The Santa Cruz City Council met Tuesday night to decide on the long-debated issue of the La Bahia Hotel Project. With a 5-1 vote, the council approved the proposal, with one member absent. An enterprise in the works since 1994, the project will turn the...

As Earth Day 2009 quickly approaches, Santa Cruz is gearing up to celebrate the big day and uphold its reputation as one of the most environmentally aware cities in the world. While Earth Day is officially celebrated every year on April 22, the city of...

Fueled by the many recent occurrences of devastating gang crimes in Santa Cruz County, the Santa Cruz Police Department (SCPD) has created a new branch to tackle the heightened violence. The launch of the new unit follows the creation of similar units devoted to gang...

When California Assemblyman Tom Ammiano first introduced Assembly Bill 390 — the Marijuana Control, Regulation, and Education Act — to legalize sale and personal use of cannabis in California, it was widely seen as a bombshell. However, AB 390’s promise to feed over $1 billion...

A passage from Acts 2:42 reads, “They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.” The Acts 2 Christian Fellowship — simply known as A2 — has come to adopt and follow this idea since...

Toiling away under the harsh sun, with bandanna and welding gun in hand, Dana Ashton has spent most of her recent weekends in UC Santa Cruz’s metal shop. Tucked away at the Elena Baskin Arts Center, Ashton is welding together the mounting for her latest...

German politician Helmut Kohl once said, “I have been underestimated for decades. I have done very well that way.” The same could be said about the UC Santa Cruz men’s baseball team, which is starting to get some of the recognition its success warrants. The...

The versatile Ari Shine, along with his wife and co-record company owner Adrienne Pierce, will return to his alma mater April 21 to play for the second time at the annual Earth Day College Night event hosted by Stevenson College. Shine now lights up stages...

For the UC Santa Cruz women’s tennis team, this has been a season that will truly make them or break them. After their tough 8-1 home loss to San Jose State last Tuesday, the team is 1-15 heading into two difficult games against Notre Dame...

We all saw this coming: the freefall after things come too easy. For so long, we have been a nation built on the “all-or-nothing” credo, with half of us hoping for the fortune that comes with being plucked from obscurity and thrust into fame and...