Music, food and beer is always a winning combination for a summertime activity, and thankfully you don’t have to wait much longer with the return of the California Beer Festival and another jam-packed schedule of good eats and good brews. Bands will play both days, including Funkranomicon, the Fire Dept Band, Pride & Joy, Unauthorized…
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Santa Cruz Restaurant Week: The Insider’s Guide
One county, seven days, thirty-two restaurants—and all with three-course meals for $25; let the feasting begin.
Songwriter Contest Kicks Off Another Year
On evenings throughout February and March, dozens of fans will flood the pub, just as they do every year. They will erupt into raucous applause when their favorite player does well, and grumble and drink another beer when the score isn’t in their favor. Over the course of several weeks, they will witness wins, losses, and wild upsets. They will watch the pool of competitors narrow from damn near 100 down to 24, and then 16. And then the elite eight, the finalists who will battle it out for the win, the title…
Aptos Neighbors Worry About Safeway Growth
If Safeway goes through with plans to nearly double its Aptos store’s size, Rodney Hoffer says the possible megamarket-to-be would look “real nice.” The most recent sketches show brown wooden timbers and stilts to give the one-stop shopping destination somewhat of a mountain-cabin atmosphere. “At least it’s it not going to look like a box like the one on 41st Avenue,” says Hoffer, owner of Ace Hardware, currently in the Rancho Del Mar complex, which Safeway bought this year.
Seacliff State Beach
Between Rio Del Mar and New Brighton is Seacliff Beach, so named because an ancient sea wall rises precipitously behind it.
