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New owner opens CT Lights Lounge in former Firefly Tavern downtown
Last month, Firefly Tavern in downtown Santa Cruz winked out after just one year in business. In its place, CT Lights Lounge opened in mid-June, with Noel Cardona as the new owner. Cardona, a former commercial pilot, explains that the restaurant’s new name is a re-spelling of “city” lights, one...
Seascape newcomer Dos Pescados joins rare local club: Ocean views and good food
Since it opened in June, Dos Pescados, a new Aptos restaurant from restaurateur Brandon Smittcamp and chef Trent Lidgey, has brought many changes to the former Palapas Restaurant y Cantina closed last spring, including new owners, a new menu and a new focus on seasonal ingredients and sustainable seafood. But one thing continues to be true: The restaurant that occupies the second story of one of the buildings in Seascape Village is still the place to grab a great plate of Mexican food, a brightly colored margarita and, if the bay is free of fog, a view of the ocean.
Ask Lookout: What’s going on with that seemingly historic Victorian remodel in Capitola?
It is a major remodel that the remodelers say is building a house forward and backward at the same time. However, the story behind its nearly 140-year history is the real gem of this long-standing cliffside home. The historic structure and local time capsule at 106 Cliff Ave. above Capitola Village stretches back to one of the most famous early Santa Cruzans, or, rather, Capitolans: former Capitola postmaster and Baseball Hall of Famer Harry Hooper.
Capitola City Council to discuss off leash options
CAPITOLA, CALIF. (KION-TV)- Capitola City council meeting on Thursday to decide on dog regulations across the city’s parks and beaches. Dog laws vary in the city of Capitola, Ozzi Dog Parks is the only Capitola city park that allows dogs off leash. “You never know what a dog‘s gonna...
FirstPersonSingular: Dominique Teixiera – Raggin’ On
Dominique Teixiera has a good reason for raggin’ on. Photo courtesy of Karolina Kaboompics. Mathilde Rand: December of 2008, I became part of the First Person Singular Team at KUSP (at that point we were five). During the last months of KUSP in 2016, I was the last hold-out. Now I am providing the same 2-minute program at KSQD, Community Radio, because I wholeheartedly believe in giving community members a voice. I am also the treasurer at KSQD. LAURIE CORN: I am attracted to the process of reducing a meaningful story or opinion to 90 seconds. I am a writer, so editing and honing a piece is a special love of mine. I have joined Mathilde Rand as co-producer of First Person Singular, and I encourage you to share your commentary on the air. This is community radio at its best.
Embracing Plastic Free July year-round at Café Delmarette
For its Plastic Free July campaign, the City of Santa Cruz is highlighting locally owned businesses that support and embody sustainability. As co-owners of Café Delmarette, we are proud to be highlighted for our environmentally conscious business practices and commitment to sustainability. As this campaign comes to a close, I was encouraged to share with our community some of the history and background behind our waste reduction practices and hopefully inspire others to join us in these efforts year-round.
Los Gatos guitarist to rock San Jose as a Beach Boy this weekend
The Beach Boys came on the scene in 1961, straight outta Hawthorne, California. The group’s songs embodied the myth of a youthful and carefree Southern California existence, one filled with surfboards, cars and pretty girls. The core group—bassist and primary songwriter Brian Wilson, his brothers Carl (guitar) and Dennis...
Weekender: A rager of a granny, theater of all kinds, Keanu’s coming and whether TJ’s needs a new DJ
Welp, if you like your dark irony served piping hot, there’s this: Last Sunday broke the record for the single hottest day ever recorded across the globe in human history. And then, Monday broke that record. Meanwhile, the most popular movie of the summer is a movie about extreme weather that never mentions climate change. We’re all on the same bus here, people. But apparently, Thelma and Louise are driving it.
Plain Talk About Food | Small Mercies
“I am thankful for small mercies. Some people expect only the best. I found that I begin at the other extreme…expecting nothing and am always full of thanks for unexpected blessings.” —Tim Man Lee, Wildlife Photographer. Since moving to my small “slice of Heaven” here in Ben...
Local artists to be recognized for fellowships
SVCreates, a regional nonprofit devoted to promoting and improving access to the arts, will celebrate dozens of 2023 California Arts Council Artist Fellows at an Aug. 10 event in Gilroy. The event will recognize 29 artist fellows from San Benito, Santa Cruz, Monterey, Santa Clara and San Mateo. Honorees include...
Talbott’s Kamee Knutsen Debuts New Wines and Heard Through the Grapevine
July 26, 2024 – Eager to make her own mark on the Talbott lineup, winemaker Kamee Knutsen has introduced a little bit of steel to the Chardonnay program. Like adding a twang of steel pedal to a country ballad for emotional impact, it definitely makes its presence known in the wine. And, beyond that, she’s also done something completely new for Talbott, and that is to offer a low alcohol alternative.
Our 67th season will be dynamic and enthralling!
We’ll kick off our season on September 21/22 with Mason Bates’ electrifying Philharmonia Fantastique and Johannes Brahms' majestic Symphony no. 1, along with a new arrangement of a beloved work by local composer Martin Gaskell. On November 2/3, we’ll pair Antonín Dvořák’s thrilling Symphony no. 8 with the...
Art brings issues into focus at exhibit launch
If you haven’t been to a contemporary gallery opening lately, you just might be surprised at what today’s visual artists have to say. And the big opening for the latest exhibit at New Museum Los Gatos, Saturday, showed that creative voices are keeping the faith when it comes to exposing lies and standing behind their beliefs.
A coffee house dream reimagined
Carol Wang, the CEO and face of the entrepreneurial team behind Gardenia Los Gatos—a new café, bar and restaurant that will soon debut at the site that most recently was the Palms—long dreamed of having her own coffee house. “I love coffee house culture and the sense...
Capitola council advances plan for new off-leash dog park
Nate Bradley and his dog, Raider, stand outside a store in Capitola. An off-leash dog area could be added to Noble Gulch Park. (Tyler Maldonado — Santa Cruz Local) CAPITOLA >> The Capitola City Council on Thursday advanced a plan to turn most of Noble Gulch Park into a fenced, off-leash dog area with drinking water stations. The council told city staff to develop a potential site plan and budget.
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