Do you ever head downtown on Friday nights? Work late? These options began to look dim for UC Santa Cruz students living on campus when cuts to the Night Owl service were decided on by city bus service Santa Cruz Metro, effectively ending all public transportation after midnight. But with a recent pledge from TAPS, [...]

This spring season featured 37 divisions spread across eight sports, with over 150 teams vying to be the champions of their domain. Now only a handful of games remain before the season comes to a complete close. Friday, “B” Basketball League, Div III May 27: Team Bageera (2-3) vs. Triple-E (3-2) (East Gym Ct1) at [...]

What’s going on at UCSC and around Santa Cruz in this week’s Event Calendar.

{Food Systems Week at UCSC [5/19/2011]} In the May 19 article “Food Systems Week at UCSC,” UCSC student and attendee of the Fair Trade Marketplace Elizabeth Scudero’s quote referred to fair trade, not free trade, as was printed.

This week’s comic from illustrator Louise Leong features an opportunity for you to fill in the blank.

Question: If you could get any tattoo on your face, what would it be?

Last weekend, TechRaising — a local group that promotes technological collaboration and innovation — held a three-day symposium where community members gathered to “share ideas and build them,” according to TechRaising’s website. This is the first event the two-year-old group has held. On Friday night, 35 pitches were made, which were later narrowed down to [...]

An arrest has been made this week in the assault of Santa Cruz resident Bryan Stow. Stow is in critical condition after being assaulted by two people after a Giants-Dodgers game in Los Angeles on March 31. Stow is currently at San Francisco General Hospital where he was transferred from LAC-USC on May 17. Community [...]

Question: What would be the impact of the Night Owl bus service being canceled?