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Maybe it sounds weird to say this, but getting to be part of Santa Cruz Gives has become one of the things I most look forward to for the holidays. I’ve said before that I don’t think there’s anything more important that we do all year, and with each annual edition of our holiday giving drive, that seems more and more true. Nothing else combines community outreach, philanthropy and our hyper-local philosophy of news coverage like this. Beyond the thousands of dollars raised for worthy local causes, nothing else provides our readers with a window into what people throughout the county are doing to help the people in their communities. I learn so much, too, because it’s the one time every year that I get to sit in a room with people from almost three dozen of the county’s top local nonprofits and talk with them about what they’re doing and how we can help them do it.

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LETTERS GRAVE REVIEW Re: “Grave Situation” (GT, Oct. 25): Brava to Maria Grusauskas on her coverage of greener options for end of life. There is a large network of people who are working on natural deathcare in the Santa Cruz community, including the creation of a green burial conservation woodlands. I hope Maria can dig up more on the topic.

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RENTS DON’T RAISE THEMSELVES In poetry, inanimate objects and ideas can do things by themselves. Rents can go up by themselves, “the market” can set its rate. But in real life, such things have to be done by people.

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they’re doing, in their own words.

I guarantee that if you read the cover story, you’ll find at least one group you want to support. In fact, what we’ve found over the last two years is that when people go to santacruzgives.org, they often end up supporting more organizations than just the ones they initially planned to give to. I get into some of the numbers in the introduction to the cover story, but I could ramble on and on about all the results that have wowed me.

Please do, said no one ever!

OK, fair enough, but before I let you get to it, I want to thank our partners in this project, the Volunteer Center, Santa Cruz County Bank, Oswald and Wynn Capital Management.

Oh, wait, and one more thing: the analytic numbers for Santa Cruz Gives were up immensely year-to-year for every category we could think to parse them in: number of donors, individual donations, challenge grants, largest donation, average donation, multigift donations, and so on. That’s not because of us, that’s because of the incredible generosity of our readers. I urge you to read about the nonprofits selected for this year’s program, and then go to santacruzgives.org and be a part of it. Because this thing is just getting started.

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I’m trying to retire, I need to get at least a reasonable market rate for the space.” Why? “So he can spend more time playing music and golf,” according to the Good Times of July 18.

And the owner of the building where Pergolesi was wants his tenant to maintain the building he owns, according to the GT of Oct. 11.

So before we wring our hands about this seemingly out-of-control situation of high rents, let’s remember clearly that each individual landlord in this town is deciding how much to charge, and in fact is demanding it. Renters and landlords understand, even if no one says it out loud, “If you don’t like the rent, you can move out.

I have 100 more people behind you glad to pay it.” The Old Testament term for this— and I think it is an apt one—is “greed.”

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Santa Cruz Ayurvedic practitioner Talya Lutzker is spearheading a fundraising effort to get clean drinking water to remote areas of Puerto Rico, where fresh water is virtually nonexistent, after Hurricane Maria decimated the U.S. territory this past September. Clean Water for Puerto Rico has raised $22,000 toward its goal of $85,000, with a deadline of Nov. 19. All donations go to the Greatness Foundation to fund state-of-the-art portable water filtration systems. For more info or to donate, visit thegreatnessfoundation.com/puertorico.

Scott Collins—until very recently, Santa Cruz’s deputy city manager—has started a new job. Last week Collins began working as the city manager for Morro Bay. Before he left, Santa Cruz threw him a proper sendoff, with a tongue-in-cheek grilling at Santa Cruz City Hall. Sources tell GT that Santa Cruz Deputy Police Chief Rick Martinez, former Mayor Hilary Bryant and County Supervisor Zach Friend each stepped up to the mic to roast the ever-grinning, easy-going Collins to a face-palming, headshaking crisp.

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ROB BREZSNY FREE WILL ASTROLOGY Week of November 15 ARIES Mar21–Apr19 “Many people go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after,” observed Henry David Thoreau. The spirit of Thoreau’s observation is true about every one of us to some extent. From time to time, we all try to satisfy our desires in the wrong location, with the wrong tools, and with the wrong people. But I’m happy to announce that his epigram is less true for you now than it has ever been. In the coming months, you will have an unusually good chance to know exactly what you want, be in the right place at the right time to get it, and still want it after you get it. And it all starts now.

TAURUS Apr20–May20 I predict that during the next 10 months, you will generate personal power and good fortune as you ripen your skills at creating interesting forms of intimacy. Get started! Here are some tips to keep in mind. 1. All relationships have problems. Every single one, no exceptions!

So you should cultivate relationships that bring you useful and educational problems. 2. Be very clear about the qualities you do and don’t want at the core of your most important alliances. 3. Were there past events that still obstruct you from weaving the kind of togetherness that’s really good for you? Use your imagination to put those events behind you forever.

GEMINI May21–June20 You may be entertaining an internal dialog that sounds something like this: “I need a clear yes or a definitive no . . . a tender revelation or a radical revolution . . . a lesson in love or a cleansing sex marathon—but I’m not sure which! Should I descend or ascend? Plunge deeper down, all the way to the bottom? Or zip higher up, in a heedless flight into the wide open spaces? Would I be happier in the poignant embrace of an intense commitment or in the wild frontier where none of the old rules can follow me? I can’t decide! I don’t know which part of my mind I should trust!” If you do hear those thoughts in your brain, Gemini, here’s my advice: There’s no rush to decide. What’s healthiest for your soul is to bask in the uncertainty for a while.

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According to storyteller Michael Meade, ancient Celtic culture believed that “a person was born through three forces: the coming together of the mother and father, an ancestral spirit’s wish to be reborn, and the involvement of a god or goddess.” Even if you don’t think that’s literally true, the coming weeks will be a favorable time to have fun fantasizing it is. That’s because you’re in a phase when contemplating your origins can invigorate your spiritual health and attract good fortune into your life. So start with the Celtic theory, and go on from there. Which of your ancestors may have sought to live again through you?

Which deity might have had a vested interest in you being born? What did you come to this earth to accomplish?

Which of your innate potentials have you yet to fully develop, and what can you do to further develop them?

LE0 Jul23–Aug22 I predict that starting today and during the next 10 months, you will learn more about treating yourself kindly and making yourself happy than you have in years.

You will mostly steer clear of the mindset that regards life as a numbing struggle for mere survival. You will regularly dream up creative ideas about how to have more fun while attending to the mundane tasks in your daily rhythm. Here’s the question I hope you will ask yourself every morning for the next 299 days: “How can I love myself with devotion and ingenuity?”

VIRGO Aug23–Sep22 This may be the most miscellaneous horoscope I’ve ever created for you. That’s apropos, given the fact that you’re a multifaceted quick-change artist these days.

Here’s your sweet mess of oracles. 1. If the triumph you seek isn’t humbling, it’s not the right triumph. 2.

You may have an odd impulse to reclaim or recoup something that you have not in fact lost. 3. Before

transmutation is possible, you must pay a debt. 4. Don’t be held captive by your beliefs. 5. If you’re given a choice between profane and sacred love, choose sacred.

LIBRA Sep23–Oct 22 The next 10 months will be an ideal time to revise and revamp your approach to education. To take maximum advantage of the potentials, create a master plan to get the training and knowledge you’ll need to thrive for years to come. At first, it may be a challenge to acknowledge that you have a lot more to learn. The comfort-loving part of your nature may be resistant to contemplating the hard work it will require to expand your worldview and enhance your skills. But once you get started, you’ll quickly find the process becoming easier and more pleasurable.

SCORPIO Oct23–Nov21 “Everything that can be invented has been invented.”

- Charles H. Duell, Director of the U.S. Patent Office, 1899. “Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible.” - Lord Kelvin, President, Royal Society, 1895. “All the music that can be written has already been written.

We’re just repeating the past.” - 19th-century composer Tchaikovsky. “Video won’t be able to hold on to any market it captures after the first six months. People will soon get tired of staring at a box every night.” - filmmaker Darryl F. Zanuck, commenting on television in 1946.

I hope I’ve provided enough evidence to convince you to be faithful to your innovative ideas, Scorpio. Don’t let skeptics or conventional thinkers waylay you.

SAGITTARIUS Nov22–Dec21 Of all the signs in the zodiac, you Sagittarians are most likely to buy a lottery ticket that has the winning numbers.

But you’re also more likely than everyone else to throw the ticket in a drawer and forget about it, or else leave it in your jeans when you do the laundry, rendering the ticket unreadable. Please don’t be like that in the coming weeks.

Make sure you do what’s necessary to fully cash in on the good fortune that life will be making available.

CAPRICORN Dec22–Jan19 In the game of basketball, if a player is fouled by a member of the opposing team, he is given a “free throw.”

While standing 15 feet away, he takes a leisurely shot at the basket without having to deal with any defenders.

Studies show that a player is most likely to succeed at this task if he shoots the ball underhanded. Yet virtually no professionals ever do this. Why? Because it doesn’t look cool. Everyone opts to shoot free throws overhand, even though it’s not as effective a technique. Weird!

Let’s invoke this as a metaphor for your life in the coming weeks, Capricorn. In my astrological opinion, you’ll be more likely to accomplish good and useful things if you’re willing to look uncool.

AQUARIUS Jan20–Feb18 In 1991, Aquarius rock star Axl Rose recorded the song “November Rain” with his band Guns N’ Roses. It had taken him eight years to compose it. Before it was finally ready for prime time, he had to whittle it down from an 18-minute-long epic to a more succinct nine-minute ballad. I see the coming weeks as a time when you should strive to complete work on your personal equivalent of Axl’s opus.

PISCES Feb19–Mar20 Thomas Edison was a prolific inventor whose work led to the creation of electric lights, recorded music, movies, and much more. When he was 49 years old, he met Henry Ford, a younger innovator who was at the beginning of his illustrious career. Ford told Edison about his hopes to develop and manufacture low-cost automobiles, and the older man responded with an emphatic endorsement. Ford later said this was the first time anyone had given him any encouragement. Edison’s approval “was worth worlds” to him. I predict, Pisces, that you will receive comparable inspiration from a mentor or guide or teacher in the next nine months. Be on the lookout for that person.

Homework: Is there a belief you know you should live without, but don’t yet have the courage to leave behind? FreeWillAstrology.com

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But everyone talks about it as if it were a perpetrator-less crime.

How can we bring rents down in this town? Easy! All the landlords get together and say, “Hey, this is bad! Let’s cut rents in half.” It’s simple. Why won’t they? I’m asking you this honestly. Give it a think.

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ECONOMIC ENGINE Brian Lister started Go Green Cab more than a decade ago, but its path ahead is uncertain, with increased

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rian Lister hands me two black-and-white bumper stickers that read “Don’t Be a Guber” for a new project he’s starting. But this isn’t a band or an artistic undertaking.

The URL at the bottom reads ubersaregubers.com.

Lister is the founder, owner and a driver for Go Green Cab Co., a local, environmentally friendly taxi company. Locals and tourists alike recognize their iconic fleet of white 1980s Mercedes—“I never realized that rhymed,” Lister says with a laugh—that run exclusively on biodiesel made from vegetable oil.

Although it once sounded like the perfect fit for Santa Cruz, the taxi company’s business strategy has encountered potholes since Lister

launched more than a decade ago— most recently, the rise of ride-sharing apps like Uber, which have hurt the bottom lines of taxi companies around the globe. For Go Green Cab in particular, the road ahead isn’t getting any smoother as the Green Station, Santa Cruz’s only biodiesel supplier, is shutting down. The station, which rents out U-Haul trucks, has stopped serving biodiesel, and will be closing for good by the end of the year.

The fueling stop on the corner of Ocean Street and Soquel has provided an alternative to petroleum for nine years, but the property owner, Previn Patel, is currently looking for a new tenant in hopes of maybe adding yet another hotel to the tourismfocused Ocean Street strip.

“I don’t know what’s going to happen,” admits Lister, who’s been trying to get in touch with fuel companies directly to buy from them. “I’ve gone around to the gas stations, and nobody really knows who owns what, it seems.”

Lister started Go Green Cab in 2006, after he had already accrued 12 years of taxi-driving experience.

Although he loved being a cabby, he felt burdened by the environmental impact of the gas guzzlers, and he came up with the idea for a different business model.

“At that time, Priuses were still new,” he remembers. “However, the Mercedes were a global standard for taxis. They were designed to run for miles and miles.”

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Within 24 hours of GT’s cover story last week on the new San Lorenzo Park encampment (“Tent Situation,” 11/8), the camp was being cleared out.

Parks and Recreation Director Mauro Garcia, who declined to answer questions for our previous story and referred us instead to city manager Martín Bernal, later outlined a more tightly managed vision for the tent city in an interview with the Santa Cruz Sentinel. He announced there would be new guidelines, including individual 15-by-15-foot demarcated camping spaces after the temporary 24-hour evacuation was lifted on Friday, Nov. 9.

Even though it was only temporary, the sweep highlighted the need for a closer look at the coordination between various decision makers responsible for creating a long-term plan on homeless issues—for example, at the city and county level. What steps the city will take next were not clear to county spokesperson Jason Hoppin, as he discussed in our cover story.

“They’re still not,” Hoppin says this week.

But both Bernal and SCPD Chief Andy Mills bristle at the suggestion that the city hasn’t articulated detailed plans to county officials, noting that city and county leaders have been meeting and working together on homelessness issues. County health workers, meanwhile, are trying to halt the spread of Hepatitis A, which began working its way through the homeless population earlier this year.

Although the camp has bright spots, Vice Mayor David Terrazas tells GT via email that “no one believes that the current camping on the San Lorenzo benchlands is a viable permanent solution.”

“While not ideal,” he continues, “the current situation at the benchlands has allowed staff from the county’s Homeless Persons Health Project to coordinate services in a central place and provide vaccinations to protect and reduce further Hepatitis A cases.”

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produce his own fuel, envisioning a self-sufficient service flowing from production to the customer. Looking back, he says he didn’t consider just how dirty of a process producing biodiesel is. It involves heating and filtering used vegetable oil—often from restaurants—to remove any particles that could potentially damage an engine. Production sites must be big enough to store huge vats and equipment.

“Right when I was figuring it all out, I saw a sign at the gas station on the corner of 7th and Soquel saying ‘Now serving biodiesel,’” remembers Lister. “So I decided to pay them for fuel instead.”

Slowly, Go Green Cab grew to six drivers, and business was still strong in 2009, when he sold the company to one of his employees and decided to finish college in South Carolina, where he remained until returning to Santa Cruz two years ago. To help fund the repurchase of the company and upgrades, he launched a GoFundMe campaign which raised $778, well short of its $15,000 goal.

“Friday and Saturday nights used to be the best for fares, by far,” he says. “Now it’s not even worth it.”

Since bursting on the scene in 2009, Uber has wrecked the taxi

industry with its phone app, allowing customers to call for a ride with the push of a button. It helped that the tech company’s prices were much lower. Lister says ride-sharing companies have an additional—and unfair—advantage in that they classify themselves as “transportation network” companies, rather than cab companies which allows them to operate basically without regulation.

Taxis, on the other hand, get routinely inspected, and their drivers must be fingerprinted and drug tested regularly.

“We also have to carry 10 times the insurance their drivers do,” he adds.

Meanwhile, the marketplace has grown distorted in ways that probably aren’t sustainable.

While coasting off investor money, Uber is operating at a massive loss.

Earlier this year, the company announced losing $708 million in the first quarter, putting it well on its way to matching the 2016 total loss of $2.8 billion, as it competes with app company Lyft, which is also losing money.

Although tech companies often operate at a loss before earning billions when they go public, $2.8 billion is a massive number compared, for instance, to Amazon’s $214 million deficit in 2014, its last year of profit loss.

The closure of the Green Station, which hasn’t pumped biodiesel in

weeks, poses an additional threat to Go Green Cab. Lister has been getting fuel from out of the county, and sometimes he’s even been filling up with regular diesel when needed.

Even when the Green Station did have biodiesel, customers were paying $3.79 a gallon for biofuel, a full dollar more than regular diesel. Ray Newkirk argues that if it weren’t for government subsidies to traditional diesel and petroleum companies, biofuels wouldn’t look so disproportionately pricey.

“We pay for gas in a lot more ways than just at the pump,” he argues. “If you look at the price of gas in most of the world, they pay a lot more for it, because they are not subsidizing it.”

For the last 18 years, Newkirk, who owns a construction company on the side, has been trying to grease the way for a local biofuel boom. He made his first batch in 1999—“as a renegade,” he says—and opened his first biodiesel business, Pacific Biofuel, in 2003.

Three years later, he was already filing for bankruptcy.

“We had bigger appetites than our wallet could supply,” he chuckles.

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When Santa Cruz Sentinel arts editor Wallace Baine typed a heartfelt Facebook post announcing that he would be leaving the county’s daily paper after 26 years, he did not anticipate the response he would receive. 544 likes.

More than 300 comments. And that’s not counting the people who reached out in person.

“It’s just been a huge and overwhelming reaction that I’ve gotten. It’s been very gratifying, very scary,” says Baine, as he imagines his next chapter and also reflects on

all that support. “I’m knocked back on my heels a bit by it.

I’ve heard from people that I hadn’t heard from in years. I’ve heard nice things from people I didn’t think liked me too much.

It’s been wonderful.”

Baine, who’s leaving at the end of the month, says he can’t offer any details about terms of his departure—beyond that he’s receiving a severance package.

“The writing was on the wall for me,” he says. “There’s just no other way around it. And it is maybe time for me to move on personally.”

The Sentinel is owned by hedge fund Alden Global Capital, whose primary involvement in the newspaper

business these days seems to be squeezing the remaining loose change out of its newsrooms.

Insofar as the Sentinel has had an identity, a distinctive voice and a personality in recent years, that personality has been inextricably linked to Baine, known for his support of the arts community—not to mention his moving prose. (In 2010, GT contributor Geoffrey Dunn praised Baine for a “humor that is dark, wry, piercing and sardonic—shades of Mark Twain mixed with David Sedaris.”)

Baine doesn’t expect the paper to do as much local arts coverage in his absence.

Baine has written four books

and embedded himself in the arts scene—leading Q&As, hosting local radio shows and emceeing the annual Gail Rich Awards. He realized early in his career, he says, that if he had wanted to leapfrog from one metropolitan paper to another, working his way up the journalism ladder, he could. But he decided Santa Cruz was the kind of town he wanted to live in with his wife Tina, raising their two kids.

He isn’t sure what kind of project he’d like to do next, as writing books can be a thankless gig. He might try podcasting.

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SOFT PITCH <11 and rangers are continuing to patrol the area. The Salvation Army winter shelter will be opening Wednesday, Nov. 15. Bernal suggested to the Sentinel that the camp should dissolve by mid-December. But with people on the street far exceeding the number of beds available, it isn’t yet clear where they will go.

The encampment has shone a light on the plight of the homeless, both their hardships and their impacts.

It’s too early to say, though, how the county and city will mitigate these issues—or even which government agency is willing to take the lead on which initiatives. No one, though, is saying things can go on like this forever.

Greg Pepping, executive director of the Coastal Watershed Council, has been leading habitat restoration efforts along the

San Lorenzo River, just downhill from the park. Pepping, who also serves on the city’s Planning Commission, questions the decision to allow an encampment in the public park.

“The city has done so much work, with so many different partners, to activate the riverwalk. This is just so out of step with that,” says Pepping, who says he witnessed a homeless person relieving themselves on the river levee just this past Monday. “If you could imagine trying to pick up people’s feces, their needles, trash—is that easier in the wet sand or on a harder surface? Maybe this encampment is the right idea, but it’s in the wrong place.”

Chief Mills, who announced last month that he would soften camping ban enforcement, says he’s doing the best that he knows how—and that Bernal and the parks staff are doing the same.

“The city is doing everything humanly

possible to limit the impacts, including providing places for them to go to the bathroom and to wash their hands for Hep A prevention. We’re cleaning up the area and picking up discarded syringes,” Mills says. “I don’t know what the Coastal Watershed Council wants us to do. We’re certainly open to any suggestions.”

Garcia says, in their clean-up, Santa Cruz parks rangers picked up 108 syringes, and that those monitoring the encampment will encourage people to use the county’s sharps depository located on Water Street or turn them over to park rangers, all of whom carry sharps containers.

Bernal says he’s not surprised by how many needles rangers say they found.

“We’ve been pushing people to different places, and they are still going to use drugs.

They need help with recovery,” he says, pointing out that there are no drug rehabs

or mental health facilities homeless people can go to in the city.

Bernal says the face of homelessness has changed drastically in the last 20 years, and that the homeless of previous generations were mostly smoking pot.

Cannabis didn’t make people aggressive, he says, whereas now, with increased methamphetamines and heroin use around the country, people’s behavior is more unpredictable, bizarre, and sometimes dangerous. “People want the city to fix it,” Bernal says, “but what we have at our disposal is police, fire, and public works.

This is not something the city is going to solve. We are the first responders, but we need the state, the county, the nation.”

City and county officials agree on the framework for longterm goals and solutions: essentially, create storage facilities for homeless people, establish a day-use center for services and provide housing or shelter to get the homeless off the streets.

The multi-million dollar question: how do we get there?

Mills stresses that the county has an important role in providing funding and solutions. “The primary responsibility for dealing with some of the difficulties is solely the county’s,” Mills says. “The Health and Human Services budget is $280 million.

Mental health, drug addiction, some housing—that’s in the county purview, and so we all would agree that it’s vital to have the county at the table as we look for shortterm, intermediate and long-term solutions.”

Frustrated by the suggestion that the city needs to show the way, with a more detailed timeline, Mills says the county can lead on this issue as well. “They’re the ones with the legislative mandate in the budget,” Mills says. “Why aren’t they coming up with the plan?”

Hoppin is skeptical of the notion that the homeless encampment will dissolve on its own, as Bernal has suggested, once the rain starts—an approach Hoppin calls “the alka-seltzer solution.” He says the county will continue supporting the idea for day services benefiting the homeless community.

“There seems to be an agreement for those services. What we don’t know is where and what the funding is,” he says.

“We don’t know where it goes from here.

[City leaders] don’t seem to know that either, other than there’s an agreement on the need for day services, but when that will happen, we don’t know.”

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“I’ve had the property on the market a couple of times, but there have been no buyers in the past,” says Patel. “It’s sad that biodiesel has faded away, but it’s time to try something different.”

Patel, a 30-year Santa Cruz resident, says he has been giving the station the cheapest rent possible because he believes in their service, but he feels the location is too lucrative for him to continue that. Lister believes Patel has been looking for a hotel company to move in—continuing the row of lodging Ocean Street is known for—but Patel says that isn’t necessarily how things will play out.

“I had plans years ago for a hotel to be developed there because it’s zoned for one,” he says “However, Hertz Rental Car is also interested in leasing the property, so we’ll see what happens.”

Since Lister’s “renegade” biofuel days, one energy source has taken off more than anyone could have imagined: electricity. Although biodiesel significantly cuts back emissions compared to gasoline, it isn’t perfect, as it contains higher levels of nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas.

Lister says he would be interested in adding electric vehicles into his fleet, but doesn’t believe the current technology fits with his business model. He warns that while it’s advertised as a clean energy source, electricity comes at a cost too.

“Electric vehicles still need to plug into the grid,” says Lister.

“Depending where you’re at, that could be nuclear or coal power.”

Newkirk is holding out hope for a biodiesel co-op, much like the BioFuel Oasis in Berkeley, where the responsibilities of running a shop are spread among workers who all have a hand in the business.

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BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY Organization Mission: To

and make healthy choices that lead to productive lives.

We envision a community where all children achieve success in life.

enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.

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Young gardeners in this Positive Sprouts Garden program gain skills early on that form a foundation for

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Positive Sprouts aims to combat childhood and adolescent obesity by empowering youth and their families to grow a simple home garden and turn their produce into a healthy meal using an easy-to-follow recipe book.

Gardens in both the Downtown and Live Oak Clubhouse locations are also areas for conversation and meditation that foster respect for neutral, quiet spaces for reflection.

BUILDING FOR GENERATIONS Organization Mission: We

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THE BIG IDEA “Big Jam” Music Experience “Big Jam” is a monthly percussion circle open to teens and adults with developmental disabilities or brain injury, and their family and friends. Making music together is a transformative experience, allowing participants to experience unity, synchronization and joy.

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fter the second year of Santa Cruz Gives, GT’s holiday giving drive, ended on New Year’s Eve, we took some time to look at what’s working with it. The answer turned out to be: pretty much everything. Once again, we were blown away by Santa Cruz County’s generosity, as we raised more than $180,000 for local nonprofits, far surpassing our goal of $140,000, and doubling the $90,000 raised in the program’s first year.

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Sisters Make a Match program, volunteers are carefully paired with children who face serious challenges of poverty, living in single-parent homes, or exposure to gangs, drug abuse and alcohol abuse.

Big Brothers Big Sisters has changed the lives of more than 6,500 local children in the past 35 years. We assess, create, supervise and provide ongoing support to mentoring matches. After thorough screening and training, volunteer mentors commit to spending 10-20 hours monthly with a child for at least one year.

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CASA Organization Mission: CASA is

a child’s voice in dependency court, providing advocacy, stability, and hope to children who have been abused, neglected or abandoned.

This support had a profound impact on the lives of hundreds of children and youth in foster care. They receive many health, emotional, and educational resources they might not otherwise receive.

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The trauma of being removed from their homes and placed in foster care has a profound effect on children and youth. More than 400 children and youth are in the foster care system in Santa Cruz County, and those most in need are referred to CASA. In 2018, CASA anticipates serving more than 285, ages birth to 21 years.

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COASTAL WATERSHED COUNCIL Organization Mission: The

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THE BIG IDEA San Lorenzo River Revitalization The San Lorenzo River is the main drinking water source for 100,000 people. It provides habitat for endangered species, fish, birds and wildlife. The river and park that lines its banks, the Santa Cruz Riverwalk, is crucial to public health and could be a natural respite, popular greenway and gathering space in the heart of Santa Cruz’s urban downtown—yet it feels more like a back alley than the city’s central park.

When Santa Cruz residents avoid the San Lorenzo River, our community becomes disconnected from it, which keeps us from understanding the benefits that the river provides, the ways in which we rely on it, and how we impact local waterways through our daily actions.

Rivers can transform our wellbeing. In other communities rivers are alternative transportation corridors, drivers of economic activity, destinations for tourism, and natural spaces people feel proud of and safe near. By rebuilding personal

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COMMUNITY ACTION BOARD (CAB) Organization Mission: CAB

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We rely on hundreds of volunteers to help with six programs—three of which are aimed at employment support, as providing tools for selfsufficiency is a key strategy for reducing poverty.

THE BIG IDEA Rental Assistance Program This program prevents homelessness by providing short-term rental assistance to residents of Santa Cruz County who are faced with eviction

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This day of free care serves kids who would otherwise fall through the cracks—families who don’t qualify for Medi-Cal, and can’t afford expensive or even discounted dental care at local clinics. Dientes aims to instill healthy habits and positive experiences with the dentist so that kids can continue their good oral health throughout life.

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THE BIG IDEA Downtown Streets Team: Santa Cruz Downtown Streets Team engages homeless men and women to be a part of the solution to homelessness.

Simply by participating in constructive and meaningful volunteer work in the community, our Team Members open the door to productive dialogue about homelessness with stakeholders such as business owners, elected officials, city staff, public safety officers, residents and visitors. We hope to create positive change in the way that homelessness is addressed in Santa Cruz by changing the way we think and talk about it.

Team Members receive case management, employment counseling, and a basic needs stipend in exchange for volunteering up to 20 hours per week beautifying downtown, the San Lorenzo River Riverwalk, and Main and Cowell beaches. These stipends ensure Team Members can obtain their basic needs without resorting to panhandling.

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energized name speaks to our mission as a youth empowerment and food justice organization.

FoodWhat partners with low-income and struggling youth across Santa Cruz County to grow, cook, eat, and distribute healthy, sustainably raised food, and address local food justice issues. FoodWhat creates a safe space where youth experience profound personal growth and transformation, radical diet change, critical job training, and step into relevant activism.

THE BIG IDEA FoodWhat BLASTS! In 2018, FoodWhat youth (countywide low-income teens) will step into leadership positions, restoring or growing 14 school and community gardens by doing BLASTS! These projects result in acquisition of key job skills while participants earn a meaningful salary, pride in supporting children and elders, and the renovation or expansion of gardens to fully functional and vibrant spaces for food production, or learning for the coming school year.

FoodWhat youth will respond to a flood of requests by countywide elementary schools with gardens and South County community gardens to do these BLASTS, descending on different sites each week to bust out major projects: weeding, rebuilding beds, setting irrigation systems, renovating old greenhouses, breaking new ground, etc.

FRIENDS OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES Organization Mission: Friends

THE BIG IDEA Santa Cruz Public Libraries— More Than Just Books!

For our 150th year, we celebrate

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$100 funds a citizen science presentation. Local scientists speak to the public about their current research. $250 brings a magician to perform at a branch during the summer reading program. $500 funds a year of collections (books and online resources) devoted to our special needs population.

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inspire all girls to be strong, smart and bold, and to respect themselves and the world around them.

THE BIG IDEA High School Girls Mentoring Program The ECHO Leadership Program (Education, Careers, Health, and Opportunities) supports high school girls to make healthy lifestyle choices, overcome socioeconomic barriers, and pursue college education and satisfying careers.

This highly researched model program has helped thousands of girls in other communities for years. The ECHO program will work with a group of up to 30 high school girls in Santa Cruz County over a

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In compliance with California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), UC Santa Cruz is preparing a Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the proposed Student Housing West Project. The proposed project would develop 3,000 beds of on-campus student housing by 2022.

Public agencies and members of the public are invited to learn more about the proposed project and to provide oral comments on the range of issues to be addressed in the DEIR. Wednesday, November 29 Information Session: 6–7 pm | Comment Session: 7–8 pm Oakes College Academic Building, Classroom 105 Oakes Road UC Santa Cruz Campus For more information, call 459-3732, or visit: http://ppc.ucsc.edu/planning/EnvDoc.html For information on Student Housing West, visit: https://ches.ucsc.edu/housing/studenthousingwest/

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of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries support the city-county system through more than 8,000 annual volunteer hours, fundraising and advocacy. We provide books and programs to each branch.

Donations last year through Santa Cruz Gives funded the Veterans Resource Center at the downtown Santa Cruz branch; purchased books on all topics; and expanded the Robo Sumo program where teens learned to build, program and test wrestling robots while developing coding skills.

Our goal is to create stronger neighborhoods and a culturallyenriched county through accessible and diverse programs.

not only how the libraries started simply as a source of free books for knowledge, but also that libraries now offer so many more avenues to lifelong learning.

Your donation will add to our programming fund for the Santa Cruz Public Libraries. Each program costs $250 to $1,500, depending on its scope. We want to add 10 incredible programs a month to libraries (120 programs a year).

Examples of programs include:

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SANTA CRUZ GIVES <23 nine-month period, meeting twice monthly, plus field trips. Volunteer women from the community and peer graduates of the program serve as mentors and female role models on various topics and careers.

Interactive sessions include: Health and Nutrition, Personal Safety, How Families and Culture Shape Our Attitudes, Personal Budgeting, Planning for College, Career Exploration, Public Speaking, and Influencing Public Policy. Field trips take the girls to at least three college campuses and the State Capitol for a tour and visits to their legislators.

Girls Inc. has started programs at several schools in Watsonville, and is raising funds to establish them in schools countywide.

GREY BEARS Organization Mission: Grey

Bears improves the health and well-being of seniors through food distribution, volunteerism and community participation. Our vision is that all seniors live healthy, meaningful lives.

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We know that eating more vegetables and fruits, and staying physically and socially active, keeps us happy and healthy as we age.

In the coming year Grey Bears will increase its commitment to ensuring that all seniors live healthy, meaningful lives. It starts with a balanced “nutrition brown bag” full of fresh produce delivered to 4,000 predominantly low-income seniors each week in Santa Cruz County— including 925 who are homebound.

Our daily food distributions support hundreds more, and our goal is to serve 20,000 hot, healthy meals from our kitchen. More volunteer opportunities and activities are in motion, including senior support groups, chair yoga classes, fix-it clinics and luncheon events to socially connect seniors, nurture vital friendships, healthy bodies and happy hearts.

HEADING HOME ANIMAL RESCUE Organization Mission: Heading

Home Animal Rescue’s mission is to help animals in need at local open-admission shelters receive the care and time they need to find appropriate homes. We are the only rescue group that focuses exclusively on our local openadmission shelter, and provide 60 percent of the rescue assistance for needy animals that the entire Santa Cruz County Animal Sheltering system receives.

THE BIG IDEA Helping Animals in Need Find Their People We continuously work to lower the rate of euthanasia by providing assistance to animals that our county shelter is not able to serve.

This includes puppies that are too young to stay at the shelter, shy/ unsocial cats that we place in new, loving barn cat homes, kittens who need medical care, and many animals that need a different environment in order to flourish.

Last year, we helped more than 700 local animals receive medically necessary vet care, behavioral help, and foster care in order to facilitate their adoption. We have already surpassed that number in the first 11 months of this year, and hope to help well over 800 local animals this year. Will you help us reach that goal?

HOMELESS GARDEN PROJECT Organization Mission: The

Homeless Garden Project is an organic urban farm that provides job training, transitional employment, and support services to people who are homeless. With an emphasis on creating a thriving and inclusive community, as well as growing the local food system, the project provides people with the tools they need to build a home in the world.

The Homeless Garden Project

also supports the broader Santa Cruz community with a Community Supported Agriculture program (CSA), and an education and volunteer program that blends formal, experiential and servicelearning.

THE BIG IDEA From Homeless to a Job and a Home: Transition Support Santa Cruz County has the fourth largest homeless population by county in the U.S. In order to support graduate retention of jobs and address transition challenges (into job and housing), our request to Santa Cruz Gives is to create a part-time staff position of a Social Work Supervisor. This is needed to increase the impact of our work and provide support for individuals experiencing homelessness during the program and after they graduate.

This position would conduct assessments of incoming trainees, supervise our social work intern program, and create plans with trainees to address stability and employment readiness.

Our innovative program is rooted on tending to the land to produce healthy nutritious food without negatively impacting the environment.

HOMELESS SERVICES CENTER Organization Mission:

Homeless Services Center partners with individuals and families to create pathways out of homelessness into permanent housing. We hold firmly to a vision that homelessness in Santa Cruz County should be rare, brief and non-recurring.

THE BIG IDEA Smart Path to Housing and Health The need to address homelessness in our community is indisputably urgent, and our coordinated assessment and referral system

is changing the way people experiencing homelessness find the help they need in an equitable and compassionate manner.

Instead of knocking on every service provider’s door, people can go to one service provider and in one step be connected to all of the programs available in the county.

Smart Path will connect people to resources more quickly, use our community’s resources more effectively, and prioritize assistance based on those who need it most.

One of the primary recommendations of our countywide plan to address homelessness, Smart Path streamlines the intake, referral, and program placement process, making it easier to move out of homelessness and into housing.

JACOB’S HEART CHILDREN CANCER SUPPORT SERVICES Organization Mission: Our

goal is to improve the quality of life for children with cancer and their families. Since 1998, we have been at the side of more than 600 local children with cancer and more than 3,000 family members as they have navigated the journey from diagnosis, through an uncertain future, and beyond.

The no-cost services are funded entirely through community donations. Jacob’s Heart receives no government support or reimbursement for services to advance our vision to create a community where every child with a serious or life-threatening condition has a supported and informed family empowered to fully participate in their care.

THE BIG IDEA Camp Heart + Hands Camp Heart + Hands provides a life-changing camp experience for children with cancer and their families in Santa Cruz County. The camp experience allows families to create empowering bonds with other

families enduring pediatric cancer and forget about their disease for a weekend.

Our camp is staffed by pediatric ICU nurses and oncologists from Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford. Highlights of the weekend include campfires, support groups, movie night, climbing wall, skateboard park, family carnival, music, dancing, healthy food, art, swimming, games, magic, pony rides and more. Camp Heart + Hands is for families whose neverending strength is an inspiration to everyone.

LIVE LIKE COCO FOUNDATION Organization Mission: The

Live Like Coco Foundation helps kids grow up healthy and with opportunities to pursue their dreams. Our foundation is named and inspired by Coco Lazenby, a selfdescribed “book lover, cat petter and environmentalist,” who was killed in a car accident in 2015 at age 12.

To honor Coco’s bright spirit and big heart, our foundation works in four areas that made a difference in her life: literacy, nature, health, and funding for extracurricular activities such as theater, horseback riding, art, and computer programming.

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believe an informed public will ensure the preservation of the natural habitats and cultural history of our California State Parks. Interpretive and educational programs funded by Mountain Parks Foundation serve more than 1.7 million park visitors annually, including more than 200 student classes who participate in on-site, curriculum-based educational programs at Henry Cowell and Big Basin Redwoods State Parks.

Attend the great end of semester events presented by Cabrillo’s VAPA Department!

DEC 1-3

Crocker Theater

Cabrillo Winter Dance Concert

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Cabrillo Student & Faculty Choreographers

Holy Cross Church

Music for the Feast of Christmas 35th Anniversary

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An Evening of Vocal Jazz Ensemble and Solo Arrangements

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DEC 11

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Big Basin Nature Museum and Research Center The best way to encourage the next generation to protect the natural bounty of Big Basin is to invite them to interact with it. That’s why we’re raising the funds needed to remake Big Basin’s nature museum into an immersive experience that turns spectators into active participants in conservation.

The new Nature Museum and Research Center will introduce visitors to the many endangered species in the park, allowing them to view this special place from the perspective of its inhabitants.

Visitors will have the opportunity to learn about cutting-edge research being conducted in the park and contribute their own observations as “citizen scientists.” New technology will allow those who wish to connect with online resources a place to enhance their experience and deepen their knowledge. This multifaceted educational experience will have something new to offer visitors of all ages, helping to make each visit to Big Basin even more memorable.

PAJARO VALLEY SHELTER SERVICES Organization Mission: Our

mission is to assist homeless women, children, and families in obtaining stable housing through temporary shelter and services.

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Our unique Birthday Books From Coco program offers students at participating schools the opportunity to choose a new book on their own birthdays. In the 20172018 school year, our Birthday Books From Coco program will reach nearly 5,000 public school students at 10 different sites from Santa Cruz to Watsonville. More than 76 percent of the K-5 students we serve qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

Birthday Books From Coco was honored in 2016 by a Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury report as one of six county, city and private groups making a difference. It was noted that, “For many of these children it is the first book they have owned.”

MOUNTAIN PARKS FOUNDATION Organization Mission: We

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SANTA CRUZ GIVES <25 We also provide intensive bilingual case management services proven to empower families to build selfsufficiency skills and overcome personal obstacles that led to homelessness. Our comprehensive and individualized plan to end homelessness in our communities defines us as a fundamental site of community empowerment.

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Funds from Santa Cruz Gives will support our financial consultation and workshops, which enable client families to save up to 90 percent of their income. Financial training and savings assist adults to transition to successful employment, independent housing, and a self-sufficient lifestyle with their children. One-on-one financial consciousness training and reconciliation meetings are conducted monthly with each family. Monthly, without exception, 100 percent of PVSS families submit all sources of income and all receipts for their expenses.

PVSS recognizes that the solution to homelessness lies beyond shelter—in identification of barriers and all-encompassing intervention. To break the cycle of homelessness, each year 80 families in PVSS programs develop selfsufficiency skills through intensive case management services and more than 40 workshops in areas such as emotional stability, domestic violence, banking and budgeting, family and cultural rituals, house maintenance, and nutrition.

RISING INTERNATIONAL Organization Mission: To

contribute to the end of extreme poverty by enabling the world’s poorest people, women, to join the global economy through our home party network. We recruit women from homeless shelters, Welfareto-work programs, domestic

violence, human trafficking survivor networks, and extended foster care programs to become social entrepreneurs and run their own Rising International direct-sales businesses.

THE BIG IDEA Rising America— Entrepreneur Program for Homeless Women We train homeless and economically vulnerable women in Santa Cruz County to run their own direct-sales businesses, selling fair trade items made by impoverished women all over the world, helping both groups to rise. In the coming year, we hope to make it easier for Santa Cruz residents to support our emerging entrepreneurs by creating a new e-commerce system and modern mobile online stores ready for customers to browse and purchase fair-trade items from local Rising Representatives.

SANTA CRUZ COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS Organization Mission: We are

working to ensure that all children from birth through adulthood are healthy and able to reach their full potential. We currently serve 11,000 low-income patients—more than 800 of whom are homeless, including nearly 200 homeless children.

THE BIG IDEA Live Oak Cradle to Career (C2C) We are investing in a significantly higher level of prevention and care—with best-practices in early identification and treatment to reduce developmental delays, toxic stress, abuse, neglect, and other trauma—dramatically increasing a child’s health, well-being and educational success from Cradle to Career.

Cradle to Career has two components: “Cradle to Crayon,” led

by Santa Cruz Community Health Centers, focuses on the critical

FoodWhat?! developmental stages of prenatal to age three; and “Crayon to Career,” led by the Live Oak School District, focuses on Pre-K to college. In both instances, the Santa Cruz Community Health Centers, along with C2C partners, work to improve coordination between medical and school settings, so kids get services and care when and where they need it with schools, health care, and families working together.

Cradle to Career also showcases the role that parent leaders provide to make our level of care possible as a model of community health.

C2C is inspired by this notion: “You cannot educate a child who is not healthy and you cannot keep a child healthy who is not educated.” Jocelyn Elders, former Attorney General

SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK Organization Mission: Our

mission is to end hunger and malnutrition by educating and involving the community. Our vision is for no one in Santa Cruz County to have life opportunities limited by hunger or malnutrition.

Through a network of more than 200 community partners—food pantries, soup kitchens, senior and community centers, shelters,

nutrition workshop sites, schools and emergency food locations, Second Harvest annually delivers 8.3 million pounds of healthy food to children, seniors, working families and individuals in need, from Davenport to Pajaro Valley.

Of the foods we distribute each year, 64 percent is fresh, seasonal, and regionally grown produce.

Volunteers donate more than 42,000 hours each year and more than 5,000 individuals are directed to the nearest food distribution site.

THE BIG IDEA A Strong Community Healthy Foods Network for All With your support, we will strengthen our buying power and community food network, bringing fresh produce and healthy staples to partners representing people struggling with hunger, malnutrition, homelessness, poverty, substance abuse, mental health, and education in Santa Cruz County.

Second Harvest’s strength is the capacity to receive and distribute food on a large scale as we work closely with local farmers, food distributors, and retailers to source

staples, fresh fruit and vegetables.

Together we are alleviating each agency’s need to find funding or source food through more timeconsuming, expensive methods.

SENDEROS Organization Mission:

Senderos is an all-volunteer organization founded in 2001, with free dance and music programs that serve 120 youth. We provide safe, supportive after-school activities promoting cultural pride, strengthening family unity, and encouraging pathways to college and career. Sharing Latino culture through performing arts and educational opportunities strengthens individuals and our larger community.

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THE BIG IDEA Camping & Outdoor Adventures for Children and Adults with Disabilities Our goal is to increase the number of trips to the beautiful state parks and beaches of Santa Cruz County for camping and outdoor recreation for people with disabilities. These opportunities help people with disabilities receive the tremendous positive benefits that outdoor recreation can have on their mental and physical health, and overall well-being.

These trips will be made accessible with the help of experienced guides, recreational therapists, volunteer support, and adaptive equipment such as allterrain wheelchairs to ensure as many as possible can be included.

SURVIVORS HEALING CENTER Organization Mission:

Survivors Healing Center offers a safe and confidential place to heal and empower survivors of child sexual abuse. We identify emerging needs in our community and work on preventing abuse through our Caring for Kids outreach program.

All of our safety net services are based on a sliding fee scale and offered to low income residents at low or no cost, enabling clients to move from crisis and survival mode to practical solutions and stability.

We assist people of all ages and backgrounds to discover their own creative solutions.

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DO HOTELS GET THE LAST LAUGH?

By Datta Khalsa, Broker

Homeowners in Santa Cruz County have a long tradition of finding creative ways to offset the high cost of housing. One common way they have managed this is through vacation rentals to help maximize the earning potential of a second or third home. A lesser-used variation of this is hosted short-term room rentals located within a primary home, usually with the owner present.

Hosted short-term rentals fill a crucial niche for the less-than-affluent traveler, with the local rate averaging a relatively low $133 per night during the high season. And since the guests are generally in close quarters with the owners, there is a system of controls built in to mitigate potential negative impacts on the neighbors. Worldwide, the benefits of home-sharing have seen great popularity with AirBnB reporting 4 million listings, a figure that surpassed the top 5 Hotel companies combined.

But not in Santa Cruz, it would appear.

Over the past few years, both City and County legislators have taken a sudden increased interest in controlling how property owners rent out their homes, re-categorizing the practice of home-sharing as a commercial enterprise and making the argument that short-term rentals (hosted and un-hosted) deplete the inventory of long-term rental housing, which they contend drives rents up. But when you look at the numbers, they don’t seem to add up: The County Planning Commission recently drafted an ordinance to limit Hosted Short-Term Rentals to 180 nights per year, despite the results of their own survey counting only 169 in operation within the unincorporated areas. The results of the survey seemed to indicate (somewhat ironically) that hosted rentals pose more a cure for the high cost of living than a cause, when looking at their room rates compared to hotels.

A more logical correlation forms when you read that there are 3 hotels with 390 rooms under construction right now in the county, and 6 more with 519 rooms in the pipeline, with the rates for a King room plus sofa bed posted at $259 per night. With Transient Occupancy Taxes tied directly to money paid, it would make better business sense for the County to back the hoteliers’ higher room rates over mom-and-pop vacation rentals—but it seems a bit unfair if that’s what’s actually happening here.

The County’s survey also revealed that a vast majority of short-term rental hosts were older property owners relying on the supplementary rental income as their primary motivation to host, while also benefiting from the flexibility, privacy and ability to retain their independent lifestyle as reasons why they wouldn’t consider long-term tenants even if they couldn’t host a short-term rental.

The draft will get its first public reading on December 5, and if this ordinance is passed, we will become the only County in the State to impose a limit on the number of nights that a hosted rental can rent out a room in their own house, which many see as yet another step in the wrong direction.

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Cultural Arts for Youth It is more important than ever to support Latino youth and their families.

In order to bridge cultural divides for immigrant youth by providing positive, safe, family-centered activities, including a strong push for academic success leading to higher education, Senderos will provide free after-school dance and music instruction for Latino youth who otherwise might not afford these opportunities.

Linking young people to their heritage enhances self-esteem and promotes family unity. Youth showcase their talents and share their cultural pride at more than 20 community and school performances annually. Most of the youth participating are low-income.

We need to provide traditional dance outfits on loan for performances and build an instrument lending library for our young musicians to practice and perform.

Senderos brings art, culture, and community together to break down borders, and increase understanding and acceptance of diversity throughout Santa Cruz County.

challenge, fun and access to the outdoors are essential parts of a fulfilling life, Shared Adventures is dedicated to improving the quality of life for people living with disabilities.

Our opportunities for social and recreational interaction for disabled people encourage self-confidence, cooperation, decision-making, leadership skills, outdoor skills, and environmental awareness.

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THE BIG IDEA Caring for Kids: End Child Sexual Abuse There is no greater violation of trust and innocence than child sexual abuse. We have been one of a few organizations nationwide dedicated to ending child sexual abuse through broad social education, and now the model is spreading.

Our Caring for Kids: End Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Program builds communities that not only acknowledge the issue, but also spark an honest dialogue about how to collaboratively prevent child sexual abuse. Survivors learn that help is available through our support services. Hopelessness and helplessness can be transformed by knowledge, courage and compassion.

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Beal and Company develops and produces creative projects that enrich the cultural, educational and artistic life of the community. We support established artists, develop emerging artists, and unite the community through the wonder of dance, theater, music, and circus presented in concerts, workshops, arts education, and innovative outreach.

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THE BIG IDEA ArtSmart: Inspiring Music and Dance Concerts + Residencies What if empathy were cultivated in our schools through world dance, music and circus? What if we could eliminate boredom and offer reasons to explore a life that has wonder—a wonder more fascinating than TV or buying stuff? How do we inspire kids to be curious about the world beyond themselves? How many ways are there to be right?

How do we integrate mind, body and spirit—and do it with joy?

ArtSmart is an arts education program for youth, families, teachers and artists, with concerts by awardwinning multicultural artists (both public and in schools); eight-12-week dance residencies in schools; and professional development for artists and teachers.

Children when given the opportunity to use art to problemsolve through creative collaboration often find their own voices, listen to others respectfully and engage in learning.

UNCHAINED Organization Mission:

UnChained fosters empathy, respect and responsibility in youth through the human-animal bond.

THE BIG IDEA Canines Teaching Compassion UnChained pairs dogs in need of training and adoption with youth in need of self-esteem and empathy, unleashing human potential one dog at a time. By expanding its Canines Teaching Compassion program in Santa Cruz County, UnChained will teach more underserved youth to train homeless dogs in basic skills and good manners, helping place the dogs into adoptive homes.

The youth develop values of patience, respect and responsibility for themselves and others, through the trust and relationship-building with their dogs. Working with dogs who may share similar experiences of neglect, abandonment, and abuse enables youth to experience compassion and respect for others, while building confidence and selfworth. As the dogs succeed, youth thrive knowing they have helped find a home for a dog who loves and accepts them unconditionally.

VALLEY CHURCHES UNITED Organization Mission: From

its very beginning, in the aftermath of the devastating winter storms of 1982, Valley Churches United has been a source of help during

a disaster, a temporary crisis or simply a hard time for residents throughout San Lorenzo Valley, Scotts Valley and Bonny Doon in their time of need.

As we do not receive government funding, our four staff members rely on the incredible support of donors, daily volunteers, and a board of directors to implement a yearround food pantry as well as crisis rent, mortgage, utility and disaster assistance, holiday food drives, and more, to qualified clients in need.

THE BIG IDEA Expanding Fresh and Nutritious Food Choices Valley Churches United recognizes the growing need of our clients to access our food pantry year round to supplement their monthly shortfalls of food and other living expenses.

Our goal is to provide more healthy food choices, which adds costs for increased quantities of food as well as quality in fresh, perishable foods. We see many clients who cannot afford healthy food options and we aim to be their safety net for these choices which will improve overall health and reduce future health care costs.

There are few nonprofits that assist the Santa Cruz Mountain communities, and there is a strong need for support services to our neighbors who live there.

VOLUNTEER CENTER/ HELPING HANDS SENIOR HOME REPAIR Organization Mission: We are transforming lives by providing seniors with the necessary support to safely age in place.

We do this by connecting seniors with opportunities for greater independence and engagement in our community.

THE BIG IDEA Lend a Helping Hand This year, Helping Hands volunteers

helped more than 200 low-income seniors, disabled older adults, and veterans to age safely in our community and maintain independence. We provide home safety checks and basic modifications that prevent falls in and around the home and allow for seniors to engage in the activities they enjoy.

Fall-related accidents are the top cause of injury or death for seniors in the U.S. With the right support and reduced risk factors, many falls can be prevented. Please help us serve more seniors in 2018, and prevent falls experienced by hundreds of older adults in Santa Cruz County each year.

WARMING CENTER PROGRAM Organization Mission: Our

mission is to support the population of people who sleep outside by offering a safe, clean and dignifying space indoors on the coldest and wettest nights, thereby reducing hypothermia and death.

We focus directly on the needs of people who sleep outside, such as a program to receive and disperse blankets, jackets and warm clothing, and we’ll operate a personal belongings storage program in December.

THE BIG IDEA Physical Mobility and Personal Care Challenges Program There are people with physical mobility challenges who have difficulty accessing shelters when they need it most. They are often the most medically vulnerable, and can be found sleeping outside and in doorways despite existing shelter beds. Some rarely access showers or laundry services and can smell so badly that they alienate others while in a shelter. Some have been barred from shelters in the past, leaving them to sleep outside when it freezes.

The Warming Center Program has made people with physical mobility

and personal care challenges a priority. The shuttle roves the community, bringing in anyone who didn’t make it on an earlier round.

We are developing a personal care program.

As we are mostly all-volunteer and community funded, we need your help to establish and maintain this important work. Last winter, we utilized more than one hundred volunteers from all walks of life who came together to staff the shelter.

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Homeless Advocacy is committed to living out values of compassion, dignity and respect for all people by uniting our community to be volunteer advocates for those moving out of homelessness and onto a path of healing—we will work together to end chronic homelessness in Santa Cruz County.

THE BIG IDEA Beds and Baskets Can you imagine finally finding housing after experiencing homelessness, but moving in with nothing and having to sleep on the floor? Working with more than 50 case managers at several different agencies, Wings volunteers help our homeless friends complete tasks and obtain resources needed to become housed and self-sufficient.

In addition to hundreds of volunteer hours we provide by giving rides to medical and court appointments, helping people move in to housing, and filling out the confusing paperwork needed to get housing assistance. We also donate beds ($100 value) and Welcome Home baskets ($50 value) full of personal care and household supplies. Last year, we gave away 36 beds and 58 baskets and we would like to double that!

Wings supports the national Housing First model proven to save lives and public resources. Rather than looking the other way, our volunteers consider it a blessing to be able to care for those who are marginalized and find that encouragement can make the difference in helping a chronically homeless person make a 180-degree change in their life.

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We envision the Watsonville wetlands as a thriving ecosystem and a community that is at the center of its conservation.

We will strive to reach at least 2,500 students in 2018 through innovative education programs in the Watsonville wetlands that work to ensure that Watsonville youth grow into the next generation of environmental leaders, equipped to take on the complex environmental challenges our community and planet face.

We provide outdoor programs during and after school that instill an interest in nature while supporting academic achievement.

Each year, 12 high school students graduate from our Wetland Stewards Program, a year-long mentorship-based program where they are the after-school teachers for more than 400 middle and elementary school students.

Twelve students also graduate from the Green Careers Summer Institute, a vocational program in emerging and traditional environmental careers. Our citizen science programs allow youth to

conduct meaningful water quality and bird population surveys in the sloughs. And our Wonders of Wetlands program provides a yearround experience for fourth and fifth grade students to help restore wetlands on public open space.

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STEEPED IN CLINE Julie James (left) as Patsy Cline and Diana Torres Koss as her real-life fan and friend Louise Seger in ‘Always … Patsy Cline.’

PHOTO: STEVE DIBARTOLOMEO

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Unyielding to its tragic elements, Jewel Theatre’s ‘Always … Patsy Cline’ delivers the country legend’s story as a true celebration BY STEVE PALOPOLI

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But Jewel Theatre’s production of Always could not possibly be further from that. It’s a celebration of Cline’s life and music that’s really a celebration— hell, it’s a straight-up party. I honestly can’t even remember the exact moment when the plane goes down; it kind of gets swept up in the always-rolling interplay of what is essentially a two-woman show, with Julie James as Cline, and Diana Torres Koss as Seger.

They have intriguing approaches to the characters: Koss goes bigger, playing Seger as a Texas-sized hoot and a half. James doesn’t go smaller, exactly; it’s more like she goes sideways, playing Cline not as the object of Seger’s adoring gaze, or even as a musical icon, but as a real person—a touch shy and awkward off-stage, passionate onstage, and charming at all times.

It’s the kind of person Cline must have indeed been to strike up this friendship with the real Seger, and the pair are fun to watch together.

The very staging of this production says volumes about the intentions of director Shaun Carroll. Seger’s kitchen is part of the Always set, as it’s where many of the plot points take place—it’s where she first hears Cline on the radio, for instance, and where one of their most important interactions takes place (not to mention the spot from where she often hounds the local country DJ to play Cline’s records). So the tendency would be to put the kitchen near or perhaps even at center stage, and for Seger to deliver most if not all of her stories about Cline from there. In the production I saw before, the stage from which Cline delivers the songs that punctuate Seger’s stories was stage left, and the area would be lit each time Cline would appear.

But in this production, Seger’s kitchen is far to the side of the stage, and it cannot contain Koss.

She struts back and forth in front of the audience, speaking directly to us and delivering quite a bit of physical comedy. The “stage on the stage” from which James sings is set back a little, but smack in the center, which makes far more sense to me. The fantastic backing band (including local legend Patti Maxine on the lap steel) has plenty of room to spread out, and James treats the audience as if we are the crowd watching Cline’s show, breaking a fourth wall that in the case of this musical barely exists anyway. The whole thing is remarkably interactive, with some members of the Colligan Theater audience seated at tables on the stage, blurring the line between musical performance and performance of a musical even further.

So is there any downside to staging Always as a nonstop good time? There’s definitely some trade-off, as it doesn’t have the same emotional weight as the production I saw before. But as a fan of Cline’s music (and that is one thing Always does not skimp on, no matter how you play it— there are 27 of her songs packed into the show), I much prefer it like this. The promise of this play is in its title, which is how Cline signed her letters to Seger: an intimate look into the friendship between two women, with the goal of gaining some insight into the human being behind the legend of Patsy Cline. To highlight their warmth and vivaciousness as this production does, to explore the excitement that they both felt about the power of the music, makes these characters something so much more relatable and real than two doomed figures waiting for the plane to go down.

INFO: ‘Always … Patsy Cline’ runs through Dec. 3 at the Colligan Theater at the Tannery Arts Center, 1010 River St. in Santa Cruz.

Performances are Wednesdays through Sundays, $42/$48. For tickets or more information, go to jeweltheatre.net.

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JERK SCHEDULE Love Jerks play the Crepe Place on Friday, Nov. 17. PHOTO: DESIREE PFEIFFER

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ebecca Garza-Bortman and Bryan Patrick Garza played their first ever show together as San Francisco band Love Jerks two years ago to a packed house of roughly 300 people. They also got married. On stage. At the climax of a rock opera about their love.

So yeah, nontraditional wedding.

They had spent the previous year writing the ceremony/performance piece, and were backed by an ensemble band of approximately 20 people that included members of both of their respective bands, Garza’s Scissors For Lefty and Bortman’s Happy Fangs. Bortman’s

bridesmaids provided backing vocals.

Not long after this wedding extravaganza, they thought: Why don’t we be a band for real?

“Bryan and I share a love of creating. It felt like the beginning,” Bortman says. “It’s all this work, but it’s not just for one night. You make something that lives on.”

The post-wedding version of Love Jerks is just Bortman and Garza sharing lead vocals and bass and guitar duties. Drums are provided by a mystery friend they videotaped in front of a green screen, wearing rotating masks.

The footage is projected behind them at their shows, so it kind of

feels like you’re watching a trio.

“Once we built that psychedelic, visual experience, I was like, awesome, we’re actually three members,” says Garza. “And the third one packs up pretty well.”

For their wedding rock opera, they went larger than life—a bit Rocky Horror Picture Show, a bit Queen— capturing that joyous state of being head-over-heels in love.

Their shows now are a little different. They’ve re-imagined some of the songs, and written new ones that are a bit less theatric, instead capturing the intimacy of married life.

Stylistically, it’s somewhere between bedroom indie-pop and Joy Division

Love Jerks play at 9 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 17 at the Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $8. 429-6994.

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era post-punk, with a sprinkling of that ’70s theater-rock still intact.

“I think they’re representative of what it’s like to consider your life together. That kind of tenderness and delicateness that comes from being just the two of you,” Bortman says.

“There’s just that adjustment that happens when you stop being just two randos and start being one couple.”

When the band got married, they didn’t imagine that Love Jerks would evolve into a real band, but they had thought that after the wedding, they would try to record the songs for an album.

“I didn’t want it to dissolve after one night,” Garza says. “To make an album, something tangible that you can say, ‘this represents this part of my life,’ it feels really good.” They are still working on this album, and hope to have it released next spring.

Not long after the wedding, Bortman left Happy Fangs, and Scissors for Lefty went on hiatus.

They had first met because of those bands, when they shared a bill at San Francisco’s Bottom of the Hill.

Garza proposed to her two years later on stage at the same venue, while his band was playing. He brought her up on stage under the guise that she would be singing on a song. Instead he sang Elvis’ “Fools Rush In” then whipped out a ring and asked her to marry him.

Her answer was “Fuck yeah.”

Consequently, this was how both of them responded to the “Do you take this person” question during their wedding vows a year later.

Now they want to focus all their creative energy on Love Jerks, and tour with each other. Nearly every song they have currently focuses on their love in some way. You know, just what you’d expect from a couple of love jerks.

“I promise there are no songs on there that’ll make you want to throw up,” Bortman says. “During Happy Fangs, I was really angry. I wrote a lot of angry songs for Happy Fangs.

I wasn’t really angry anymore. I wanted to make music with my husband. I followed my heart as far as that went.”

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SANTA CRUZ BEACH BOARDWALK HOLIDAY ICE Ice skating with an ocean view isn’t always possible—unless you are in Santa Cruz. The Boardwalk’s ice skating rink is back for the holidays and welcomes ice skaters of all ages and levels. There are festive foods and holiday crafts and the rink is open rain or shine, so there are no excuses to delay your holiday cheer.

INFO: Open through Sunday, Jan. 7.

4 p.m.-8 p.m. weekdays and Noon-8 p.m. weekends. Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. 400 Beach St, Santa Cruz. beach boardwalk.com. $12 hourly, including ice skate rental. Tickets available online and at the door.

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CELEBRATION OF ART

BY PEARL TOOK Local dancer and choreographer Sharon Took-Zozaya showcases a oneoff display of more than 200 original artworks by her late mother, Pearl.

The collection includes landscapes, still life, fine portraits, courtroom sketches and fashion drawings from a variety of media, including watercolor, oil and pastels. Pearl spent her last years in Santa Cruz, and painted familiar images of Felton. The event will celebrate Pearl’s life and work, featuring live music and a special fixedprice lunch from India Joze.

INFO: Wednesday, Nov. 18. 2-5 p.m. The 418 Project, 418 Front St., Santa Cruz. pearltook.com. Free.

Free calendar listings in print and online are available for community events. Listings show up online within 24 hours. Submissions of free events and those $15 or less received by Thursday at noon, six days prior to the Good Times publication date, will be prioritized for print (space available). All listings must specify a day, start time, location and price (or ‘free’ if applicable). Listings can be set to repeat every week or month, and can be edited by the poster as needed. Ongoing events must be updated quarterly. It is the responsibility of the person submitting an event to cancel or modify the listing. Register at our website at santacruz.com in order to SUBMIT EVENTS ONLINE. E-mail calendar@goodtimes.sc or call 458.1100 with any questions.

WEDNESDAY 11/15 ARTS THE GAIL PROJECT: ‘AN OKINAWANAMERICAN DIALOGUE’ The Gail Project is a collaborative, international public history project that explores the founding years of the American military occupation of Okinawa. The project is inspired by a collection of photos taken in Okinawa in 1952 by an American Army Captain, Charles Eugene Gail. 5-7 p.m. Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery, 1156 High St., Santa Cruz. art.ucsc. edu. Free.

‘STEP’—INSPIRING DOCUMENTARY ABOUT GIRLS ACHIEVING THEIR DREAMS Shot in Baltimore just months after the 2015 riots, this Sundance Special Jury Prize winner follows the step team at the Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women, and the lives, ambitions and creative expressions of three of its members.

7:30 p.m. Regal Riverfront Stadium, 155 South River St., Santa Cruz. gathr.us/ screening/21530. $11.50.

OPEN SHOW SANTA CRUZ EVENT Open Show Santa Cruz will showcase five local photographers, from amateurs to professionals, as they share the inspiration and backstories of their images that are projected on a screen. Audience members are encouraged to interact with the presenters.

6:30-8:30 p.m. Radius Gallery, 1050 River St., Santa Cruz. openshow.org. $10.

CLASSES DESSERTS IN THE RAW: VEGAN CULINARY CLASS Do you love dessert but want to maintain a healthy diet? Here is your chance to learn to make yummy, nourishing, raw foods vegan desserts from scratch, then sample the desserts in community. Address given upon registration. 6-10 p.m. The Love House. 607-1374 Ext. 1. $75.

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WEDNESDAY 11/15 ‘B’ POSITIVE: A FUNDRAISER FOR CHARLIE MOORE Ten-year-old Charlie Moore was recently diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer. He is a Santa Cruz native, Lego-lover and avid reader who is currently undergoing radiation and chemotherapy treatments, and his family and New Bohemia Brewery are holding a fundraiser and silent auction in conjunction with NuBo’s special “B” Positive West Coast pale ale to raise money for Charlie’s treatments. The event is family friendly, and will feature a lemonade stand and appearance by Mickey Magic.

INFO: 5-8 p.m. New Bohemia Brewing Company, 1030 41st Ave., Santa Cruz. Free, donations accepted.

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DOWNTOWN SANTA CRUZ FARMERS MARKET In addition to a large variety of farm products, this market offers a great selection of local artisan foodstuffs, delicious baked goods, and lots of options for lunch and dinner. 1:30 p.m. Cedar and Lincoln streets, Santa Cruz. 454-0566.

TRIVIA NIGHT Trivia night at 99 bottles. 21 and up. 8 p.m. 110 Walnut Ave., Santa Cruz.

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WOODSTOCK’S SC PINT NIGHT When life hands you beer specials … drink up! If you’re >36 searching for the best sudsy social

created or whatever it is you care about the most without quitting your day job. 6:30 p.m. NextSpace, 101 Cooper St., Santa Cruz. mayadelano.com. Free.

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The 2017 Student Poster Art Exhibit DOWNTOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY November 8-December 30, 2017

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THURSDAY 11/16 HASKELL SMALL CONCERT The third installment of the Distinguished Artists concert and lecture series features pianist and composer Haskell Small’s most recent work “A Journey in Silence: Reflections on the Book of Hours.” Haskell has earned many accolades for his compositions, and has performed both solo and chamber programs worldwide. The evening will also feature the works of Bach and Tavner.

INFO: 7:30 p.m. Peace United Church, 900 High St., Santa Cruz. distinguishedartists.org.

General admission $30, seniors $25, students $12.50.

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Woodstock’s Pizza, 710 Front St., Santa Cruz. woodstockscruz.com/events. Free.

ALEHOUSE NARRATIVES Come join in the alehouse tradition of sharing your personal anecdotes, poems, short stories, creative non-fiction, essays and humor, accompanied by a jazz band and a pint of fine organic ale. Write Sober. Edit Drunk. Read Buzzed.

7 p.m. Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing, 402 Ingalls St. Suite 27, Santa Cruz. 425-4900 or scmbrew.com. Free.

B POSITIVE: A FUNDRAISER FOR OUR FRIEND CHARLIE MOORE We are reaching out to our community to support one of our own. Charlie is a Pleasure Point Native who is currently undergoing treatment for cancer.

We have brewed a special West Coast Pale Ale in Charlie’s honor. Our goal is to raise $3,000 with this “B” Positive Brew. Half of all “B” Positive Beer sales go directly to support

Charlie and his family. 5 p.m. New Bohemia Brewing, 1030 41st Ave., Santa Cruz. 5884429. Free.

GROUPS UC SANTA CRUZ NIGHT AT THE SANTA CRUZ WARRIORS Come join UC Santa Cruz Alumni and the Santa Cruz Warriors for a night of basketball and banana slug pride. 7 p.m. Kaiser Permanente Arena, 140 Front St., Santa Cruz. 413-4400.

TABLETOP NIGHT Unplug for a few hours to play new and exciting tabletop games.

These aren’t your grandparents’ board games. Games like Settlers of Catan, Ticket to Ride, and Exploding Kittens along with many others will be available. Ages 21 and up. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Scotts Valley Branch Library, 251 Kings Village Road, Scotts Valley. santacruzpl.org. Free.

CALENDAR HEALTH B12 HAPPY HOUR Come and get your Happy Hour B12 shot. Your body needs B12 to create energy and is not well absorbed from the diet or in capsule form. Everyone can benefit from a B12 shot. After B12 injections many patients feel a natural boost in energy. 3-6 p.m.. Santa Cruz Naturopathic Medical Center, 736 Chestnut St., Santa Cruz. 477-1377 or scnmc.com. $29.

B12 HAPPY HOUR B12 deficiencies are common, as the vitamin is used up by stress, causing fatigue, depression, anxiety, insomnia and more. Not well absorbed in the gut, B12 injections can be effective in helping to support energy, mood, sleep, immunity, metabolism and stress resilience. Come get a discounted shot from 1:30-4:30 p.m.

Thrive Natural Medicine, 2840 Park Ave., Soquel. thrivenatmed.com/b12-injections or 515-8699. $15.

THURSDAY 11/16 ARTS CINEMA OF THE ANTHROPOCENE Cinema of the Anthropocene seeks to challenge conventional documentary cinema and typical representations of climate change and the so-called Anthropocene, and invite the community in discussions over how we can better represent and think through climate change. 5-7 p.m. University of California Santa Cruz, 1156 High St., Santa Cruz. thepanoramacollective.tumblr.com. Free.

DORIANNE LAUX: MORTON MARCUS POETRY READING The Eighth Annual Morton Marcus Poetry Reading presented by the Institute for Humanities Research featuring Dorianne Laux. Poet Gary Young, will host the program, and the evening will include an announcement of the winner of the Morton Marcus Poetry Contest, the recipient receives a $1,000 prize. 5:30-8 p.m. UCSC Humanities

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NANOWRIMO AUTHOR TALK: GRANT FAULKNER Grant Faulkner is an author who believes quite simply that everyone is a writer, and that we create our world through the stories we tell. He is the founder and executive director of NaNoWriMo. Come and be inspired to write your own story. 6-7:30 p.m. Santa Cruz Library, 240 Church St., Santa Cruz. Free.

THE SANTA CRUZ GROUP OF THE SIERRA CLUB PRESENTS: BICYCLING AROUND ICELAND Come enjoy a presentation about a trip to Iceland by outdoor adventurer Leonie Sherman. Discouraged by our political climate and its future implications, she abandoned her usual California wilderness haunts for a month-long odyssey on two wheels in one of the most socially progressive, environmentally friendly places on the planet. 7 p.m. Live Oak Grange, 1900 17th Ave., Santa Cruz. ventana2.sierraclub.org. Free.

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FOOD & WINE TRIVIA NIGHT This festive event brings together trivia aficionados, boneheads and the chic geek for a night of boisterous fun.

8:30 p.m. Woodstock’s Pizza, 710 Front St., Santa Cruz. 427-4444.

HEALTH B12 HAPPY HOUR B12 helps support energy, mood, sleep, immunity, metabolism and stress resilience. Since B12 is not absorbed well during digestion, and all B vitamins are depleted by stress, most Americans are deficient. Having B12 in the form of an injection bypasses the malabsorption problem, and people often feel an immediate difference. Every Thursday morning, we offer discounted vitamin B12 by walk-in or appointment. 9 a.m.-Noon. Thrive Natural Medicine, 2840 Park Ave., Soquel. thrivenatmed.com or 515-8699. $15.

MUSIC DJ A.D. Come out every Thursday evening to dance, drink, and play some pool. 21 and up. 9 p.m. The Castaways, 3623 Portola Drive, Santa Cruz. thecastawaysbar.com.

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Celebrating 30 years of Curbside Recycling: 1987–2017 “Thanks for doing your part!”

Fine tune your weekly recycling. Check out the Recycle Right videos. www.cityofsantacruz.com/reducewaste

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VOLKSWAGEN PRESENTS WARREN MILLER’S ‘LINE OF DESCENT’ This year, don’t miss Warren Miller’s Line of Descent, presented by Volkswagen. Travel the globe, by land, air and sea, exploring the ties that bind us. For 68 years, ski families have cheered on the official kickoff to winter with the ski film company that started it all and this year is no different. As the family grows, the traditions grow richer in Volkswagen presents Warren Miller’s Line of Descent. 7:30 p.m. Rio Theatre, 1205 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. 423-8209 or riotheatre.com. $15.

Lecture Hall 206, 257 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz. ihr.ucsc.edu. Free.

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CALENDAR <37 OPEN MIC Bob Carter’s Open Mic every Thursday at the Santa Cruz Food Lounge. Featuring the talent of local singersongwriters. Come on out, enjoy the music with friends or take a turn behind the mic.

All ages welcome. Dog-friendly patio. 5:30-9 p.m. Santa Cruz Food Lounge, 1001 Center St., Santa Cruz. scfoodlounge.com. Free.

MATT THE ELECTRICIAN He’s been hailed by the Austin Chronicle for the “rickety yet near-perfect settings for his sincere, quirky observations of life,” and the Austin American-Statesman says “like a seasoned storyteller, he maximizes the power of his words by carefully choosing which notes to accent and which to leave alone. 8 p.m. Lille Aeske, 13160 Central Ave., Boulder Creek.

703-4183 or matttheelectrician.com. $30.

CABRILLO STRING ENSEMBLES CONCERT Cabrillo String Ensembles will perform music for various string ensembles. This concert includes traditional, contemporary and ethnic musical pieces.

The String musicians play violin, viola, cello bass and piano. Noon-1:30 p.m. Cabrillo Samper Recital Hall, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos. cabrillovapa.com. Free/Donation.

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VOLUNTEER WATSONVILLE CONNECT EVENT This is our fourth annual event in Watsonville.

Watsonville Connect is an all day event where individuals, corporations, nonprofits, and government agencies combine forces in one location to provide services to community members who are experiencing homelessness or in need. 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Veteran’s Memorial Building, 215 E. Beach St., Watsonville. 768-3240 or phc-santacruz. org. Free.

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ART SHOW November 17, 4–7pm 1725 Seabright Ave. (831) 427-1878 CLARATYARTS.com AN ECLECTIC COLLECTION OF NEW PIECES FEATURING 18 LOCAL ARTISTS

family-oriented, the Latino heritage of this community gives this market a “mercado” feel. 2-7 p.m. 200 Main St., Watsonville.

A FARMER’S AFFAIR W/ STEVE BONTADELLI (BRUSSELS SPROUTS) Join us for our inaugural “A Farmer’s Affair” event featuring: Steve Bontadelli, owner of Pfyffer Associates and a fourth generation farmer producing Brussels sprouts on the Central Coast. 6 p.m. An Epicurious Lifestyle, 104 Bronson St. #13, Santa Cruz. 471-8524 or anepicuriouslifestyle.com. $65.

GROUPS LIVE OAK LIBRARY BOOK GROUP The Live Oak Library book group meets on the second Friday of the month and all adults are welcome. Reading selections will be made by the group with an emphasis on thoughtprovoking fiction and challenging nonfiction.

In November, we will be discussing The History of Love by Nicole Krauss. 1-2 p.m.

Live Oak Library, 2380 Portola Drive, Santa Cruz. santacruzpl.org. Free.

HEALTH VITAMIN B12 FRIDAY Every Friday is B12 Happy Hour at Thrive Natural Medicine. B12 improves energy, memory, mood, immunity, sleep, metabolism and stress resilience.

Come on down for a discounted shot and start your weekend off right! Walk-ins only.

3-6 p.m. Thrive Natural Medicine, 2840 Park Ave., Soquel. thrivenatmed.com/b12injections or 515-8699. $15.

MUSIC FORWARD FRIDAYS REGGAE IN THE MIX Reggae Party with DJ Daddy Spleece, Ay Que Linda and special guests in the mix at the Jerk House. All ages event. 6 p.m. The Jerk House, 2525 Soquel Drive, Santa Cruz. santacruzreggae.com. Free.

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SHARON JONES & THE DAP KINGS LISTENING PARTY Come celebrate the release of Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings’ final studio album, Soul of a Woman. We’ll have some great raffle prizes and the amazing sounds of the recently departed and oh-so-missed Sharon Jones coming through our speakers. 6-8 p.m. Streetlight Records, 939 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. streetlightrecords.com. Free.

WATSONVILLE FARMERS MARKET This market is in the heart of the famously bountiful Pajaro Valley. Peaceful and

FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE: FLYPAPER BLUES Enjoy live music every Friday Night in Abbott Square. This week: Flypaper Blues. Santa

A CHRISTMAS CAROL A classic Christmas tale, young talented local actors adorn the expertly decorated stage at Louden Nelson Community Theater. Join the cast for fantastic holiday fun. 2 p.m. Louden Nelson Community Center, 301 Center St., Santa Cruz. cytsantacruz.org. $20.

CALENDAR Cruz-based Americana band Flypaper Blues features two-part female harmonies, driving upright bass rhythms, foot-stomping drums, mandolin and acoustic guitars. 6:30 p.m.

Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, 705 Front St., Santa Cruz. santacruzmah.org. Free.

FULLJOY FRIDAYS REGGAE Reggae and Dancehall Favorites with Local DJs Daddy Spleece and ¡Ay Que Linda!, plus special guests every third Friday. Ages 21 and up. 9 p.m. The Sand Bar, 211 Esplanade, Capitola.

Santacruzreggae.com. Free.

COMMUNITY DRUMMING WITH JIM GREINER A monthly community drumming circle with the theme of Playful Empowerment on the third Friday of every month. I will provide all the percussion instruments, and bring your own favorites to this all-ages, family-friendly event. All levels of percussion experience, including none at all, are most welcome. 7-8:30 p.m. Inner Light Center, 5630 Soquel Drive, Soquel.

462-3786. $10.

SATURDAY 11/18 ARTS PLANET CRUZ COMEDY WITH RICHARD STOCKTON Planet Cruz Comedy with Richard Stockton is a comedy/variety show exploring the stories, people, music and sensibility of Santa Cruz with progressive comedians, sketches, singers and the Planetoid Band driving the whole thing. 7:30 p.m. Rio Theatre, 1205 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. planetcruzcomedy.com. $20.

HISTORIC PHOTO PROCESSES FORUM The Historic Photo Processes Forum is a resource for photographers and historians to study traditional and long-gone photographic techniques. Forum meetings regularly feature expert guest speakers as well as exhibits of original historic and contemporary photographs made using vintage photographic processes. 11 a.m.

Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, 705 Front St., Santa Cruz. santacruzmah.org.

Free.

ART PARTY AND SALE: WORKS BY PEARL TOOK Sharon Took-Zozaya presents fine original vintage mid-twentieth century artwork by my late mother, Pearl Took. Enjoy 200+ of my mother’s beautiful paintings and drawings, in all shapes and sizes. 2-5 p.m.

The 418 Project, 418 Front St., Santa Cruz. the418project.com. Free.

CLASSES DEB PERELMAN, SMITTEN KITCHEN EVERY DAY Bookshop Santa Cruz is thrilled to present award-winning blogger and New York Times best-selling author, Deb Perelman and her deliciously delightful new cookbook, Smitten Kitchen Every Day: Triumphant and Unfussy New Favorites. 4 p.m. Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz.

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HOW TO INSTALL A COMMUNITY CUPBOARD We’ll show you how to build a sturdy cupboard/pantry to share food from your curbside. We’ll also discuss the social and emotional benefits of this sharing economy device that builds local resilience as it reduces food insecurity. 10:30 a.m. The Garden Company, 2218 Mission St., Santa Cruz. 462-1032 or timebanksantacruz.org. $5.

MONEY MATTERS SERIES Start to develop a better understanding of how to manage your personal finances. Learn about a different topic on the 3rd Saturday of each month with George Haas and Anthony Rovai, financial advisers at Money Concepts Capital Corporation. Start getting your personal finances in shape. 10-11 a.m. Scotts Valley Branch Library, 251 Kings Village Road, Scotts Valley. 427-7700. Free.

FOOD & WINE APTOS FARMERS MARKET AT CABRILLO COLLEGE Voted Good Times best farmers market in Santa Cruz County. With more than 90 vendors, the Aptos Farmers Market offers an unmatched selection of locally grown produce and specialty foods. 8 a.m.>40 Noon, Saturdays, Cabrillo College.

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LA SELVA BEACH HOLIDAY FAIR Shop more than 30 arts and crafts vendors for handmade jewelry, cards, art, pottery, ornaments, woodcraft, jams, soaps, garden art, clothing and more. Find great bargains at the giant Friends of the Library Book Sale. Bake sale and hot food. Live music all day. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. La Selva Beach Clubhouse, 314 Estrella Ave., Watsonville.

BooksandBrewsLSB@gmail.com. Free.

ARBORETUM GIFT AND WREATH SALE Holiday decorations and gifts unlike anything you’ve seen anywhere! Arboretum volunteers have been busy for months creating stunning wreaths and dried flower works of art for this sale. Find handmade wreaths, centerpieces, and nature inspired gifts. 10 a.m. UC Santa Cruz Arboretum, High St. and Western Drive, Santa Cruz. 502-2998 or arboretum.ucsc.edu. Free.

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SUNDAY 11/19 24TH ANNUAL PEACE AND UNITY MARCH WATSONVILLE Each year, South County community members gather for Watsonville’s annual peace and unity march in memoriam of those who have been victims of street violence in Watsonville and surrounding areas. The event is a commemoration of those who have lost their lives, and also a call for a safer, supportive community. It is open to all, and those who have lost a family member or friend are encouraged to bring photographs or offerings for an altar. There will also be music, pan dulce and hot drinks, followed by the march and testimonials from community members.

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9 a.m.-1 p.m. Mission Street and Western Drive, Santa Cruz. 454-0566.

SCOTTS VALLEY FARMERS MARKET Started in 2009 with the City of Scotts Valley, the market represents farmers and specialty food purveyors along with cookedto-order food. This local market is the place for the Scotts Valley community to get their fill of fresh, healthy, locally grown fruits and vegetables. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. 360, Kings Valley Road, Scotts Valley. 454-0566.

GALA Featuring an unforgettable strolling dinner, hosted wine and cocktails, an exciting, fast-paced live auction, musical entertainment, and dancing into the night. This year’s gala will feature the all new HeartBeat Lounge with multiple bands, a DJ, a delicious dessert spread, and the opportunity to hang out with with colleagues and friends. 5:30-11 p.m.

Cocoanut Grove, 400 Beach St., Santa Cruz. supportdominican.org.

NOVEMBER PASSPORT DAY Four times a year the winegrowing community of the Santa Cruz Mountains comes together to celebrate the generations of farmers, vintners and families that are the roots of the Santa Cruz Mountains wine region on Passport Celebration Days. Our participating wineries welcome passport aficionados into their 50+ tasting rooms throughout the Santa Cruz Mountains. Noon-5 p.m.

Locations Vary. scmwa.com. $65.

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B12 HAPPY HOUR Come and get your Happy Hour B12 shot. Your body needs B12 to create energy and is not well absorbed from the diet or in capsule form. Everyone can benefit from a B12 shot! After B12 injections many patients feel a natural boost in energy. 10 a.m.-Noon. Santa Cruz Naturopathic Medical Center, 736 Chestnut St., Santa Cruz. 477-1377 or scnmc.com. $29.

GUIDED HIKE: HISTORY IN THE ROCKS On this walking field trip of the UCSC Campus, we will visit outcrops of ancient rocks, largely hidden beneath the redwoods and extensive modern soils, and describe their role in deducing the geologic history of the UCSC Campus and the Santa Cruz area in general. 10 a.m. Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History, 1305 E. Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz. 420-6115 or santacruzmuseum.org. $15/$10.

AGING YOUNG: A HEALTH & WELLNESS EVENT Health screenings—glucose, cholesterol, blood pressure and many others.

Presentations by physicians about health concerns for older adults. Lots of fun exhibits and demonstrations to enhance your wellbeing. 9 a.m.-Noon. Seascape Golf Club, 610 Clubhouse Drive, Aptos. Mysantacruzdoctor. org. Free.

LOW COST AYURVEDA HEALTH CARE Support and management of digestion, sleep, immunity, memory, anxiety, weigh, skin, respiratory problems and more.

Consultations with Ayurveda Student Interns, Supervised by MMI Clinical Faculty.

12:30-9 p.m. Pacific Cultural Center, 1307 Seabright Ave., Santa Cruz. 408-846-4060 or mountmadonnainstitute.org.

JON BERNIE SATSANG | EMBODIED AWARENESS With periods of silent sitting and dialogue we will explore and discover: how awakened consciousness integrates into practical reality; how emotional clearing facilitates spiritual awakening and how transmutation and transcendence are the true alchemy of a fulfilled life. 11 a.m. Pacific Cultural Center, 1307 Seabright Ave., Santa Cruz. 426-8893 or jonbernie.org. $20/$10.

ESOTERIC COLLECTIVE: ’40s TO ’60S JAZZ Esoteric Collective plays jazz ranging from the sophisticated, fast tempo Bebop of the ’40s, the cool jazz of the ’50s, to the Latin-influenced Jazz of the ’60s. 6-9 p.m.

Davenport Roadhouse, 1 Davenport Ave., Davenport. 426-8801. Free.

COMMUNITY MONTHLY DRUMMING Jim Greiner facilitates a monthly Community Drumming “Jam Session” with the theme of Playful Empowerment. Jim presents some basic rhythm skills on several types of percussion instruments, and makes it very fun and easy for all ages, and all levels of experience to play along. 7-8:30 p.m. Breath+Oneness, 708 Capitola Ave., Capitola. 515-7001 or breathandoneness. com. $25/$15.

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VOLUNTEER VOLUNTEER TO FEED THE HUNGRY WITH FOOD NOT BOMBS We need help sharing vegan meals with the hungry every Saturday and Sunday in downtown Santa Cruz: Cooking from Noon-3 p.m, 418 Front St., Santa Cruz. 515-8234. Serving from 4-6 p.m. at the Post Office, 840 Front St., Santa Cruz.

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ARTS WATSONVILLE TAIKO HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE Join Watsonville Taiko at this family-friendly event. Get a head start on holiday shopping while supporting one of the Monterey Bay's favorite musical group. Arts & crafts, gift certificates to local businesses and attractions, holiday gift baskets, handmade Japanese-theme quilt raffle, food, bake sale and more. Noon-5 p.m. Kizuka Hall, 150 Blackburn St., Watsonville. watsonvilletaiko. org. Free.

HOLIDAY SALE—ROCKS, GEMS, MINERALS, FOSSILS, JEWELRY, & MORE The Santa Cruz Mineral and Gem Society invites you to the annual holiday sale organized by members of the club. Come and see wonders from around the world rocks, minerals, crystals, gems, jewelry, and lapidary arts. Browse the bargains and pick up some great gifts for the holidays. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Live Oak Grange, 1900 17th Ave., Santa Cruz. scrockngem.org. Free.

CLASSES SCIENCE SUNDAY Join Antarctic explorers as they discuss the logistics of Antarctic research, recent research findings, and their newly-released children’s book that infuses learning with the excitement of scientific discovery. Come for the science, bring the kids, and stay for the book signing in the

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HOLIDAY SIP & SALE Hosted by An Epicurious Lifestyle with complimentary appetizer, beverage and vendor swag bag.

Featuring designers and artists from across Santa Cruz, including. 1-4 p.m. An Epicurious Lifestyle, 104 Bronson St. #13, Santa Cruz.

471-8524 or anepicuriouslifestyle.com. $10.

MUSIC STEADY SUNDAZE REGGAE All ages reggae in Santa Cruz outside on the patio at the Jerk House with DJ Daddy Spleece and DJ Ay Que Linda plus guest DJs in the mix.

1-5 p.m. The Jerk House, 2525 Soquel Drive, Santa Cruz. 316-7575. Free.

CLEANUP COWELLS PROJECT Save Our Shores monthly Cleanup Cowell’s Project has kicked into gear! Start your Sunday off with a beach cleanup, and leave energized and ready to enjoy your day. These cleanups are always fun, engaging, and help clean one of Santa Cruz’s most visited beaches. 9 a.m.

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POETRY OPEN MIC CELEBRATES NEW VENUE What started four years ago as a small group of poets performing at the Tannery Arts Center has quickly evolved into an entire collective of Santa Cruzans and UCSC students that hosts weekly poetry events. 4 p.m. Tannery Arts Center, 1010 River St. Suite 112, Santa Cruz. 621-6226.

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CLASSES BEGINNING BALLET WITH DIANA ROSE Ballet for the beginning adult student

with little or no ballet training. Learn ballet terminology and fine tune placement, posture and technique. 1:30-2:30 p.m.

International Academy of Dance Santa Cruz. info@iadance.com. $10.

SANTA CRUZ BODYWORK COLLECTIVE Santa Cruz Bodywork Collective is a forum for bodyworkers from various disciplines to gather monthly to elevate their repertoire of touch and enhance their self-care tool kit.

7 p.m. Cypress Health Institute, 1119 Pacific Ave., Suite 300, Santa Cruz. 476-2115. Free.

SPIRITUAL MONDAY DROP-IN MEDITATION Basic meditation instruction and practice. The leader will give brief instructions to get you set up for some stabilizing meditation, followed by guided reflection meditations on various Buddhist topics. 6-7 p.m. p.m. Land of Medicine Buddha, 5800 Prescott Road, Soquel. 462-8383. Donation.

TUESDAY 11/21 CLASSES AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT Come explore Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement Classes. These engaging and potent classes will heighten your vitality as they increase your self-awareness, flexibility, and overall well-being. Classes are on-going. Pre registration required. 9:30 a.m.

Pacific Cultural Center, 1307 Seabright Ave., Santa Cruz. 332-7347.

WORKSHOP ON MEDICARE OPEN ENROLLMENT Now is the time for Medicare beneficiaries to compare plans and make sure they have the right health and prescription drug plans for 2018 and potentially to save money. Find out what all your options are by attending this educational forum, presented by the Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP) of Senior Network Services. 1 p.m. Scotts Valley Library, 251 Kings Village Road, Scotts Valley. seniornetworkservices.org. Free.

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THE FIGHTING MURRAYS “Umbrella Man, there he go-go. Take his little walk downtown real slow.”

So goes the down-and-dirty rock ’n’ roll song “Santa Cruz Umbrella Man” by local trio the Fighting Murrays. You likely won’t see the Umbrella Man aka Pink Umbrella Man these days on Pacific Avenue, but not long ago, he was famous for traversing downtown blocks at a snail’s pace.

Apparently, someone thought that the Fighting Murrays’ singer/guitarist David Murray looked just like the Umbrella Man when he was getting a drink downtown, and would not believe Murray when he said he wasn’t the Umbrella Man.

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After listening to his friends make fun of him enough times, he decided to own it, and wrote the song.

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“The song kind of shut everybody up,” Murray says. “The more pissed you get about something like that, the more people pick on you.”

The song is one of the group’s many fun, stripped-to-the-bone rockers with heavy riffage and catchy hooks. Despite being together for a few years, they just released their debut LP earlier this year.

They started out playing exclusively originals, but these days, they mix in an even split of covers and originals, and have a particular fondness for songs originally sung by female singers.

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WEDNESDAY 11/15 AMERICANA

BABY GRAMPS There aren’t many musicians as unique or downright odd as Seattle-based artist Baby Gramps. Known as “the Salvador Dali of Folk Music,” Baby Gramps has delighted audiences with his witty palindromes, steel guitar, grizzled throat singing and humorous lyrics. From Late Night with David Letterman to street busking, Baby Gramps has lived a life as tall as his tales, like his claim that he built the log cabin he was born in. His live show is personable, often inviting his audience to participate, and as intimate in a large venue as it would be in a living room. MAT WEIR

Mr. Jazzy Fingers. Ok, technically, I’m the only one who calls him that. But it’s a fitting name. For five decades, Taylor has been a force to be reckoned with in the acoustic jazz world. Have you heard his bouncy finger-picking style? It’s the kind of thing that might lead someone to give him a cool nickname—like, say, Mr. Jazzy Fingers! He’ll be teaming up with legendary Scottish jazz vocalist Alison Burns, who has a tender deepness to her voice à la Ella Fitzgerald.

Speaking of, Taylor and Burns will be commemorating the work that Fitzgerald did with guitarist Joe Pass in the ’60s. AC INFO: 7:30 p.m. Michael’s On Main, 2591 S. Main St., Soquel. $27/adv, $30/door.

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“We have a whole set,” says Murray.

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INFO: 9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 18. Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $8. 429-6994.

MARTIN TAYLOR & ALISON BURNS

Bay Area singer-songwriter Kelley Stoltz recently had what he calls the “thrill of a lifetime” playing guitar on tour with his heroes Echo and the Bunnymen. With his spooky, psychedelia-infused brand of indie rock, Stoltz is a perfect fit for the ’80s new wave group. The experience sparked

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a creative burst, and Stoltz emerged from the tour with several albums worth of new music, including Strat: Live at the Whammy Bar, a “proper new album” titled Que Aura, and Natural Causes, slated for release next year. CJ INFO: 9 p.m. Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $12/adv, $15/door. 429-6994.

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ILE Puerto Rico’s Calle 13 were beasts in the world of Latin hip-hop. For a decade, they spat rapid-fire Spanish verses over high-energy Latin dance beats. In other words, they kept one foot in the traditional music realm and the other very far away from it.

Ileana Mercedes Cabra Joglar, a singer in the group, changed her name to iLe when Calle went on hiatus in 2015.

A solo record soon followed, and it was light years from Calle 13. She’s positioned herself as an interpreter of the classic music of Latin America.

She’s got the guttural, romantic voice to pull it off, too. AC INFO: 9 p.m. Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $35/adv, $40/door. 429-4135.

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been a force in reintroducing brass band tradition—a defining feature of New Orleans music and culture—to younger generations. CJ

INFO: 9 p.m. Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $25. 429-4135.

Last year, jazz violin virtuoso Regina Carter wowed a Kuumbwa audience with tunes from her haunting and personal record Southern Comfort. Carter did what she does best that night, setting ego aside and surrendering to the muse. Since then, she’s returned to the studio and emerged with Ella: Accentuate the Positive, a tribute to the music of the legendary Ella Fitzgerald. The record gives new life to some of Fitzgerald’s lesser known tunes, such as “I’ll Never be Free,” “Reach for Tomorrow,” and “I’ll Chase the Blues Away.” CJ

NEW ORLEANS FUNK

REBIRTH BRASS BAND If you need to shake the cobwebs off your soul and get your booty moving, then buckle up, because the Rebirth Brass Band is coming to town. A New Orleans institution, this horn-driven band covers audiences in funk so deep and grooves so wide that you’ll find yourself wondering which end is up—and that’s just the first song.

Rebirth has been around since the early ’80s, it’s won a Grammy, and it’s

INFO: 8:30 p.m. Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $25/adv, $30/ door. 479-1854.

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INFO: 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 27.

Kuumbwa Jazz, 320-2 Cedar St., Santa Cruz. $30/adv, $35/door. 427-2227.

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INFO: 7 & 9 p.m. Kuumbwa Jazz, 320-2 Cedar St., Santa Cruz. $30/adv, $35/door.

427-2227.

Husband-and-wife jazz/soul/gospel collaboration. Thursday at Kuumbwa KEZNAMDI

Emerging star of the Jamaican reggae scene. Saturday at Moe’s Alley ANONYMOUS THAT DUDE

Bay Area-based rapper. Saturday at Catalyst DIRTY CELLO

Cello-driven blues and bluegrass out of San Francisco. Saturday at Kuumbwa TISH HINOJOSA

Acclaimed singer/songwriter.

Sunday at Don Quixote’s

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Describing Bill Frisell as one of the most influential and revered guitarists in jazz is true—as far as it goes. At any given performance, the Seattle-based aural adventurer might tap into one or more of some two-dozen distinct but interrelated bodies of music, each inextricably linked to specific players. For this tour, Frisell is revisiting music from 2010’s Beautiful Dreamers, a body of concise, melodically engaging tunes informed by early roots and American popular music. ANDREW GILBERT

were rebranded as alternative rock?

Our Lady Peace does. Since 1992, the Canadian group has sold millions of albums and toured the world with their erratic brand of rock. While their signature 1997 album, Clumsy—the 20th anniversary of which they’re celebrating on this tour—saw singles “Superman’s Dead” and the title track solidify the band’s spot in the Canadian rock scene, us Yanks remember them most for their 1996 single “Starseed,” featured on the Armageddon soundtrack. MW

Trumpeter Jeremy Pelt picked up the trumpet early, and by high school he had a keen interest in jazz. The Berklee College of Music grad went on to play with the Mingus Big Band after college, and has since worked with an impressive roster of artists, including Nancy Wilson, the Skatalites and Bobby Blue Bland. Named a Downbeat “rising star” five consecutive years, Pelt has been described as a “technical marvel” who “never lacks for flair or sensitivity.” His latest release, this year’s Make Noise!, blends the classic jazz foundation he laid in his early years with a contemporary approach to harmony and collaboration. CAT JOHNSON

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Wednesday November 15th 8:30pm $10 Live Reggae Showcase

SYNRGY SENSAMOTION & ONE A-CHORD

Thursday November 16th 8:30pm $15/20

LIVE MUSIC WED

Euphoric Styles Presents

APTOS ST. BBQ 8059 Aptos St, Aptos

LABRAT, CHOPSJUNKIE DOWNSQUAREZ

AQUARIUS RESTAURANT Santa Cruz Dream Inn 175 W Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz

STYLUST BEATS

11/15

THU

11/16

FRI

11/17

SAT

11/18

Mina y su Sonora Dinamita 9p

THE APPLETON GRILL 410 Rodriguez St, Watsonville

Al Frisby 6-8p

Johnny Fabulous 6-8p

Little Jonny Lawton 6-8p

Minor Thirds Trio 6:30-9:30p

Lloyd Whitely 1p Gil DeLeon Trio 6-8p

The Deathless, Local Music Showcase Ground Score, The $5 9pm Complicators $10 9p

THE BLUE LOUNGE 529 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz

Crazy Horse Punk Night

BOARDWALK BOWL 115 Cliff St, Santa Cruz

Karaoke 8p-Close

Karaoke 8p-Close

The Avi Zev Band 9:30p-1a

Saturday November 18th 9pm $8/12

BOCCI’S CELLAR 140 Encinal St, Santa Cruz

The Get Down Free 8p

Karaoke Free 8p

Swing Dance Free 5:30p Magpie’s Blues Band Fyre Reggae Free 8p Free 8p

KEZNAMDI

BRITANNIA ARMS 110 Monterey Ave, Capitola

Alex Lucero & friends 8-11p

Karaoke 9-12:30a

PAINTED MANDOLIN

Jamaica’s Rising Reggae Star w/ Live Band

SANTA CRUZ REGGAE ALL STARS + CRUZAH

CASA SORRENTO 393 Salinas St, Salinas

Sunday November 19th 8:30pm $25/30

CATALYST 1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

New Orleans Grammy Winning Greats

REBIRTH BRASS BAND

Comedy, 80s Night Free 8:30p

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WWW.MOESALLEY.COM 1535 Commercial Way Santa Cruz 831.479.1854

11/20

11/21

Extortionist, Distinguisher 7p Broken Shades 6-8p

Mojo Mix 6-8p

The Box Goth Night 9p

Metal Monday Free 9p

Three Dimensional Crew & more $5 9p

Karaoke Karaoke 6p-Close

Karaoke 6p-Close

Karaoke 8p-Close

Karaoke 8p-Close

SC Jazz Society Free 3:30p

Pool Free 8p

Comedy w/ Shwa Free 8p

Our Lady Peace $25 8p

Illenium $30 8p

Karaoke 9-12:30a

Blanc Bandera & Corozon Atomico 9p

Magic Giant $15-$49 8:30p

TUE

John “Blues” Boyd & Kid Anderson 6-8p

Karaoke

Ile $34/$40 8p

Gwar $25/$29 6:30p

Party Favor $17/$20 8p

Oceans Ate Alaska $13/$15 6:30p

The Dip $15 8:30p

Anonymous That Dude Glenn Travis $15/$20 $10/$15 8:30p 8:30p

Nov 22nd Nov 24th Nov 25th Nov 26th

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DAN JUAN, PAT HULL, WAILIN RED THROUGH THE ROOTS ISRAEL VIBRATION + Animo Cruz THE GUITARSONISTS: CHRIS CAIN, MIKE SCHERMER, DANIEL CASTRO Nov 29th THE HIGGS + DOS OSOS Nov 30th BLITZEN TRAPPER + Lilly Hiatt Dec 1st MELVIN SEALS & JGB Dec 2nd POOR MAN’S WHISKEY Dec 3rd WILLIE K Dec 6th POLYRHYTHMICS Dec 7th MCCOY TYLER + KELLY MCFARLING Dec 8th SPACE HEATER Dec 9th THE ITALS Dec 10th KIMIE MINER + TENELLE Dec 13th GARY HOEY Dec 14th STU ALLEN & MARS HOTEL Dec 15th & 16th THE ENGLISH BEAT Dec 17th COCO MONTOYA (Afternoon) Dec 17th HARRISON STAFFORD of GROUNDATION (Eve) Dec 22nd SOULWISE + Nomalakadoja & Pacific Roots Dec 23rd SHLUMP + UM Dec 28th CON BRIO Dec 29th MONOPHONICS Dec 30th THE MERMEN - CD Release Dec 31st MARTY O’REILLY & O.S.O + Whiskerman Jan 4th COSMIC PINBALL + PUFFBALL COLLECTIVE Jan 18th CELSO PIÑA

CATALYST ATRIUM 1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

MON

Minor Thirds Trio 7-10p

Funk Night Free 9p

Jamming Garcia Grass Featuring JOE CRAVEN, MATT HARDLE & LARRY GRAFF

11/19

Making Movies $15 6p

BLUE LAGOON 923 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Friday November 17th 9pm $12/15

SUN

OPEN LATE EVERY NIGHT! wednesday 11/15

SUNCRUISER w / DONCAT w / LOOS LEAF

doors 8:30pm/Show 9pm $8 door

thursday 11/16

KELLEY STOLTZ w / THE CAIRO GANG

Advance Tickets at www.ticketweb.com

Doors 8:30pm/Show 9pm $12 Adv $15 Door

friday 11/17

THE JOLLY LLAMAS w / THE LOVE DIMENSION w / LOVE JERKS

Doors 8:30pm/Show 9pm $8 Door

saturday 11/18

RED ELECTRIC w / THE FIGHTING MURRAYS Doors 8:30pm/Show 9pm $8 Door

sunday 11/19

THE MYRRORS w / SLOUCHER w / HIBOU

Doors 8:30pm/Show 9pm $8 Door

TUESday 11/21

7 COME 11 Show 9pm $5 Door

MIDTOWN SANTA CRUZ 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz

429-6994

LIVE MUSIC WED

11/15

CAVA CAPITOLA WINE BAR 115 San Jose Ave, Capitola

THU

11/16

FRI

11/17

Hippo Happy Hour 5:30-7:30p

CORK AND FORK 312 Capitola Ave, Capitola

Open Mic 7-10p

CREPE PLACE 1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz

Suncruiser, DonCat, Loos $8 9p

CROW’S NEST 2218 E. Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz

Yuji Tojo $3 8p

11/18

SUN

11/19

MON

11/20

TUE

11/21

KPIG Happy Hour 5:30-7:30p Paper Back Ryders 7-10p Kelley Stoltz, The Cairo Gang $12/$15 9p

The Jolly Llamas, The Love Dimension, Love $8 9p

Red Electric, The Fighting Murrays $8 9p

The Myrrors, Sloucher, Hibou $10 9p

Funk Night ft.

7 Come 11 $6 9p

The Messiahs $6 9p

Isaac & the Haze $7 9:30p

Live Comedy $7 9p

Reggae Party Free 8p Sherry Austin w/ Henhouse 6-9p

Esoteric Collective 6-9p Baby Gramps & Hot Damn Scandal $10 7:30p

Grateful Shred $15 8p

August Sun, Light the Band, Urban Theory $10 8p

THE FISH HOUSE 972 Main St, Watsonville

Solo Flight Swing $15 8p

Tish Hinojosa $15 2p Incendio $12/$15 7p

Mark Olson & Ingunn Ringvold $20 8p

Lil’ Pea & the Third Degree 5p

Roadhouse Karaoke 8p

Steve Throop Group 8p Flingo 7:30p

Supernaut 8p

HINDQUARTER BAR & GRILLE 303 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz KUUMBWA 320-2 Cedar St, Santa Cruz

SAT

Cleveland Cowboys 9p

August Sun 9p

Karaoke 10p Melissa Garay $10 7:30p

The Baylor Project $25/$30 7p

MELISSA GARAY SENIOR RECITAL Info: 831-430-2433 Thursday, November 16 • 7 pm

DAV. ROADHOUSE 1 Davenport Ave, Davenport

HENFLING’S 9450 Hwy 9, Ben Lomond

Wednesday, November 15 • 7:30 pm

Aqua Cats 6:30p

CILANTROS 1934 Main St, Watsonville

DON QUIXOTE’S 6275 Hwy 9, Felton

Celebrating Creativity Since 1975

Bill Frisell’s Beautiful Dreamers $30/$35 7p

Regina Carter: “Simply Ella” $30/$35 9p

Dirty Cello & Zombie Coffee $25-$35 7p

THE BAYLOR PROJECT A duo with gospel roots and jazz inflection.

1/2 PRICE NIGHT FOR STUDENTS! Friday, November 17 • 7 & 9 pm

BILL FRISELL’S BEAUTIFUL DREAMERS Shimmering, yet understated guitar mastery.

Saturday, November 18 • 7:30 pm

DIRTY CELLO & ZOMBIE COFFEE COLLECTIVE Tickets: snazzyproductions.com

Monday, November 20 • 7 & 9 pm

REGINA CARTER “SIMPLY ELLA” One of the world’s premiere violinists pays homage to Ella Fitzgerald.

Monday, November 27 • 7 pm

JEREMY PELT QUINTET One of the great neo-bop trumpeters of our time, leading a hard-swinging quintet.

1/2 PRICE NIGHT FOR STUDENTS! Friday, December 1 • 7 pm

QUEEN ESTHER MARROW WITH THE TAMMY HALL TRIO A remarkable singer, discovered by Duke Ellington, accompanied by Bay Area stalwart pianist Hall and her trio.

1/2 PRICE NIGHT FOR STUDENTS! Monday, December 4 • 7 pm

TESSA SOUTER An imaginative vocalist weaving global influences into her musical approach.

1/2 PRICE NIGHT FOR STUDENTS! Thursday, December 7 • 7 pm

Kuumbwa

STUART HAMM-DEAN BROWN TRINITY FEAT. GERGO BORLAI An explosive and deft fusion ensemble - a true power trio.

Fri, Dec 8

Monday, December 11 • 7 & 9 pm

Sat, Nov 18

7:30 pm $25 Gen. Adv. $35 Gold Circle

1/2 PRICE NIGHT FOR STUDENTS!

Kuumbwa

Sat, Dec 9

Thursday, December 14 • 7 pm

7:30 pm $28 Gen. Adv. $38 Gold Circle

SIMON PHILLIPS PROTOCOL A drum-led group of undeniable prowess.

Rio Theatre

Monday, December 18 • 7 & 9 pm

Snazzy at Flynn's Cabaret (formerly Don Quixote’s) Sun, Nov 19 2:00pm Tish Hinojosa $15 Adv/$15 Door Mon, Dec 4 7:30pm Nora Jane Struthers $15 Adv/$15 Door Gold Circle: Rio Theatre: first 8 rows (100 seats), Kuumbwa: First 3 rows including 2 seats each side (40 seats). Additional $4 for each ticket purchased at the door. Tax is included.

Tickets for all Snazzy shows are available online at: www.snazzyproductions.com or on the Snazzy tickets hotline 831.479.9421

CHARLIE HUNTER TRIO WITH SILVANA ESTRADA & CARTER MCLEAN A playful and experimental ensemble, led by a master of the seven-string guitar.

Become a member today!

Learn more about membership levels and benefits at kuumbwajazz.org/donate.

Unless noted advance tickets at kuumbwajazz.org Dinner served one hour before Kuumbwa prsented concerts. Premium wines & beer available.

All ages welcome.

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

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MIKE STERN BAND WITH RANDY BRECKER & DAVE WECKL A dynamic band led by the six-time Grammy nominated guitarist.

7:30 pm $25 Gen. Adv. $40 Gold Circle

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International Music Hall and Restaurant FINE MEXICAN AND AMERICAN FOOD

FLYNN’S CABARET AND STEAKHOUSE will be presenting its Grand Opening in mid-December...and yes...of course, we are keeping the music!

Farm-to-table, non-GMO with 40% Vegan, Vegetarian menu.

Wed Nov 15

Baby Gramps plus Hot Damn Scandal

The Salvador Dali of Folk Music meets Tipsy American Gypsy Blues Thur Nov 16

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

Grateful Shred Lineup includes a core four supported by a rotation of Southern California’s hottest session players. Presented by (((folkYEAH!))) $15 adv./$15 door Dance - ages 21+ 8pm

Fri Nov 17

August Sun, Light The Band, Urban Theory A true love of pure rock and roll and funk rock energy meets funky dance party rage music

Sat Nov 18

Sun Nov 19

Tue Nov 21

Tue Nov 21

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FRI

MISSION ST. BBQ 1618 Mission St, Santa Cruz

Little Jonny Lawton 6p

Al Frisby 6p

Tony Holiday & Lanny Stone 6p

MOE’S ALLEY 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz

Synrgy, Sensamotion & Stylust Beats, Labrat, One-A-Chord $7/$10 8p &more $15/$20 8p

MOTIV 1209 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Space Bass! By Andrew Libation Lab 9:30p-1:30a Trevor Williams 9:30p the Pirate 9:30p

99 BOTTLES 110 Walnut Ave, Santa Cruz

Matt Masih & the Messengers 7-9p Trivia 8p

Folk, country, Latino, and pop

$15 adv./$15 door seated <21 w/parent 2pm

Incendio Explosive on-fire

SAT

11/18

SUN

11/19

MON

Ginny Mitchell 8p

Grateful Sundays 5:30p

Virgil Thrasher & Blind Rick Stevens 1p Blues Mechanics 6p Keznamdi, Santa Cruz Reggae All Stars & more $8/$12 8p

Reverend Stephan Sams 6p

Kid Vicious 9:30p

11/20

TUE

11/21

Jazz Jam Santa Cruz 7p Rob Vye 6p

Virgil Thrasher & Blind Rick Stevens 6p

Rebirth Brass Band $25/$30 8:30p Rasta Cruz Reggae Party 9:30p

Hip-Hop w/ DJ Marc 9:30p Tacos & Trivia 6-8p

Static Tilt 7-9p

Cement Ship Free 10p

THE RED 200 Locust St, Santa Cruz

Tish Hinojosa 2pm Matinee

Painted Mandolin $12/$15 8p

NEW BOHEMIA BREWERY 1030 41st Ave, Santa Cruz

Californian Western Swing band with influences from Country, Bop, Ragtime and Surf

Solo Flight Swing

11/17

Joint Chiefs 7:30p

Ragtime Romantics w/ Common People 9p

Kelly Bros 6p The Gutz w/ Cantoker 9p Open Mic 4 -7p

Dolce Music 2p Comedy Open Mic 9p

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

THE REEF 120 Union St, Santa Cruz

Toby Grey Acoustic Favorites 6:30p

RIO THEATRE 1205 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz

Moshe Vilozny Acoustic/World 6:30p

Traditional Hawaiian Music 6:30p

Film: Warren Miller’s ‘Line of Descent’ $15 7:30p

Brunch Grooves 12:30p Evening Acoustic 6:30p

Brunch Grooves 12:30p Featured Acoustic Chas Crowder 6p 6:30p

James Murray Soulful Acoustic 6:30p

Planet Cruz Comedy $20/$25 7:30p

journeys with the celebrated Latin-Guitar-World-Fusion Group

$12 adv./$15 door seated <21 w/parent 7pm

The Meditations Classic

Reggae institution formed in Jamaica in 1974 $20 adv./$20 door 21+ 8:30pm

Mark Olson & Ingunn Ringvold Random Rab plus KR3TURE

$15 adv./$18 door Dance – ages 21+ 9pm

Naked Bootleggers plus Windy Hill

Love of traditional Bluegrass meets a fresh Bootlegger approach to Old Time Music $10 adv./$10 door Dance – ages 21+ 8pm

Petunia & The Vipers plus Miss Lonely Hearts Roots rocking and balladeering yodeling, ‘30s, ‘40s, ‘50s Jazz, Jugband, Americana, French, Mexican, Cajun & more $8 adv./$10 door Dance – ages 21+ 8pm

Fri Dec 1

11/16

Wild Blue 7:30p

POET & PATRIOT 320 E. Cedar St, Santa Cruz

Music that is patently beautiful and melodic, powerful and unique – a sonic exploration. Let’s dance.

Thur Nov 30

THU

$10 adv./$10 door dance ages 21+ 8pm

$20 adv./$20 door SEATED & STANDING ages 21+ 8pm Presented by (((folkYEAH!)))

Sat Nov 25

11/15

Alex Lucero 7:30p

Alex Lucero 6p

Mark Olson of The Jayhawks Fri Nov 24

WED MICHAEL’S ON MAIN 2591 Main St, Soquel

PARADISE BEACH 215 Esplanade, Capitola

$15 adv./$15 door 8:30pm Ages 21+

Sun Nov 19

LIVE MUSIC

Trace Bundy

Astonishing guitarist: 35,000,000 (yes, 35 Million) YouTube views to date

$16 adv./$20 door seated <21 w/parent 8pm

COMIN G RIGH T U P

Sat. Dec. 2 Sun. Dec. 3 Mon. Dec. 4 Wed. Dec. 6 Thu. Dec 7

Shady Groove plus The Real Sarahs KPIG HUMBUG HOEDOWN The T Sisters plus Carolyn Sills Combo Nora Jane Struthers Gypsy Soul Winterdance Celtic Christmas Celebration w/Molly’s Revenge, Christa Burch and The Rosemary Turco Irish Dancers

Reservations Now Online at www.donquixotesmusic.com Rockin'Church Service Every Sunday ELEVATION at 10am-11:15am

1011 PACIFIC AVE. SANTA CRUZ 831-429-4135 Wednesday, November 15 • Ages 16+

MAGIC GIANT

plus The Jolly Llamas

Thursday, November 16 Ages 16+

iLe

Thursday, November 16 • Ages 16+

Nov 28 Timothy B. Schmit of The Eagles Presented by SBL Entertainment 7:30pm

OCEANS ATE ALASKA

Friday, November 17 Ages 16+

GWAR

Friday, November 17 • Ages 16+

THE DIP

plus Sol Nova

Saturday, November 18 • Ages 18+

PARTY FAVOR Saturday, November 18 • Ages 16+

ANONYMOUS THAT DUDE Sunday, November 19 • Ages 16+

Our Lady Peace Sunday, November 19 • Ages 16+

GLENN TRAVIS

Monday, November 20 • Ages 18+

ILLENIUM

Nov 22 & 25 Getter (Ages 18+) Nov 24 New Found Glory (Ages 16+) Nov 28 Syd (Ages 16+) Nov 29 Deorro (Ages 18+) Dec 1 The California Honeydrops (Ages 16+) Dec 2 Wax Tailor (Ages 16+) Dec 3 Collie Buddz (Ages 16+) Dec 5 Jonny Lang (Ages 16+) Dec 6 San Holo/ Just A Gent (Ages 16+) Dec 8 Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (Ages 16+)

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

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

www.catalystclub.com

We stand behind our amazing salad bar.

LOCATED ON THE BEACH

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 3:30pm. Wednesday all night!

VISIT OUR BEACH MARKET

Wood-fired pizza, ice cream, unique fine gifts.

CLASSIC SPECIALS

Good deals in the dining room, M-Th, lunch and dinner.

NOW SERVING BREAKFAST Open for Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Daily

(831) 476-4560

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Nov 29 An Irish Christmas 8pm Dec 2 19th Annual Monterey Cowboy Poetry & Music Festival 7:30pm Dec 12 A Holiday show with PINK MARTINI (featuring China Forbes) 8pm presented by (((folkYEAH!))) Jan 12 Lewis Black: The Joke’s On US Tour 8pm Mar 9 Chris Botti 8pm Apr 8 Arlo Guthrie 8pm

For Tickets www.GoldenStateTheatre.com 831-649-1070

LIVE MUSIC WED ROSIE MCCANN’S 1220 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

11/15

THU

11/16

FRI

11/17

SAT

11/18

SUN

11/19

THE SAND BAR 211 Esplanade, Capitola

11/20

Billy Martini 7-11p

SEABRIGHT BREWERY 519 Seabright, Santa Cruz

DJ Daddy Spleece 8p-12a

The John Michael Band 8p-12a

Sambassa 7:30-10:30p

Yuji Tojo & Steve Robertson 7:30-10:30p

Alex Lucero Pro Jam 7-11p

Alex Lucero 7-11p

Ten O’Clock Lunch

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

Don McCaslin & the Amazing Jazz Geezers 6-9:30p

Wredhorse & Ginny Mitchell 7:30-11:30p

Tsunami 8-11:30p

SHADOWBROOK 1750 Wharf Rd, Capitola

Ken Constable 6:30-9:30p

Joe Ferrara 6:30-10p

Claudio Melega 7-10p

UGLY MUG 4640 Soquel Ave, Soquel

Michael Gaither & Steve Kritzer $15/$18 7:30p

WHALE CITY 490 Highway 1, Davenport

Open Mic w/ Steven David

Steve Abrams 6-9p

WHARF HOUSE 1400 Wharf Rd, Capitola

Ziggy Tarr 6-8p

TUE

11/21

Open Mic 7:30p

SANDERLINGS 1 Seascape Resort, Aptos

YOUR PLACE 1719 Mission St, Santa Cruz

MON

Wednesday Comedy Night 9p

Willy Bacon 7:30-8:30p

ZELDA’S 203 Esplanade, Capitola

$5 Off w/this coupon

Ziggy Tarr 7-9p

Ziggy Tarr 7-9p

Jive Machine 9:30p

The Leftovers & Boostive 9:30p

HAPP Y HOUR F L O AT S $ 3 9

Tues, Weds, Thurs 12-3:30pm

Ziggy Tarr 11a-1p

Upcoming Shows

NOV 16 Film: Line of Descent NOV 18 Planet Cruz Comedy

DEC 02 Nomads & Nightingales DEC 03 Valerie June DEC 08 Justin Townes Earle DEC 09 December People DEC 13 Christopher Titus DEC 15 Miranda Sings DEC 16 Richard Thompson DEC 29-30 The White Album Ensemble JAN 11 JAN 20 JAN 30 JAN 31

Victor Wooten The Comic Strippers Eric Johnson Ladysmith Black Mambazo

FEB 04 Leo Kottke FEB 09 Bruce Cockburn FEB 17 Caravan of Glam FEB 22-25 Banff Mountain Film Festival FEB 27 David Rawlings MAR 03 Journey Unauthorized APR 05 Eliades Ochoa JUN 15 The Sammy Awards Follow the Rio Theatre on Facebook & Twitter!

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FILM

SOUND OUT Millicent Simmonds, deaf in real life, plays one of two deaf children at the center of ‘Wonderstruck.’

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Kids’ quest plots converge in stylish ‘Wonderstruck’ BY LISA JENSEN

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F

ilmmaker Todd Haynes is a visual stylist. Just look at his swoony period aesthetic in Far from Heaven, or Carol.

He has plenty to visualize and to style in his new movie, Wonderstruck, with its parallel storylines set in the 1920s and the 1970s. With its child protagonists and kids-eyeview of the world, this rare PG-rated experiment from Haynes may be less filling, plotwise, than his grown-up movies, but it still looks great.

Wonderstruck is adapted from the novel by Brian Selznick, whose very first book was made into the rapturous movie Hugo a few years back. Selznick’s books are a genre unto themselves, combining a certain amount of prose storytelling with extravagantly detailed pencil

illustrations that sprawl across the pages. Presenting his stories in visual terms must come naturally to the author, related through his grandfather to Hollywood Golden Age producer David O. Selznick.

So it’s no wonder that Selznick’s stories so often reference movie history. The life and exuberantly eccentric work of silent movie pioneer Georges Melies was the inspiration for the book that became Hugo. The silent movie era also figures in the plot of Wonderstruck: the industry facing the advent of sound film provides a counterpoint to the story of two deaf children on separate quests trying to function in a hearing world.

The story begins in Gunflint, Minnesota, in 1977, where Ben (Oakes Fegley), coping with the

recent death of his beloved mother, is searching for clues to the identity of the father he never knew. A freak lightning accident destroys his hearing; nevertheless, when he finds a note on the back of a bookmark from a bookstore in New York City, he runs away from his aunt’s house and boards a bus for the city to search for his father.

The parallel story in 1927 concerns a lonely deaf girl living in New Jersey with her strict father. Young Rose (the wonderful Millicent Simmonds, who is deaf in real life) is always sneaking off to the picture show, enraptured by silent film star Lillian Mayhew (Julianne Moore), to whom she has dedicated a scrapbook full of magazine clippings. When her father brings an equally stodgy male

tutor into the household to keep her in line, Rose bobs her hair and runs away, taking the ferry to New York City, where her idol is appearing in a Broadway show.

These separate stories of two kids searching for love and family take some interesting twists before they intersect in the last act. The Museum of Natural History figures prominently in both stories, along with its frightening display of snarling wolves, and a meticulously crafted miniature diorama of New York City. But the most potentially interesting set, a 19th Century Cabinet of Curiosities preserved at the museum, is underused. It’s gorgeously rendered in an old book that Ben finds (an illustration straight out of Selznick’s novel), but the big reveal of how it relates to the modern story lacks, well, a sense of wonder— and then we never see it again.

Ben’s misadventures in the city occasionally border on tedium, but Haynes has visual fun with the hip, urban vibe in the African-American community that’s sprung up around the bookstore. And he rocks the scenes set in 1927, shooting in blackand-white, without dialogue, as Rose perceives it all, like a silent movie. Haynes’ film, however, is far from silent, percolating along with a marvelously inventive, often percussive score by Carter Burwell that informs and reflects the action in every frame.

Haynes also mutes the soundtrack to a distant, aural blur in scenes from Ben’s viewpoint, replicating his sense of isolation. But scenes of Ben racketing around with his new friend, Jamie (Jaden Michael), told from Jamie's viewpoint, feature standard sound, showing Jamie's frustration with, but determination to break into Ben’s cloistered world.

In honor of the non-hearing community that inspires it, Wonderstruck features opencaption subtitles throughout. It’s a thoughtful touch for a lovely movie whose message of family, friendship, and tolerance strikes a particular chord these days.

WONDERSTRUCK (***) With Millicent Simmonds, Oakes Fegley, and Julianne Moore. Written by Brian Selznick, from his novel. Directed by Todd Haynes. A Roadside Attraction release. Rated PG. 116 minutes.

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2:30, 4:45, 7:00, 9:50; Mon 11/20 2:30, 4:45, 7:00, 9:50; Tue 11/21 2:30, 4:45 THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER Wed 11/15 1:40, 4:15, 7:00, 9:35; Thu 11/16 1:40, 4:15

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FILM NEW THIS WEEK JUSTICE LEAGUE For those tricked into going to Suicide Squad because it seemed like all those top comics characters in one movie couldn’t go wrong, this follow-up DC team flick may be a case of “fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice—hey, is that Aquaman?

Whoa, Wonder Woman’s in this too, she’s cool! I thought Ben Affleck said he was never going to play Batman again, or something? Hey, how did I end up in this seat?” Zack Snyder directs. Affleck, Gal Gadot, Amy Adams, Jason Momoa and Robin Wright co-star. (PG-13) 121 minutes. (SP)

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LADY BIRD As this comes in on the heels of Patti Cakes and The Florida Project, it’s clear that 2017 has been a good year for quirky young women in arthouse films.

This one has Saoirse Ronan as the rebellious coming-of-age teenager of the title, and Laurie Metcalf as her exasperated (and exasperating, to LB) mom in a comedy from writer-director Greta Gerwig. Odeya Rush and Jake McDorman co-star. (R) 93 minutes.

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LAST FLAG FLYING Writerdirector Richard Linklater’s latest stars Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston and Laurence Fishburne as three Vietnam War buddies who reunite for a much different kind of mission: a road trip after the death of one of their sons in Iraq. Deanna Reed-Foster and Yul Vazquez costar. (R) 124 minutes.

THE STAR The nativity story gets re-told as B-movie children’s animation, with talking animals stumbling upon the manger.

Something tells me you’re gonna wish it was a silent night. Timothy Reckart directs. With the voices of Zachary Levi, Christopher Plummer and Kristin Chenoweth.

WONDER I was just listening to the Movie Crush podcast, and comedian Tig Notaro was talking about how much she loves the Peter Bogdanovich movie Mask.

(Not the one with green Jim Carrey.

The ’80s one where Cher was the mom of the kid with a deformed

skull, who you couldn’t tell it was Eric Stoltz.) I remember thinking, “Someone loves Mask? Now I’ve heard everything!” Which is just a figure of speech. But anyway, I have a feeling Tig is going to love this movie, too, because it’s basically Mask for the 21st century, with Julia Roberts as the mom and Jacob Tremblay as a fifthgrader with a facial disfigurement.

Stephen Chbosky directs. Owen Wilson and Mandy Patinkin co-star.

(PG) 113 minutes.

CONTINUING EVENT: LET’S TALK ABOUT THE MOVIES Film buffs are invited Wednesday nights at 7 p.m. to downtown Santa Cruz, where each week the group discusses a different current release. For location and discussion topic, go to https:// groups.google.com/group/LTATM.

NOW PLAYING A BAD MOMS CHRISTMAS The bad moms are back, and because they have to check all the boxes of movie clichés, this sequel sees Mila Kunis et al. get a visit from their bad moms. FYI, Daddy’s Home 2 comes out next week with exactly the same gimmick.

Curse you, Meet the Parents, for creating the idea that if you can’t think of a good idea for a dysfunctional-family comedy sequel, you can just stunt-cast the parents instead. Jon Lucas and Scott Moore direct. Susan Sarandon, Cheryl Hines and Christine Baranski co-star as the bad grandmoms. (R) 104 minutes. (SP) BLADE RUNNER 2049 You don’t have to have an encyclopedic knowledge (or memory) of the original Blade Runner to appreciate this 30-years-later sequel to Ridley Scott’s groundbreaking sci-fi epic. The new movie tells its own story, with a (mostly) new cast of characters, although the main plot thrust here was launched in the original. Incoming director Denis Villeneuve sticks to the original theme of the first film and (more loosely) the Philip K. Dick novel that inspired it: an existential

question of the meaning of life when a breed of super-strong, machine-made androids called “replicants” have been created to serve the master race of humans..

Starring Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Jared Leto, Robin Wright and Dave Bautista. Directed by Denis Villeneuve. (R) 163 minutes. (SP) DADDY’S HOME 2 Somebody out there must have been really naughty this year if Santa thought moviegoers deserved both Daddy’s Home 2 and A Bad Moms Christmas this holiday season. They are, of course, essentially the same movie, this time bringing in dads of the first movie’s dads (instead of moms of the first movie’s moms) to try to milk a second film out of a dumb premise. Mel Gibson and John Lithgow join original feuding dads Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell. Sean Anders directs.

John Cena, Linda Cardellini and Hannibal Buress co-star. (PG-13) 100 minutes.

THE FLORIDA PROJECT Even good kid actors are usually more tolerable than remarkable, but Brooklynn Prince is getting glowing reviews for her performance as a six-year-old girl living with her offthe-wall mother in a motel in the shadow of Walt Disney World. She’s getting Oscar buzz, but the actress who plays her anti-heroine mom, 24-year-old Bria Vinaite—who had never acted before and was discovered by director Sean Baker on Instagram—is getting even more. Together, they’re the core of this edgy drama. Willem Dafoe costars. (R) 115 minutes. (SP)

legendary primatologist Jane Goodall draws on over 100 hours of footage taken by Dutch filmmaker Hugo van Lawick, who was sent to film her at work in 1964, and ended up falling in love with and marrying her. Lawick’s footage had been stored away in the National Geographic archives and forgotten about for more than half a century, and along with new interviews of Goodall, brings some close-up insight into her celebrated life and work. Brett Morgan directs. (Not Rated) 90 minutes.

THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER Imagine Fatal Attraction remade by the director of bizarre arthouse hit The Lobster—with a touch of Joel Edgerton’s underrated The Gift thrown in for good measure—and you’ve got The Killing of a Sacred Deer.

Colin Farrell plays Dr. Steven Murphy, a prominent surgeon with a seemingly perfect family (including wife Nicole Kidman) and life, who takes teenaged Martin (Barry Keoghan) under his wing. Everything goes great, Martin does not act progressively creepier, and revelations from the past definitely do not threaten to shatter Murphy’s domestic bliss and rip his life apart. J/k! He totally does, and they totally do.

Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos.

Co-starring Sunny Suljian and Raffey Cassidy. (R) 120 minutes.

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amazing is if all the scientists in this global disaster movie were like, “Oh no, here comes a GEOSTORM!” And then a 1993 Isuzu Geo Storm drives up, and everybody goes, “Aw, actually it’s so cute, why did we stop making them?” I emailed the producers of Geostorm like 1000 times about my idea, but they still wouldn’t let me write this movie.

Sad! Dean Devlin directs. Gerard Butler, Abbie Cornish and Ed Harris star. (PG-13) 110 minutes. (SP)

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS It’s got to be tricky adapting one of the world’s most famous whodunit novels, almost a 100 years after its release—mainly because a lot of people already know whodunit. Especially since Agatha Christie’s 1934 book has been adapted for film, TV and even video games many times. Still, director Kenneth Branagh (who also stars as Christie’s detective Hercule Poirot) is here to give it his best shot, with an all-star cast and a stylish modern look. Co-starring Johnny Depp, Judi Dench, Willem Dafoe, Penelope Cruz and Michelle Pfeiffer. (PG-13) 114 minutes.

JANE This documentary about

NOVITIATE Neither religious

herself nor laboring under any weird issues from a religious upbringing, filmmaker Maggie Betts never imagined herself making a movie about nuns. But she says a book about Mother Theresa, which made her realize for the first time that nuns are supposed to be literally married to God, led her to write and direct this story of a young mid-century girl who is drawn into the mystery and romance she finds in the idea of convent life, but struggles with issues of faith and sexuality. (R) 123 minutes.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE The good news is that this story of U.S. soldiers trying to readjust to civilian life after serving in Iraq is based on David Finkel’s book— the best look at PTSD in recent memory. The perhaps-not-so-good news is that it’s the directorial debut of Jason Hall (who also penned the script), best known for writing bad movies like Spread and Paranoia before getting an Academy Award nomination for his disturbingly glowing portrait of a bloodthirsty “patriot” in American Sniper. Miles Teller and Haley Bennett star. (R) 108 minutes. (SP) THOR: RAGNAROK Okay, it’s less about the gods of classical Norse Mythology than the Marvel Comics pantheon, but only a real killjoy would fail to get a kick out of this third installment of the Thor series. Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston continue to have way too much fun with the prickly relationship between heroic Thor, God of Thunder, and sly, acerbic half-brother Loki, deliciously untrustworthy Trickster God. But — surprise! This time Hemsworth gets most of the laughs. It's all directed with a droll, light touch by Taika Waititi, who give his adroit cast plenty of room to maneuver.

Jeff Goldblum brings priceless eccentricity to his role as Grand Master, presiding over a combat arena in some distant world. (PG13) 130 minutes. (LJ) WONDERSTRUCK Reviewed this issue. (PG) 116 minutes.

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ITALIAN TRADITION Cindy and Paul Geise opened community favorite Ristorante Avanti 30 years ago. PHOTO: KEANA PARKER

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Ristorante Avanti celebrates 30 years, plus an Octagon restaurant update BY CHRISTINA WATERS

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hirty years of business success is a milestone by any reckoning. But to have that kind of track record in the restaurant business—through recent decades of economic ups and downs—is downright awesome. So congratulations and thanks to Paul and Cindy Geise, who have put three decades of heart, labor and talent into their enduring Westside landmark, Ristorante Avanti (whose name means onward in Italian).

“We opened on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving,” Paul recalls.

“We bought Papa Joe’s Deli on Mission Street and spent a month remodeling it.” When they started

up, the young couple was focused on experimenting with Italian food and wine. “But now the part that’s changed,” he admits, “is that I realize we have become a real community place. So many of our patrons recall having special events dinners here, anniversary dinners, graduation, birthdays, and these meals all have an emotional content.

I feel we’ve been part of people’s lives,” he says. “Everybody knows everybody—it’s really sweet.”

He’s right. Every time I meet my friend Rita for lunch at Avanti, we’re bound to see the same friends, coworkers and neighbors firmly ensconced and devoted to their

favorite Avanti dish. And to the neighborhood ambience. Kudos, Cindy and Paul, and my personal thanks for all of those deeply comforting dinners of chicken cacciatore, the unctuous pappardelle with meatballs, consistently delicious duck confit, and any number of killer Meyer lemon tarts! Autumn specials with fresh porcini, all of those local organic farm ingredients. Thirty years—an impressive milestone. Salut!

VINTAGE WITH LEGS A complex beauty at almost 10 years old, the 2008 Le Cigare Volant is an homage to its inspiration, the mighty

It’s not exactly moving along at the Octagon. The chef, formerly of Artisan and Soif, currently at the Kitchen at Discretion, called me to explain that “he knows nothing for sure” as far as opening a restaurant inside the Octagon at Abbott Square.

“So many little negotiations have to happen,” he said, laughing the whole time. “It might happen, but frankly we just don’t know.” One of the issues, among others, is that the former Santa Cruz County Hall of Records (most recently a popular branch of Lulu Carpenter’s) has “never had a kitchen inside.” Yet the master plan has called for not one, but two dining establishments to fill the tiny Octagon space as one of the Abbott Square entities. “Now it’s beginning to seem crazy,” Majano said. “It might happen. It might not.”

So that’s the story as of this minute.

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To boldly go where too many women have gone before, I am continuing my research into the New Cocktail, the ubiquitous multi-ingredient libation in a pretty glass popping up everywhere a full bar is available. Should these newly created cocktails be simply a matter of deliciously balanced ingredients? Should they involve a smattering of liquor-enhancing herbs, or fruits, or artisanal bitters?

Should liquor be detectable in the overall flavor? Where exactly does the old school martini, or Manhattan, or Daiquiri belong in today’s wildly expanding bar scene?

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aqueria Tecoman’s cheery, butter-yellow exterior sits at a busy intersection just off Main Street in downtown Watsonville. It may seem unremarkable, but don’t be fooled. Like many great Mexican restaurants, its outward appearance belies the wonders within.

Inside, the restaurant feels more like a classic diner than a taqueria.

A gold-flecked formica bar and a dozen well-worn swiveling wooden bar stools divide the kitchen from the rest of the dining room, which consists of just four small tables against one wall. Conversations in Spanish and the sharp sizzle of kitchen chemistry reverberate between marigold yellow and bright orange walls.

But the first thing I notice when I step through the door is the thick, enticing aroma of freshly made tortillas. Although I haven’t eaten my way through their entire menu, I’m confident I will enjoy anything they place before me, for two reasons: one, this has been true so far, and two, everything comes with a pile of warm, handmade

corn tortillas. Tender and fragrant with masa, I know they’re there to ferry camarones a la diabla to my face, but it’s everything I can do to resist spreading them with butter and sugar. They’re so delicious it feels totally normal to eat them by themselves.

Because of this, the tacos are unmissable. I’ll even order them as a side to another entrée—at $1.50 each, they’re worth the splurge.

Each pair arrives scattered with chopped onion, cilantro, homemade salsa and a wedge of lime. The asada is delicious, but the cabeza is even better, super tender and packed with flavor.

Between the relaxed atmosphere, always-friendly service, colorful mismatched plates and nostalgic diner coffee mugs, it’s easy to be charmed by this South County gem.

Their well-executed, uncluttered and intensely flavorful approach to Mexican dishes, accompanied by those unforgettable tortillas, truly sets them apart.

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H RISA’S STARS BY RISA D’ANGELES GOODWILL FESTIVAL AND WORLD PEACE

Wednesday begins the week with a Libra moon—sign of creating Goodwill in our world. Thursday is Scorpio moon—sign of the mysteries and the call to discipleship.

Venus/Neptune and Sun/Chiron influence us on Thursday—a confusion occurs, perhaps, a wound too. We stand with the Will-to-Good in all situations, which then creates Goodwill in the hearts of those around us.

Friday is Sun/Uranus, creating unexpected disruptions and revelations— things needed for the New World to appear.

Saturday is the Scorpio new moon and World Goodwill Festivals.

Sunday, we experience Mars/Pluto energies—quite transformative, perhaps explosive and angry. We remain calm.

Tuesday, Sun enters Sagittarius. Sag is the

sign of world disciples everywhere, in all cultures, countries and nations. Their purpose is the creation of Goodwill in the world.

The Ageless Wisdom teachings offer humanity the equation for world peace. “Actions of Goodwill create Right Human Relations create the active processes of peace humanity seeks.” Saturday, during the Scorpio new moon festival, the World Festival of Goodwill is being held in New York City, London and Geneva by Lucis (Light) Trust. The seminars are also live online. I will be listening, watching and taking notes. We can compare notes. Please join us, the New Group of World Servers and the Esoteric Seed Groups. We can participate in the World Goodwill Festival seminars together at lucistrust.org.

ARIES Mar21–Apr20

LIBRA Sep23–Oct22

Thoughts turn toward relationships—how they serve, tend and care for you, your expectations, how they free or restrict you. You must also consider how you serve others in relationships. Perhaps how you were tended and nurtured in your early years is mirrored in present relationships. Or maybe you don’t remember. Choose now, with awareness and depth, to make relationships more loving, kind and filled with intentions of Goodwill.

A new life structure begins for you this autumn, slowly changing your sense of identity and artistic creative self.

Profound new perceptions continue to occur concerning resources and communication with others. As world conditions enter new phases you will be called to a new state of healing.

Nurture the art of kindness especially toward family. Honor them, along with the Ten Commandments (Aries Laws).

Esoteric Astrology as news for week of Nov. 15, 2017

TAURUS Apr21–May21 Assess daily chores differently. What needs eliminating, what needs most tending. You ponder upon a totally different lifestyle that includes community, things sustainable, location, safety zones, source of water (through dowsing) and the best way to meet food source demands for many people. Meet with like-minded others also facing the unknown future. Research and plan simultaneously.

Mercury, as messenger, is influencing and informing you about the new ethics and ways of being needed to cultivate the new world civilization. These are big words. Mercury is your spiritual helper, developing your contact with the divine. Mercury works with the nine tests of Mars, pushing you to have intentions for Goodwill to create Right Relations creating compassion. These words define your internal experiences. You are to be contemplative for a while.

GEMINI May 22–June 20

SAGITTARIUS Nov22–Dec20

It’s good to learn the new physics (the electric universe) so you can inform the rest of humanity which is your task. Like Taurus you are to be concerned about safety concerns seven generations beyond now and you need new (actually ancient) information in order to re-educate humanity. Everything’s reorienting in our world. You must also. What do you understand about this shift and what could your plans be concerning the future?

You might wonder who considers you a leader. Well, just about everyone who meets you. Knowing this allows you to experience confidence and freedom. You will add new friends to your circle. You will support projects that educate humanity.

Beliefs change when you consider what your goals were previously and what they are now. To maintain equanimity, become a bit more nonconforming. Show worthwhile friends they are valuable. They are grateful for you.

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Your tasks are always about family, your garden, property, farming, elders, parenting, home and, lastly, community. All are appropriate for you to focus on. It’s important to share with those close to you what you know about the present world situation. How is your living situation? Are you happy and what are you growing in your garden? Sustainability is on your mind.

Are you wondering where your Capricorn leadership skills can emerge? Eventually, after much preparation, your community activity and gifts to humanity will be recognized and applauded. You will lean toward a new symmetry in the new year, wearing new plumes, curls, fashions and colors.

Your art will nourish and be nourished. Remember to honor excellence in your family and your friends. Lives change when excellence is supported. You are excellent!

LE0 Jul21–Aug22

AQUARIUS Jan21–Feb18

A new cycle of focused creativity, new life and a new identity begins. You are a leader. However, often, you’re not aware of your leadership or the responsibilities leaders have. In your community of peers, forming community wherever you are, others look to you for care, love and direction. If our present world reality changes, where would you go, what would you do? How would you prepare? What are you presently pursuing and is it useful for survival? Rest more.

The focus of energy in your life concerns travel, publishing, long journeys, people far away, the news, religion and philosophy. It would be good to meet new people, study histories, biographies, especially geography, teach skills, talk about the coming times, of community and future survival. It’s good to allow challenges, new inventions and things different into your life. They widen your perspectives and expand your strength and courage.

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SCORPIO Oct23–Nov21

It’s most important to realize that values are shifting and changing. And so, each of us must ponder upon what is of value. Do you feel of value to yourself and others? We are all very valuable in many different ways. What is the state of your money and resources? An economic reorientation is occurring. Are you one of the new world servers who can help create the new materialism? Are you tithing?

PISCES Feb19–Mar20 Reality will drift here and there, resources will change, you hear new ideas, nothing from the past remains, home is everywhere, there’s more and more work to do, you seek to stabilize finances tending to taxes and financial responsibilities (with help), you are conservative and resourceful, you stand in for a parent, you rediscover abilities and gifts, and finally you find a warm salt-water pool to swim in. Solitude leads you into the new reality. Hold on. Just keep swimming.

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CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ. PETITION OF ALICE TABANAN ALCARAZ CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO.17CV02627.

THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner ALICE TABANAN ALCARAZ has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing the applicants name from: ALICE TABANAN ALCARAZ to: IRISH ALCARAZ. 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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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: Oct. 13, 2017.

Denine J. Guy, Judge of the Superior Court. Oct. 25 & Nov. 1, 8, 15.

conducted by an Individual signed: MARIE NICOLE FISHER. 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 Oct. 16, 2017.

Oct. 25 & Nov. 1, 8, 15.

business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company signed: KRISTOPHER CLEMSON. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 10/16/2017.

This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Oct. 16, 2017. Oct. 25 & Nov. 1, 8, 15.

Cruz. TIMOTHY ALDEN ROACH. 1225 ODYSSEY COURT, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: TIMOTHY ALDEN ROACH. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 1/1/1991. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Oct. 20, 2017. Nov. 1, 8, 15, 22.

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 7, 2017 at 8:30 am, in Department 5 located at Superior Court of California, 701 Ocean Street. Santa Cruz, CA 95060. A copy of this order to show cause must be published in the Good Times, a newspaper of general circulation printed in Santa Cruz County, California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition.

Dated: Oct. 23, 2017.

Denine J. Guy, Judge of the Superior Court. Nov. 1, 8, 15, 22.

statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Oct. 24, 2017. Nov. 1, 8, 15, 22.

SCOTT SABA. 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 11, 2017 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: Oct. 19, 2017.

Denine J. Guy, Judge of the Superior Court. Nov. 8, 15, 22, 29.

real estate FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 17-1717 The following Individual is doing business as GALLI'S CUSTOM FABRICATION. 3621 SOQUEL DR. UNIT 8, SOQUEL, CA 95073.

County of Santa Cruz.

MICHAEL TAYLOR GALLI. 3621 SOQUEL DR. UNIT 8, SOQUEL, CA 95073. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: MICHAEL TAYLOR GALLI. 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 Oct. 16, 2017.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 17-1713 The following Limited Liability Company is doing business as BIFROST LIGHTING. 403 LOMA AVE, CAPITOLA, CA 95010.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 17-1734 The following Married Couple is doing business as FLOWTECH SALES. 130 ANTHONY STREET, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. County of Santa Cruz. MARA LISKE & ZACHARY LISKE. 130 ANTHONY STREET, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. This business is conducted by a Married Couple signed: ZACHARY LISKE. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 10/17/2017. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Oct. 18, 2017.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 17-1739 The following Individual is doing business as ALDEN ROACH CONSULTING. 1225 ODYSSEY COURT, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. County of Santa

CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ. PETITION OF RACHAEL RIDENOUR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO.17CV02726. THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner TINA KISHOR ZAVAR has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing the applicants name from: TINA KISHOR ZAVAR to: TINA PRITESH PATEL. 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

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 17-1760 The following Individual is doing business as CABRILLO PROPERTIES. 5380 SOQUEL DRIVE, SOQUEL, CA 95073.

County of Santa Cruz.

PEGGIE JO VERDUGO. 5380 SOQUEL DRIVE, SOQUEL, CA 95073.

This business is conducted by an Individual signed: PEGGIE JO VERDUGO. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This

CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ. PETITION OF MATTHEW SCOTT LADAGE CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO.17CV02708.

THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner MATTHEW SCOTT LADAGE has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing the applicants name from: MATTHEW SCOTT LADAGE to: MATTHEW

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 17-1719 The following Individual is doing business as DEPAYSEMENT SUPPER CLUB. 217 1ST AVE UNIT 1/2, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062.

County of Santa Cruz.

MARIE NICOLE FISHER. 217 1ST AVE UNIT 1/2, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. This business is

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 17-1675 The following Individual is doing business as BLUE SKY ACUPUNCTURE. 120 B 20TH AVENUE, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062.

County of Santa Cruz.

MOLLIE MAE. 120 B 20TH AVENUE, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: MOLLIE MAE. 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 Oct. 6, 2017.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 17-1701 The following Individual is doing business as SKYWALKER RESTAURANT EQUIPMENT SUPPLIES. 112 CATALPA ST, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. County of Santa Cruz. LUKE AARON NEEL. 112 CATALPA ST, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: LUKE AARON NEEL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 10/5/2017. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Oct. 12, 2017.

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MARIE CROSS CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO.17CV02708. THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner MELANIE MARIE CROSS has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing the applicants name from: MELANIE MARIE CROSS to: MELANIE DAVIS-SABA. 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 11, 2017 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: Oct. 19, 2017.

Denine J. Guy, Judge of the Superior Court. Nov. 8, 15, 22, 29.

name from: KAIDEN TANIOS SABA to: KAIDEN TANIOS SABA .

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 11, 2017 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: Oct. 19, 2017.

Denine J. Guy, Judge of the Superior Court. Nov. 8, 15, 22, 29.

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 13, 2017 at 8:30 am, in Department 5 located at Superior Court of California, 701 Ocean Street. Santa Cruz, CA 95060. A copy of this order to show cause must be published in the Good Times, a newspaper of general circulation printed in Santa Cruz County, California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition.

Dated: Oct. 30, 2017.

Denine J. Guy, Judge of the Superior Court. Nov. 8, 15, 22, 29.

is doing business as HOLIDAY LIGHTING COMPANY. 343 SUMMIT DR., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060.

County of Santa Cruz.

KEVIN DEBOER. 343 SUMMIT DR., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: KEVIN DEBOER. 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 Oct. 20, 2017. Nov. 8, 15, 22, 29.

listed above on 11/1/2014. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Nov. 3, 2017.

Nov.15, 22, 29 & Dec. 6.

order changing the applicants name from: LACY REBECCA WHITEHEAD to: LACY REBECCA HUNT. 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 11, 2017 at 1:30 am, located at District Court of Idaho, 451 Government Way, Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814. 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: Oct. 27, 2017.

Jim Brannon, Clerk of the District Court. Nov. 15, 22, 29 & Dec. 6.

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CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ. PETITION OF KAIDEN TANIOS SABA CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO.17CV02708. THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner KAIDEN TANIOS SABA has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing the applicants

CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ. PETITION OF ARIEF MAGNUS PRABU CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO.17CV02751.

THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner ARIEF MAGNUS PRABU has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing the applicants name from: ARIEF MAGNUS PRABU to: MAGNUS ARIEF PRABU. 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

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 17-1796 The following Married Couple is doing business as BOXER REVIVAL, PLAMWERKS. 125 HANGAR WAY SUITE 170, WATSONVILLE, CA 95076. County of Santa Cruz. EDWARD JOHANNES PLAM & JAMIE JOANGELEE PLAM. 125 HANGAR WAY SUITE, WATSONVILLE, CA 95076. This business is conducted by a Married Couple signed: JAMIE JOANGELEE PLAM. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Oct. 30, 2017. Nov. 8, 15, 22, 29.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 17-1745 The following Individual

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 17-1800 The following Individual is doing business as MCVAY & CO. 1317 ESCALONA DRIVE, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. County of Santa Cruz. DONALD JAMES MCVAY. 1317 ESCALONA DRIVE, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: DONALD JAMES MCVAY. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 10/31/2017. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Oct. 31, 2017.

Nov. 8, 15, 22, 29.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 17-1828 The following Corporation is doing business as HERBAL CRUZ OF SANTA CRUZ. 1051 41ST AVENUE, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. County of Santa Cruz. NORTHEASTERN MANAGEMENT, INC. 1051 41ST AVENUE, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. Al# 3631063.

This business is conducted by a Corporation signed: NORTHEASTERN MANAGEMENT, INC. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name

[b]FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 17-1807[/b]

The following Limited Liability Company is doing business as SMART METER GUARD. 4581 OPAL CLIFF DRIVE, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. County of Santa Cruz. SAFETY FIRST SHIELDS, LLC. 4581 OPAL CLIFF DRIVE, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. AI# 21510271. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company signed: SAFETY FIRST SHIELDS, LLC. 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 Nov. 1, 2017.

Nov. 15, 22, 29, & Dec. 6. ]CHANGE OF NAME IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF IDAHO, FOR THE COUNTY OF KOOTENAI. PETITION OF LACY REBECCA WHITEHEAD CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO.CV17-8178.

THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner LACY REBECCA WHITEHEAD has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an

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BRENDA TWOHIG, 6-Year Customer, Santa Cruz

Occupation: Aesthetician Hobbies: Cooking, throwing parties, crafting, wilderness survival, hiking, roller skating Astrological Sign: Aries

AUSTIN TWOHIG, 30-Year Customer, Santa Cruz

Occupation: Owner, Equilibrium Float Center Hobbies: Hunting, golfing, cycling, softball, wine making, barbecuing Astrological Sign: Sagittarius What first got you folks shopping here? BRENDA: “Austin introduced me to Shopper’s. I was living in Orange County when we were first dating. I remember thinking, ‘God, why don’t we have stores like Shopper’s where I live?’ AUSTIN: “I first came here with my mom when I was 10 or younger.

I recall how the butchers were so nice to me. Now it’s our son, Tio, whom they make feel welcomed.” BRENDA: “We shop here literally every day.” AUSTIN: “Sometimes twice a day.” BRENDA: “Shopper’s has everything we need plus they’ve special-ordered gluten-free bread for me, also Radler’s (half beer/half lemonade). AUSTIN: “Great neighborly service, and I usually run into people I know.”

What’s generally on your shopping list? AUSTIN: “This is easily the best meat department in Santa Cruz. I usually buy bacon, breakfast links, teriyaki skirt steaks, marinated lamb for kabobs and stir-fries, and lox for bagels. BRENDA: “I’m always looking for gluten-free, and the pasta section has grown gown with new items such as lentil pasta. I’ve recently gone vegetarian. Shopper’s has excellent organic produce priced really well. Austin is good for two avocados a day, and they’re always ripe!”

AUSTIN Shopper’s has great specialty products for people who like to cook, like the different truffle oils.”

BRENDA: “We went to Italy and fell in love with them!”

Plan on shopping here for holiday meals? BRENDA: “Yes, we’ll get a turkey for sure. I’ll do a bunch of sweet potatoes, a brown rice mushroom loaf, mashed potatoes, and more.” AUSTIN: “She makes really good gluten-free brownies.” BRENDA: “Shopper’s has really awesome baking mixes.” AUSTIN: “We’ll probably get some good beers and wines. I like Manhattans and they have these specialty maraschino cherries.” BRENDA: “And Shopper’s has all the ingredients for Painkiller cocktails.”

AUSTIN: “I enjoy seeing the butchers crazy-busy during the holidays but still getting it done.” BRENDA: “You get a sense of community at Shopper’s. It’s our Cheers!”

“You get a sense of community at Shopper’s. It’s our Cheers!”

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