Thirty Years of Monte Foundation Fireworks • Open Studios: Three weekends: 300+ artists • Living Room Conversations: Divided We Fall, By Ted Celeste • Runners to Watch: Evie Marheineke & Alessia Carbone Take First at Baylands • Annie Meyer: Teacher Turns Artist, By Jondi Gumz • Capitola Through the Eyes of 40 Artists, By Laurie Hill • Julie Titus Win Best of Show for Her Apple Pie • Youth Poet Laureate Program: Second Year • Groundbreaking: Micro-Studios for Homeless in Santa Cruz, By Jondi Gumz • Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour • Central Fire’s Measure R, By Jondi Gumz • 9/11 Ceremony Honors Heroes at the Santa Cruz County Fair, By Ari Lessin • Leila Mottley & Ayo Banjo in Conversation • New RTC Chief: Sarah Christensen • Soquel Elementary Carnival • Wonderful Wharf!, By Jondi Gumz • Pro & Con — Affordable Housing Crisis Solution: Vote Yes on Prop 5, By Tim Willoughby and Linda Kerner • Don’t Make Tax Easy: Vote No on Prop 5, By Susan Kirsch • Pro & Con — Yes on Measure P • No on Measure P • Soquel Schools: $73 Million Bond • Kristen Brown, Kim De Serpa Grilled on ‘Deplorable’ Roads, By Jondi Gumz • Papken Der Torossian: 1938-2024 … and much more!