Cruzioworks housed in a large light-filled atrium. There are desks, carrels, a reading nook, a couple of long tables and a white board bearing the scrawled, somewhat cryptic note “Bounce hour, Thursday, 10:30 on the blue couch.”
News
Is Occupy Finished?
Questions loom large after the eviction of the Occupy Santa Cruz camp: Is this the end of the protest? Will there be further action advancing the movement’s ideals? Have they even figured out, specifically, what those ideals are yet?
PLATED: Santa, Baby
Ceramics from Chefworks, cheesy gifts and holiday fêtes.
Ten Questions for Vince Tuzzi
Vince “Santa Claus” Tuzzi has some advice for anyone dressing up as Saint Nick for the first time—plus a few words for any careless drivers running stop signs. The beach cruising man in red is even reading up about vintage items on his own wishlist.
Santa Cruz Location Among Cafe Gratitude Closures
Santa Cruz devotees were crestfallen after an open letter posted on Café Gratitude’s website stated the company would be closing all Northern California locations. Conflicting news reports followed, giving hope the Santa Cruz café would remain open.
Police Roust Occupy Santa Cruz Camp
The Occupy encampment in San Lorenzo Park had obviously thinned out by 5pm on Wednesday, the stated deadline for the eviction notice that police issued on Monday. A couple dozen onlookers stood around the periphery of the camp, some linking arms in solidarity, some shaking their heads in dismay. A few policemen strolled around them—a stark contrast to the scene around 7am this morning, when about 90 police officers in riot gear cleared out the approximately 20 tents and people who had stayed the night.
Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks Turns 35
Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks celebrates 35 years of helping the Santa Cruz community connect with the natural world with an evening of gourmet appetizers, desserts and ocean views at the Dream Inn.
Letters to the Editor, Dec. 7-14 2011
Who’s This ‘We’?
THIS is a personal opinion about the opinionated: There seems to be a growing number of folks who claim to speak for the “majority,” from those voicing opinions in the Weekly to the so-called 99 percent protesters. Please, without a democratic vote of the 100 percent, none of you has a legitimate right to include me in your rant as part of the majority you claim to be speaking for.
PLATED: One-Stop Shopping at The Farm
The Farm is the home of some highly reliable, beautiful pastries. Case in point: the legendary fresh fruit tart, designed like a festive Mayan mandala in concentric circles of red, orange and green. Crowned by fat seasonal berries, the tart offers the fruit mosaic atop a layer of cream cheese and a frame of tender, flaky crust.
Shutting Down Santa Claus Hotel in Santa Cruz
“Somebody complained that I put up the shed with no permit,” says Eugenia Wood, a small straw-haired woman in leopard print leggings and fuzzy red sweater. “How does she know I put up shed with no permit? And I say, ‘Well, it’s nothing to sleep in there, rent it or get money out of it. It’s only Santa Claus Hotel!’”
