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Helios Creed is releasing a new album, ‘Half Machine from the Sun,’ under the moniker Chrome—the first album from his influential acid-punk project in almost 30 years.

Helios Creed didn’t invite me here just so he could offer me coffee and talk about songs.

Head Chef Moves from Chaminade to Cabrillo

Suzanne Goin of L.A.’s A.O.C. restaurant will talk about her new cookbook at Bookshop Santa Cruz on Nov. 6.

Beverlie Terra, Bookshop Santa Cruz Cooks, and Fall Faves.

Foodie File: Zachary Davis

After making the Penny Ice Creamery and Picnic Basket a Santa Cruz sensation with co-owner Kendra Baker, Zachary Davis is teaming with her again for the upcoming Assembly.

Zachary Davis wants his new business to bring in people from all walks of life.

Top Picks for a Santa Cruz Halloween

By Aaron Carnes in Articles

Opiuo performs at the Cocoanut Grove Monster Bash Masquerade on Halloween.

Be it trick or treating or after-hours fright, Santa Cruz offers a host of Spooktakular fun.

They Might Be Giants Work Overtime

They Might Be Giants’ John Linnell (right) and John Flansburgh play the Rio Sunday.

The band talks insanely short pieces of music and adult material with SCW.

Foodie File: Dirty Girl Produce

Besides working for Dirty Girl Produce, Eve Krammer also runs her own salsa business.

Eve Krammer tells SCW why she loves tomatoes.

Bantam Adds Expanded Menu

Zach Kremer with one of Bantam’s pizzas, which are still the core of Benjamin Sims’ expanded menu.

SCW’s Christina Waters takes a bite out of Bantam.

Bantam Adds Expanded Menu

SCW’s Christina Waters takes a bite out of Bantam.

New Music Works Composer Scores ‘Frankenstein’

The most famous image from Edison’s 1910 film version of ‘Frankenstein,’ for which New Music Works’ Phil Collins has composed a new score.

“Making this kind of music takes confidence and chops. It starts living inside you—you just have to get past your ego—and then it keeps on being pure discovery.”

UPDATED: Penny Ice Creamery Owners Opening Full-Service Restaurant

Oct 21 2013

Kendra Baker and Zachary Davis are expanding their delicious domain over the Santa Cruz food world with their third—and perhaps most ambitious—project. The owners of the Penny Ice Creamery and their relaxed oceanfront Picnic Basket café are taking their big step with a full-service restaurant, slated to open early next year.