Mirando al Futuro
Victor Cervantes worked on the Beach Flats mural over the span of 50 days in 1992. With the help of the community, who inspired Cervantes to show pieces of Latin@ history, scenes of life, struggle and resistance, he finished the 190-foot-long work of art. The…
Transcending Pride in Downtown SC
The 41st annual PRIDE celebration will kick off on June 7 in downtown Santa Cruz. Forty-nine contingents of activists, artists, performers and allies plan to march to their own beat in the largest pride celebration on the Central Coast. In light of this year’s theme,…
City Council Approves Increased ‘Stay Away’ Penalties
Gary Curry is all too familiar with ordinance 2014-12, or the “Stay Away” ordinance — $7,000-in-tickets-for-sleeping-citations familiar. To pay off the fines, Curry worked 12 hour shifts, then panhandled afterward to make enough money to eat. The Franchise Tax Board once withdrew $800 from Curry’s…