons that aren’t entirely clear, considering that she had signed a contract for the film four decades earlier, Franklin herself fought its release for years. The New York Times had the best headline when the film debuted after her death: “Aretha Franklin Didn’t Want You to See This Movie. But You Must.” (G) 87 minutes.

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ASK DR. RUTH No one would have thought to ask a German about sex before Dr. Ruth Westheimer became a thing in the ’80s. And she was a thing, this cute little old lady speaking frankly about sex and telling people to “get some” (literally, that was her catchphrase). After dozens of books and thousands of TV appearances, this documentary attempts to get some insight into what made Dr. Ruth (who is now 90!) into the most famous sex therapist ever. Directed by Ryan White. (Not Rated) 100 minutes.

(SP) AVENGERS: ENDGAME You probably haven’t heard anything about this under-the-radar release featuring a few of the costumed characters from those old comic books you used to read when you were a kid. But despite the fact that almost no one saw the movie that was meant to be the lead-up to this one, Avengers: Infinity War, I still think this one has a chance to defy the odds and be a surprise hit. Directed by the Russo brothers. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Brie Larson, Scarlett Johansson, and Josh Brolin. (PG-13) 181 minutes. (SP) BREAKTHROUGH Drama based on the true story of a kid who fell through some ice in St. Louis in 2015 and was rescued after being underwater for 15 minutes. His Christian mother Joyce Smith wrote a book about how her son had been saved by God, which is the story re-told here. I’m happy for her kid and all, and I’d sure as hell be thankful if my child lived through that, but I kinda think even God is like,“Calm down, lady!” on this one.

I mean, that same year, an Italian teenager was rescued and made a full recovery after being submerged for 42 minutes, and you don’t see anybody calling him the chosen one.

(PG) 116 minutes. (SP) THE CHAPERONE There is only a hint of Louse Brooks, the silent movie star-to-be, in this fond, factbased, yet lightly fictionalized tale of the teenaged Brooks creating her showbiz persona during the summer of 1922 in New York City. The title refers to the conservative matron charged with shepherding her to the big city from their Midwestern home,

played by Elizabeth McGovern with precise decorum but a willingness to grow and adapt. She’s the one ripe for epiphany, but it’s Haley Lu Ruichardson as the coltish Brooks, eager for life, that gives the movie its moments of dazzle. Downton Abbey alumni, screenwriter Julian Fellowes and director Mchael Engler, launch the first feature film from PBS Masterpiece. (Not rated) 103 minutes.

(LJ) THE CURSE OF LA LLORONA The Woman in Black. The Nun. Now La Llorona. Am I the only one who can barely tell these creepy movie ladies apart anymore? This movie is based on the Mexican folktale about a “Weeping Woman” who lost her children and now wants to steal everyone else’s. Weirdly enough, it’s supposed to be part of the “Conjuring Universe,” a fancy way of saying yet another spin-off of James Wan’s 2013 film The Conjuring, which besides the two direct sequels has already given us two boring movies about Annabelle the doll and that even worse nun movie. Directed by Michael Chaves.

Starring Linda Cardellini, Raymond Cruz and Patricia Velasquez. (R) 93 minutes. (SP) HELLBOY Original Hellboy Ron Perlman has been pushing for a third film in Guillermo del Toro’s series about the comic book half-demon for years. But the studio decided to reboot the franchise instead, with director Neil Marshall and star David Harbour. Now, I loved Marshall’s spelunking-horror breakthrough film The Descent, and Harbour’s great as Chief Hopper on Stranger Things.

But c’mon, Perlman is the only guy cool enough to play Vincent on the old TV show Beauty and the Beast, be a badass biker on Sons of Anarchy, blow up an alien in Alien Resurrection, and do voices on Spongebob Squarepants. (R) 120 minutes. (SP) THE INTRUDER In this Fatal Attraction-style thriller, Dennis Quaid plays a guy who sells his family home to a young couple, then begins harassing them and even breaking in to their house, because he’s a psycho and still thinks it’s rightfully his. To me, a movie like this stretches way too far beyond the limits of believability. I

mean, we all know Randy is the crazy one. Directed by Deon Taylor. Costarring Meagan Good and Michael Ealy. (PG-13) 102 minutes. (SP) LONG SHOT The weird rom-com tradition of Seth Rogan playing characters who would never actually have any hope of attracting the women they’re paired up with continues with Long Shot, but luckily this time they made it part of the plot rather than just pretending it was NBD. Rogan plays an unemployed journalist who hooks up with his former babysitter—who also happens to be the U.S. Secretary of State. And running for president. And played by Charlize Theron. Directed by Jonathan Levine. (R) 125 minutes. (SP) THE MUSTANG This feature film debut for director Laure de ClermontTonnerre spins a tale of wild horses, regret and redemption set in a high-security prison complex out in the middle of the Nevada desert. As part of their rehab, certain inmates are chosen to break and train the mustangs for auction, and Matthias Schoenaerts delivers a towering, if taciturn performance (it’s all in his eyes) as a prisoner who learns tenderness by bonding with his animal. The analogy between wildspirited mustangs and incarcerated men is hardly novel, yet the nuances of character, story and subtle, yet profoundly felt emotion keep viewers involved. (R) 96 minutes. (LJ) PENGUINS Disney nature documentary follows a young penguin doin’ penguin stuff. Adorbs!

Narrated by Ed Helms. (G) 76 minutes. (SP) UGLY DOLLS Robert Rodriguez of From Dusk Till Dawn, Grindhouse and Spy Kidz fame came up with the story for this animated musical based on the Uglydolls line of plush toys. I know the haters out there are sarcastically thinking,“Say no more, you had me at ‘plush,’” but if you needed another reason to rage-watch this thing, it features the voices of Kelly Clarkson, Nick Jonas and Blake Shelton. (PG) 87 minutes. (SP) WILD NIGHTS WITH EMILY Reviewed this issue. (PG-13) 84 minutes. (SP)

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n avant garde master of whatever’s next in viticulture, Bonny Doon Vineyard founder Randall Grahm has been rhôning around the world wine stage for decades. And now he’s returning to his roots as an educator, raconteur and mentor for anyone with an inquiring taste bud.

Hence this Saturday’s rare Master Class with Randall Grahm, to be held May 11 from 1-3:30 p.m. at Soif Wine Bar. If you’ve ever wanted the lowdown on Grahm’s devotion to the spectacular grapes of the Rhône or his esoteric wisdom on the subject of terroir, this is your chance.

RG tells me that he’ll be bringing, “a slew of oddball wines” with him to Soif this Saturday, and will, “probably

talk for a couple of hours about terroir, Popelouchum [Grahm’s San Juan Bautista estate vineyard] and the deeper meaning of vinous qi.”

Possibly a few other topics as well.

The winemaker’s appearance kicks off Soif’s new series of Master Class wine tastings designed to spotlight individuals with notable depth of knowledge and experience in the wine industry. In addition to waxing loquacious about Rhône grape varietals, Grahm will discuss and critique not only his own wines, but also other wines he’s chosen from Soif’s wine shop. Special cheeses and a selection from Chef Tom McNary’s charcuterie will add counterpoint to the flavor ambience of the event.

Tastings at the will include: 2014

Bonny Doon Bien Nacido Syrah, 2012 Bonny Doon Le Cigare Volant, 2011 Bonny Doon Le Cigare Blanc, 2015 Domaine Chambeyron-Manin Côte-Rôtie, 2018 Bonny Doon Vin Gris Normale, and the legendary 2016 Vieux Telegraphe “La Crau” Châteauneuf-du-Pape.

Saturday, May 11. Tasting begins promptly at 1p.m. Soif, 105 Walnut Ave., Santa Cruz. $100 general/$80 for Soif Wine Club members. 423-2020, soifwine.com/new-events.

MOTHERS LOVE AVANTI Under the lively new ownership of Jonathan and Tatiana Glass, the Westside tradition that is Ristorante Avanti at 1917 Mission St. will be offering a special Mother’s Day

Opening this week, the Scotts Valley Farmers Market is back every Saturday 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at the SV Community Center parking lot. That means organic veggies, fruits, herbs, pasture-raised eggs and meats, fresh flowers (the ultimate sign of spring!), breads, pastries, and cooked-on-the-spot cuisine. Watch for this summer’s schedule of popup breakfasts and a farm-to-table, multi-course meal starting on June 29 and created by Kenny Woods of 1440 Multiversity. Check the Scotts Valley Farmers Market facebook page for reservations and details.

Felton’s Farmers Market also starts this week, running every Tuesday from 2:30-6:30 p.m. in the heart of town through October. Fresh berries, DIY workshops from Mountain Feed & Farm Supply, fresh fish from H&H, and new this season, authentic street tacos from Tacos El Chuy, all reasons to soak up some redwood atmosphere on Tuesday afternoons. santacruzfarmersmar et.org.

COMING SOON It’s almost time to say hello to the urgently awaited Bad Animal at 1011 Cedar St. in downtown Santa Cruz.

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was fortunate to enter the portals of Stockwell Cellars on the day of a new wine release: a 2017 Sauvignon Blanc. A happy throng of wine club members filled the tasting room as a variety of wines flowed and food was handed out to pair with plentiful pours. Proprietor and winemaker Eric Stockwell epitomizes hospitality, and he loves what he does. His tasting room buzzes with activity on weekends, and his “Thirsty Thursday” events—often featuring music and food—are a huge hit.

Upgrades have been made to the urban-chic tasting room, including welcome heaters for often-chilly Santa Cruz weather. Fridays at Stockwell Cellars are fun, too. On May 10, visitors will be entertained by singer-songwriter Dave Nomad, and good grub will be offered by Union Foodie, a food truck serving up AsianMexican cuisine (sounds interesting!)

Stockwell is turning out some good wines, a prime example being the 2017 Sauvignon Blanc ($24). “The wine’s delicate straw color is your first indication of its freshness,” the winery’s description reads. “It has a lovely balance of minerality and fruit on both the nose and palate.”

And the delightful fruit flavors of golden apple, kiwi and pear—with a touch of beeswax—create a nice, crisp finish. Grapes are from Riverstar Vineyards in Paso Robles, showcasing characteristic terroir and adding balanced minerality. “It’s summertime in a bottle,” Stockwell says.

Stockwell Cellars is a family-run winery and includes Eric’s wife Suzanne, who runs the tasting room, and daughter Jessica, who does “a little bit of everything.” Their motto?

“Drink Well. Live Well. Stockwell.”

Stockwell Cellars, 1100 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz. 818-9075, stockwellcellars.com.

WINE, BEER AND ART WALK IN WATSONVILLE The City of Watsonville and the Pajaro Valley Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture are partnering for the second-annual Wine, Beer and Art Walk. Event-goers will receive a wine glass, a tote bag and Passport book featuring all downtown locations for one tasting at each site, 18 locations in all.

1-5 p.m. on Saturday, May 11. Civic Plaza Lobby, corner of Second and Main streets, Watsonville. eventbrite.com.

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H RISA’S STARS BY RISA D’ANGELES HONORING THE MOTHER Esoteric astrology as news for week of May 8, 2019

Sunday is Mother’s Day. The moon is in Virgo— ultimate sign of the perfect organized mother. It’s also the sign ruled by Mercury, so communication with mother is most important on Mother’s Day. It’s good to offer in whatever ways we can words of kindness, recognition, gratitude, and to also offer nurturing to our mothers. Although my mother is in heaven, I tell her every day, “You did a good job, Mother. A great job, in fact.”

All mothers are constantly learning how to be mothers. The task of mothering is demanding, arduous, daunting, difficult, confusing, filled with suffering and paradox. Mothering is an initiation, actually. Some (adult) children are estranged

ARIES Mar21–Apr20

from their mothers.

Such sadness! It’s good in this case to remember the prayer of St. Francis of Assisi, saint of Right Human Relations: “Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy.”

In our mothers’ later years, they will need to look to us for guidance. Let us promise this to them, safeguarding our mothers with understanding, compassion and love.

Careful how you interact with others. Do not rely only on possessions and monetary realities (though tending them is important). Rely also on instinct, and then intuition, to direct and guide you into knowing the quality of a person, event, resource, choice, and investment.

You will be called to act and speak with courage, a virtue of the heart. Allow a deep calmness to rest within.

there money or resources you share with another? Is everything clear and above-board in this area? It is time to arrange your finances so that debts are paid quickly.

These times call you to be frugal, economically prudent, thrifty, and careful, thus able to conserve resources with confidence. Be prepared to teach others very soon in these ways. You will be efficient, informative and illuminating. Your smile lights up dark places.

TAURUS Apr21–May21

SCORPIO Oct23–Nov21

Be aware that you make impressions on many, leading them to follow your every thought, idea, action, and move. Therefore, it’s important to act always with ethics and complete all plans, agreements, promises, and agendas. You’re attempting to initiate new projects impacting life far into the future. You may be one of the few able to accomplish this. The future of humanity awaits. Carry on through any obstacles or hindrances.

Call forth Mary to untie any knots (barriers) keeping you from spiritual work.

Relationships are primary now, so listen very carefully to what others are communicating and have the intentions to respond with deep listening, care, interest, and emotional equilibrium. Should you be uncooperative, imbalance will ensue and you will feel you have neglected a responsibility. Direct attention toward others now.

Because only from you can they feel a special care, nurturance, love, and safety. Then it’s all returned.

GEMINI May 22–June 20 You may feel a sense of tiredness, exhaustion and needing rest. You may also be dreaming at night with your head in the clouds during the day. Both are important. Have you begun your Esoteric Journal, Dream Journal or Retrograde Journal to record your experiences each day? Over time, messages concerning your life direction emerge. Maintain a light, fresh diet, eliminate anything excess, drink pure water, love more, and look to the stars each night for direction.

CANCER Jun21–Jul20

LE0 Jul21–Aug22 Career matters assume new dimensions, co-workers need more care, you want to improve your health, create new work methods and tend to the necessities of your life. Big jobs! You realize this takes balance, so you go slower than usual, foregoing adventure in order to create a long-term plan of practical goals. Your greatest success is acceptance of everything present in your life.

Then everything harmonizes.

VIRGO Aug23–Sep22 You may be traveling to teach and/or to study far away this summer. You may be planning meetings, conferences, classrooms and/or curriculum. You will definitely be communicating with others on a large scale, either personally or through writing, speaking, teleconferencing, conference-calling. Some or all of these will occur, and all the while you gain knowledge, happiness and goodness. You have an adventure.

LIBRA Sep23–Oct22 Are you harboring a secret, perhaps more than one? Are

You may be creating many various lists consisting of tasks and errands: cars that need tending, accounts that need reckoning, travels that need considering, responsibilities that need completing, and problems that need easing. Spending time alone will help you complete incomplete projects. You may dream more at night as you travel about in the ethers. Record all dreams. Over time, dreams offer a clear message of your direction in life.

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CAPRICORN Dec21–Jan20 Setting out each day’s agenda and assessing priorities allows you to have more control, more wisdom, and brings a clarity and focus to all that you do. Try not to criticize yourself or anyone. Compassion tells us everyone’s doing their very best while at different stages of development. New opportunities appear at first as philosophical ideas. Then they become goals. Rest more so you can imagine more. And then create more. Life is magic.

AQUARIUS Jan21–Feb18 Home, family, property, community, and parents become very important. Give them attention, attempting to improve relationships with family while also improving the beauty and organization of the environments you find yourself in. Do nothing that unsettles your safety or security, challenge no one, and calm tensions with exercise, prayer, vitamins, minerals, and herbs. No storing them!

PISCES Feb19–Mar20 It’s best to set time aside to gain better health. A new sense of feeling better and self-identity results. Often you work with the shadow side of your health (things hidden). As well as your Sun side (things apparent).

You feel the need for better health, clear direction and resources that provide stabilization, constancy and the right sense of home. Sometimes there’s simply the need for silence. Inner and outer silence. Then we hear these words, “Rest for a while, O Pilgrim along the Way.”

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It’s important to maintain close connections with like-minded friends who share the values you find important. See all interactions, even uncomfortable ones, as opportunities, and attempt to understand what the hopes, wishes and needs of others are. Know that no matter how life is now, greater community will be available to you and your family later. Careful while walking, lest you stumble.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019-0000676 The following Corporation is doing business as REAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, REAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SANTA CRUZ, & RPM SANTA CRUZ. 3540 SOQUEL DR., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. County of Santa Cruz. REGO INVESTMENTS CENTRAL VALLEY, INC. 601 14TH ST., MODESTO, CA 95354. Al# 3014275. This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: REGO INVESTMENTS CENTRAL VALLEY, INC. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Apr. 5, 2019. Apr. 17, 24, May 1, & 8.

court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING May 23, 2019 at 8:30 am, in Department 10 located at Superior Court of California, 701 Ocean Street. Santa Cruz, CA 95060. A copy of this order to show cause must be published in the Good Times, a newspaper of general circulation printed in Santa Cruz County, California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated: April 8, 2019. Paul P. Burdick, Judge of the Superior Court. April 17, 24, May 1, & 8.

REFILING OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE WITH CHANGE NO. 2019-0000669 The following Corporation is doing business as WAMM PHYTOTHERAPIES, INC. 540 SOQUEL AVENUE, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. County of Santa Cruz. WO/MEN'S ALLIANCE FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA. 815 ALMAR AVE. #2, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060.

AI# 1993300. This business is conducted by a Corporation signed: VALERIE CORRAL, CEO. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 11/8/2018. original FBN number: 2019-0000616. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on April 4, 2019. Apr. 24, May 1, 8, & 15.

Individual is doing business as INTEGRITY HANDYMAN SERVICES. 3100 STANLEY AVE., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95065. County of Santa Cruz. MICHAEL D. PUGH. 3100 STANLEY AVE., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95065. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: MICHAEL D. PUGH. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on April 16, 2019.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019-0000677 The following Corporation is doing business as SAND DOLLAR REALTY, & VALLEYWIDE REALTY GROUP. 3540 SOQUEL DR.., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. County of Santa Cruz.

VALLEYWIDE GROUP INC. 343 E. MAIN ST. #819, STOCKTON, CA 95202. Al# 4091776.

This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: VALLEYWIDE GROUP INC. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on April 5, 2019. Apr. 17, 24, May 1, & 8.

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CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ.PETITION OF DAVIN ORDANY NGANGA-EDELSON CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO.19CV01008. THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner DAVIN ORDANY NGANGAEDELSON has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing the applicants name from: DAVIN ORDANY NGANGA-EDELSON to: ORDANY DE DAVIN NGANGA EDELSON. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING May 20, 2019 at 8:30 am, in Department 5 located at Superior Court of California, 701 Ocean Street. Santa Cruz, CA 95060. A copy of this order to show cause must be published in the Good Times, a newspaper of general circulation printed in Santa Cruz County, California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated: Apr. 3, 2019. Paul P. Burdick, Judge of the Superior Court. Apr. 17, 24, May 1, & 8.

CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ.PETITION OF RALPH RYAN DUNCANS CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO.19CV01064. THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner RALPH RYAN DUNCANS has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing the applicants name from: RALPH RYAN DUNCANS to: RYAN CLOW. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019-0000646 The following Individual is doing business as HAIR BY PETER LIU. 4210 CAPITOLA RD., CAPITOLA, CA 95010. County of Santa Cruz. PETER CHUOFENG LIU. 716 CAPITOLA AVE. STE A, CAPITOLA, CA 95010. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: PETER CHUOFENG LIU The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is 4/1/2019. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on April 2, 2019. Apr. 17, 24, May 1, & 8.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019-0000610 The following married Couple is doing business as CORRALITOS CLEANING. 2409 FREEDOM BLVD., WATSONVILLE, CA 95076. County of Santa Cruz. MARIA SALUD TINOCO-OGDEN & SKYE OGDEN. 2409 FREEDOM BLVD., WATSONVILLE, CA 95076. This business is conducted by a married Couple signed: SKYE OGDEN. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 1/1/2019. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on March 26, 2019. Apr. 17, 24, May 1 & 8.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019-0000708 The following Individual is doing business as VENERATION OF LIGHT. 1630 MERRILL STREET #405, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. County of Santa Cruz. HEATHER DETOMA. 1630 MERRILL STREET #405, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: HEATHER DETOMA. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 4/1/2019. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on April 9, 2019. Apr. 17, 24, May 1, & 8.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019-0000710 The following Individual is doing business as WALLTASTIC SERVICES. 1360 RUBY CT. #2, CAPITOLA, CA 95010. County of Santa Cruz. DILLON LEE HUCK. 1360 RUBY CT. #2, CAPITOLA, CA 95010. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: DILLON LEE HUCK. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on April 10, 2019. Apr. 24, May 1, 8, & 15.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019-0000608The following Limited Liability Company is doing business as ETRE, SAIL COMMUNITY CAPITAL and SAIL MARKETING. 363 OCEAN ST., APT. A, SANTA CRUZ, CA, 95060. County of Santa Cruz. SAIL SMALL BUSINESS LLC. 363 OCEAN ST., APT. A, SANTA CRUZ, CA, 95060. AI# 7410359.

This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company signed: HILLARY TALBOT, MANAGING MEMBER. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on March 26, 2019. Apr. 24, May 1, 8, & 15.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019-0000732 The following family trust is doing business as EDGEWATER BEACH INN & SUITES. 525 SECOND ST., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. County of Santa Cruz.

WINIFRED ALEXANDER. 630 LUPINE VALLEY RD., APTOS, CA 95003. This business is conducted by a family trust signed: WINIFRED ALEXANDER. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is 11/2/1994. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on April 15, 2019.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019-0000594 The following married Couple is doing business as RAWAKE. 254 POTRERO ST., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060.

County of Santa Cruz. EMILIE PIETERS & KYLE S. PIETERS. 10226 EMPIRE GRADE, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. This business is conducted by a married Couple signed: KYLE PIETERS. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on March 25, 2019. Apr. 24, May 1, 8, & 15.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019-0000747 The following Individual is doing business as R.M. MAINTENANCE. 1950 KOOPMANS AVE., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. County of Santa Cruz. RENE ALEJANDRO MONROY. 1950 KOOPMANS AVE., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062.

This business is conducted by an Individual signed: RENE ALEJANDRO MONROY. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on April 17, 2019. Apr. 24, May 1, 8, & 15.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019-0000736 The following

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019-0000667. The following Copartnership is doing business as TWO FUNGUYS. 2880 CHESTERFIELD DRIVE, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. County of Santa Cruz. JASPER TOROIAN GARRETT & STEVEN RANDALL GARRETT JR. 2880 CHESTERFIELD DRIVE, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. This business is conducted by a Copartnership signed: STEVEN R GARRETT. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on April 4, 2019. Apr. 24, May 1, 8, & 15.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019-0000749 The following Individual is doing business as DAY BY DAY STUDIOS. 612 NATIONAL ST., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. County of Santa Cruz. DONAVON WINTERS. 612 NATIONAL ST., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: DONAVON WINTERS. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is 1/1/2019. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on April 17, 2019. Apr. 24, May 1, 8, & 15.

CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ.PETITION OF JORGE VEGATORRES CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO.19CV01167. THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner JORGE VEGA-TORRES has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing the applicants name from: JORGE VEGA-TORRES to: NATHAN FLAKO VEGA-TORRES. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING June 3, 2019 at 8:30 am, in Department 5 located at Superior Court of California, 701 Ocean Street. Santa Cruz, CA 95060. A copy of this order to show cause must be published in the Good Times, a newspaper of general circulation printed in Santa Cruz County, California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated: April 16, 2019. Paul P. Burdick, Judge of the Superior Court. Apr. 24, May 1, 8, & 15.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019-0000740 The following Individual is doing business as MASTERS APPAREL. 369 ROBERTS RD., BEN LOMOND, CA 95005. County of Santa Cruz. ANDREW

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JoNathoN chestNut. 369 roBerts rd., BeN lomoNd, ca 95005. This business is conducted by an individual signed: aNdreW chestNut. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is Not applicaBle. This statement was filed with Gail l. Pellerin, County Clerk of santa Cruz County, on april 17, 2019. apr. 24, may 1, 8, & 15.

department 10 located at superior court of california, 701 ocean street. santa cruz, ca 95060. a copy of this order to show cause must be published in the Good Times, a newspaper of general circulation printed in santa Cruz County, California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated: april 23, 2019. Paul P. Burdick, Judge of the superior Court. may 1, 8, 15, & 22.

chaNge of Name iN the superior court of califorNia, for the couNty of saNta cruZ.petitioN of sarah eliZaBeth BaNasZaK chaNge of Name case No.19cV00763. the court fiNds that the petitioner sarah eliZaBeth BaNasZaK has filed a Petition for Change of name with the clerk of this court for an order changing the applicants name from: sarah eliZaBeth BaNasZaK to: sarah Bas mariposa. the court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. if no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of heariNg June 5, 2019 at 8:30 am, in department 5 located at superior court of california, 701 ocean street. santa cruz, ca 95060. a copy of this order to show cause must be published in the Good Times, a newspaper of general circulation printed in santa Cruz County, California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated: april 18, 2019. Paul P. Burdick, Judge of the superior Court. may 1, 8, 15, & 22.

refiliNg of fictitious BusiNess Name statemeNt With chaNge file No. 2019-0000775. The following General Partnership is doing business as soQuel ViNeyards aNd West cliff WiNes. 8063 gleN haVeN road, soQuel, ca 95073 County of santa Cruz. paul Joseph Bargetto. 8063 gleN haVeN road, soQuel, ca 95073. peter JohN Bargetto.

803 paradiso ct., soQuel, ca 95073. JoN morgaN. 3500 N. maiN st., soQuel, ca 95073. This business is conducted by a General Partnership signed: JoN morgaN. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 7/1/1987. original FBn number: 20130002042. This statement was filed with Gail l.

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fictitious BusiNess Name statemeNt file No. 2019-0000764 The following individual is doing business as happy BlaZe BoX. 3320 samuel pl., saNta cruZ, ca 95062. County of santa Cruz. Jesse ray ramsey, Jr. 3320 samuel pl., saNta cruZ, ca 95062. This business is conducted by an individual signed: Jesse ray ramsey, Jr. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is Not applicaBle. This statement was filed with Gail l. Pellerin, County Clerk of santa Cruz County, on april 22, 2019. may 1, 8, 15, & 22.

fictitious BusiNess Name statemeNt file No. 2019-0000797 The following individual is doing business as positiVe pressure massage. 501 soQuel aVe. suite h, saNta cruZ, ca 95062. County of santa Cruz. gemma depolo. 1454 mclellaN road, feltoN, ca 95018. This business is conducted by an individual signed: gemma depolo. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is Not applicaBle. This statement was filed with Gail l. Pellerin, County Clerk of santa Cruz County, on april 26, 2019. may 8, 15, 22, & 29.

fictitious BusiNess Name statemeNt file No. 2019-0000809 The following individual is doing business as 4a electric.

1822 harper st. #3, saNta cruZ, ca 95062. County of santa Cruz. BriaN Vale foraKer.1822 harper st. #3, saNta cruZ, ca 95062. This business is conducted by an individual signed: BriaN Vale foraKer. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is Not applicaBle. This statement was filed with Gail l. Pellerin, County Clerk of santa Cruz County, on april 30, 2019. may 8, 15, 22, & 29.

of name should not be granted. any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. if no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of heariNg June 17, 2019 at 8:30 am, in department 10 located at superior court of california, 701 ocean street. santa cruz, ca 95060. a copy of this order to show cause must be published in the Good Times, a newspaper of general circulation printed in santa Cruz County, California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated: may 1, 2019. Paul P. Burdick, Judge of the superior Court. may 8, 15, 22 & 29.

real estate fictitious BusiNess Name statemeNt file No. 2019-0000756 The following individual is doing business as stellar Belly. 408B piNe street, capitola, ca 95010. County of santa Cruz. colleeN suZaNNe corrigaN-armstroNg. 408B piNe street, capitola, ca 95010. This business is conducted by an individual signed: colleeN suZaNNe corrigaNarmstroNg. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is Not applicaBle. This statement was filed with Gail l. Pellerin, County Clerk of santa Cruz County, on april 18, 2019. may 8, 15, 22, & 29. chaNge of Name iN the superior court of califorNia, for the couNty of saNta cruZ.petitioN of tory laVe BaKer chaNge of Name case No.19cV01322. the court fiNds that the petitioner tory laVe BaKer has filed a Petition for Change of name with the clerk of this court for an order changing the applicants name from: tory laVe BaKer to: tory laVe coNroy. the court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change

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chaNge of Name iN the superior court of califorNia, for the couNty of saNta cruZ.petitioN of JohNathaN eugeNe maXey chaNge of Name case No.19cV01332. the court fiNds that the petitioner JohNathaN eugeNe maXey has filed a Petition for Change of name with the clerk of this court for an order changing the applicants name from: JohNathaN eugeNe maXey to: JohNathaN eugeNe ZafraN. the court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. if no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of heariNg June 21, 2019 at 8:30 am, in department 5 located at superior court of california, 701 ocean street. santa cruz, ca 95060. a copy of this order to show cause must be published in the Good Times, a newspaper of general circulation printed in santa Cruz County, California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated: may 2, 2019. Paul P. Burdick, Judge of the superior Court. may 8, 15, 22, & 29.

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chaNge of Name iN the superior court of califorNia, for the couNty of saNta cruZ.petitioN of christopher ryK aBerNethy chaNge of Name case No.19cV01223. the court fiNds that the petitioner christopher ryK aBerNethy has filed a Petition for Change of name with the clerk of this court for an order changing the applicants name from: christopher ryK aBerNethy to: Kristopher ryK aBerNethy. the court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. if no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of heariNg June 7, 2019 at 8:30 am, in

fictitious BusiNess Name statemeNt file No. 2019-0000665 The following individual is doing business as petals By pam. 5712 plateau driVe, feltoN, ca 95018. County of santa Cruz. pamela amBris. 5712 plateau driVe, feltoN, ca 95018. This business is conducted by an individual signed: pamela amBris. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is Not applicaBle. This statement was filed with Gail l. Pellerin, County Clerk of santa Cruz County, on april 4, 2019. may 1, 8, 15, & 22.

fictitious BusiNess Name statemeNt file No. 2019-0000794 The following individual is doing business as cm taylor structural eNgiNeeriNg. 4870 thurBer laNe, saNta cruZ, ca 95065. County of santa Cruz. chad michael taylor. 4870 thurBer laNe, saNta cruZ, ca 95065.

This business is conducted by an individual signed: chad michael taylor. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is Not applicaBle. This statement was filed with Gail l. Pellerin, County Clerk of santa Cruz County, on april 26, 2019. may 8, 15, 22, & 29.

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If you’re coming into the sewer conversation late, email getreal@serenogroup.com to get the backstory and an outline of the new rules SC County is playing by. For now, let’s look at some ways the new regs could morph into a law of unintended consequences for homeowners.

Here’s a recent example from the real estate trenches: a widowed woman in her 70s decided to sell her house in Mid County. She was contemplating a move to another part of the state where her daughter lives.

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Advised by her Realtor, she had a sewer lateral inspection two months ago. That video was rejected by the County, so she had another one done. That one got lost in the County process.

There was a third one done. Several weeks later, she received notice that her lateral did not pass scrutiny, two months after her original inspection.

Even though there were no breaks, roots, snags, offsets or holes in the line, and even though the system is working well, she has to repair two small sags before she can close escrow. The repair will necessitate digging up her stamped concrete driveway. After four bids, it appears the work will cost $12,000, not including the re-coloring and re-texturing of the concrete driveway.

Per the County Regs, she isn’t allowed to transfer responsibility for the repair to the next owner. The cost of the work cannot be paid out of escrow, and escrow can’t close until the work is done. Which leaves her in something of a quandary. She doesn’t have $12,000 and she doesn’t make enough money to borrow against the house.

The buyer she’s in escrow with has a loan lock at a low rate that expires soon. She has no way of knowing when or if she’ll sell her house. Or when or if she’ll be able to move to be closer to her daughter. Unfortunately, the new County process doesn’t offer any solutions. For the time being she’s in sewer lateral limbo. Caught between a sag and a hard place.

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After some recent lofty columns on the existential nature of downsizing, it probably feels like I took a U turn a few weeks back when I descended into the bowels of the County’s new sewer lateral regulations...but this is my last column on that subject, I promise.

The house she owns is worth $1.1m and she wants to buy another smaller, single-level house for $650,000. After paying off a $300,000 mortgage and costs of sale, the rest is her nest egg for the remainder of her life. She doesn’t have other resources.

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WINE & FOOD PAIRING TRADITIONAL EGGS BENEDICT INGREDIENTS: 2 tsp white wine vinegar 8 eggs 8 1/4” thick slices Black Forest ham 4 English muffins Hollandaise Sauce 4 egg yolks 2 tbsp hot water 2 tbsp lemon juice 2 sticks unsalted butter, melted and hot Freshly ground black pepper Salt Paprika Chopped parsley

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Step 4: To assemble, top each muffin half with ham slice and a poached egg. Pour hollandaise sauce over each and garnish with paprika and parsley.

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DIRECTIONS Step 1: Fill a large skillet with water to a depth of 2″. Add vinegar and 1 tsp of salt to the water and bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Crack one egg into a small bowl.

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Andrew Lenz, 40-Year Customer, Santa Cruz

Occupation: Lenz Arts manager Hobbies: Playing bagpipes, pickleball, pastel/acrylic painting, enjoying wife’s cooking Forty years… you’ve been shopping here a while! My great-grandmother shopped at Shopper’s, and my mother and grandmother brought me here with them when I was young. I remember butchers giving out hot dogs at the meat counter; that was exciting!

Shopper’s is a home-town store that has always catered to its customer base.You know how some markets are so big and you have to hoof-it 20 minutes to find an item?

Shopper’s has pretty much everything you need in a convenient size.Also, shopping at locals stores like Shopper’s — or ours — helps to maintain the character of Santa Cruz.

What’s on your shopping list that makes you such a fan of your wife’s cooking? The meat department’s products are great and the butchers are really knowledgeable. Shopper’s produce is wonderful, and much of it comes from local farms. I do have a sweet tooth and appreciate local items such as Marianne’s and Polar Bear ice creams and Gizditch and Beckmann’s pies, as well as Beckmann’s breads. I know Shopper’s has won many awards for their cheese selections and they have a great reputation for their wines. I plan on bringing my wife a bottle of red or white this evening. I’m not sure which one to buy, so I’ll take the advice from one of Shopper’s wine experts.That’s great service!

Do have a favorite aspect of Shopper’s Corner?

I appreciate its history.As a fourth-generation customer, I love walking down the aisles where my great-grandmother used to shop. Shopper’s is an important business — it’s like a hub for the community.You shop here long enough and you’ll see many familiar faces. Shopper’s has a more personal atmosphere than the corporate stores, especially at the checkout stand.There are relationships here between the staff and customers. Shopper’s department people are well-trained. However, if they can’t answer your question, you’ve got on-site ownership who most likely can.They have what I call “institutional knowledge.” That’s invaluable!

“As a fourth-generation customer, I love walking down the aisles where my great-grandmother used to shop.”

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