Last spring a group of kids from the Tara Redwood School in Soquel were digging around in the forest and stumbled upon a large fossil that they knew was more than just a strange-looking log. Their suspicions were confirmed when they brought the specimen to the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History.
Sowing Seeds: Filipino American Stories from the Pajaro Valley will run from April 12 through August 4 at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art And History in downtown Santa Cruz, highlighting the vitality, struggles, and resilience of the Central Coast’s Filipino migrant community
When one thinks of bands that blend pop melodicism with punk aggression and a dose of humor, Blink 182 or pre-millennium Green Day would come to mind for most. Both owe a lot to The Dickies, the San Fernando Valley band that has been mixing all three elements since the late '70s and will be playing at the Catalyst Club Friday.