Back in the biblical day, cherubim guarded the Tree of Life. Today’s cherubim are shown in this Garden of Eden photo doing due diligence, but in their spare time they are students at UCSC. Biblical ...

As I was going through a musty steamer trunk that had been salvaged from the attic (just before the family estate was sold off to pay years of back taxes, multiple paternity suits and assorted ...

When you are ready to submit your life tribute to Good Times, we require the following information. Here is an example of the type of information you should include in your obituary. • Your name, ...

Saxophonist Branford Marsalis is a band leader, Broadway composer, and a giant in 21st-century jazz. Coming to Kuumbwa with his Quartet, Monday ...

When biodiesel arrives at Pacific Biofuel's Ocean Street filling station, it's already been on quite a journey. Starting off as soybean plants in Kansas or Iowa, the crops selected for fuel are then ...

The world’s darkest material is Vantablack. This super-black coating absorbs 99.96% of visible light, creating a visual void. It has many practical applications, like improving the operation of ...

Every community has its hot-button issues; Santa Cruz is different only because it's got an entire bank of hot buttons, all flashing at the same time. Although some controversies tend to flare up and ...

Dallas Dobro is a man of the people, a musical evangelist who's happiest when recruiting new converts to the gospel of roots music. But earlier this summer, the veteran DJ ended up separated from his ...

What can you do to show how much you care about everyone and everything that deserves your love? Now is a fantastic time to unleash a flood of gratitude and appreciation that takes very practical ...

If a town or county's General Plan is its local constitution, then its Housing Element may well be its Bill of Rights. Other general plan sections describe how local traffic flows, or what facilities ...

The Monterey Bay surfing community is described by many of its members as a family, and Brad Johnson is continuously evoked as the father. So, when Johnson, who in the mid-'70s and early-'80s used his ...

Dio Santiago clasps his hand around Clara Minor's thin wrist as the co-owners of Minorsan martial arts and health studio demonstrate an important concept in women's self-defense. Minor explains how it ...