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 ...

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

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 ...

Beavers are the engineers of the natural world. The dams they fabricate not only create shelters for them, but also benefit their entire ecosystem. The ponds and marshes they help shape provide rich ...

EVERY PLACE HAS a favorite name for it: smack, skag, junk, hammer, slow, gear, harry, horse, brown sugar, black tar, big H, Harry. In Santa Cruz County, the slang term of choice for heroin is "chiva," ...

Exploding Crustaceans figured they were in with Berkeley's Gilman Street. They'd played there twice, including a cool gig with Swingin' Utters last fall. But the PC punx have problems with the ...

SUNDAY NIGHT in a medium-sized college town during the summertime--certainly not the choicest night for a gig. Some musicians might step up to the challenge, bring in a sizable crowd and rock the ...