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EDITOR’S NOTE It’s funny, just this week I was speaking to a graduate writing class up at UCSC, and the subject of alt-weekly news coverage came up. I was saying how the whole business of news has changed for us; how altweeklies used to be on the fringe, but now have had to pick up some of the slack of mainstream news coverage as dailies have declined, and how I sometimes worry there’s not as much room anymore for the

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REASONS FOR RECALL

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Re: Nuz, Oct. 2: After a lengthy phone interview, I was disappointed to see Nuz only took two small quotes from all I said, and quoted them out of context in both cases.

To set the record straight, I got involved in the recall effort after the proposal to allow RV camping on Delaware and Swift. Allowing RV parking in an environmentally sensitive area is a bad idea, particularly without any kind of sanitation services, dumping station, garbage cans, etc. But what I told you was that our environmental education high school program performed seven years of community service projects at Natural Bridges and Antonelli Pond, clearing nonnative plants, planting native ones, creating kiosks explaining the local flora, building pathways and rest spots, and that I was sad to see that all that hard work was “trashed.”

As to Nuz’s comment that we are “recalling city council members over a rabid aversion to homelessness,” that is completely untrue. We want to assist people in need, but not in the way it was done at the Ross camp, and not in the way it is being proposed by Krohn and Glover.

People experiencing homelessness are not all the same, and they need different services. We want people’s needs to be addressed with mental health services, drug/alcohol rehabilitation services, etc., in collaboration with the county, and not allow people to live in the mud with rats and needles with no actual shelter.

Permitting that does not help either the

totally out-there, bleeding-edge kind of stories that would flat-out scare conventional media outlets.

And the same week, ironically, we run a cover story about a book on Lyme disease so controversial that the word “controversial” barely seems to cover it. Did the spread of Lyme disease start as a Cold War weapons program? You’ll have to draw your own conclusions after reading Chuck Carroll’s cover story on Kris Newby’s book Bitten: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons. But I’ll tell you one thing for sure: this is exactly the kind of “classic” altweekly story I’ve been missing.

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homeless or our community. Proposing transitional homeless encampments in city neighborhoods and parks is a bad idea. State studies show that transitional homeless encampments are not the solution for getting people out of homelessness. We are not anti-homeless; we are anti-bad decision.

To learn more about the reasons for recall, as well as how you can help, go to santacruzunited.com.

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TEMPEST IN A TEAPOT, PART 2 Re: “Commission Granted,” (GT, 10/2): Good Times did a disservice to its readers with this article, which neglects to summarize the allegations of misconduct against Councilmembers Glover and Krohn.

Those who have not followed the story closely would be justified in imagining the councilmembers must be accused of sexual assault or sexual harassment, given the vagueness of the alleged misconduct and the commission’s fervor in condemning the two men. Some backstory is useful here.

Last year, Glover was elected on a progressive platform, which included aggressive steps to address our city’s problem with homelessness, and to help those struggling to survive on the streets.

Glover was stymied by Mayor Watkins, who refused to place his policy suggestions on the official agenda. Frustrated, Glover posted an essay called “The Fierce Urgency of Now” on social media, in which he criticized the lackadaisical pace with which our >8

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Aimed at supporting a diverse regional food economy, a local grocer has introduced a new Partner Fund Microloan Program. New Leaf Community Markets will offer low-interest loans and business mentorship to local, small and underserved independent food producers.

The fund prioritizes underrepresented entrepreneurs who historically have faced barriers to capital—such as mission-based companies and businesses owned by women, people of color, immigrants, and members of the LGBTQ+ community.

Helping the federal government better understand who lives in the county would be good work! The U.S. Census Bureau’s nationwide recruiting efforts launched on Oct. 21. Residents can earn up to $22 per hour while helping make sure all parts of their community get counted during the 2020 Census. A full and accurate count ensures access to $675 billion in federal funding, including for roads, schools and emergency services.

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“Why do we love the idea that people might be secretly working together to control and organize the world?

Because we don’t like to face the fact that our world runs on a combination of chaos, incompetence and confusion.” —JONATHAN CAINER

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ROB BREZSNY FREE WILL ASTROLOGY Week of October 23 ARIES Mar21–Apr19 Singapore has one of the world’s lowest fertility rates.

A few years ago, this state of affairs prompted the government to urge Singaporeans to have sex on an annual holiday known as National Day. A new rap song was released in hopes of pumping up everyone’s libidos and instigating a baby boom. It included the lyrics, “Let’s make fireworks ignite / Let’s make Singapore’s birth rate spike.” I have a different reason for encouraging you to seek abundant high-quality sex, Aries. According to my analysis, tender orgasmic experiences will profoundly enhance your emotional intelligence in the coming weeks—and make you an excellent decision-maker just in time for your big decisions. (P.S. You don’t necessarily need a partner.)

TAURUS Apr20–May20 In the 1530s, explorer Jacques Cartier led expeditions from France to the New World. As Europeans often did back then, he and his team were rude and brutish to the indigenous folks who lived there, stealing their land, kidnapping some of them, and slaughtering herds of great auks in a bird sanctuary. Yet there was one winter when Cartier’s marauders got crucial help from their victims, who gave them vitamin C-rich pine needle tea that cured their scurvy. I suspect you Tauruses will embark on quests and journeys in the coming months, and I’m hoping your behavior will be different from Cartier’s.

When you arrive in unfamiliar places, be humble, curious and respectful. Be hesitant to impose your concepts of what’s true, and be eager to learn from the locals. If you do, you’re likely to get rich teachings and benefits equivalent to the pine needle tea.

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LIBRA Sep23–Oct 22 Mushrooms have spores, not seeds. They’re tiny. If you could stack 2,500 of them, they’d be an inch high. On the other hand, they are numerous. A ripe mushroom may release up to 16 million spores. And each spore is so lightweight, the wind can pick it up and fling it long distances. I’ll encourage you to express your power and influence like a mushroom in the coming days: subtle and airy, but abundant; light and fine, but relentless and bountiful.

SCORPIO Oct23–Nov21 “Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it,” writes computer engineer Bill Joy. I invite you to consider the value of that perspective, Scorpio—even though you’re the least likely sign in all the zodiac to do so. Being naive just doesn’t come naturally to you; you often know more than everyone else around you. Maybe you’ll be more receptive to my suggestion if I reframe the task. Are you familiar with the Zen Buddhist concept of “beginner’s mind?” You wipe away your assumptions and see everything, as if it were the first time you were in its presence.

GEMINI May21–June20

SAGITTARIUS Nov22–Dec21

Many software engineers have enjoyed The Pragmatic Programmer, a book that helps them develop and refine their code. One popular technique the book offers is “rubber duck deprogramming.” Programmers place a toy rubber duck in front of them, and describe to it the problems they’re having. As they explain each line of code to their very good listener, they may discover what’s amiss. I recommend a similar approach to you as you embark on metaphorically debugging your own program, Gemini. If a rubber duck isn’t available, call on your favorite statue or stuffed animal, or even a photo of a catalytic teacher or relative or spirit.

Is it always a bad thing to be lost? To wander in the unknown without a map? I’d like to propose a good version of being lost. It requires you to be willing to give up your certainties, to relinquish your grip on the comforting dogmas that have structured your world—but to do so gladly, with a spirit of cheerful expectancy and curiosity. It doesn’t require you to be a macho hero who feels no fear or confusion. Rather, you have faith that life will provide blessings that weren’t possible until you got lost.

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I offer the following questions to meditate on: 1. If you weren’t living where you do now, what other place might you like to call home? 2. If you didn’t have the name you actually go by, what other name would you choose? 3. If you had an urge to expand the circle of allies that supports and stimulates you, whom would you seek out? 4. If you wanted to add new foods and herbs that would nurture your physical health and new experiences that would nurture your mental health, what would they be?

Read the following passage from Gabriel García Márquez’s novel One Hundred Years of Solitude. “Gaston was not only a fierce lover, with endless wisdom and imagination, but he was also, perhaps, the first man in the history of the species who had made an emergency landing and had come close to killing himself and his sweetheart simply to make love in a field of violets.” I admire the romantic artistry of Gaston’s dramatic gesture. I applaud his imaginative desire to express his love in a carefully chosen sanctuary filled with beauty. I praise his intense devotion to playful extravagance. But I don’t recommend you do anything quite so extreme in behalf of love during the coming weeks. Being 20% as extreme might be just right, though.

LE0 Jul23–Aug22 In his song “Diplomatic Immunity,” rapper Drake disparages tranquility and harmony. “I listen to heavy metal for meditation, no silence,” he brags. “My body isn’t much of a sacred temple, with vodka and wine, and sleep at the opposite times,” he declares. Is there a method in his madness? It’s revealed in these lyrics: “All that peace and that unity: all that weak shit will ruin me.” In the coming weeks, Leo, I urge you to practice the exact opposite of Drake’s approach. It’s time to treat yourself to an intense and extended phase of self-care.

VIRGO Aug23–Sep22 It’s a favorable time to refresh your relationships with your basic sources and to make connections with new basic sources. To spur your creative thought on these matters,

CAPRICORN Dec22–Jan19 “Worrying is the most natural and spontaneous of all human functions,” wrote science educator Lewis Thomas. “Let's acknowledge this, perhaps even learn to do it better.” I agree with him! And I think it’s an ideal time for you to learn how to worry more effectively, more potently, and with greater artistry. What might that look like? First, you wouldn’t feel shame or guilt about worrying. You wouldn’t regard it as a failing. Rather, you would raise your worrying to a higher power. You’d wield it as a savvy tool to discern which situations truly need your concerned energy and which don’t.

AQUARIUS Jan20–Feb18 “Some wounds go so deep that you don’t even feel them until months, maybe years, later,” wrote Aquarian author Julius Lester. Pay attention to that thought, Aquarius.

The bad news is that you are just now beginning to feel a wound that was inflicted some time ago. But that’s also the good news, because it means the wound will no longer be hidden and unknowable. And because you’ll be fully aware of it, you’ll be empowered to launch the healing process. I suggest you follow your early intuitions about how best to proceed with the cure.

PISCES Feb19–Mar20 If you’ve been having dreams or fantasies that the roof is sinking or the walls are closing in, you should interpret it as a sign that you should consider moving into a more spacious situation. If you have been trapped within the narrow confines of limited possibilities, it’s time to break free and flee to a wide open frontier. In general, Pisces, I urge you to insist on more expansiveness in everything you do, even if that requires you to demolish cute little mental blocks that have tricked you into thinking small.

Homework: You don’t have to feel emotions that others try to manipulate you into feeling. You are free to be who you want to be. freewillastrology.com.

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At the next council meeting, Mayor Watkins said that Glover and Krohn, another member of the council’s unofficial progressive wing, “are intentionally bullying me because I’m a woman,” displaying remarkably thin skin for a politician, especially for a mayor. What followed was an expensive, independent investigation of Krohn and Glover’s conduct. This report did not substantiate Watkins’s claim of sexist bullying, although it did detail an incident in which Councilmember Meyer held a meeting in a conference room that went over schedule, and ate into a

meeting Glover had slated in the same room afterwards. As Meyer’s meeting concluded, Glover stood in the doorway and chewed Meyer out, forcing those leaving to awkwardly squeeze by him. Unprofessional?

Sure. Scandalous? Hardly.

As for Chris Krohn, the only substantiated misconduct found was an incident in which he laughed in a sarcastic manner. All of this was reported by Good Times, but you can’t just assume that every reader reads every issue. Casual readers should know just how petty this tempest in a teapot really is.

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Cutting through distrust and misinformation in the fight over a possible six-story downtown garage BY JACOB PIERCE [This is part one of a series on the future of downtown. Part two runs next week. — Editor]

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familiar cliché unfolds whenever the topic of a city proposal to build a new downtown parking garage comes up.

The discussion, at first glance, appears to represent a typical split in Santa Cruz’s liberal politics. This culture-war framing has Santa Cruz’s leftier progressives fighting against the garage, painting it as a vestige of outdated, car-centric thinking. Meanwhile, Democratic

moderates and centrists support the garage, as they see it as an important piece of infrastructure to support downtown retail and events.

While there may be truth to both sides of this dichotomy, it isn’t a great way to actually think about the project. There’s more nuance to it.

Supporters, for instance, love the project in large part for its potential affordable housing benefits, and also because it would have a stateof-the-art library on the first floor.

They believe that a 21st-century library would pay dividends for students and for the county’s most in-need residents. “This is really

about creating a safe environment for families to go to and feel good about,” says Martín Gómez, president of Friends of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries.

On the other side, opponents have argued that—in addition to environmental considerations— they have the benefit of fiscal responsibility on their side.

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With an aging campus aspiring to be state-of-the-art, Cabrillo College is preparing again to ask voters to approve a bond measure—this time for $274 million targeted at renovations and new developments.

“We’ve got to have 21st-century facilities to train people for 21st-century careers,” Cabrillo Superintendent and President Matthew Wetstein says.

The Board of Trustees unanimously approved the amount, and will vote in December on whether to put the measure on the ballot in March 2020. That would give the measure a short runway of just a few months. Wetstein’s betting that an especially liberal electorate turning out for the California Primary will lean in their favor.

If successful, the bond would levy a district-wide, 30-year property tax of $19 per $100,000 of assessed value.

Wetstein says that since the community college’s failed attempt at the $310 million Measure Q in 2016, the facilities planning committee has been hard at work redesigning a campus that fits the needs of the students.

“We’re one of the key workforce trainers in the county, and we have a track record of being very successful with our students moving on and getting four-year degrees,” he says. “But we’re now at a stage where the facilities and the infrastructure of the campus need to be upgraded and modernized.”

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for the 600-car garage. Activists like Rick Longinotti warn that public works officials could be underestimating the impact that the increased price of parking will have on demand. All the while, the public’s transportation preferences are shifting. It’s unclear, for example, how common car ownership will be in the future.

Longinotti says he’s told the City Council, “You’re making a decision about an enormous investment here. Don’t you want to get the best information you can?”

In that spirit, here are four things to consider:

1. THERE ARE A LOT OF PIECES Santa Cruz has been redeveloping old surface lots and losing parking spaces—and city planners expect it will lose hundreds more downtown, given the housing projects in the pipeline. Some new parking supply in the proposed garage would offset the spaces lost. Spaces in the sixstory garage would also support the new retail associated with the expected developments, according to Transportation Manager Jim Burr. Some of the new spaces would even support nearby future housing developments, allowing the complexes to provide parking offsite.

Last year, the Downtown Library Advisory Committee unanimously approved the concept of a firstfloor library as part of a mixed-use project, out of four possible options for the downtown branch. After that, plans for the parking, library and housing structure worked their way through the approval processes, earning the blessing of the City Council. The site of the garage would be on the corner of Cedar and Cathcart streets. There’s been discussion about the farmers market moving one block away to Front Street, and also about building a permanent pavilion at its new home.

Another option for the library would be that, instead of building a new facility from the ground up, Santa Cruz could refurbish the existing library, but the committee found

that option would provide far less bang for the buck.

One complicating factor is that, after many delays around the project, Santa Cruz can’t kick the can down the road much farther as it weighs how to proceed. Regardless of what it does on parking, the City Council will need to make a decision on the library. Construction costs are escalating, and the library will need to finish building before the funds expire.

The parking aspect is a separate component. In 2015, transportation experts encouraged the city to find ways to reduce parking demand before building a new structure.

After more than a year of lobbying from activists, the City Council expanded sustainable transportation options for downtown employees this year—offering free transit passes, free bike locker cards, discounted e-bike memberships, and carpool incentives.

Also this year, a new City Council majority put the mixed-use garage on hold. The council formed a Downtown Library Subcommittee to learn more about the project. The subcommittee hasn’t yet released its recommendations.

2. A NEW GARAGE WILL SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING—MAYBE The amount of housing units slated for the possible garage is a moving target.

City staff never laid out exactly how many units of housing would be in the project before a new Santa Cruz City Council majority pumped the brakes on the effort this past March. And now that Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have freed up $16 million in local money for affordable housing, it isn’t entirely clear how the city would fund the affordable units, although Santa Cruz does have affordable housing money in its coffers and it could compete for grants.

Moving the library to a new site would also allow the city to put new affordable housing on the site of the current library. Additionally, supporters from the pro-garage group Downtown Forward argue that

by providing off-site parking, the structure would cut the costs of a possible plan to revamp Santa Cruz’s bus station, which would sit a few blocks away and also have affordable housing in it.

There’s a new wrinkle, however, and one that could adjust the city’s parking calculus. That’s thanks to a housing and zoning bill that Newsom signed into law earlier this month.

The new law prohibits cities from mandating parking requirements for affordable housing developments within a half-mile of a major transit stop.

When it comes to the downtown garage, affordable housing entrepreneur Sibley Simon hasn’t taken a position. He can’t help but feel a little skeptical of the city’s math, as well as the way the city has pitched the project from the start.

“It would have been much smarter,” Simon says, “for the city to pursue a library and housing project that, by the way, needs some parking.”

Instead of having the city pay for new parking spaces, environmental activists have been pushing for Santa Cruz to use its increased parking revenue to fund other services like affordable housing.

Santa Cruz County Business Council Executive Director Robert Singleton has predicted that such a vote could result in a legal challenge.

However, City Attorney Tony Condotti said in March that it would, in fact, be legal for the council to spend excess parking revenues however it sees fit.

3. COMPARISONS ARE DICEY One of the Campaign for Sensible Transportation’s preferred stats is that Boulder, Colorado, has 58% less parking per commercial space than Santa Cruz does. In the beginning, this contrast jumped out at me as a compelling fact bolstering critiques of the garage. The reality is more complex.

A flier from the Campaign for Sensible Transportation says that the city of Boulder has about one parking space per 1,000 square feet of commercial space, while stating that the city of Santa Cruz >14

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Measure Q narrowly lost in 2016, facing opposition led from within by Cabrillo professor Ray Kaupp. Kaupp, a business teacher, wrote in the official argument against Measure Q that at the time, the facilities master plan called for only $65 million worth of projects, but that a bond firm advised the board that the community would support it for nearly five times that amount. The measure lost by 1,274 votes, in part due to a project list that many remember as poorly defined.

That defeat still stings, and Wetstein says that campaign leaders do not plan to make the same mistakes again.

“There was public perception within the community that the college was asking for too much in that bond measure, with not enough detailed explanation of what the dollars were going to cover,” says Wetstein, who joined the administration in 2017.

This time around, the campaign is likely to include more outreach to help voters understand why the bond is needed.

Wetstein also said that the campus community is on board with the current bond measure.

Kaupp, no longer at Cabrillo, likes what

he’s seen of the current measure, adding that Wetstein’s leadership has made a big difference. “They started with the needs of the community, which is very different than starting with a dollar amount,” he says.

The last successful bond measure was for $118 million in 2004; it built the Student Activities Center, the Visual, Applied and Performing Arts Complex and the Allied Health Complex, among other projects.

Despite getting those flagship facilities built, the narrative that emerged from various faculty and staff members at the recent meeting was that the money wasn’t handled well. Planning errors and the recession led to higher-than-anticipated bids.

Property owners are still paying that off, as well as previous bond loans, but Cabrillo recently refinanced them at a much lower interest rate, saving an estimated $29.5 million in taxes.

Wetstein says that most California community colleges attempt to issue smaller bonds much more frequently. As a single-college district, Cabrillo can’t afford the resources to be constantly planning and campaigning, and leaders don’t want to risk voter fatigue by asking too often.

Instead, he hopes that this time voters will see the need. He says the upgrades “will have significant positive impacts on large numbers of students, and are designed to promote high-quality education.”

has about 1.8 parking spaces per 1,000 feet of commercial square feet.

Activists found some of the figures behind these ratios on Powerpoint slides for a Boulder presentation. The slides state that the Colorado city’s downtown has 3.2 million square feet of commercial space. When I fact-checked the numbers with Boulder’s Department of Community Vitality, Deputy Director Cris Jones sent me a report showing just 2.4 million square feet of commercial space. That total may have omitted some small properties, but Jones and his colleagues don’t know the origin of the bigger estimate, so they aren’t sure of its veracity.

I also contacted Santa Cruz’s Economic Development Office, which ran the numbers and actually came back with a higher total for downtown commercial space than what the Campaign for Sustainable Transportation had in its formula.

Longinotti says he got the numbers from city Transportation Manager Jim Burr. It isn’t clear where the discrepancy at the city stems from.

There are a lot of reasons for Santa Cruz to compare itself to Boulder. The community is a college town, like Santa Cruz, and it may be the only city in the country with more downtown employees who walk and bike to work than Santa Cruz. Its bus ridership, though, is much higher. Regardless, Santa Cruz’s parking-per-commercialspace ratio is much closer to Boulder’s than some of the antigarage pamphlets would have you believe.

And while I can follow the criticisms Longinotti and his group raise about the city’s lack of explanation on its parking calculations, I’ve also found charts from activists to be misleading.

Chip, the former executive director of the Santa Cruz Downtown Association, now lives in Boulder.

He took a similar position there this year and now leads the Downtown Boulder Partnership. Chip, who has no last name, says Santa Cruz should move forward with the mixed-use project, if not because

of the parking, then because of the library. “The library serves the whole community,” he says. “But Santa Cruz can’t serve the whole community when it isn’t designed to.”

He notes that Boulder does, in fact, have more sustainable transportation options than Santa Cruz. He adds, however, that it took decades for the town’s local leaders to build those programs. He fears that if Santa Cruz set its sights on reaching the same goals overnight, instead of taking a more balanced transportation approach, it would deal a serious blow to downtown businesses, some of which wouldn’t survive such a shock.

4. TOO MUCH PARKING MAY NOT BE SUCH A BAD THING There’s an obvious solution for the city to bridge the gulf in opinions for how much parking to build downtown.

The city could hedge its bets and explore building the structure while putting in significantly less parking and more housing. So far, few Santa Cruzans have publicly expressed much interest in going down that route.

Library Director Susan Nemitz does note that staff was looking at different possible mixes of housing and parking on the site until the City Council put the project on hold.

But Burr, the city’s transportation manager, says his projections are actually rather conservative—that, if anything, his mathematical findings call for more parking than the city plans to include. And members of Downtown Forward express confidence in Burr’s findings.

When I ask Longinotti about the possibility of compromise, he stresses that the city and local environmentalists are still awfully far apart in their views. Longinotti does believes people would love the idea of library combined with affordable housing. “That’s not what’s been offered,” he says. “The affordable housing has been just a token. The parking’s still 600 spaces.

Nobody’s talked about any less than that.”

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What happens if the city does build the garage and the parking projections are off—leaving downtown Santa Cruz with way too much parking? Well, such a situation could simply let the city to eliminate parking in other parts of downtown.

Public works officials say that Santa Cruz could take the River and Front garage offline. It’s already past the end of its expected lifespan.

Last year, the city put $1 million into refurbishments for the parking structure, which is generally the garage with the most vacant space.

The city could do the same with its remaining surface lots, a potentially promising idea given that urban planners view such parking lots as inefficient uses of space.

Redeveloping these lots could pave the way for even more new housing, much of it affordable.

But even if Santa Cruz can build a new parking structure, that doesn’t mean that it should, according to Adam Millard-Ball, an associate environmental studies professor at UCSC. Although he’s given presentations locally about parking management, he says he hasn’t followed this debate closely. That, he feels, gives him something of an outside perspective on the garage issue. As he sees it, the City Council could make downtown Santa Cruz a hub for those who choose to lead a carfree lifestyle, instead of proceeding with the garage. That way, those who don’t want a parking spot or permit won’t have to pay for one, making the cost of living more affordable.

This approach of putting the garage on hold would almost certainly involve forgoing the Downtown Library Advisory Committee’s suggestions.

But Millard-Ball’s general philosophy is that, if a city is thinking about spending tens of millions of dollars on a new garage, its leaders might want to start by reconsidering their options and priorities—and look at spending excess parking revenue elsewhere.

“Let’s exhaust all the alternatives first,” he says. “Let’s not jump to that decision.”

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Tick Bait Did a secret government program to weaponize ticks lead to the outbreak of Lyme disease? BY CHUCK CARROLL

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he worked on for the U.S. government during the Cold War. Newby tried to peddle the story to some well-known journalists, but they declined to pursue it for a number of reasons. Newby says she was told it would be too difficult and time-consuming to report, and that it might not even pan out. And so, with extreme reluctance, Newby says she decided to pursue the story on her own.

“If somebody didn’t look into this,” she writes in her new book, “the secret would die with Willy. The better angel in me wouldn’t let that happen.”

Bitten: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons was published in May. While plenty in the medical community have dismissed its claims, Newby’s work has caught the attention of at least one lawmaker, and she hopes the book will lead to a greater understanding of Lyme and other tick-borne diseases, including anaplasmosis/ehrlichiosis, spotted fever rickettsiosis (including Rocky Mountain spotted fever), babesiosis, and tularemia. Any insights that come from her reporting could result in better diagnosis, treatment and prevention of Lyme and other tick-associated infections currently on the rise in California—a region not commonly associated with such diseases.

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SPIRAL OUT Californians account for only a minute slice of the roughly 1,000 Americans estimated to contract Lyme on average every day (300,000 to 400,000 will get the disease this year).

Official disease surveillance statistics—confirmed and probable cases reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)—tell us that in a typical year, about 110 Californians contract Lyme. But experts on all sides agree that Lyme is, like most infectious diseases, vastly underreported, perhaps by a factor of 10 or more.

Lyme symptoms sometimes don’t show up for months after an initial exposure. When they do, the cause is commonly not recognized by local doctors—both because the disease remains relatively rare in this region and because it can be notoriously difficult to diagnose, even for experts.

Meanwhile, infected individuals face debilitating physical and emotional pain. Once the disease is accurately diagnosed, it still often takes years to effectively treat.

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RIS NEWBY THOUGHT she was done with Lyme disease. The Palo Alto resident had spent years battling the infection and its complications, all while dealing with condescending medical professionals. Some told her she was imagining her symptoms; others recommended she see a shrink.

Ultimately, Newby—who traces her case back to a 2002 tick bite near Martha’s Vineyard—was diagnosed with Lyme. She then devoted more than three years to co-producing a well-received 2014 documentary, Under Our Skin, which shed light on the United States’ largely hidden Lyme epidemic, the plight of Lyme patients and the intense medicopolitical controversies surrounding nearly every aspect of the disease.

An engineer by trade, Newby was ready to move on. She had accepted a job as a science writer for the Stanford School of Medicine. But then came the fateful video—sent to her home by a filmmaker she knew. It was then that she learned about Willy Burgdorfer, the famed medical entomologist credited with uncovering the cause of Lyme.

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<19 Capitol Hill. Congress is considering ordering the Pentagon to conduct an investigation into what Newby calls “an American Chernobyl.”

While to some it sounds like a plotline from The X-Files, Newby trusts her primary source, American scientist Willy Burgdorfer. One of the world’s preeminent experts on Lyme until his death in 2014, Burgdorfer claimed he was part of a secret program that sought to turn ticks into bioweapons. He detailed his involvement in the program to Newby only months before he died.

In 1982, Burgdorfer was credited with identifying the bacterial cause of Lyme disease, about six years after the malady burst into public consciousness. In 1976, the New York Times ran a front-page report on a mysterious outbreak of unusual arthritic conditions among children and a few adults in and around Lyme, Connecticut. Health officials

eventually confirmed their own suspicions that the condition was infectious and spread by deer ticks.

The town of Lyme sits 20 miles north of the Plum Island Animal Disease Center of New York—home to the secretive Lab 257, where the U.S. Army Chemical Corps conducted biological weapons research in the early 1950s.

Bitten asserts that the United States military deliberately engineered ticks to carry debilitating but nonlethal diseases. Newby’s book—along with other published works on the subject—led one U.S. congressman, Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, to take legislative action. Over the summer, Smith called upon the Defense Department’s inspector general to look into any government efforts to weaponize ticks between 1950 and 1975.

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TICK BAIT <20 confessed to her (and separately, to independent filmmaker Tim Grey) that he spent two decades working for the U.S. government to weaponize ticks and other insects in an apparent attempt to keep America on a level playing field with the Soviets in the arena of biological warfare.

Despite his revelations to Newby and Grey, who tipped her off to his interview, Newby says she never felt the scientist was completely forthcoming. And her reporting bore that out when a second tipster gave her access to a collection of Bergdorfer’s lab notes on early Lyme patients’ blood tests. These notes contain findings that he never included in official reports to the U.S. government, or in the scientific literature he published—namely that the blood samples from the earliest Lyme cases contained other dangerous pathogens. In addition to the Lyme spirochete (a spiralshaped bacterium responsible for the disease), Bergdorfer’s records include references to researchers feeding ticks agents designed “for spreading anti-personnel bioweapons.”

In his final discussion with Newby in early 2013, Burgdorfer, then 88, was in the latter stages of Parkinson’s disease and suffering from diabetes.

The writer concedes that Burgdorfer’s speech wasn’t very clear at that point.

But she believes he confirmed what he had told Grey on film: The spread of Lyme disease resulted from the release of biologically enhanced ticks developed during the Cold War.

NATURAL HISTORY Central Coast denizens are no strangers to ticks. But most locals know the parasitic arachnids more for their creepy habit of growing fat off the blood of their hosts than as carriers of Borrelia burgdorferi—the spirochete that causes Lyme.

California’s first reported case of Lyme came out of Sonoma County in 1978, just a few years after the nation’s first known case sprang up in New England.

Annual maps prepared by the CDC show new Lyme cases spreading steadily across the Northeast and the Upper Midwest. This is due in

part to climate change and human encroachment on tick habitat, but the California Department of Public Health says the incidence of infection has remained fairly constant in California for the past 10 years. The same is true in Santa Cruz.

Santa Cruz County is a bit of “sweet spot” for the spread of Lyme disease, says Amanda Poulsen, a vectorcontrol specialist who regards Lyme as the greatest vector-borne disease threat in the county. That’s due in part to the region’s habitat, which is quite hospitable to the western blacklegged tick (Ixodes pacificus).

The abundance of outdoor-loving humans is also a factor.

In Santa Cruz County, the incidence of reported Lyme cases is 10 times higher than in the state as a whole— 2.1 cases per 100,000 residents per year, versus 0.2 across California.

(Compare this with a rate of more than 100 per 100,000 people in Northern New England.)

First, the cool coastal fog keeps the forest floor moist so the ticks don’t dry out. And the abundance of day hikers, backpackers, mountain bikers, campers and gardeners creates a veritable smorgasbord for the diminutive eight-legged parasites.

The western blacklegged tick—a close relative of the species that spreads Lyme in the East—thrives in regions with relatively warm, wet winters along California’s northern coast. That’s why parts of Mendocino, Trinity and Humboldt counties have the highest incidence of reported Lyme cases in the state.

Although Santa Cruz has an elevated risk of Lyme on a per-capita basis, in terms of sheer numbers, Santa Clara County counts more confirmed Lyme cases than any other in the state. That’s on account of its large population of nearly 2 million people and, one might suspect, residents’ tendency to recreate in nearby Santa Cruz.

CHRONIC PROBLEM Unlike in the Northeast and Upper Midwest, where Lyme disease has been on the mind of every community physician for decades, its relatively low incidence on the West Coast

TICK BAIT contends the criteria for confirming Lyme are much too rigid, and that the medically accepted blood test is wildly inaccurate.

ILADS, which has a set of Lyme treatment guidelines divergent from the IDSA, argues that given the lack of reliable diagnostic tools and the clinical complexity of Lyme, doctors need more leeway. Physicians, they say, should use their own judgment and experience as they consider the totality of patients’ circumstances and treatment desires.

They point out that the Lyme spirochete has a range of properties that make it devilishly difficult to detect in the blood after it has been in the body for some time.

According to ILADS, the spirochete dons a disguise so that the antibodies sent out by the immune system to destroy it do not recognize it. It can drill into various tissues, as well, and hide out in the heart (Lyme carditis), the joints (Lyme arthritis) and even the brain, causing serious neurocognitive problems.

Just because the standard bloodbased tests do not detect the germ, they say, doesn’t mean it’s not there, embedded out of sight. Those who take this view argue that the risk of long-term antibiotic use, under the guidance of a competent doctor, is outweighed by the improvement in patients’ quality of life. Some studies have shown that chronic Lyme sufferers are at heightened risk of depression, suicide and job loss than the population as a whole.

NOT BITING Newby’s assertion that the government weaponized ticks has been met with deep skepticism and borderline derision. The accusation has been dismissed as a kooky, scientifically ungrounded theory pushed by people who simply won’t listen to facts.

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means most local doctors have little relevant experience.

This a problem here because Lyme disease is a complex affliction that can take months or years to properly identify. If not caught early, it can leave the hardest hit suffering from a litany of debilitating symptoms, including extreme fatigue, severely arthritic joints, a frightening “brain fog” and speech problems.

For the average person who has had a brush with Lyme disease, it matters little whether the pathogen as we know it was loosed upon us by government bioweapons. Lyme patients are far more concerned with simply getting their lives back.

There are two warring factions within the medical community as it relates to Lyme. One side sees the other as seeking to overdiagnose and overtreat the disease, while the other sees their rivals as underdiagnosing and undertreating it.

This plays out in a fiery dispute over what Lyme advocates and allied so-called “Lyme-literate” doctors call “chronic Lyme disease” and medical academics call “post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome.”

It’s more than an argument over semantics; it is an attempt to accurately characterize the cause of symptoms that return or persist even after patients have been treated with a standard two- to four-week course of antibiotics.

These symptoms include fatigue, low fever and hot flashes, night sweats, sore throat, swollen glands, joint stiffness and pain, depression, headaches, dizziness, chest pain, sleep disturbances and more.

The Infectious Diseases Society of America, which wrote and approved the federally accepted Lyme diagnosis and treatment guidelines, insists that “chronic” Lyme is a misnomer. IDSA and its followers prefer the “posttreatment Lyme disease syndrome” terminology and advocate for limited use of antibiotics when treating Lyme.

On the other side, where Newby’s sympathies clearly lie, is the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society. ILADS, composed of a community of doctors and backed by Lyme patient advocates,

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“There’s just no credible evidence” to support the assertion, or that the prominent scientist at the heart of the book was involved in any weapons research, Michael T. Osterholm, the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, told the Washington Post.

“This is again another one of those unfortunate situations where the science fiction of these issues” obscures the truth, Osterholm says.

Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease expert and senior scholar with the Johns Hopkins Center for Biosecurity, strongly backs the IDSA’s conservative guidance on the use of antibiotics—and rejects Newby’s claim that the scourge of Lyme disease is the result of a bioweapons program.

“I don’t believe any Pentagon investigation is warranted or would change the facts surrounding the epidemiology of Lyme disease in the U.S,” Adalja says. “It is well established that the Lyme bacterium’s proliferation in ticks and reservoir species predates any alleged military experiments by considerable time.”

When it comes to patients with chronic Lyme disease, he adds, “many of them … have no evidence of inflammation, meaning their body doesn’t show any kind of reaction when subjected to objective, evidence-based tests. The tests don’t show any evidence of infection.”

In addition, Adalja says, “Multiple large clinical trials have shown that prolonged antibiotic therapy just isn’t effective.” That includes the largest such trial ever, the results of which were published in the journal Neurology earlier this year.

TRUE BELIEVER Forensic studies show that Lyme disease existed long before Newby says the U.S. began experimenting with weaponizing ticks; this fact is often put forward by skeptics who doubt Newby’s claims.

Newby, however, has no doubt.

In fact, she says, Burgdorfer’s involvement with weaponizing ticks

is just the tip of the iceberg.

“It’s a complicated story,” she says. “It not just that the Lyme spirochete was weaponized. It was this other stuff (other, undisclosed potential Lyme agents) that was covered up. … As a journalist, you get a whistleblower and you have to say, ‘Why is he telling me this?’ This would destroy his career. It would be like Buzz Aldrin saying, ‘I faked the moon landing.’ That’s how outrageous it is in the biology world.”

The answer to the question—why now?—she surmises: Burgdorfer felt guilty.

Newby acknowledges that there’s room for interpretation in some of her conclusions about Burgdorfer and his motivations. For example, in an interview with her, Bergdorfer made cryptic references to “the Russians” getting their hands on a dangerous pathogen he had worked on. Was he vulnerable, she asks, to the influence of foreign agents seeking information about U.S. bio-weapons research?

She suggests it’s possible that the financially struggling Burgdorfer may have been tempted into taking a payoff from nefarious actors.

Despite her insinuations and conclusions, Newby’s book appears to be the work of a careful researcher.

She is frank about what she knows or intuits based on the breadth of her reporting, what she can’t confirm, and other ways her evidence might be reasonably interpreted.

For instance, she didn’t take Burgdorfer’s claims of governmentcreated weaponized ticks on faith. She sought corroboration, digging through 33 boxes of freshly processed material Burgdorfer donated to the National Archives. She examined reams of documents, including letters, drafts of his published articles and supporting lab notes that Burgdorfer collected over many years.

Newby says it is suspicious that the boxes contained none of Burgdorfer’s lab notes on his greatest achievement, the discovery of the spirochete bacterium that causes Lyme. He and co-authors published his discovery in Science in 1982, and the bacteria, Borrelia burgdorferi, was later named for him.

After he died, an acquaintance of

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In those documents, Newby found her “smoking gun”—the blood test lab notes Berdorfer had kept secret for decades, along with information about a previously secret Swiss bank account.

Using the federal Freedom of Information Act, Newby also discovered conflicts of interest among academic researchers and federal health officials. In addition, she unearthed military documents that she contends prove the CIA released ticks in Cuba, and even tracked down an agent who confirmed in a hairraising account that he was involved.

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Knowing that investigators are subject to confirmation bias, Newby vetted her findings by tapping people with deep knowledge of biochemical and germ warfare.

None of them waved her off the story or found her interpretations of the new evidence ridiculous. More than one advised her to watch her back if she published.

On a long table in her sunlit Palo Alto home office sit neat, tidy piles of labeled files and other artifacts from her research. Asked for a certain photo, Newby digs it out of a filing cabinet in seconds.

She seems surprised when one of an interviewer’s first questions is what kind of post-publication blowback she’s received, given the sensitive subject of Bitten and the dire warnings she received while researching it.

Her answer: Nothing has had made her feel unsafe or threatened. This was about six weeks after publication.

But things began heating up days later, after U.S. Rep. Smith read the book.

Alarmed, the longtime-co-chair of the congressional Lyme caucus wrote an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Bill calling on the Pentagon’s independent investigative arm, the inspector general, to look into the allegations made in the book.

Bitten includes interviews with

the researcher Burgdorfer, Smith said during floor debate. “The book reveals that Dr. Burgdorfer was a bioweapons specialist,” he added. “Those interviews combined with access to Dr. Burgdorfer’s lab files suggest that he and other bioweapons specialists stuffed ticks with pathogens to cause severe disability, disease—even death—to potential enemies.

“With Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases exploding in the United States—with an estimated 300,000 to 437,000 new cases diagnosed each year and 10-20% of all patients suffering from chronic Lyme disease—Americans have a right to know whether any of this is true. And have these experiments caused Lyme disease and other tick-borne disease to mutate and to spread?” Smith asked.

For those struggling to attain an accurate diagnosis of Lyme—and for those suffering with persistent symptoms long after they have been treated for the disease—discovering the origin story of this disease might provide some comfort.

However, for those afflicted with Lyme, the primary objective moving forward has to be a better understanding of this condition.

Newby hopes Bitten can lead to more funding for research into tickborne diseases.

“My hope is that this book will widen the lens on our view of this problem and inspire people to more aggressively pursue solutions,” she writes. Among other research needs, she says, “We need epidemiologists to analyze the ongoing spread of these diseases, incorporating the possibility that they were spread in an unnatural way.”

If the Senate goes along with the House’s call for an investigation into the allegations in Bitten, perhaps those suffering from Lyme and its fallout will get the answers they so desperately seek.

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On Friday, Nov. 1—All Saints Day—Esperanza Del Valle will host a free performance outdoors at the Watsonville Plaza, followed by a fiveperformance, three-day engagement at El Teatro Campesino’s Playhouse in San Juan Bautista.

The weekend slate of performances will celebrate the Mexican observance of Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). But Esperanza del Valle is also using the occasion to take a deep dive into the remarkably rich dance subculture of the state of Veracruz and the region of Huasteca on the Caribbean coast of Mexico.

The traditional dance of the region is known as son jarocho, and if that sounds unfamiliar and distant, consider the case of “La Bamba.”

Long before Los Lobos recorded it—long before even Ritchie Valens sang it—“La Bamba” was a prime example of the son jarocho style, and is still considered one of the classics of the tradition.

The El Teatro shows will feature Esperanza’s take on the traditional “La Bamba,” as well as the Day of the Dead performance Danza de los Viejos.

“That one is about disguising ourselves as people who have passed on,” says Esperanza’s co-founder and artistic director Janet Johns. “We’re wearing these masks made in the Huasteca region, all hand carved and made of cedar. The idea is to dress like people who have died and dance as they would have danced.”

Esperanza del Valle has maintained a relationship with the dance masters of Veracruz for years. In years past, the group has hosted choreographer Mario Cabrera, a widely admired popularizer of son jarocho. “I think of him as the Mexican Fred Astaire,” Johns says. “There are bronze statues of him in Veracruz. He’s like an arts treasure in Mexico. He couldn’t come this year; he’s been ill. But Daniel (del Valle Hernandez) is carrying on the legacy.”

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The Día de los Muertos performances will feature other styles from Veracruz, which has a particularly rich cultural legacy thanks to the melding of indigenous, Cuban and Spanish influences.

Perhaps most central to the show’s theme is Esperanza’s own original “choreo-drama” called Macaria, based on a traditional Mexican story about a poor woman who is visited by angels and devils after she takes a turkey from a Día de los Muertos altar.

Locally, Esperanza is known for its dress as much as its dancing—most notably, the brightly colored full skirts worn by female dancers. The new performance will feature no less than eight costume changes.

Formed in 1980 with six couples, Esperanza del Valle has survived on a shoestring. Staffed with volunteers, it spends what little money it raises on bringing in dance professionals from Mexico and researching folklórico traditions.

Johns, who teaches folklórico dance at Cabrillo, says her dance company is kept alive by new generations.

“Right now, we span from 20 to 60 (years old),” she says. “My son is in his twenties, and now his generation is coming into the group. It’s wonderful to have the older, veteran dancers. But luckily, we keep having these new generations of dancers coming up, too.”

Johns points to 2020 as a watershed year for Esperanza del Valle. For its 40th anniversary season, the dance troupe hopes to be more visible than ever on the local performance calendar.

“I want to bring in three master teachers, from three different states in Mexico, and have three different open studios so that the community can come in, maybe for a lecture, some photographs, to learn about the dance,” says Johns.

“And, of course, we’ll have some gala performances too.”

Día de los Muertos with Esperanza del Valle will be performed on Friday, Nov. 1, at 8pm; Saturday, Nov. 2, at 2 and 8pm; Sunday, Nov. 3, at noon and 5pm.

All shows are at El Teatro Campesino Playhouse, 705 Fourth St., San Juan Bautista. $22 adults/$17 military, students, seniors 55+/$12 children under 12. esperanzadelvalle.org.

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PUTTING THE ‘CAN’ IN MANNEQUIN With their long-overdue record ‘Patience’ finally

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hen Philadelphia punk rockers Mannequin Pussy were getting ready to record their third full-length record, they were excited that Epitaph was interested in releasing it. The only problem was that old label Tiny Engines was holding up the process.

The negotiations were long and brutal, and ended up stalling the release for a couple of years.

When the record was finally released in June, it was a huge leap forward for the band, stretching its previously dissonant, confrontational punk sound to

include more pop, emotive ballads and mid-tempo New Wave rockers, as well as a bit of discordant punk still in the mix. It’s a hodgepodge record that flows surprisingly well and pushes the boundary of what a punk band can be.

“I don't want to live in a world where punk is only one very particular thing,” says singer/ guitarist Marisa Dabice. It’s punk “as long as there’s anger there, or really intense emotions.”

During the long two-year delay, the band came up with the perfect name for the album: Patience—as in, what they needed a lot of to not go

crazy during the wait to release it.

“Every time we expressed what we were going through with someone, all anyone could say was, ‘You have to have patience.’ Which is an infuriating thing to say,” says Dabice. That became the inside joke that we would say in that dumb valley girl voice to each other.”

The band made the record a few years ago, then scrapped it and later re-recorded it. The first version was recorded with the same producers that handled their sophomore record, 2016’s Romantic.

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and compressed, which worked brilliantly with the noisy and pissed-off songs on Romantic. But these new songs were different.

At times, Dabice found herself singing yearning pop melodies over almost-rock ballads. They wanted a more polished sound, and to have the vocals elevated above the instruments—not buried within them.

“We knew we wanted to push these songs into a new place,” Dabice says. “I didn’t want to hide behind anything. I wanted to be clear what was trying to be communicated on this record.”

The album benefited from this type of care. Dabice covers some vulnerable topics, including abuse she’s suffered in previous relationships, as well as poor decision-making in her twenties that led to some unhealthy patterns.

As she processed these experiences, she felt more than just anger. She wanted to present the full gamut of her emotional state and have the music reflect that.

“It’s important to find a way to transform those painful experiences.

If you don’t, it eats away at you, and then you find yourself releasing that anger in ways that are usually to the detriment of yourself and people around you,” Dabice says.

“It really helped me to understand myself as the person I am after that experience.”

The pain and honesty in the lyrics can be a challenging listen. And with the polished recording, the lyrics do jump out unlike on the band’s prior two albums. But she does close on the positive “Love Again,” which is about self-love, which she’s hoping to leave people with.

“When you have an album that’s full of emotional storms and torment and anger, to end an album on something that feels more optimistic is important,” Dabice says. “Everything that led up to this point, and now you can begin those processes of learning to love yourself and allow love into your life again.”

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8TH ANNUAL HALLOWEEN PADDLE Who needs broomsticks when there are … paddle boards? For all the Santa Cruz witches, ghouls, goblins, and warlocks out there, Santa Cruz SUP is loaning out boards at the Santa Cruz Harbor—let’s go scaring!! Participants will hand out candy to the boaties, scare the locals and participate in general shenanigans on this witchly day at the waterfront.

9am-noon. Sunday, Oct. 27. SUP Shack Santa Cruz, 2214 E Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz. Free.

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GLASS PUMPKIN PATCH Why carve a pumpkin that only lasts a month or two when you can get one that lasts for decades? This year, local glass blower Chris Johnson has been busy working on a bumper crop in the hot shop. His stock includes beautiful handmade glass pumpkins and gourds in an array of colors, shapes and sizes for all budgets. No purchase required— all are welcome to enjoy the glass art, and 5% of sales will be donated to the Live Oak Grange for their community programs.

10am-4pm. Saturday, Oct. 26 and Sunday, Oct. 27. Santa Cruz Live Oak Grange, 1900 17th Ave., Santa Cruz.

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Jason Santiago LaCour spoken word performance and book release. Ticket price includes a signed copy of his new book, LEDDITGO. We’ll share and celebrate copious amounts of the following good things: poems, beats, rhymes, life, snacks (provided

by Rica Smith), lights, hugs, ooo’s, aaah’s, men, women, humans, other, young’n’s, elders, shirts, hoodies, free, support, laughs, cries, rise, shines, minds, open hearts and eyes, etc. 8-10pm. lille æske, 13160 Central Ave., Boulder Creek. $15.

HOLIDAY GUEST SINGING PROGRAM Learn to sing your favorite holiday tunes in beautiful four-part harmony! Join the Gold Standard barbershop chorus for our free Holiday Guest Program, then perform selected songs with the chorus at our Old Time Christmas show on Dec. 1 (optional).

Grab a friend or family member and start a fun new tradition! Reading music is helpful but not required as learning CDs are available. All ages are welcome; minors by prior arrangement. 7pm. Kirby Prep School Music Room, 425 Encinal St., Santa Cruz. scbarbershop.org.

WINGS OF FIRE AUTHOR TUI T. SUTHERLAND AT BOOKSHOP SANTA CRUZ Tui T. Sutherland—bestselling author of the Wings of Fire series, the Menagerie trilogy, and the Pet Trouble series—will join us to read and sign copies of her enthralling new books, Hidden Kingdom (Wings of Fire Graphic, Book 3) and The Poison Jungle (Wings of Fire, Book 13). This free event will take place at Bookshop Santa Cruz.

Chairs for open seating are usually set up about an hour before the event begins. 7pm.

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SUNDAY 10/27 7TH ANNUAL RUN BY THE SEA If there is such a thing as a relaxing run, this is it. The annual Run by the Sea is a 12K run, 4K run/walk, or a half-marathon (for the real ambitious folks) that meanders along the gorgeous coastal bluffs of the Central Coast. The run consists of mostly of flat, packed dirt trails along Wilder Ranch, plus a beach crossing for those doing the longer races. The dolphins and seals have been known to join the cheer squad, too.

8am. Wilder Ranch State Park, 1401 Coast Rd., Santa Cruz. runbythesea.org. $40-80.

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Riyaaz Qawwali Performance, Sufi Music Ensemble OCTOBER 25, 7:30PM MUSIC CENTER RECITAL HALL $4–$10/PERSON

Qawwali is a musical tradition from presentday India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, dating back 700 years. The group Riyaaz Qawwali brings 13th-century Sufi music to life by overcoming cultural and linguistic barriers, translating lyrics to unravel the cultural heritage of South Asian devotional music.

Ken Norris Memorial Lecture OCTOBER 23, 7–8:30PM SEYMOUR MARINE DISCOVERY CENTER FREE ADMISSION

A lively and informative panel discussion about the pressing and imminent problem of saltwater intrusion along the Monterey Bay coastline. This annual lecture is named in honor of scientist, naturalist, conservationist, and teacher Ken Norris, and his big-picture thinking.

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Stories in Seed Breeding: Colored Cotton, Ancient Wheat

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Traction: Art Talk with Sadie Barnette

EVERY WED 7–9PM THROUGH DECEMBER 4 KRESGE STUDY CENTER, 348 FREE ADMISSION

OCTOBER 29, 7–9PM DIGITAL ARTS RESEARCH CENTER (DARC), 108 FREE ADMISSION

Sadie Barnette’s acclaimed artworks relish in the transcendence of the mundane to the imaginative. Recent works by the Oaklandbased artist engage the 500-page FBI surveillance file kept on her father, Rodney Barnette, who founded the Compton, California, chapter of the Black Panther Party in 1968.

OCTOBER 27, 9:30AM–12PM HAY BARN $20–$40/PERSON

Platypus Santa Cruz

The Platypus Affiliated Society organizes reading groups, public fora, research, and journalism focused on problems and tasks inherited from the “Old” (1920s–30s), “New” (1960s–70s), and post-political (1980s–90s) Left for the possibilities of emancipatory politics today.

Unique Multiples Exhibition TUES–SAT 12–5PM; WED 12–8PM THROUGH DECEMBER 6 SESNON GALLERY FREE ADMISSION

The exhibition showcases selected experimental objects and artifacts by Andy Warhol, Cindy Sherman, Ai Weiwei, and other internationally influential contemporary artists whose works are featured in the Parkett Collection.

Sally Fox, fiber artist and the founder of Vreisis Limited, will describe the process of breeding cotton to select for natural variations in color. After planting a small plot on the farm, attendees will go home with some Sonoran Wheat seed to plant or eat, along with a few recipes.

Rethinking Recess with Rebecca London OCTOBER 29, 5–7PM LOUDEN NELSON COMMUNITY CENTER, 301 CENTER ST., SANTA CRUZ FREE ADMISSION

Sociology Assistant Professor Rebecca London’s recently released book, Rethinking Recess: Creating Safe and Inclusive Playtime for All Children in School, explores the benefits and challenges of elementary school recess. You are invited to hear

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Living Trusts—Who Needs Them and Why OCTOBER 30, 9:30–11AM ARBORETUM, HORTICULTURE ROOM FREE ADMISSION

A living trust is a flexible estate planning tool. Learn how it can be used to provide control over your estate, avoid probate costs, protect your privacy, and facilitate the management of your assets.

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

VINYASA & 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.

Come to a very original Yoga class each Thursday! 5:45-6:45pm. Watsonville Yoga, Dance and Healing Arts, 375 N. Main St., Watsonville.

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WEDNESDAY 10/23 ‘IS OUR GROUNDWATER TOO SALTY?’ For years, groundwater levels in our region have been dropping to record lows at such a rate that our aquifers are no longer being naturally replenished by rainfall. As groundwater levels fall, salty ocean water moves inland. In what can be a costly and irreversible process called saltwater intrusion, aquifers become contaminated and wells too salty for use. Experts will address what that means for the future in an event moderated by former Mayor Cynthia Chase with panelists from UCSC, Stanford and the Soquel Creek Water District.

7-8:30pm. Seymour Marine Discovery Center, UCSC Coastal Science Campus, 100 McAllister Way, Santa Cruz. 459-3800, seymourcenter.ucsc.edu. Free/passes available beginning at 6 p.m.

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No partner required, age 16+. 7pm. Tiny Dancer Ballet School, 1001 Center St., Santa Cruz.

SLVHS DRAMA PRESENTS ‘LIKE, LIKE LIKE?’ San Lorenzo Valley High School is proud to present Like, Like Like?

by Tony Kienitz. The play is directed by SLVHS seniors Elias McMilin, Wyatt Troxell and Austin Whisler, and is presented at the San Lorenzo Valley Performing Arts Center Oct. 18 through Oct. 27. There is a special Community Night performance on Thursday, Oct. 24—all tickets are $10.

Tickets will be available to purchase at the door and online starting Friday, October 4 at the SLV Drama Boosters webpage.

7pm. San Lorenzo Valley High School Performing Arts Center, 7105 Hwy. 9, Felton. atheatrenearu.org. $10/$12.

CLASSES 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 lead cause of death for ages 15-20. The Start Smart Program provides information on defensive driving, DUI awareness, traffic laws and dynamics of traffic collisions and tips on avoiding them Reserve a spot in the class by calling 662-0511. 6pm. Aptos Branch Library, 7695 Soquel Drive, Aptos.

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

9:30am. TriYoga Center, 708 Washington St., Santa Cruz. $15.

SCOTTS VALLEY ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION-PUBLIC MEETING We want to hear from you! Join us on Oct. 24 for a public meeting to give your input on ways to improve walking and bicycling in Scotts Valley. Dinner, childcare and Spanish translation provided. The city of Scotts Valley is working with Ecology Action and Bike Santa Cruz County to create the first Scotts Valley Active Transportation Plan, which will outline future improvements for biking and walking in Scotts Valley and develop strategies to allow residents to safely walk and bike for daily trips. This project is funded through a Caltrans Sustainable Communities Transportation Planning grant. For more information or to share your comments online, visit: ecoact.org/scottsvalleyatp.

6:30-8pm. Scotts Valley Senior Center, 370 Kings Village Rd., Scotts Valley.

MUSIC NELS ANDREWS + REBECCA LOEBE + FINDLAY NAPIER Although he was born by the sea, it wasn’t until he moved to the desert that Nels Andrews began writing songs. He sang them alone in a house constructed of mud and tires on the sagebrushed mesas of Taos, New Mexico where he spent his 20’s, airing them occasionally around campfires. Eventually he found his voice as a crooner of literary narratives and increasingly impressionistic story songs.

8pm. lille æske, 13160 Central Ave., Boulder Creek. $25/$30.

REGGAE THURSDAYS MI DEH YAH Reality Sound International and The Catalyst present Reggae Thursdays with DJ Spleece

and friends. Dancehall reggae remix. 7pm.

The Catalyst Club, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. santacruzreggae.com. Free.

FRIDAY 10/25 ARTS HALLOWEEN CONTRA DANCE Enjoy our annual Halloween contra dance at the Veterans Hall! Costumes are optional but encouraged. “Contra” (New England Folk) community dance! Easy to learn dances are taught and 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. New dancers are encouraged to attend the free lesson at 6:30pm, before the regular dance at 7pm. Bring your dance shoes and a water bottle. Potluck snacks at the break. Wear comfortable clothes and low-heeled non-marking shoes (preferably that slide). 7-10pm. Santa Cruz County Veterans Memorial Building, 846 Front St., Santa Cruz. $12.

RIYAAZ QAWWALI SUFI MUSIC ENSEMBLE Qawwali is a musical tradition from present-day India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, dating back 700 years. The group Riyaaz Qawwali brings 13th-century Sufi music to life by overcoming cultural and linguistic barriers, translating lyrics to unravel the cultural heritage of South Asian devotional music. Trained in Eastern and Western classical music, the members have been professionally performing qawwali for the past twelve years. Riyaaz Qawwali represents the diversity and plurality of South Asia: the ensemble’s musicians, who are settled in the United States, hail from India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh and represent multiple religious and spiritual backgrounds. 7:30pm. UCSC Music Center Recital Hall, Heller Drive and Meyer Drive, Santa Cruz. ucsctickets.com. $5 parking.

FOOD & WINE FREE MOVIE & FOOD TRUCKS IN THE PARK Scotts Valley Recreation and Food Trucks A Go Go have partnered together for an evening of fun with Movie and Food Trucks in the Park on Friday, October 25.

Dinner is from 4:30-7:30pm with some of the best food trucks in Santa Cruz County. The movie, Spider-Man, Into The Spider-Verse, begins at 6:30pm on the big outdoor screen at Skypark, Scotts Valley. 4:30pm. Skypark, >34 361 Kings Village Rd., Scotts Valley.

Nov. 13 – Dec. 8, 2019

JeWel theatre CoMPanY PRESENTS

Me Girl

at the Colligan theater | 1010 river street, santa Cruz WEDS. THURS. FRI. SAT. SUN. Set in the late 1930s, this classic Nov 13 Nov 14 Nov 15 Nov 16 Nov 17 musical comedy tells the story of 7:30pm 7:30pm 8pm 8pm 2pm (Preview) (Preview) (Opening) an unapologetically unrefined Nov 21 Nov 23 Nov 22 Nov 24 cockney named Bill Snibson, who 7:30pm 8pm 8pm 2pm (Talk-Back) learns he is the 14th heir to the Earl of Dec 1 Thanksgiving Hareford when he is summoned to the Nov 30 Nov 29 2pm No Performance 7:00pm 8pm 8pm Show on 12/1 late earl’s estate to assume his destiny as (Talk-Back) a nobleman. But Bill will have none of Dec 7 Dec 5 Dec 8 Dec 6 2pm 7:30pm it, especially since it involves ditching the 2pm 8pm (Talk-Back) (Talk-Back) 8pm equally unrefined love of his life, Sally.

Filled with memorable tunes like “The Lambeth Walk” and “The Sun Has Got His Hat On”, this energetic Tony Award winning musical ran for 3 years on Broadway and 8 years in the West End.

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This production is funded, in part, by grants from the following organizations:

“A delight from start to finish…Ridiculously tuneful” – The Hollywood Reporter

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SATURDAY 10/26 ARTS HALLOWEEN AND MASK MAKING FESTIVAL Join us for our traditional Halloween Festival, including mask-making, touch tanks, the Thrill the World dance, and child-friendly tour of our haunted house.

Noon-4pm. Louden Nelson Community Center, 301 Center St., Santa Cruz.

HAUNTED HOUSE Louden Nelson brings back our legendary haunted house! This

year, take a tour of the “New Laurel School” ... and discover what creepy secrets and surprises are in store. Child-friendly, free Haunted House noon-3pm. Arrive early to make sure you get a spot in one of our scheduled tours! Hair-raising, nail-biting, scary version of the Haunted House is 6pm-8pm. This version has a $5 admission fee and is not recommended for children under 12. 6-8pm. Louden Nelson Community Center, 301 Center St., Santa Cruz.

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Annieglass Incorporated, 310 Harvest Drive, Watsonville. $70.

CLASSES BELLIES, BIRTH AND BABIES New and expectant families will not want to miss Bellies, Birth and Babies coming to Santa Cruz on Oct. 26th from 2-5pm at the Pacific Cultural Center. This interactive community event offers workshops and hands-on demos packed with knowledge, skills and resources to facilitate the transition into parenthood.

Local birth and postpartum professionals will be on hand to answer questions and share tips and tools. In addition, families will appreciate the Pop-up Marketplace with products geared to their needs as well as a babywearing station. This event is free, but registration is recommended. 2-5pm. Pacific Cultural Center/Ashtanga Yoga Institute, 1307 Seabright Ave., Santa Cruz. bbbfall2019.eventbrite.com.

HOME HARDENING: PROTECTING YOUR HOME AGAINST WILDFIRES

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Join the Fire Safe Council of Santa Cruz County and other county residents on Tuesday, Oct. 26, at Aptos Grange from 2-4pm to learn about protecting your home from wildfires. Attendees will learn best practices to improve their personal safety as well as the structural safety of their home, while learning the “do and don’t” guidelines for the critical five foot area immediately surrounding their home. RSVPs are encouraged at firesafesantacruz.org/ home-hardening-events-2019. 2-4pm. Aptos Grange, 2555 Mar Vista Drive, Aptos.

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FOOD & WINE OKTOBERFEST PARTY AT BRUNO’S BAR AND GRILL Dress up in your best Oktoberfest costume for a chance to win a $50 Bruno’s gift card. Outside in our beer garden, we’ll be grilling up sausages, serving your favorite beers and playing cornhole.

Well-behaved dogs on leashes are welcome to party outside Barktoberfest style. Inside, enjoy live music from Whiskey Breakfast, pool, foosball, darts, shuffleboard and ping pong. We’ll also have a few fun games for you to win prizes. You know we always throw the best parties, don’t miss this one! 1pm.

Bruno’s Bar and Grill, 230G Mount Hermon Rd., Scotts Valley.

SANTA CRUZ BEACH BOARDWALK CHILI COOK-OFF Bring your appetite and join the fun as both professional and

amateur chefs work their culinary magic and compete for the title of Best Chili! Boardwalk admission is free! Just purchase a tasting kit to sample chili from dozens of competitors.

Tasting kits are $10 each and include six taste tickets, spoon, cup, and a People’s Choice ballot. 9am. Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, 400 Beach St., Santa Cruz.

HEALTH 23RD STRIKE OUT AGAINST CANCER BOWL-A-THON You have the power to help women living with cancer in our community!

For over 25 years WomenCARE has been providing free services to women diagnosed with cancer. Join us for our biggest fundraiser of the year, Strike Out Against Cancer, and enjoy a fun-filled bowling event and a chance to make a big difference for people in need. Together, we can make this year’s event our most successful yet! 1pm.

Boardwalk Bowl, 115 Cliff St., Santa Cruz.

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HEALTHY BONES: A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO OSTEOPOROSIS If you have been diagnosed with osteopenia or osteoporosis or have a family history, come learn about holistic approaches to Healthy Bones. Chinese medicine has five branches—acupuncture, herbs, movement such as Qi Gong, therapeutic massage, and nutrition—and all of them can be extremely helpful in supporting bone health.

Registration required. 10:30am-noon.

Dominican Hospital-Rehabilitation Services, 610 Frederick St., Santa Cruz. 457-7099.

MUSIC LIVE MUSIC BY HOT FUSE Enjoy live music from Hot Fuse out in Abbott Square.

Grab a tasty meal or delicious beverage in Abbott Square Market. Explore the interactive art and history exhibitions just a few steps away inside the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. Run into old friends and make new ones in the plaza.

7-9:30pm. Abbott Square, 118 Cooper St., Santa Cruz.

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get your hands dirty and make your own mini adobe brick. Rain cancels. Free event.

1-2pm. Santa Cruz Mission Historic State Park, 144 School St., Santa Cruz. 4255849.

Historic State Park, 144 School St., Santa Cruz.

COAST NATURE WALK On this 2.5-mile,

founder of Vreseis Limited, will describe the process of breeding cotton to select for natural color variations and share her story of resurrecting ancient Sonoran Wheat at the “Stories in Seed Breeding: Colored Cotton and Ancient Wheat” workshop on Sunday, October 27 at 9:30am at the Cowell Ranch Hay Barn on the UCSC campus.

9:30am-noon. UCSC Hay Barn, Ranch View Road, Santa Cruz.

two-hour family friendly walk, we’ll explore the plants, animals, and geology of our coastal bluffs. Bring water, hat, closed toe shoes, layered clothing, and binoculars if available. Meet at the interpretive center.

Rain cancels. Free event. Vehicle day-use fee is $10. For more information, call 426-0505.

11am. Wilder Ranch State Park, 1401 Coast Rd., Santa Cruz.

MONARCH BUTTERFLY TOURS MidOctober through December; Saturdays and Sundays at 11am and 2pm. Meet at the visitor center for a free onw-hour guided tour of the Monarch Butterfly Natural Preserve.

Monarch migration is variable, please check the website or contact the park to find out the current population at parks.ca.gov or 423-4609. To arrange a tour for groups of 10 or more, please visit thatsmypark.org.

11am-noon. Natural Bridges State Beach, Swanton Blvd. and West Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz. $10 parking.

THE MISSING ARM History takes a tall tale twist as the saga of this early pioneer unfolds. The silly, slightly haunting tours around the redwood loop trail begin at 7pm.

Enjoy the redwoods on a fall night with music, storytelling and “Ranger Apples” around the campfire. All participants must register at Big Basin Redwoods State Park Headquarters. 6:30pm. Big Basin Redwoods State Park, 21600 Big Basin Way, Boulder Creek. 338-8883. $10 parking.

SUNDAY 10/27 ARTS 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-4pm. San Lorenzo Valley Museum, 12547 Hwy. 9, Boulder Creek. slvmuseum. com. Free.

BUILDING METHODS AT THE MISSION Come and see how the oldest

DROP-IN FAMILY CRAFT: MARIACHI

building in town was made. We will look at the materials used by the Ohlone to build their homes and then at the materials used by the Spanish to build Mission Santa Cruz. You will have the chance to

Decorate your guitarron, vihuela, and trumpet! Create your own glittering skeleton mariachi band in honor of Dios De Los Muertos. Free event. For more information, call 425-5849. 1-4pm. Santa Cruz Mission

STORIES IN SEED BREEDING: COLORED COTTON AND ANCIENT WHEAT Sally Fox, longtime fiber artist and

FOOD & WINE RISE UP SINGING HALLOWEEN COSTUME POTLUCK Rise Up Singing Halloween Costume Potluck Goblins, witches, fairies, butterflies, pirates, monsters and spooky characters are welcome. Please bring a healthy potluck dish to share.

6-9pm. Avalon Visions Center for Creative Spirituality, 2815 Porter St., Soquel.

OUTDOOR BIRDING FOR BEGINNERS Join birder extraordinaire Jim Williams for a tranquil morning filled with our little flying friends!

Learn about the birds in our park, receive a Henry Cowell RSP birding brochure, and begin your career as an energized birder!

Make sure to bring water, comfortable footwear, and a keen eye and/or ears! Meet in the campground parking lot located off Graham Hill Road.. 8am. Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, 101 N Big Trees Park Rd., Felton. $10 parking. 335-7077.

DIA DE LOS MUERTOS 3K AND 5K RUN AND FESTIVAL Join the Boys and Girls Clubs of Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz County Parks, and El Rosal Bakery for the 2019 Live Oak Día de los Muertos 5K/3K and Festival, celebrating Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) and highlighting the best of the Live Oak community. The 5K/3K course along the beautiful Santa Cruz coastline is open to walkers and runners of all ages and fitness levels. The 5K run starts at 9am and the 3K starts at 9:30am. Arrive early for face painting and show off your Día De Los Muertos spirit along the course. To register for the 5K/3K Run or to learn more about the festival visit diasantacruz.com.

Fundraising will support youth and teen services, parks and recreation programs,

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9am. East Cliff Shopping Center, 21513 E Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz.

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. Build a seal or sea lion puppet decorated with your own special seal nose, complete with whiskers! Join the hands-on fun at the crafts table every Sunday from 1-3pm. Free with admission to the Seymour Center. 1-3pm.

Seymour Marine Discovery Center, 100 McAllister Way, Santa Cruz.

MONDAY 10/28 CLASSES YOGA CHURCH WITH HANNAH MUSE These classes are intended to be

DROP-IN GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP Hospice of Santa Cruz County leads this grief support group for those who have experienced the loss of a loved one. When we share our story in a safe place, we find that we are not alone and we begin to find our way through loss. 1pm. Louden Nelson Community Center, 301 Center St., Santa Cruz.

TUESDAY ARTS TRACTION: ART TALK WITH SADIE BARNETTE Whether in the form of drawing, photography or large-scale installation, Sadie Barnette’s acclaimed artworks relish in the transcendence of the mundane to the imaginative. Recent works engage as primary source material the 500-page FBI surveillance file kept on her father, Rodney Barnette, who founded the Compton, California, chapter of the Black Panther Party in 1968. In the artist’s hands these repressive documents are reclaimed—splashed with pink spray paint and adorned with crystals—in an intergenerational assertion of the power of the personal as political. Barnette’s work deals in the currency of the real, in earthly acts of celebration and resistance, but is also tethered to the other-worldly, speculative fiction, a galactic escape.

7pm. UCSC Digital Arts Research Center (DARC), 407 McHenry Rd., Santa Cruz.

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Two delicious tacos and a locally crafted beer for $10. If the mood suits you, add a side of guacamole or a single order of tacos!

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Registration required at 457-2273. Free.

12:30-2pm. WomenCARE, 2901 Park Ave. Suite A1, Soquel.

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accessible and inclusive to anyone who seeks to open their heart, body and mind; not just those who can afford it. Self-care is a radical act: as we learn to love and take care of ourselves, we extend that love and support to others more abundantly, and it ripples out into our communities.

Yoga Church seeks to serve the entire community, anyone and everyone willing to show up and be present: the privileged and the marginalized, the young and old, rich and poor, all walks of life. Those of you can afford to pay $15 or more will not only be offering yourself the gift of a replenishing practice, but you will personally be making it possible for us to serve the greater whole. We welcome everyone. We welcome you. 5:30-7:15pm.

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Gymnasium, Room 1118. 6pm. Cabrillo College, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos.

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HARBOR PATROL Two years ago, guitarist Dan Vosko saw local group Wooster play a reunion show at Moe’s Alley. Vosko was always a fan, and he loved the performance. What really got him was the sense of community at the show.

“Everybody was dancing and grooving,” Vosko says. “We were in the same room at the same time with a lot of friends.

That led to a really fun evening.”

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When he bumped into old bandmate and drummer Ben K at the gym the next day, they agreed it was time to play together again. They assembled a group that included vocalist Chris Huff, guitarist Zach Nutty and bassist Rob Atkinson.

They had played in local bands like Epicure, Fire Peach—and yes, Wooster.

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There was no goal in mind for the project, other than to enjoy music and feel that sense of community.

The group naturally took the primary components of Epicure (reggae, hiphop, rock) and fine-tuned them a bit.

“What came out was a return to those three core genres,” says Huff. “At the same time, there’s some maturity that’s happened with everybody since then.”

The friends called the band Earthquake Weather initially, but changed it to Harbor Patrol when they saw a patrol boat cruise past during a mid-practice break.

“Most of us actually live in the harbor. It identifies a feeling and a vibe, definitely a location. It creates a brand recognition that people connect to pretty easily,” Atkinson says. AARON CARNES 9pm. Friday, Oct. 25. Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $10 adv/$15 door. 479-1854.

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WEDNESDAY 10/23 HIP-HOP

KOOL KEITH No one knows the exact moment alt-rap became an official subgenre, but whenever it was, Kool Keith had already been cranking out some of the weirdest rap music that existed, and will likely ever exist. He’s created countless bizarro hip-hop personas: Dr. Octagon, Black Elvis, Dr. Dooom, Papa Large, and … well, way too many more to list here. He practically invented the surreal sci-fi-infused hip-hop beat, and spits surreal non-sequiturs that casually drift into the sexually explicit zone. Even in 2019, releasing his 17th solo album, Keith, he still sounds as weird and out of step with mainstream hip-hop as ever. AC 9pm. Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $16 adv/$18 door. 423-1338.

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VIEUX FARKA TOURÉ Known as “the Hendrix of the Saraha,” Vieux Farka Touré is a serious force on the guitar. His is a sort of cosmic, kaleidoscopic Afrobeat, led by his blazing fretwork and keen songwriting. On

“Bonheur,” the opener from 2017’s Samba, Touré kicks things off with a scorching trip across the fretboard, tearing through melodic passages like so much wet tissue. Then, when the band comes in behind him, “Bonheur” takes off at a gallop, transporting listeners across a landscape of stars, sand and the gentle lick of hot wind. MIKE HUGUENOR 8pm. Felton Music Hall, 6275 Hwy. 9, Felton. $27 adv/$29 door. 335-2800.

THURSDAY 10/24 INDIE

LOUIZA Indie band Louiza’s blend of ’70s-pop-melody dramatics and theatre-nerd arrangements are reminiscent of cinematic soundtracks of yore and Broadway showtunes. Picture a stage set of the Big Apple, where earnest young artists dance their way through life’s struggles and lack of rent control. Now put them in cat costumes and have them break the glass ceiling before breaking out into song.

Congratulations! You’ve now correctly imagined the music of Louiza. AMY BEE 9pm. Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $6. 429-6994.

FOLK

TODD SNIDER & JACK ELLIOTT Todd Snider is no stranger to Santa Cruz. His infamous song “Beer Run” was written in town at a Robert Earl Keen concert and features cameos by native fauna like hippies, college kids and radio station KPIG’s “Sleepy” John Sandidge.

Another local institution joins him: kindred tale-teller and road dog “Ramblin” Jack Elliott, a historic monument to modern folk tunes. As Halloween quickly approaches, let the dusty spirits of America come alive when these two stalwarts cast their haunted spells on your hungry ears. MAT WEIR 8pm. Rio Theatre, 1205 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $25. 423-8209.

JAZZ

NICOLAS BEARDE Describing San Francisco vocalist Nicolas Bearde as a journeyman isn’t inaccurate—it doesn’t capture the spectacular nature of his journey. At Kuumbwa alone, he’s performed as a member of three groundbreaking a cappella ensembles: Linda Tillery’s field-hollersto-hip-hop Cultural Heritage Choir, Bobby McFerrin’s improvisation-laced Voicestra and Bay Area spin-off SoVoSo.

MUSIC

BE OUR GUEST SKIZZY MARS

LOUIZA

Bearde earned an avid following as a solo act crooning sophisticated R&B, but he’s evolved into a captivating jazz singer. Celebrating the release of his confidently swinging new album I Remember You: The Music of Nat King Cole, Bearde makes his Kuumbwa debut under his own name. ANDREW GILBERT 7pm. Kuumbwa Jazz, 320-2 Cedar St., Santa Cruz. $21 adv/$26.25 door. 427-2227.

COMEDY

BRENT WEINBACH Brent Weinbach is an awkward guy.

So much so that in his ironically titled Appealing To The Mainstream special, he proposed that he could be for reals creepy, and did a couple minutes of jokes as a blood-thirsty Igor-type monster. As stiff and alien as his normal voice is, he switches naturally into oddly cool characters, focusing his humor on the sound of words and phrases. On the same special, he pondered the phrase “Hell nah” and did his impression of R&B Lazy Eyelids, which actually makes sense if you follow his logic. AC 7 & 8:30pm. DNA’s Comedy Lab, 155 S River St., Santa Cruz. $20 adv/$25 door. 900-5123.

THE GARDEN Proving the phrase “when you’re here, you’re family” applies to more than one Garden, Orange County duo the Garden are, in fact, twins. Since at least 2015, when the duo signed to Epitaph, the Garden has mixed a kind of nervous, artsy post-punk with a humorous, absurdly empty lyrical approach (their second album begins: “Take your sunglasses off, and then put them on again”). What, if anything, are the songs about? Search me. Nonetheless, last year’s Mirror Might Steal Your Charm is a truly weird punk-pop outlier worth experiencing. MH 9 p.m. Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. $16/adv, $20/door. 423-1338.

AMERICANA

MATT THE ELECTRICIAN Hard work and blue-collar jobs are romanticized in Americana music, and it’s easy to fall under the spell of such sentiments when someone like Matt the Electrician pulls out his acoustic guitar and begins to croon in a sweetly earnest, delicate voice. His vocals soothe the weary soul, gently offering plaintive perspectives and promises of

a better life found within the trials of the day to day, rather than the illusions of material ease. Maybe success is measured best by effort. Maybe the struggle is the goal. Maybe it’s all about the little things. AB 8pm. Lille Aeske, 13160 Hwy. 9, Boulder Creek. $25. 703-4183.

SUNDAY 10/27 REGGAE

LEE ‘SCRATCH’ PERRY Some musicians never seem to age.

Even as fans watch the wrinkles form, the hair frost over from salt and pepper to snow, the artist’s spirit burns just as brightly as it always has. Living legend Lee “Scratch” Perry is one of those artists, and not just because he actually has a burning candle lit during performances. At 83, the reggae artist and world-renowned producer continues his prolific career, releasing mounds of music and somehow finding time to tour. This year, Perry has already released two albums, Rootz Reggae Dub and Rainford, and just dropped a new song, “Magik,” this month. MW 9pm. Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $25 adv/$30 door. 479-1854.

9pm. Thursday, Oct. 31. Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $20 adv/$25 door. Information: catalystclub.com.

WANT TO GO? Go to santacruz.com/ giveaways before 11am on Thursday, Oct. 24, to find out how you could win a pair of tickets to the show.

IN THE QUEUE JUSTIN PETER KINKEL SCHUSTER

Rock ’n’ roll for real Americans.

Wednesday at Crepe Place SILVER LAKE 66

Ol’ timey, sappy country. Friday at Lille Aeske WOOSTER

Local dance-rock legends and inspiration to many. Saturday at Moe’s Alley BAD MAPS

Tripped-out, tie-dye folk-rock.

Saturday at Felton Music Hall PETER ERSKINE

The unofficial emperor of jazz-fusion drumming. Monday at Kuumbwa Jazz Center

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SATURDAY 10/26

POST-PUNK

Skizzy Mars has always rapped with the easiest of flows and a carefree spirit that made his music fun, inviting and great to turn up and bump along to. Earlier this year, he released Free Skizzy Mars, a deeper, introspective rap album. That, along with last year’s Are You Ok?, have shown the depth of his emotional state. The records have explored issues like addiction, therapy and doing the work it takes to have healthy, meaningful relationships. He’s shown how vulnerable rap music can be, while still retaining its core mission of getting people moving and having a great time.

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LIVE MUSIC

Thursday October 24 –8/8:30pm $10/15 Latin Double Bill Dance Party

QIENSAVE + ROB RAMOS Y CALIGENTE Friday October 25 –8/9pm $10/15

WED

Reggae Favorites

ABBOTT SQUARE 118 Cooper St, Santa Cruz

Saturday October 26 –8/9pm $20

APTOS ST. BBQ 8059 Aptos St, Aptos

SOULWISE

Halloween Weekend W/ Hometown Heroes

WOOSTER

Sunday October 27 –3/4pm $15/20 Afternoon Blues Series

WHITEY JOHNSON FEATURING GARY NICHOLSON

Sunday October 27 –8:30/9pm $25/30 Jamaican’s Reggae Icon Returns

LEE SCRATCH PERRY Thursday October 31 –8/9pm $15/20 Halloween Costume Ball With

SAMBADÁ

Friday November 1 –7/8pm $25/30 An Evening With The

BODEANS

Saturday November 2 –7:30/8:30pm $15/20 Americana Favorites From Portland OR

FRUITION

10/23

THU

10/24

FRI

Rob Vye Free 6-8p

Karaoke 8p-Close

BRITANNIA ARMS 110 Monterey Ave, Capitola THE CATALYST 1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz THE CATALYST ATRIUM 1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Kool Keith w/ the Bassmen $16/$18 9p

CILANTROS 1934 Main St, Watsonville

Hippo Happy Hour 5:30-7:30p

CORK AND FORK 312 Capitola Ave, Capitola

Open Mic Night Free 7-10p

Jeffrey Halford Free 6-8p

Kid Anderson & John “Blues” Boyd Free 6-8p

Karaoke 6p-Close

Alex Lucero & Friends 8p

Karaoke 9-12:30a

Karaoke 9-12:30a

The Polish Ambassador w/ Wildlight & Kaminanda $25/$30 9p Mannequin Pussy w/ Reptaliens & BB Sinclair $12/$14 9p

The Devil Wears Prada w/ Norma Jean & Gideon $20/$25 8p Mamma Mia! An ABBA Disco Dance Party $15 9:30p

The Garden w/ Pitted & J. Lately $16/$20 9p An-Ten-Nae & Govinda $18/$20 9p

The Blues Suspects Free 7-10p

Coastal Greeting w/ Louiza & Eve’s Peach $6 9p

Bourbon & Burlesque 7p Diggin’ in the Crepe w/ Noa James $8 9p

Bonny June & Bonfire Halloween Party Free 7-10p Scott Kail’s Beatles: Revolver & David Bowie: Ziggy Stardust 8p Body Language w/ Son of the Velvet Rat & more $10 9p

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THE

CREPE PLACE OPEN LATE - EVERY NIGHT!

The DC Trio

Thu. Oct. 24 7:30pm NO COVER

Rhythm Deluxe Band

Fri. Oct. 25 5pm HAPPY HOUR/NO COVER Sat. Oct. 26 8:30pm $10 adv./$12 door Dance – ages 21 +

Locomotive Breath Grateful Sunday

Sun. Oct. 27 5:30pm GRATEFUL DEAD TUNES/NO COVER Tue. Oct. 29 7:30pm

Cripple Creek

Open Mic Acoustic Jam

NO COVER/Dance<21 w/parent Wed. Oct. 30 7:30pm

The New Horizons The Ghost Collective $10 Adv./$10 door Dance – ages 21 +

Thu. Oct. 31 7:30pm

The Sam Chase & The Untraditional Halloween Extravaganza & Costume Contests $20 adv./$25 door Dance – ages 21 +

COMING UP Fri. Nov. 1 Sat. Nov. 2 Sun. Nov. 3 Wed. Nov. 6 Thu. Nov. 7 Fri. Nov. 8

The Inciters plus Common People Brit Pop Band Lyin’ I’s Eagles Tribute Katie Skene & Andrea Whit 2pm David Gans plus Garrin Benfield Del Rey The Lost Boys feat. James Durbin

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

MON

10/28

Blind Rick Free 6-8p

TUE

10/29

Mojo Mix Free 6-8p Witch Ripper, Forming the Void $5 9p

Karaoke 8p-Close

Karaoke 8p-Close

Blueface w/ Coyotes, Flash Gotti & Danny Ali $37.50/$40 8p

Shoreline Mafia w/ 1TakeJay & AZ Chike $35-$45 8p Remo Drive w/ Summer Cannibals & Coastal Greeting $15/$17 8p KPIG Happy Hour 5:30-7:30p

RHETT MILLER OF OLD 97’s

Zach Nugent’s Disco Dead $15 adv./$15 door Dance – ages 21 +

Chicago Bill & the Next Blues Band Free 6-8p

Karaoke 6p-Close

A Rare & Intimate Performance With

Wed. Oct. 23 7:30pm

10/27

DJ Spooky Ghost 9:15p-12:45a

Tuesday November 5 –7/8pm $20/25

Nov 6 VETIVER Nov 7 MICKY & THE MOTORCARS +JEDD HUGHES Nov 8 HOT BUTTERED RUM + Coffee Zombie Nov 9 MAKING MOVIES + LOS RAKAS Nov 13 MARLON ASHER Nov 14 DAN BERN Nov 15 DANIEL RODRIGUEZ of ELEPHANT REVIVAL + WHISKERMAN & KENDRA MCKINLEY Nov 16 LOS AMIGOS INVISIBLES Nov 17 SELWYN BIRCHWOOD Nov 17 SISTER CAROL Nov 20 EDDIE SPAGHETTI + JD PINKUS Nov 21 MORE FATTER + PROXIMA PARADA Nov 22 THE HIDALGOS w/ DAVID of LOS LOBOS Nov 23 ORGONE Nov 24 HALF PINT + ANDREW BEES Nov 27 THE SKATALITES Nov 30 SEAN HAYES Dec 1 MIGHTY MIKE SCHERMER Dec 5 SCOTT PEMBERTON Dec 7 ANUHEA Dec 12 THE WHITE BUFFALO Dec 19 MELVIN SEALS & JGB with JOHN KADLECIK Dec 28 CON BRIO Jan 12 TOMMY CASTRO

SUN

Karaoke 8p-Close

Open Mic 7-10p John Peter Kinkel Schuster w/ Spencer Thomas $10 9p

10/26

Hot Fuse Free 7-9:30p

The Box: Gothic/ Industrial Free 9p

CORRALITOS CULTURAL CENTER 127 Hames Rd., Corralitos THE CREPE PLACE 1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz

SAT

Girls Night Out: A Magic Death Valley Gypsies, Mike Experience $20 9p Madd Daddy $5 9p

BLUE LAGOON 923 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz BOARDWALK BOWL 115 Cliff St, Santa Cruz

10/25

Coast Ridge Ramblers Free 7-9:30p

ADVANCE TICKETS ON TICKETWEB WEDNESDAY 10/23

JUSTIN PETER KINKE SCHUSTER w/ SPENCER THOMAS 9PM - $10 DOOR THURSDAY 10/24

COASTAL GREETING w/ LOUIZA & EVES PEACH 9PM - $6 DOOR FRIDAY 10/25

BOURBON AND BURLESQUE CHECK THE WEBSITE FOR DETAILS 7PM (VIP) OR 8PM (G/A) SATURDAY 10/26

BODY LANGUAGE w/ SON OF THE VELVET RAT 9PM - $10 DOOR SUNDAY10/27

OPEN BLUEGRASS JAM 5PM TO 8PM - FREE IN THE GARDEN TUESDAY 10/29

FUNK NIGHT w/ SPACE HEATER

9PM - $8 DOOR

WEDNESDAY 10/31

HALLOWEEN JAM DON’T MISS OUT!!!!!

SHOOBIES - SOLLOMON HOLLOW - DISCO ANDERSON THE CLASH NIRVANA DICK DALE

WEEKEND BRUNCH FULL BAR MIDTOWN SANTA CRUZ

1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz 429-6994

Acoustic Open Jam 3-5p Bluegrass Jam Free 5p

Funk Night w/ Space Heater $6 9p-12a

LIVE MUSIC

Wednesday, October 23 • 7 PM & 9 PM

JAKE SHIMABUKURO TRIO WED CROW’S NEST 2218 E. Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz

10/23

Hot Club Pacific $3 7:30p

THU

10/24

FRI

Vintage Point $5 8p

10/25

Nagging Doubts $6 9p

10/26

SAT Hall Pass: Halloween Party $7 9:30p

SUN

10/27

MON

10/28

TUE

10/29

Tickets: pulseproductions.net

Thursday, October 24 • 7 PM

Live Comedy $7 9p

NICOLAS BEARDE: THE MUSIC OF NAT KING COLE

DISCRETION BREWING 2703 41st Ave, Soquel

A velvet-toned vocalist’s salute to Cole.

DNA’S COMEDY LAB 155 River St, Santa Cruz

Blind Tiger Open Mic Night 8p

FELTON MUSIC HALL 6275 Hwy 9, Felton

Vieux Farka Toure & Bombino $27/$29 7p

1/2 PRICE STUDENT TICKETS The Haywoods w/ the Good Sams $9/$11 7p

Space Heater w/ Dancing Mandy $9/$11 7p

THE FISH HOUSE 972 Main St, Watsonville

Country & Western Halloween Dance Party $15 8p Johnny Reyes & Freedom 8p

GABRIELLA CAFE 910 Cedar St., Santa Cruz

Linc Russin 7-9p

Bob Basa 6:30-9:30p

HENFLINGS 9450 CA-9, Ben Lomond

Bingo Night 7p

What’s Good 8p

Juice of the Barley 8p

The Just Project 8p

Matias 6:30-9:30p

Mark Creech 6:30-9:30p

Captain & Messina 6:30-9:30p

JACK O’NEILL RESTAURANT & LOUNGE 175 W Cliff Dr. Santa Cruz KUUMBWA JAZZ 320-2 Cedar St, Santa Cruz

Jake Shimabukuro Trio $45-$60 7&9p

Nicolas Bearde w/ Tammi Brown $21/$26.25 7p

LILLE AESKE 13160 CA-9, Boulder Creek

Dope Poet Love Spoken Word $15 7p

Nels Andrews & more $25/$30 7p

Silver Lake 66 $15/$20 7p

MICHAEL’S ON MAIN 2591 Main St, Soquel

Zach Nugent’s Disco Dead $15 7:30p

The DC Trio Free 7:30p

Rhythm Deluxe Band w/ Locomotiv Breath Ted Welty Free 5p $10/$12 8:30p

MISSION ST. BBQ 1618 Mission St, Santa Cruz

Saturday, October 26 • 7:30 PM

Tickets: celticsociety.org Monday, October 28 • 7 PM

PETER ERSKINE QUARTET WITH GEORGE GARZONE, ALAN PASQUA & DAREK OLES Pro Jam w/ Dan Odom 4p

Open Mic 7p

Karaoke Night 9p

A swinging ensemble led by one of the most recorded drummers of all-time.

1/2 PRICE STUDENT TICKETS Wednesday, November 6 • 7 PM

Daimh $20/$22 7p

The Westside Sheiks Free 6p

DAIMH

Zumba Glow Halloween Bash $12/$15 6p

DORADO SCHMITT & THE DJANGO FESTIVAL ALL-STARS

Peter Erskine Quartet $31.50/$36.75 7p

Bringing the music of Django Reinhardt into the 21st century.

Matt the Electrician $25/$30 7p Grateful Sunday Concert Series Free 5:30p

Cripple Creek Open Mic Acoustic Jam Free/$5 7:30p

Gil de Leon Trio Free 6p

Thursday, November 7 • 7:30 PM

A CELEBRATION OF JONI MITCHELL’S BIRTHDAY WITH KIMBERLY FORD Tickets: snazzyproductions.com

Friday, November 8 • 7 PM & 9 PM

PULSE PRODUCTIONS WELCOMES

RICHARD THOMPSON Special Guest

Eliza Gilkyson

An Evening of Kirtan with

KRISHNA An EveningDAS of Kirtan

The Last Great

AN EVENING WITH THE BRANFORD MARSALIS QUARTET

An ensemble of unwavering creative integrity.

Saturday, November 9 • 8:30 PM

SIN SISTERS BURLESQUE Tickets: eventbrite.com

Monday, November 11 • 7 PM & 9 PM

JOSHUA REDMAN QUARTET WITH AARON GOLDBERG, REUBEN ROGERS & GREGORY HUTCHINSON Thursday, November 14 • 7 PM

November 26th FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH Tuesday,Tuesday, Nov. 26th Rio Theatre 7pm Rio Theatre RIO THEATRE

STEEL HOUSE

Musical communication between modern masters.

Tim Flannery

1/2 PRICE STUDENT TICKETS

& The Lunatic Fringe

Friday, November 15 • 7 PM

THE FUNKY KNUCKLES

Self-described as “a world-class jazz orchestra made up of genetically enhanced cybernetic super men.”

1/2 PRICE STUDENT TICKETS Monday, November 18 • 7 PM

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9TH RIO THEATRE 6:00 & 9:00 PM

Friday, Feb. 21st Kuumbwa 8pm

WWW.PULSEPRODUCTIONS.NET

Radio Station

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

All ages welcome.

320-2 Cedar St | Santa Cruz 831.427.2227 kuumbwajazz.org

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A ceaselessly innovative saxophonist and top-tier group of collaborators.

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U P C O M I N G

SHOWS

LIVE MUSIC WED MOE’S ALLEY 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz

MATT HECKLER

MOTIV 1209 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

10/23

99 BOTTLES 110 Walnut Ave, Santa Cruz

FRI

10/25

SAT

10/26

Soulwise, Harbor Patrol Wooster & Hijinx $10/$15 8p $20 8p

SUN

10/27

MON

10/28

Trivia 8p

Brandon Beach 9:30p

Tacos & Trivia Free 6:30p

Ryan Price 8p Alex Lucero 2-5p

Static Tilt 2-5p

POET & PATRIOT 320 E. Cedar St, Santa Cruz

THE REEF 120 Union St, Santa Cruz

Omar Spence 2-5p

Open Mic Free 4-7p

Erin Avila 6-9p Comedy Free 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 ROSIE MCCANN’S 1220 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

THE MIDNIGHT HOUR SOL

10/29

The Takeover 9:30p

THE RED 200 Locust St, Santa Cruz

ALBOROSIE

TUE

Whitney Johnson $15/$20 3p Lee Scratch Perry $25/$30 8:30p

Reggae Night Free 7p

PARADISE BEACH 215 Esplanade, Capitola

THE ENGLISH BEAT

10/24

Qiensave & Rob Ramo w/ Caligente $10/$15 8p Libation Lab w/ The Getdown w/ Groove King Wizard & 9:30p Chief Transcend 9:30p

NEW BOHEMIA BREWERY 1030 41st Ave, Santa Cruz

CHINA CATS

THU

Comedy Night 9p

THE SAND BAR 211 Esplanade, Capitola

Acoustic Classics 6:30p

Aloha Friday 6:30p

Acoustic Grooves 12:30p Light Acoustic 12:30p Featured Acts 6:30p Acoustic Classics 6p

Todd Snider & Ramblin’ Jack Elliot $25/$35 8p

Matilda the Musical $18-$28 7p

Matilda the Musical $18-$28 7p

First & Third Celtic Jam

Live DJ

Live DJ

Original Music Showcase TBA 8p 9p

TBA 9p

Open Mic 6p

Light Acoustic 6:30p “Strong, the Destry Abbot Story” $20 6p

Trivia 7:30p Dennis Dove Open Jam 7:30p

Live Again 7:30p

DO

UT

LOCAL SPOTLIGHT

TAB BENOIT 10.24 | HAYWOODS 10.25 | SPACE HEATER 10.26 | MISS LONELY HEARTS 11.07 | FRANK BARTER

9450 Hwy 9 Ben Lomond, CA (831) 586-0606

Fine handcrafted furniture

Double the Halloween fun!

RESTAURANT NOW OPEN

WED-SUN 4-9PM

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Sat October 26th Music 8p-12a

Most terrifying costume wins a cash prize @Midnight

Costume Party

$200 in Cash Prizes Drink Specials Thu, October 31st 8p Live Music by: Badenov Open every day from 11am to 2am

www.henflingsbar.com

Premiere Metaphysical Store in Northern California

Over 1,400 varieties

In Santa Cruz Findings Silver Plated Sterling Silver Gold Plated Copper 100s of Pendants!

835 Front St. (831) 316-5159 www.worldofstones.biz

“The Carver’s Groove” Custom woodworking, antique care & restoration, architectural feature reproduction.

SINCE 1989

ANDREW CHURCH 719 Swift Street #14, Santa Cruz (near Hotline Wetsuits)

831.818.8051

LIVE MUSIC WED

10/23

THU

10/24

FRI

10/25

SANDERLINGS 1 Seascape Resort, Aptos

Yuji & Steve 8-11p

SEABRIGHT BREWERY 519 Seabright Ave., Santa Cruz

Vito & Friends 6:30p

SAT

10/26

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

Don McCaslin & the Amazing Jazz Geezers 6-9p

Mojo Cruz 8-11:30p

Fishhook 8-11:30p

SHADOWBROOK 1750 Wharf Road, Capitola

Ken Constable 6:30-9:30p

Joe Ferrara 6:30-9:30p

Claudio Melega 7-10p

Dave “Nomad” Miller Free 6-9p

DJ Olright Free 6-9p

DJ Monk Earl & General Phlint Free 6-9p

STEEL BONNET 20 Victor Square, Scotts Valley

Paperback Ryders Free 5p

Aliza Hava Free 4p

SUSHI GARDEN S.V. 5600 Scotts Valley Dr, Scotts Valley

Toby Gray Free 5:30p

Paul Trugman Free 5:30p

UGLY MUG 4640 Soquel Ave, Soquel

Ernest Troost, Patti Maxine and Josh Lowe $18/$20 7:30p

Paul Damon & the Healing Free 6=9p

SHANTY SHACK BREWING 138 Fern St, Santa Cruz

VINOCRUZ 4901 Soquel Drive, Soquel

Myhaylo K 5-8p

VINO LOCALE 55 Municipal Wharf, Santa Cruz

10/27

MON

10/28

TUE

10/29

Elie Mabanza Trio 6-9p

Open Mic w/ Steven David 5:30p

Ryan Price 5-8p Lincoln Russin 6-8p

WHARF HOUSE 1400 Wharf Road, Capitola

Joe Leonard 6-8p Dennis Dove & more 1p

ZELDA’S 203 Esplanade, Capitola

SUN

Tammi, Yuji & Steve 8-11p

The John Michael Band 9:30p

The Joint Chiefs 1p

DJ Yosemite & Spicy Boys 9:30p

1011 PACIFIC AVE. SANTA CRUZ 831-429-4135 Wednesday, October 23 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

THE

KOOL KEITH

plus The BASSment

Thursday, October 24 • Ages 16+

POLISH AMBASSADOR Thursday, October 24 • Ages 16+

MANNEQUIN PUSSY

THE

Amazing waterfront deck views.

LIVE ENTERTAINMENT

See live music grid for this week’s bands.

STAND-UP COMEDY

Three live comedians every Sunday night.

HAPPY HOUR

Mon–Fri from 3:00pm. Wednesday all night!

OCEANVIEW BREAKFAST DAILY DEAL WITH A VIEW

$9.95 Dinners Mon. - Fri. from 6:00pm

DINING ROOM SPECIALS M-TH Celebrating 50 years of Fun - New low prices!

Open for Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Daily

(831) 476-4560

crowsnest-santacruz.com

DEVIL WEARS PRADA Friday, October 25 • Ages 16+

MAMMA MIA!

70s Disco Dance Party

Saturday, October 26 • Ages 16+

The Garden

Saturday, October 26 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

AN-TEN-NAE

plus Govinda

Monday, October 28 • Ages 16+

B LU E F A C E

plus Coyotes

Tuesday & Wednesday, Oct. 29 & 30 • Ages 16+

SHORELINE MAFIA Tuesday, October 29 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

REMO DRIVE

plus Summer Cannibals

Oct 31 Skizzy Mars/ Yoshi Flower (Ages 16+) Nov 1 P-Lo (Ages 16+) Nov 2 Elephante/ PLS&TY (Ages 16+) Nov 3 Sinead Harnett (Ages 16+) Nov 5 Earthgang/ Guapdad 4000 (Ages 16+) Nov 6 The Drums/ Cowgirl Clue (Ages 16+) Nov 8 Sammy Johnson/ Swells (Ages 16+) Nov 9 Ski Mask The Slump God (Ages 16+) Nov 10 Ekali/ Juelz (Ages 16+) Unless otherwise noted, all shows are dance shows with limited seating.

Follow the Rio Theatre on Facebook & Twitter! info@riotheatre.com www.riotheatre.com

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Celebrate with friends over dinner.

LOCATED ON THE BEACH

plus Reptaliens

Friday, October 25 • Ages 16+

Upcoming Shows

OCT 24 Todd Snider and Ramblin’ Jack Elliott OCT 25-26 Matilda the Musical OCT 29 Film: Strong OCT 30 Films: Winterland & Roadless NOV 01 Film: Trail Vision Awards NOV 03 Simrit Kaur Music NOV 08 Richard Thompson NOV 09 Mountainfilm on Tour NOV 15 Film: Reel Rock NOV 17 Jesse Cook NOV 19 Lecture: Flea (Chili Peppers) NOV 20 A Tuba to Cuba NOV 21 Built To Spill NOV 23 Warren Miller’s “Timeless” NOV 26 Kirtan w/ Krishna Das DEC 05 Lecture: Rob Bell DEC 09 Tommy Emmanuel DEC 27-28 The White Album Ensemble JAN 14 Lecture: How Not to Die JAN 20 Sweet Honey in the Rock FEB 09 Postmodern Jukebox SOLD OUT FEB 12 Sinead O’Connor FEB 13 Travis Tritt Solo Acoustic

Tickets subject to city tax & service charge by phone 877-987-6487 & online

www.catalystclub.com

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FILM

ARE WE THERE YET? Nope! Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Abigail Breslin, and Emma Stone kill time—oh, and

zombies—in their new sequel.

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‘Zombieland: Double Tap’ is the epitome of a sequel no one needed BY RICHARD VON BUSACK

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Z

ombieland 2: Double Tap has the soul of a shooter game. It first reunites us with the four apocalypse survivors from the original film; now they’re not getting along, even with their fine new HQ at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. The mad-cowdisease-ridden zombies have evolved into subspecies: plodding dumbos nicknamed “Homers,” and crafty “Hawkings”—as well as a new breed that’s super-fast and hard to kill.

Holing up in the White House, Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) is happy to be the king of America, digging up such artifacts as the .45 automatic Elvis gave Richard Nixon (this time, it’s Elvis that Tallahassee is besotted with, not Dale Ernhard).

Wichita (Emma Stone) can’t handle the nerdiness and neediness of Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg). Even if he is more or less the only man in the world, she can’t accept the Hope diamond he presents as an engagement ring. Interestingly, no one in the film seems to know that the gem is supposedly cursed.

Little Rock (Abigail Breslin, her Little Miss Sunshine days behind her forever) is now the bitter formerchild-actor type incarnate: stocky, husky-voiced, seething and looking for a boyfriend.

The restless ladies steal “the Beast,” Tallahaees’s antlered death truck, and race off for places unknown. The menfolk pursue.

On their respective roads, the

separated gangs encounter two new stereotypes: one is Madison (Zoey Deutch), a pink-clad and moronic blonde mallrat. Little Rock meets Berkeley (Avan Jogia) a Namasteing hippie who, now that society collapsed, can pretend he wrote “Blowing in the Wind.” Berkeley knows of a refuge called Babylon where people can be cool, vegetarian and nonviolent. It’s a tower-top fortress that once was a 20-story hotel; of course they eventually need rescue by a John Wayne-like figure who is no stranger to violence.

On first sight, Little Rock almost ‘murrays’ Berkeley—we learn that’s the slang for killing a human when you think they’re a zombie. (“Murraying” references the best scene in the first

Zombieland, if you don’t count Little Rock’s impatient explanation about how Miley can be both herself and Hannah Montana. In that scene, Breslin made the post-apocalyptic drive across a zombie-blighted U.S. the same as any other family car trip, asking “Are we there yet?”)

Before the gang gets back together, there’s a detour to a pseudo-Graceland, a tourist motel run by Nevada (Rosario Dawson).

Dawson’s million-candlepower smile is a glad sight in a sunless and sour movie. Here also is an expansion of a keen gag in Shaun of the Dead (2004), where the squad of survivors, crossing through the North London backyards, sees their doubles heading in a different direction on their own zombie hunt. Director Ruben Fleischer (who did the original Zombieland) spins this one shock of recognition into 15 minutes of deadzone yack. A macho Luke Wilson (as Alburquerque) bumps his cowboy-shirted chest against Tallahassee, while his sidekick Flagstaff (Thomas Middleditch) hangs with Columbus, comparing and contrasting their fussy rules, which appear in gold letters above them.

Those are the jokes, along with the alleged comedic-relief “Zombie Kill of the Week” awards, demonstrating creative way of mangling the walking dead. One, set in Italy, almost displays some wit while destroying a 846-year-old monument.

Nihilism and the movie’s referential mania wear you out.

There wasn’t enough energy in the first Zombieland to channel into a sequel, and there was little left undone. Moreover, it hasn’t been 10 marvelous years of travelling that got us to this weedy Midwestern wasteland, with its ambulatory corpses spilling pixilated glore.

It’s natural that Zombieland: Double Tap gives all its characters capital city aliases. The film is the product of a pissed-off and divided nation which can view the mindless, useless eaters as symbols of either the Demon-craps or the Trumptards: zombies, fit for nothing but two in the skull.

ZOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP Directed by Ruben Fleischer. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, and Abigail Breslin. (R) 99 minutes.

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FILM NEW RELEASES BLACK & BLUE Behind the scenes at a movie studio: Exec #1: “So we’ve got this movie where a lady police officer sees some other police officers murder someone, and then she has to run away from the other police officers because they think she’ll expose their crime. We’re thinking of calling it Black & Blue.”

Exec #2: “That’s a stupid title.” Exec #1: Oh, right, I forgot to mention the lady police officer is black.” Exec #2: “So? Lots of police officers are black.” Exec #1: “Don’t you get it?

She has to decide if she’s really black or blue.” Exec #2: “Ohhhh, you mean she’s literally blue, like Avatar?

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COUNTDOWN In this movie, an app tells you the exact date you’re going to die, and then you do. I don’t know, that seems like a crappy business model—who would be left to rate it five stars on the App Store? Directed

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THE CURRENT WAR Benedict Cumberbatch and Michael Shannon face off as Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse in this film about the battle over the fledgling electrical industry that is sure to be enlightening. (PG-13) 107 minutes.

(SP) THE LIGHTHOUSE Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson star in this black-and-white psychological horror film from the director of The Witch about two lighthouse keepers who start to lose their sanity as their nightmares come to life. I find the scariest movies are the ones you can personally relate to, so I am sure to find this terrifying, as I suffer from recurring nightmares of being trapped in a lighthouse with the guy from Twilight. Directed by Robert Eggers. (R) 109 minutes. (SP)

WHERE’S MY ROY COHN? Don’t you hate when you misplace your Roy Cohn? You’re like,“I swear I left my Roy Cohn on the dresser, and now I can’t find it anywhere!”

It’s maddening! But this movie is not about that. It’s a documentary about the life of the actual Roy Cohn, the McCarthy-aiding, Communistand-gay-hating, Trump-lawyering conservative who tortured American politics for decades. Directed by Matt Tyrnauer. (PG-13) 97 minutes. (SP) YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN It’s impossible not to love Gene Wilder as Dr. Frederick Frankenstein in this classic Mel Brooks spoof of Universal horror, but did you know Wilder actually came up with the idea for this movie? Apparently Wilder had been a frustrated screenwriter before becoming an actor, and had already written a short treatment for Young Frankenstein, as well as the Transyvanian train scene, before convincing Brooks to co-write and direct it. It plays this week as the second film in the Cinelab series at DNA’s Comedy Lounge, on Thursday, Oct. 24, at 7:30pm. Joe Ferrara from Atlantis Fantasyworld hosts. (SP)

AD ASTRA Director James Grey tries out a Terence Malick style in Ad Astra to crack the enigmatic calm of a Neil Armstrong type.

Brad Pitt, bewitchingly cool and handsome in a space suit, plays near-future astronaut Major Roy McBryde. He is a famous man and a stranger to himself. In voice over, he muses about the lack of emotion that’s caused his wife (Liv Tyler) to leave him. Roy’s father Clifford (Tommy Lee Jones) was a renowned astronaut who abandoned his family on a mission. Pitt’s humanity keeps one hooked through this. The lost-father drama can be tedious in the deftest hands. But this time, the celestial backdrop adds some allegorical freshness to the subject of fathers so obsessed with their business, so closed off from their families, that they might as well be in ice-cold orbit around one of the outer planets. (PG-13) 122 minutes.

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BRITTANY RUNS A MARATHON Can a movie be a comedy and an inspirational drama and not suck?

That’s the question this new film from first-time writer-director Paul Downs Colaizzo seeks to answer with a “yes.” Based on the real-life story of Colaizzo’s roommate Brittany O’Neill (whose photos are shown at the end), the film features Jillian Bell (getting her first starring role after impressing in Workaholics and Eastbound and Down) as a woman who takes up running to lose weight and ends up training for the New York City Marathon. Co-starring Michaela Watkins, Micah Stock and Alice Lee. (R) 104 minutes. (SP)

THE ADDAMS FAMILY They’re creepy and they’re kooky/ Mysterious and spooky/And once again cartoon-y/The Addams Family/I liked the live-action movies/That Wednesday girl was groovy/But the drawings are better, sue me/It’s how they’re supposed to be. Directed by Greg Tiernan and Conrad Vernon.

Featuring the voices of Oscar Isaac as Gomez, Charlize Theron as Morticia, Chloe Grace Mortez as Wednesday, Bette Midler as Grandma, and Snoop Dogg as It. (PG) 105 minutes. (SP)

DOWNTON ABBEY No one knows Downton Abbey better than Julian Fellowes, creator and scriptwriter for the insanely popular PBS television series—unless you count the untold gazillions of rabid fans who embraced the show during its five years on the air. The faithful will adore every juicy frame of the Crawley family’s cinematic adventure, from the lavish 1927-era costumes to every pointed remark between beloved characters, upstairs and downstairs. Beneath the main plot about a visit from the King and Queen of England,

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subplots are devoted to catching up with as many familiar characters as possible—with just enough storyline skipping along the movie’s glittery surface to propel things to a satisfying and stylish conclusion.

As usual, Maggie Smith as the Dowager Countess, clan matriarch, is Fellowes’ secret weapon. She makes an elegant feast out of every caustic syllable he feeds her. (PG) 122 minutes. (LJ) GEMINI MAN Has any highconcept science-fiction flick ever had as many lead actors fall through as Gemini Man? Over the last 20 years of its development hell, the main role of an aging government assassin who has to avoid being assassinated himself—by his own clone—has been attached to Harrison Ford, Nicolas Cage, Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Clint Eastwood, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sean Connery, and many more. But since the premise of the film is that the clone is also played by a de-aged, computer-modified version of the same actor, I’m pretty sure all they had to do to get Will Smith is tell him that his name would be at the top of the poster twice. Directed by Ang Lee. Starring Will Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Clive Owen. (PG-13) 117 minutes. (SP) JEXI Remember that time you were like,“I wish there was a comedy about a renegade phone AI program that talks like Siri but makes fun of its nerd-loser owner about his looks and penis size, and then becomes jealous when he starts to date a human girl?”

No? Well, somebody thought it, ’cause here it is. Directed by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore. Starring Adam Devine, Alexandra Shipp and Rose Byrne as the voice of Jexi. (R) (SP) JUDY Judy Garland has been gone for 50 years, but despite everything she went through in her life, Hollywood is not done with her yet.

Rupert Goold’s biopic is a cautionary tale about the pitfalls of stardom, and an attempt to celebrate Garland’s fighting spirit and her magnetic hold on her audience. But while Renee Zellweger is often fascinating in the title role, the movie never soars above conventional Hollywood biopic clichés (let alone over the rainbow).

That Zellweger does her own singing is both gutsy and problematic: even at the twilight of her career, Garland’s voice was more distinctive than this.

But Zellweger nails her dramatic mannerisms, vibrant emotionalism and sly, self-deprecating sense of humor. She deserves a movie as complicated as her performance.

(PG-13) 118 minutes. (LJ) LINDA RONSTADT: THE SOUND OF MY VOICE In a hilariously stupid negative review of this documentary, the slobberingly conservative National Review tried to argue that considering Ronstadt’s career through a political lens is an egregious distortion of cultural history.

Ultimately, the only thing they proved is that they know next to nothing about Ronstadt, whose political activism is legendary even in a music industry known for its earnest dogooding. As always, you can count on this time-tested rule: if the National Review doesn’t like a movie, it’s great.

Directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman. (PG-13) 95 minutes. (SP) MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL I didn’t see the first one of these movies, but I’m going to guess it was either a Disney movie about the wicked fairy godmother in the Sleeping Beauty story, or maybe a documentary exploring the gender of rapper 50 Cent? Eh, probably the Disney one. Sorry, Fiddy! Directed by Joachim Ronning. Starring Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning and Michelle Pfeiffer. (PG) 118 minutes. (SP) MONOS This Spanish-language war drama is about a group of Latin American commandos on a mountain, guarding a prisoner.

It’s a gritty and grim look at the dehumanizing psychology of war.

But on the flip side, some of their code names are delightful! You may be a bloodthirsty killer, Smurf—and Bigfoot and Boom Boom, you’re probably just as cold-blooded. But you have great taste in aliases, and … well, that’s something. Directed by Alejandro Landes. Starring Julianne Nicholson, Moises Arias and Jorge Roman. (R) 102 minutes. (SP) ZOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP Reviewed this issue.

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ar West Fungi’s new downtown Santa Cruz outpost isn’t just an intriguing retail and restaurant hybrid, or the latest example of the culinary migration underway from San Francisco to the Central Coast.

It is both of those things, but it’s more about stepping into a devoted subculture of fungi aficionados.

The family-owned mushroom company’s Laurel Street storefront, which opened on Oct. 12., is full of jarred specimens and scientific posters reminiscent of an apothecary. On one wall, tinctures of Cordyceps and Turkey Tail that promise to boost energy or the immune system are neatly arranged

alongside mini-fungus-farm kits.

The centerpiece is a deli-style counter that showcases the dozens of mushrooms Far West sources from around the world or grows at its farms in Moss Landing and San Martin. They range from $3-a-basket Wood Ears to Black Pearl Oysters, Shiitakes and King Trumpets, all the way up to imported $31-an-ounce Burgundy Truffles.

“Let me show you something crazy,” says Ian Garrone, who owns Far West Fungi along with his parents and three brothers. He reaches behind the glass and pulls out a model of a brain made from white mycelium, or the base element of fungus. “Our farm did this for Halloween.”

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The decor is just one of many eccentric touches in the store, where the cash register is flanked by candy cap cookies ($2) and Shiitake jerky ($8)—two examples of a bid to creatively counteract phobias of slimy or otherwise alienating textures.

“It’s the gateway mushroom,” Garrone says of the jerky, which is peppery, smokey and only slightly chewier than meat alternatives like turkey jerky. “All these great things that mushrooms have to offer, we’re kind of hoping to facilitate that.”

Santa Cruz may seem like an unlikely expansion market after Far West’s flagship store in San Francisco’s Ferry Building. But Garrone says there was good reason to move here instead

of bigger cities like L.A., New York or Seattle. For starters, he’s a long-time participant in the annual Fungus Fair put on by the Fungus Federation of Santa Cruz.

“This community is so into mushrooms,” Garrone says. “We really would like to be a resource for others.”

One expanded offering at Far West’s Santa Cruz location is cultivation supplies, like spawn plugs for aspiring home growers. There are also mushroom knives, mushroom tea towels and a shelf full of foraging guides.

At the end of the shop’s sleek counter, a few visitors last Friday afternoon sampled a café menu of prepared items that range in umami intensity, from entry-level mushroom avocado toast ($7) to a seafood-less Lion’s Mane lobster roll with enough funk to make up for the missing crustacean ($10).

The recipes have been developed over more than 30 years, since Garrone’s parents—his father a retired police officer and mother a former school teacher—started growing mushrooms as a hobby with a business partner in Moss Landing during the ’80s.

Through Bay Area farmers’ markets, deals with specialty grocers and online sales, the operation has grown significantly in recent years. Far West Fungi now has 60 employees and produces 40,000 pounds of mushrooms per week, Garrone says, but there are still plenty of cousins and other family members involved.

“My grandmother was still doing farmers markets like a year ago,” Garrone says. “My parents still do a couple of markets a week. They’re in Japan right now at a mushroom conference.”

With the Santa Cruz store, he also sees an opportunity to supply new and existing restaurant clients, such as the San Francisco transplants behind new local tapas restaurant Barceloneta.

“We’ll do pop-ups and other events,” Garrone says, in part to showcase fungi as a sustainable alternative to meat. “A big part of it is really kind of trying to raise the level of the mushroom scene around here.”

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You’re already a business owner, but what was unique about opening this business in an airport hangar?

There is no plumbing, lighting or electrical. That was the biggest challenge … But after all the work, it’s so nice to see a building that’s not a traditional strip mall converted into this community space. People can have a crepe from us and a beer from Beer Mule next door. The whole place is inviting people to come out of their homes, stay unplugged from their devices and just hang out.

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Esoteric Astrology as news for week of Oct. 23, 2019

Sun entered Scorpio Wednesday, a sign of things hidden, dark, mysterious and underwater.

And so we continue the study of the cycle of the Kali Yuga, a winter of darkness in our world today. Its manifestation—unconcealed, deliberate and brazen—can clearly be seen in the havoc, chaos, destruction, and decay of values, and continual loss of the “rule of law.”

Rulers no longer promote morals, ethics or a spiritual way of life.

As virtues cease to flourish, humanity becomes exhausted, unstable and vulnerable.

An ocean of darkness, an ocean of space descends. Even valor can’t seem to stop the darkness. We hear in the shadows the rustling and hissing of cobras.

In Kali Yuga, life has granted permission for darkness to fall. Many ask, “How can all this

ARIES Mar21–Apr20 For many weeks, all things mysterious, secret and deeply psychological catch your attention. You develop strategies and a specific philosophy that influences your choices, profession, finances, health, relationships, and way of life. It’s important to research and investigate everything with integrity. No shortcuts. For Halloween, your best costume would be Dr. Freud or Jung, dressed in symbols.

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TAURUS Apr21–May21 You see both sides of a discussion, listening carefully so right decisions can be made. You need lots of time to think before making definite decisions. Sometimes, you take the other side, and this can frustrate the one attempting to be listened to and understood. Try to stand on the side of the speaker. You’re able to bring new ideas to all conversations. For Halloween, be the two Mercury brothers, Castor and Pollux.

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SCORPIO Oct23–Nov21 Father Saturn and Pluto are in Capricorn. They are joined together, creating a feeling both restrictive yet freeing, a discipline and an opportunity. Everyone needs discipline and structure, and everyone needs freedom and liberty for growth. You feel restless, changeable, smart and versatile. You may talk more than most—and add a bit of mischief, too. For Halloween, be Pluto, bringing about mysterious transformations for everyone just by your presence.

SAGITTARIUS Nov22–Dec20 You’re redeveloping trust in yourself and your communication. Many place their trust in you due to your virtues of discretion and confidentiality. Stop analyzing motives, dreams or hunches, making you think incoherently. Instead focus on the fact that life’s a paradox, everything’s a symbol, and most ideas challenge us into a state of unknowing. You will communicate more clearly soon. For Halloween, dress as a question mark.

CANCER Jun21–Jul20

CAPRICORN Dec21–Jan20

I don’t think you know this about yourself, but your friends do. You’re creative, humorous, engaging, funny and trustworthy. You’re intelligent, clever and keep promises. You’re curious, can tend to gossip (a form of communication), very strong in your beliefs, and proud of your children (cats, dogs, fish, goats, etc.). You’re a good teacher, too, with a green thumb. For Halloween, be a kale or parsley deva.

You’re endlessly curious about others and how they interact, why they group together, all things community, new ideas and new books. You need to be with forwardthinking, equanimity-minded people. Where are they, you ask, as you go about seeking companionship and friendship. Call them to you from your heart and soul.

They will come on little cats’ feet. For Halloween, the underworld your playground, Pluto’s your man. Be Persephone.

In the coming weeks, great imagination takes hold, and big dreams, too. Maintain a journal of these ideas, ideals, visions and dreams, unusual and important for your future.

How is your home? Does it emanate an aura of intelligent living with psychology, history and religious books all around? What is traditional in your home? For Halloween, channel an ancient relative. We are our relatives.

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receive secret unexpected messages? You often realize things before they are apparent to others. Tell everyone not to ask what your plans are. You cannot be pushed into any situations, ideas or agendas. All must be done within your own timing, one step at a time. For Halloween, be Venus, humanity’s next stop in the cosmic ladder evolutionary arc.

Your life becomes a list of detailed agendas and how to make plans come true. This is different for you; usually you have quick thoughts that fly away in the wind. Now those ideas seek order and organization, making you feel useful and practical. Careful with health. Focus on antiinflammatory foods and herbs (turmeric). For Halloween, be your favorite author, book, flower, herb or root.

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happen, and what hope is there?” Libra tells us, “Let choice be made between the darkness (Kali Yuga) and the light of the new world.

Align with the Will to Good and Right Choice will be made.” The meditative keynote of Libra during this dark time is, “I choose to stand with the forces of light. And in the midst of this darkness, I will be one light shining brightly. I light my lamp.”

When we invoke the Will to Good, we are aligned with Right Choice. We are Arjuna, under Krishna’s tutelage, choosing which side to battle on. Do we choose the personality ways (Kali) or the ways of the soul (light)? Either choice is correct. When the latter is chosen, the Dweller on the Threshold becomes the Angel of the Presence.

Our lamps, filled with starlight, shine brightly in the darkness. A light of hope for humanity.

VIRGO Aug23–Sep22 You are very curious and interested in things in print, in exchanging ideas, reading news articles, and perhaps talking with others, either in a salon-type setting or over fences and berry bushes. Everything in your life is varied and variable. So you find yourself with a shorter attention span—useful at times. But after a while, you get nervous. For Halloween, the butterfly suits you best.

LIBRA Sep23–Oct22 How was your birthday? Did angels appear? Did you

AQUARIUS Jan21–Feb18 Language is your gift, and you use it in various ways. It’s a talent to communicate with the multitudes on different levels. You have talent writing, speaking, negotiating and interacting with authority. Often you have two or more jobs in different areas of life always on the move. You need freedom, challenges and stimulation. You bring a fresh breeze to all situations. For Halloween, be anything from the future. Starlight or cold fusion are good.

PISCES Feb19–Mar20 You’re skilled at seeing into people, the depth of all situations, the causal reality behind appearances.

Always curious, you’re always learning. You want to exchange ideas, celebrate different philosophies, share, teach and present different cultures to the world. The time is almost here for those dreams to come true. For Halloween, be one of the Magi astrologer kings bearing gifts.

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NOTICE OF HEARING November 12, 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: September 25, 2019. Paul P. Burdick, Judge of the Superior Court. Oct. 16, 23, 30, & Nov. 6.

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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 November 18, 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.

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CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ.PETITION OF ALEXANDER VLADIMIROVICH SLEPUSHKIN CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO.19CV02896. THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner ALEXANDER VLADIMIROVICH SLEPUSHKIN has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing the applicants name from: ALEXANDER VLADIMIROVICH SLEPUSHKIN to: ALEXANDER KENNETH CROW. 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 November 12, 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: September 25, 2019. Paul P. Burdick, Judge of the Superior Court. Oct. 16, 23, 30, & Nov. 6.

CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ.PETITION OF ALEXANDER VLADIMIROVICH SLEPUSHKIN CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO.19CV02896. THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner ALEXANDER VLADIMIROVICH SLEPUSHKIN has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing the applicants name from: KSENIA ANDREYEVNA CROW to: KSENIA

CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ.PETITION OF GABRIELLA SANTIVANEZ CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO.19CV02918. THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner GABRIELLA SANTIVANEZ has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing the applicants name from: GABRIELLA SANTIVANEZ to: GABRIELA SOFIA SANTIVAÑEZ. 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 November 12, 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: September 26, 2019. Paul P. Burdick, Judge of the Superior Court. Oct. 16, 23, 30, & Nov. 6.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019-0001787 The following Individual is doing business as WARRIOR PRINCESS PUBLISHING. 1540 LEILA CT., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. County of Santa Cruz. ORALEA ANGELINA STARR. 1540 LEILA CT., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: ORALEA ANGELINA STARR. 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 October 10, 2019. Oct. 16, 23, 30, & Nov. 6.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019-0001659 The following Individual is doing business as ASHA LASH AND SKIN STUDIO. 523 LIGHTHOUSE AVE., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. County of Santa Cruz. KELLEY HALE CROFOOT-PAINE. 523 LIGHTHOUSE AVE., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: KELLEY HALE CROFOOT-PAINE. 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 September 23, 2019. October 16, 23, 30, & Nov. 6.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019-0001664 The following Corporation is doing business as INSIGHT SANTA CRUZ. 740 FRONT ST. SUITE 240, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. County of Santa Cruz. VIPASSANA SANTA CRUZ. 740 FRONT ST. SUITE 240, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. Al# 2264897. This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: VIPASSANA SANTA CRUZ. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 1/1/2011.

This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Sept 24, 2019. Oct. 2, 9, 16, & 23.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019-0001707 The following Individual is doing business as BRIGHTON AERIAL. 731 36TH AVE., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. County of Santa Cruz. BRIGHTON LEO DENEVAN. 731 36TH AVE., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: BRIGHTON LEO DENEVAN. 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 October 2, 2019.

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CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ. PETITION OF YU CHEN CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO. 19CV03012. THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner YU CHEN have filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing the applicants’ names from: ELIZABETH CHEN MEI DUO ARCE & MATTHEW WILLIAM ARCE to: ELIZABETH MEIDUO CHEN & MATTHEW WILLIAM CHEN. 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 November 21, 2019 at 8:30 am, in Department 5 located at Superior Court of California, 701 Ocean Street, Room 110. 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: October 7, 2019.

Paul P. Burdick, Judge of the Superior Court. Oct. 16, 23, 30, & Nov. 6.

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CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ.PETITION OF LISA ANN ADAMSKI CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO.19CV03095. THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner LISA ANN ADAMSKI has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing the applicants name from: LISA ANN ADAMSKI to: LISA ANN ALMITRA. 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.

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THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner DALE EDWARD EVANS has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing the applicants name from: DALE EDWARD EVANS to: EDWARD DALE EVANS. 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 December 3, 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.

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NOTICE OF HEARING December 4, 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: October 15, 2019. Paul P. Burdick, Judge of the Superior Court. Oct. 23, 30, Nov. 6, & 13.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019-0001805 The following Individual is doing business as HOLIDAY SMOG AND MUFFLER. 1671 CAPITOLA RD., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. County of Santa Cruz. KATHERINE CAPDEPON. 616 PARK WAY, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95065. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: KATHERINE CAPDEPON. 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 October 15, 2019. Oct. 23, 30, Nov. 6, & 13.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019-0001808 The following Individual is doing business as BIG AIR VENTURES. 123 ABBY COURT, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. County of Santa Cruz. THOMAS BRIAN EBERT. 123 ABBY COURT, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: THOMAS BRIAN EBERT. 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 October 15, 2019.

Oct. 23, 30, Nov. 6, & 13.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019-0001668 The following Individual is doing business as NORTHSTAR STUDIO. 644 HESTER CREEK RD., LOS GATOS, CA 95033.

County of Santa Clara. ATHANASIOS THOMAS PIPINOU. 644 HESTER CREEK RD., LOS GATOS, CA 95033. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: ATHANASIOS THOMAS PIPINOU. 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 September 24, 2019. October 23, 30, Nov. 6, & 13.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019-0001702 The following Individual is doing business as HOGWARTS KITCHENS. 1001 CENTER ST. #1, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. County of Santa Cruz. KAREN MIREILLE JUDKINS. 300 TOLAK RD., APTOS, CA 95003.

This business is conducted by an Individual signed: KAREN MIREILLE JUDKINS 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 Sept. 30, 2019. Oct. 23, 30, Nov. 6, & 13.

Continuing the conversation…Who’s selling and where are they going? And, on the flipside...Who’s buying and where are they coming from? We’ll wrap it up today, but also revisit the topic in the future, because it’s at the heart of a broader discussion the community has been having: Is Santa Cruz changing? Are we losing an essential part of ourselves? And why?

Realtors work with people from lots of different age groups and income brackets who have an interesting array of individual backgrounds. Despite their differences, they all have one thing in common: each is going through some larger life transition that’s driving their desire to sell or buy. Marriage, birth of a child, job transfer, divorce, aging, health challenges, retirement - you name it -one of those biggies.

The relationships we forge with our clients are intimate ones based on trust and communication. They afford us privileged glimpses into the hopes and fears people have about the future. Sellers and buyers aren’t just trying to change the physical spaces that surround them. It’s never as simple as four walls and a new roof over their heads. What they’re really trying to do is get from one place to another place in their lives.

These days, people buying in Santa Cruz are mostly younger than the folks who are selling.

This trend is part of a generational changing of the guard and huge demographic shift that’s happening across the country. Most are coming from outside Santa Cruz, mainly from communities scattered around Silicon Valley and the Peninsula, and they can be divided into three main categories: Second Home/Vacation Buyers: Locals like to assume that every buyer in Santa Cruz is a rich techie-type coming over the hill to purchase a luxury home near the beach that they’ll only use on the weekends. Here’s the truth: some of them are, but the majority of them aren’t.

Move-Down Aging Buyers: By my count, at least a third of our buyers qualify as aging baby boomers, who are selling their more expensive homes elsewhere in the Bay Area and moving down into less expensive ones here - a place where the weather is good and one that offers lots of desirable amenities to look forward to in retirement.

First Time/Move-up Buyers: There are a growing number of young professional types in their thirties and early forties buying in Santa Cruz. Many work for tech companies over the hill and quite a few already have young kids or one on the way. They are looking for larger houses, in nice neighborhoods that are a lot less expensive than what they can afford in the Bay area.

Next week: So how is our market shifting?

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5479 ENTRANCE DR, SOQUEL 3 Beds | 2 Baths | 1,118 sq. ft. | $799,000

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39 Gonzales Street, Watsonville This 1932 Estate has been beautifully updated.

In one of Watsonville’s most established and desired areas, rarely does a home like this come onto the market. From crystal chandeliers and light fixtures, designer tile, paint, carpet, solid mahogany doors and built-ins, to the Master Bedrooms private balcony patio, every corner of this home has been lovely taken care of.

Over 3000 sq. ft. in the Main House with 4 Bedrooms and 3.5 Baths, Formal Living Room, Formal Dining, Family Room and Wet Bar. The Studio Apartment above the Garage has a Separate Entrance, Kitchen, Bath and Laundry.

As you walk through the Beautiful Gardens with Extensive Patios with mature landscaping you’ll find an Outdoor Kitchen that’s perfect for a quiet dinner or a large family gathering. This is truly a Special Property. Please call for your private showing.

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Wonderful single level family home in a nice neighborhood close to shopping and schools. Enjoy 3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, Living Room, Family Room, a large patio deck and backyard that’s great for the kids, family BBQ or your next party. Enjoy the comforts of the Kitchen that opens to the Dining Area and Family Room. Perfect for the young family just starting out or the family that needs more space. The holidays are coming so don’t miss out on this special property. Welcome Home!

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720 Pleasant Valley Ln, Aptos Mostly single level, sunny ridge top, 3BR/2.5BA, 2,353 sq ft home on 1.43 acres. Custom hand crafted oak built-ins throughout & updated custom oak floors.

Large family/rec room featuring wet bar, pool table, ping pong table, dart board. Storage sheds, oversized 2-car garage. $1,195,000 Host: Curt Abramson DRE# 01454446

135 Seabreeze Pl, Rio del Mar Tucked into pine trees overlooking 13th fairway on Seascape golf Course. Located away from course on quiet cul-de-sac with views & privacy, not in direct firing line! Clean, well maintained 4BR/3.5BA, 3,200 sq ft home. Easy walk to the beach, Seascape Resort, shops, restaurants. Quality schools. $1,595,000 Host: Stacey Mitchell DRE# 02040023

151 Camino Pacifico, Aptos Beautiful contemporary 3BR/2.

5BA, 1,584 sq ft home tucked away in coveted Seascape neighborhood. Location can’t be beat! Vaulted ceilings, hardwood floors, fireplace in living area. Dining room slider opens to wood deck & lush landscaping. Enjoy the Beach Lifestyle! $894,500 Host: Caroll Basile DRE#02017220

320 Rio Del Mar Blvd, Aptos Turn-key, 5-star rated beach house & permitted vacation rental. EZ walk to beach & restaurants in exclusive Rio Del Mar/ Cement ship area. New glass garage door, hardwood floors, open floor plan, newer appliances. Large level lot, fenced back yard w/artist or home office cottage. $1,199,000 Host: Susan Steely DRE# 01002379

745 Mockingbird Ridge, Aptos t s Ju Relax on the front patios of this ridge top estate & enjoy stunning views of the Monterey Bay & surrounding foothills. An architectural wonder, this 5,100 ft home, on 12 plus acres, matches contemporary style with an open floor plan that has you gliding from room to room. Soaring ceiling & walls of glass invite the views & sunshine into every room. Featuring a master bedroom wing & 5 additional bedrooms, 5.5 baths plus a study, the home is designed for family, entertaining & guests. Don’t forget the 4-car garage which is a car lovers dream. First time ever on market. $3,200,000 Hosts: Marilyn Johnson Suzanne Teixeira DRE# 01095691 & DRE# 00923308

203 Ranchitos Del Sol, Aptos Mediterranean, light filled 3BR/2. w Ne 5BA, 2,000sf home in desirable Day Valley features beamed ceilings, hardwood & tile floors, new carpet & paint. Chef’s kitchen, stainless appliances, wine coolers, Wolf range.

All BR’s feature private decks. Nearly half an acre of flat landscaped grounds. Hot Tub. $999,999 Host: Joe Wright DRE# 00865000

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365 Village Creek, Aptos Steps to the new Aptos Village.

At the Entrance of Nisene Marks State Park sits this Cute, completely upgraded, 2BR en-suite / 2.5 bath Townhome. With a Crown of Redwoods just outside this end unit’s windows, the serenity of nature is nothing but Amazing.

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704 Encino Dr, Rio Del Mar Lovely 3BR/2BA home in the trees on sunny spot near the top of the hill. Loving remodeled from head to toe. Move-in ready. Open floor plan. Living area has wall to wall & ceiling to floor windows. Minutes from beaches, great schools, easy freeway access. $715,000 Host: Candie Noel DRE# 01339841

9019 Rhodes Ave, Aptos It’s so cute & charming! This 2BR/1BA, 1,200 square foot home is located near to the Polo fields.

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4425 Clares #82, Capitola Loma Vista Estates! Quiet, centrally located 55+ co-op community. Organized events & affordable HOA fee. 2BR/2BA home on spacious lot.

Beautiful updated kitchen. Open porch, added sunroom. This home has much to offer & is a special find. Walk to Capitola Mall & the Village. $365,000 Host: Jill Lindsay Aptos Aptos DRE# 01797789

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260 Castle Dr, Santa Cruz CUSTOM JAPANESE / AMERICAN ESTATE. UNPARALLELED LUXURY AND AMAZING BAY VIEWS WITH TWO HOMES! See www.260CastleDrive.com

$3,800,000 Host: Jim E Charlton Furlong DRE# 01897214

220 Atlantic Ave #307, Santa Cruz Don’t miss out on this bright, airy, peaceful oasis. 1BR/1BA Condo.

Beautiful laminate floors, granite counter tops. Relaxing, sunny, heated year-round pool area.

One block from ocean. Just a short walk to boardwalk, marina, & best Seabright destinations. $499,000 Host: Paul Wilson DRE# 02063338 ell oS dt e c Pri

730 Tanner Ct, Santa Cruz Walk to SC Yacht Harbor or bike to nearby beaches from this 18 year new, 2,043 sq ft, high-end custom home located on quiet Cul-de-Sac in convenient midtown location. Features include open floor plan, vaulted ceilings, tile & wood floors, mature landscaped yards. $1,195,000 Host: Pete Cullen DRE# 01375721

SCOTTS VALLEY 111 Bean Creek Rd #120, Scotts Valley Top floor, single level 2BR/2BA, 1,147sf condo in desirable Hidden Oaks community. Beautiful light, bright end unit. Open floor plan, lots of windows, vaulted ceilings, laminate floors. Granite counter, wood burning fireplace, wrap-around deck.

Close to pool & hot tub. $539,900 Host: Sheila Nittler Connolly DRE# 01448300

685 Fiddlesticks Dr, Ben Lomond Exquisitley renovated 3BR/3.5BA, 2,099 sq ft estate home situated at the end of the road. Your own private oasis amidst 11 acres of redwoods.

Marble counters, reclaimed oak flooring, outdoor shower, cat/dog condo. Expansive redwood deck. Too many upgrades to list. Must see for yourself! $1,490,000 Host: Millou Rose DRE# 01507347

270 Hames Rd #13, Corralitos Beautiful updated 2BR/1.5BA, 1440sf home in Rancho Corralitos, a picturesque Senior Park on over 40 acres, stunning views in all directions. Open floor plan, bamboo floors throughout, modern kitchen. New decking, fruit trees & garden areas.

Spacious shed w/wkbench & storage. $412,500 Host: Jill Lindsay DRE# 01797789

5476-5480 Jackson Way, Felton 4BR/2BA updated farmhouse w/550 sq ft 1BR/1BA modern guest house on beautiful level parcel in prime location. Farm house elevated w/1,500 sq ft workshop below. Beautiful stone fireplace. Wrap-around decking. Cottage nicely positioned on lot w/fenced bkyd. Investment opportunity, 2-unit rental income! $1,095,000 Host: Jo Ellen Smith DRE# 01340453

835 Browns Valley, Corralitos Only 5 minutes to the Market!

2BR/2BA, 1,408 sq ft home on 12.7 acres. Cozy light filled family room centered around a wood burning stove. Updated electric kitchen, quartz counters. 1 BR/BA on ground floor, 1BR/BA, desk area, balcony + another living area on 2nd floor. Raised bed planters, deer fencing. $675,000 Hosts: Lori Hoover Hayley Hackett DRE# 00677874 & DRE# 02002432

235 Estates Dr, Ben Lomond Fabulous 4BR/3BA, 2,100 sq ft home on a lovely & very large 14,941 sq ft sunny lot. This home features a chef’s kitchen, hardwood floors and open beam ceilings. A swimming pool is the focal point of the gorgeous backyard. New roof & newly painted exterior. $937,000 Host: Angela Heredia DRE# 02066033

29 Melrose Ave, Watsonville Pride of Ownership! Gorgeous one of a kind, updated 3BR/2BA home on corner lot w/view. Double pane windows, custom stamped concrete driveway & back patio. New flooring throughout. Vaulted ceilings. XLg wood deck, new Gazebo.

ADU possibilities. 10,700 sf lot. $669,000 Host: Robin Bar DRE# 02009368

120 Lake Dr #6, Boulder Creek WOW! New Kitchen, Appliances, Bathroom Upgraded. Stunning, sunny 18th Green view, open floor plan, double pane windows, newer wood floors, Great Price. Great Location. EZ 45-minute commute to Silicon Valley. Wood burning fireplace. $339,999 Host: Bryan Chambers DRE# 01459135

SOUTH SANTA CRUZ COUNTY 48-B Sunset Dr, Watsonville Located above the surf in the exclusive Sunset Beach neighborhood in South Santa Cruz County, this property is the perfect beach getaway. The 2BR/2BA, 1,602 sq ft home includes an additional parcel for parking. Incredible Monterey Bay sunsets every night from your own piece of paradise. $945,000 Host: Nick Bailey DRE# 02042562 d! te Lis st Ju

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PRUNEDALE 15665 Plaza Serena, Prunedale Very private updated 5BR/4BA, 2,726 sf home in Prunedale. Main home connected to guest unit by enclosed hallway. 2 full garages & separate bkyds.

Deck area in back. Fruit trees in front.

New furnace in main home, new stove & fridge in guest unit.

All on 3.08 acres. 15 minutes to beach. $974,999 Host: Gloria Behman DRE# 01483481

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Where the locals shop since 1938.

VOTED BEST BUTCHER SHOP BEST WINE SELECTION BEST CHEESE SELECTION BEST LOCALLY OWNED GROCERY STORE BEST MURAL /PUBLIC ART

Family owned & operated 80 years.

622 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz

OUR 80 TH YEAR

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GROCERY

BUTCHER SHOP

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ALL NATURAL USDA Choice beef & lamb, Local, Organic, Natural, Specialty, Gourmet only corn-fed Midwest pork, Rocky free-range Compare & Save -Scary Savings chickens, Mary’s air-chilled chickens, ■ GURU Organic Energy Drink 12oz/ 1.79 wild-caught seafood, Boar’s Head products ■ HIGHBALL Energy Drink 16oz/ 1.89 LAMB

PERFECT WINE & FOOD PAIRING PORTERHOUSE STEAK

■ LEG OF LAMB, USA Grown/ 6.98 Lb

■ LA CROIX Sparkling Water, 8Pk/ 3.99

■ LAMB CUBES Boneless/ 7.98 Lb

■ GARDEN OF EATIN Organic Corn Chips, All Flavors/ 2.99

BEEF ■ PORTERHOUSE STEAKS, USDA Choice/ 12.98 Lb

Ingredients

■ TOP SIRLOIN STEAKS, USDA Choice/ 6.98 Lb

(1) 2” thick Porterhouse steak, trimmed (about 2 lbs.)

1 tablespoon vegetable oil Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature

Preparation

Let steak sit at room temperature 30 minutes before ooking, which will help it cook quickly and more evenly.

Cut meat from bone in 2 pieces (strip steak and filet mignon). Slice both pieces straight down perpendicular to the bone 1” thick.

Replace sliced steak around the bone (it should look like a whole sliced steak) and return to skillet, browned side up. Top with butter and broil until butter is melted and steak is medium-rare, 4-6 minutes. Serve steak with buttery pan juices spooned over.

SAUSAGE

■ WHOLE GRAIN Walnut Cinnamon Raisin Loaf/

■ BEER BRATWURST/ 5.98 Lb

■ KELLY’S Sour Cheddar, 16oz/ 4.09

■ ROASTED BELL PEPPER & CARAMELIZED ONION/

■ SUMANO’S 9-Grain Loaf/ 4.49

5.98 Lb

■ BACARDI SUPERIOR/ 11.99 ■ EPSOLON Tequila, Blanco & Reposado/ 19.99 ■ DEATH’S DOOR GIN (REG 31.99)/ 14.99 ■ MAKER’S MARK Kentucky Bourbon/ 21.99 ■ KETEL ONE Vodka/ 21.99

Blood Reds

■ 2015 TWISTED PASO Cabernet Sauvignon (Reg 23.99)/ 9.99 ■ 2017 MONTES CLASSIC Cabernet Sauvignon (Reg 12.99) 7.99 ■ 2015 ST. HALLETT “Faith” Shiraz (90, Reg 17.99)/ 9.99 ■ 2013 PITAGORA Red Blend (Reg 31.99)/ 13.99 ■ 2016 TENACITY Winemaker’s Blend (Reg. 24.99)/ 13.99

■ SUMANO’S Sliced Sourdough Round/ 4.49

Delicatessen

FISH ■ CREATIVE SALMON FILLETS Organic Feed/ 18.98 Lb

■ PILLSBURY PIE CRUST “America’s #1 Pie Crust”/ 5.79

■ SALMON LOX TRIMMINGS/ 9.98 Lb

■ COLUMBUS SALAME Pillow Pack/ 7.69

■ WHITE MEDIUM PRAWNS Deveined/ 9.98 Lb

■ NETTLE MEADOW CHÈVRE All Flavors/ 5.99

■ FRESH TILAPIA FILLETS/ 10.98 Lb

■ FARMER JOHN’S BACON Natural/ 6.99

PRODUCE

Wicked Whites

■ 2016 GUENOC Sauvignon Blanc “Gold Medal” (Reg 15.99)/ 6.99 ■ 2015 ZACA MESA Z Blanc (91WE, Reg 24.99)/ 8.99 ■ 2016 PAZO SERANTELLOS Albariño (Reg 14.99)/ 7.99 ■ 2016 SECRET RESERVE Sauvignon Blanc (91JS, Reg 12.99)/ 7.99

■ THE HUMMUS GUY All Kinds/ 4.4

Cheese – Best Selection in Santa Cruz ■ MONTEREY JACK “rBST-Free” Loaf Cuts/ 3.29 Lb Average Cuts/ 3.49 Lb

■ YELLOW ONIONS Premium Quality/ .59 Lb

■ BABY SWISS Boar’s Head/ 4.49 Lb

■ ZUCCHINI & YELLOW SQUASH/ 1.19 Lb

■ POINT REYES BLUE CHEESE “Pair with Apples”/ 14.09 Lb

■ BANANAS Always Ripe / .79 Lb

■ HONEY BEE AGED GOUDA “An Employee Favorite”/ 14.09 Lb

■ LEAF LETTUCE Red, Romaine, Butter and Iceberg/

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■ SOUR CREAM 16oz/ 2.29

■ RUSSET POTATOES Top Quality/ .59 Lb ■ PEARS Bartlett, Bosc, D’Anjou and Comice/ 1.49 Lb

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■ GARLIC & BASIL SAUSAGE/ 5.98 Lb

■ AVOCADOS Ripe and Ready to Eat/ 1.59 Ea

Tellus Merlot 2013

Local Bakeries “Fresh Daily" ■ BECKMANN’S Francese rolls/ 4.29

California Fresh, Blemish-Free, Organic, Arrow Citrus Co., Lakeside Organics, Happy Boy Farms

Wine Pairing

■ HOPWORKS “Robot Panda” or “Ferocious”, 6Pk Cans, 12oz/ 8.99 ■ BON & VIV Spiked Seltzer, Variety 6Pk, 12oz/ 7.99 +CRV ■ DOGFISH HEAD “Punkin Ale”, 6Pk Btls, 12oz/ 12.99 +CRV ■ TRUMER PILS German Pilsner, 6Pk Btls, 12oz/ 11.99 +CRV ■ TRULY Spiked Water, Variety 12Pk, 12oz/ 15.99 +CRV

■ NOOSA Yoghurt 8oz /19.99

■ VEAL RIB CHOPS, Pasture Raised/ 12.98 Lb

■ SILVA LINGUICA LINKS/ 6.98 Lb

Heat broiler. Heat a large skillet, preferably cast iron, over medium-high heat, then heat oil in pan until smoking.

Season steak very generously with salt and pepper and cook until a deep brown crust forms on underside (do not turn), about 4 minutes. Transfer steak to a cutting board, turning it browned side up.

Beer

■ ORGANIC YOGURT Plain & Vanilla, 32oz/ 3.49

■ ORGANIC BANANAS A Great Snack/ .99 Lb

■ ORGANIC CREAM TOP YOGURT 24oz/ 3.49

■ CLUSTER TOMATOES Ripe on the Vine/ 1.69 Lb

■ BUTTER QUARTERS Lb/ 4.99

■ SEEDLESS GRAPES Red and Green/ 2.99 Lb

■ MILK Gallon/ 4.49

Connoisseur’s Corner - Old World Wines

■ 2017 CHÂTEAU BARDE-HAUT Saint-Émilion Grand Cru (92RP)/ 58.99 ■ 2012 CHÂTEAU DE PEZ Saint-Estéphe (94WE)/ 4 9.99 ■ 2015 VIEUX TÉLÉGRAPHE Châteauneuf-du-Pape (95WS)/ 82.99 ■ 2011 AURÉLIEN VERDET Morey-Saint-Denis (91WS)/ 59.99 ■ 2013 POGGIO ANTICO Brunello di Montalcino (94JS)/ 69.99

PEGGY GOTTHOLD, 37-Year Customer, Santa Cruz

SHOP PER’S SPOTLIG HTS

Occupation: Co-publisher/printer/binder Foolscap Press Hobbies: Gardening, marionette puppeteering, cooking, camping, Santa Cruz Shakespeare volunteer LARRY VAN VELZER, 32-Year Customer, Santa Cruz Occupation: Co-publisher/printer/binder Foolscap Press Hobbies: Gardening, marionette puppeteering, cooking, camping, Santa Cruz Shakespeare volunteer What first got you shopping here? PEGGY:“I knew of Shopper’s before moving to Santa Cruz because my sister shopped here.” LARRY:“I was influenced by Peggy but also was immediately impressed by Shopper’s wonderful product lines—affordable to absolute top-end. I remember thinking someone here really likes wine — it’s stocked all the way around the store — and maybe they also own a winery.” PEGGY:“Shopper’s is such a great store and has an impressive selection of everything; it never ceases to amaze. I may find an interesting recipe on online and come in here in search of an odd item and find it. I find it fun to experiment with something new.”

What do you folks like to cook? PEGGY:“We don’t eat much meat but we do buy fish here.

The cuisines we tend to make — Middle Eastern, Indian, Southeast Asian and more — are very inspiring, and we get all of our ingredients at Shopper’s.” LARRY:“I try to make dishes that I think will complement what Peggy is making.

We both play around with recipes.You take something that you would normally put meat in and you experiment in order to make it more flavorful.” PEGGY:“For us, Shopper’s produce section is a mainstay. So many organic, local offerings that are sometimes priced less than their conventional counterparts.

What would you tell someone who is new to town about Shopper’s? PEGGY:“You don’t need to go anywhere else.” LARRY:“Shopper’s can be your core store. For us it’s a staple.” PEGGY:“I don’t care to shop at the chain stores. I’m happier shopping at a local businesses like Shopper’s and supporting them.” LARRY: “Shopper’s doesn’t feel like a corporate store.And they’re very conscientious about getting you on your way out quickly. If a checkout line is backing up, they’ll always call another checker.”

PEGGY:“Their customer service is great.

Shopper’s is a fun place to shop with genuinely friendly human interactions.”

“Shopper’s is such a great store and has an impressive selection of everything; it never ceases to amaze.”

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