A rundown of locals appearances on the small screen, from American Ninja Warrior to X Factor.
News
Santa Cruz’s Year of Notoriety
A month-by-month breakdown of all the Santa Cruz news that national media saw fit to print, televise and otherwise comment on.
Letters to the Editor, Dec. 28, 2011-Jan 4, 2012
Readers sound off meter maids and “mandatory positive thinking.”
Holiday on Ice
“This does not feel like Christmas,” I thought between forced gulps of hot chocolate. I looked over at my teammate Doug, hunkered next to me in our kitchenette dug out of the snow, nursing his frostbitten hands. My dad and the other climbers in our group, Wim and our guide Victor, huddled in our shelter trying to warm themselves.
Letters to the Editor, Dec. 21-28, 2011
What Occupy needs is organization and a counterinsurgency strategy, according to one reader.
PLATED: Starz on Mission
Who knew that a gluten-free chocolate cupcake could taste so sinful? Obviously the entrepreneuses of Starz did, that’s who. Because those gluten-free babies are just part of the all-starz line-up now available in a second location. Just in time for the holidays comes this gift of edible joy to the entire west side of Santa Cruz. Yes, Starz has brought its sleigh full of cupcakes to reside inside the delightful Yogizmo emporium (where it is truly Christmas all year ‘round). And that means more decisions. Which cupcake to try today? After all, Starz offers 19 varieties daily from a from-scratch menu of 196 different recipes.
Letters to the Editor, Dec. 14-21, 2011
Readers write in with parking ticket blues, praise for Tessa Stuart’s bailout story and more.
Homeless of Occupy Look Ahead
On the lawn of San Lorenzo Park hours after police broke up the Occupy Santa Cruz camp, Devin Gonzales, 18 years old and homeless, is sitting on a picnic blanket with his legs crossed. Gonzales gazes across the park’s duck pond toward the collapsed tents of the Occupy camp he had been calling home. “This was finally a safe place to come,” says Gonzales, who had never felt safe sleeping on the San Lorenzo River levee or in the woods of Felton.
Santa Cruz’s Can’t Fail, Last-Minute Gift Guide
Did the holidays sneak up on you? From notecards and calendars to mermaid clothing and feather accessories, this assortment of carefully curated gift ideas from local Santa Cruz shops can help. Because a full-blown holiday shopping panic is even less fun than it looks.
Throw Mama From A Plane: Last-Minute Gift Guide
There’s a good reason so many chipper holidays fall in the height of winter: Spreading goodwill and cheer is the social antidote to the winter blues brought on by shorter days and colder temperatures. Luckily here in the Golden State, life’s just a little easier. There are plenty of places nearby that provide activities for the intrepid, from skydiving to ballroom dancing, so a gift certificate may be just the thing.
