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How to Stop Bullying Thank you for your article on bullying in the schools (Cover, “Downed by the Schoolyard, Nov. 7). Bullying among children may in fact be one of the most important social issues, since it is how all of us are conditioned into accepting hierarchies of dominance and the sanctioning of emotional physical violence against those persons considered inferior or “other.� Racism, sexism, homophobia, classism, prejudice against the disabled, the eccentric, the unconventional, all start with childhood bullying. It could be argued that war and economic exploitation are adult forms of mass bully and hate crimes, domestic violence and rape are the logical extension of the bullying attitude also. The best way to stop bullying is to do two

things: respect differences between people, while at the same time acknowledging everyone’s common humanity. Certainly there needs to be programs in the schools to address the issue, but I also think it is important for the students being bullied to be “inner-directed� and learn to develop a sense of self-respect which is not dependent on the opinions of their more insensitive peers. It is okay to be considered “odd.� I would encourage Quentin Barnes in his passion for spiders and other arthropods, and the same goes for any other kid who has unusual interests. Personally, I was bullied and reviled plenty of times as a child, and even periodically as an adult, yet here I am 50 years old and I am learning to accept myself unconditionally. I hope every bullied child can grow up to say the same thing about themselves. ERICH J. HOLDEN Santa Cruz

The Light! It Burns! I am writing to say that I dislike the new street light bulbs replacing the old ones. The new ones are harsh and hurt one’s eyes and create cold light, and it turns our pretty little American town that used to have warm street lights into looking like a cover of a book for a murder mystery with deep shadows. It is alienating. If graffiti can have a negative effect on a town, I am sure that having the town looking like a murder mystery set will not be good for the crime rate, nor for morale, nor for warm memories, nor for tourists. An ugly environment creates an ugly mood. I now drive with one arm up to protect my eyes. As they pay workers to replace the lights, they are making the city ugly and unattractive and threatening, one street lamp and one street at a time. We are spending money to support artists living in a special living situation in Santa Cruz because artists are important to the city, and then choose to make the city ugly. There’s a reason California is called the golden state, and the Golden Gate Bridge is called golden, and angels are depicted as having halos, and we have “warm memories� of childhood, and good relationships are described as “warm,� and why an attractive person is called “hot.� It is built into us to like warmth. We are hard-wired. Please write the City Council. Maybe if they hear from enough of us, they will stop and put back the old ones and sell the new ones to some other city, like Berkeley. The street lamps are a City Council thing, not a PG&E thing. Usually if we wait, they come out with a better product that solves the problem, but if one has spent the wad on the poorer product, one can’t take advantage of a later product. T MAY Santa Cruz

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Currents PRESERVE AND PROTECT Brant Secunda’s Huichol Foundation will launch this Sunday at the Museum of Art and History.

Out of the Past A new Capitola foundation is fighting to save an ancient way of life BY GEORGIA PERRY

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t was 1971 in Mexico, and Brant Secunda, an 18-year-old kid from New Jersey, lay unconscious on a patch of dusty, clay-like ground. A wanderer who ventured below the border to learn how to make pottery, he wound up stumbling upon an ancient civilization. That may not seem so surprising—Mexico has an abundance of ancient ruins. But this ancient civilization was alive and well. Secunda was rescued from his near-death state by members of the Huichol tribe, a culture of about 30,000 indigenous Mexicans who live in the Sierra Madre mountains and are the only known tribe in North America to have maintained their pre-

Columbian cultural traditions. They are the only living group recognized by the Mexican government as a National Treasure. Enamored with the Huichols’ propensity for laughter and their joyful, balanced lifestyle, Secunda felt compelled to stick around. He was adopted as a grandson of one of the Huichol’s leading spiritual leaders, and entered a 12-year apprenticeship that led to his being initiated as a Huichol shaman. Almost a decade later, he returned to the U.S., settling in Capitola and undertaking his life’s work: Preserving the Huichol culture in Mexico while simultaneously sharing its many

gifts with the Western world through spiritual retreats and teachings. Along with his son Nico, 23, Secunda, now 60, has created the Huichol Foundation, a new organization dedicated to economically supporting and preserving the Huichol culture. A launch party for the new organization will take place this Sunday, Nov. 18 at the Museum of Art and History in Santa Cruz. The Secundas believe Huichols possesses a way of life that can be a valuable teaching tool for the rest of the world, especially the developed West as it cycles back to placing more value on local agriculture, respect

for the Earth and achieving balance in life—the foundations of Huichol culture. The organization aims to do this through selling traditional Huichol artwork as well as applying for grants to economically support the culture, so that Huichols won’t have to go work jobs in the tobacco or coffee fields, which Nico says is a fast track to cultural assimilation. “The culture is still very traditional— no electricity, no running water, very remote. Being so remote is part of what has protected their culture and language for so long,� explains Nico, the Huichol Foundation’s CEO and also a recognized Huichol shaman. The Huichol Foundation has already put together some DVDs and lesson plans so teachers in the Santa Cruz area can educate their students about a traditional way of life that is still alive and thriving a few hundred miles south. Secunda and his son believe that their perspective living in the modern world, coupled with their intimate understanding of traditional Huichol culture, enables them to predict what could happen to Huichol culture if it were to assimilate. They believe it is their responsibility to make sure the transition happens smoothly. “We realize that modern assimilation is going to occur. Who knows? In five years, 10 years, 20 years, Huichols will be walking around with iPhones and iPads, maybe. We want to make sure that in that process they don’t lose the appreciation and balance with the environment,� says Nico. “We don’t want to be, you know, the white saviors from the north coming to build a wall around the Huichol territory to keep them in the dark ages.� On some level, though, the Secundas admit that is just what they’re doing. “They say, ‘You have a car, why don’t you want us to have one?’� says Brant. “It’s tricky to answer that.� The official launch of the Huichol Foundation will take place Sunday, Nov. 18 at the Museum of Art and History. 0

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Wellness STAND UP FOR YOUR WRITES Alternatives to the traditional sitting desk, like this stand-up model from Anthro, are catching on.

A Stand-Up Job Awareness about the dangers of too much sitting has led to new work alternatives BY MARIA GRUSAUSKAS

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itting. It seems as innocent and natural as breathing or sipping a cup of tea. And yet, some health experts warn that too much of it could be deadly. If you’re sitting down reading this, you may be standing up before it’s all over. Most people understand the connection between obesity and poor health, and the importance of being physically active every day. But public health guidelines rarely mention the importance of reducing sitting time— even if you’re active—and they probably should. A 2006 study led by Alpa Patel, Ph.D., of the American Cancer Society

examined the correlation between sitting time and mortality, and the results are alarming: “They found that more leisure time spent sitting was associated with higher risk of mortality, particularly in women,� reports Science Daily in a press release. “Women who reported more than six hours per day of sitting were 37 percent more likely to die during the time period studied than those who sat fewer than three hours a day. Men who sat more than six hours a day were 18 percent more likely to die than those who sat fewer than three hours per day. The association remained virtually unchanged after

adjusting for physical activity level.� The study, which can be found online in the American Journal of Epidemiology and has since been backed up by similar studies, monitored 123,216 individuals who had no history of cancer, heart attack, stroke or lung disease, for a period of nine years. It’s worth noting that the increase in mortality found in Dr. Patel’s study was more strongly associated with cardiovascular diseases than with cancer. “Several factors could explain the positive association between time spent sitting and higher all-cause death

rates,â€? says Dr. Patel. “Prolonged time spent sitting, independent of physical activity, has been shown to have important metabolic consequences, and may influence things like triglycerides, high density lipoprotein, cholesterol, fasting plasma glucose, resting blood pressure and leptin, which are biomarkers of obesity and cardiovascular and other chronic diseases.â€? Awareness about the dangers of sitting too much has been spreading, and the future of office furniture could be less cheek-oriented: Forbes recently reported that Ergo Desktop saw a tripling of last year’s sales of an attachment that converts a conventional sit-down desk to a standing one. So when five brand-new, stand-up desks were rolled into Cruzioworks, a downtown co-working space where I do a lot of my sitting, I jumped on the opportunity to try them out. By the end of the day, my feet throbbed, and all I wanted to do was sit down, even if it meant dying three years sooner. The secret, I realized, is finding a balance. Sure, standing does burn more calories than sitting, but constant standing has its own health risks attached to it, including varicose veins, circulation problems and swelling feet, according to one 2005 study of workers in the United Kingdom who stand all day. Slumping at a desk for eight hours is just as extreme as being firmly planted on an assembly line. And while treadmill stand-up desks (now appearing at Google and Facebook) may seem like a rash step for the chair-bound worker, stirring a stagnant workday with movement should not. Going out for walks, sitting on a yoga ball, or even placing hula hoops in the break room arenĂ­t bad ideas. And neither is experimenting with the standup desk. Just remember to take it slow.0

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Gina Keating’s ‘Netflixed,’ released last month, chronicles the behind-thescenes story of Netflix’s founding, the company’s amazing success in capturing the hearts of movie lovers, its role in crushing video-rental behemoths like Blockbuster, and the Qwikster debacle that destroyed most of the company’s market value, practically overnight. These excerpts focus on the company’s beginnings in Santa Cruz.

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They carry canvas cases with logos: Apple, Sun, Oracle. Most wear board shorts or Levis with a wrinkled T-shirt, a fleece jacket and some form of Teva footwear. Several have “bed head� from not showering, and a dazed look from long-term lack of sleep. The Volvo pulls toward a space on the deserted far side of the lot, where a shining steel blue Toyota Avalon is the lone occupant. The Toyota driver sits in the driver’s seat, door wide open. At the sight of the Volvo, the Toyota driver jumps out. He is Reed Hastings, a tall lean man in his midthirties, wearing

pressed Levis, a white T-shirt under a worn corduroy button-down shirt, brilliant-white running shoes, and black socks. He has close cropped brown hair, a neat goatee, intense blue eyes and a perpetually guarded expression. His normal posture, slightly forward and a bit hunched in the shoulders, reflects years of staring at computer monitors in pursuit of “beautiful� mathematical algorithms to define all manner of natural and man-made phenomena. Hastings paces impatiently, his hands jammed into the pockets of his jeans, as he watches the Volvo

approach, park off-kilter, then vaguely repark. Finally satisfied, the driver of the Volvo, Marc Randolph gets out, stands up and greets Hastings. Randolph, in his late thirties, is as happy-go-lucky as Hastings—who is his boss at a soaring software company—is intense. Loose-limbed and lanky, with thinning dark hair, Randolph has engaging brown eyes, a bemused, wide mouth, and an easy laugh. Randolph is Hastings’s mirror opposite, a “people person,� exactly the guy you want to be your marketing manager when you are not. Despite their differences, there is an obvious ease, trust and camaraderie between them: They share that confidence conferred by privileged upbringings and a passion for spinning ideas into businesses. Randolph, clad in a fleece jacket,

T-shirt, torn jeans, and flip-flops, circles the car and stands next to Hastings. “It came,� Hastings tells him. Hastings reaches into the Avalon, digs an oversized rose-colored greeting card envelope out of a briefcase on the passenger’s seat, and holds it up. Randolph swallows hard and nods for Hastings to go ahead and open it. Hastings takes an antique monogrammed silver penknife from his shirt pocket and slits open the envelope. He pulls a silver compact disk out of the envelope and turns the disk in his hand, minutely inspecting it. It is in perfect condition. “It’s fine,� Hastings says flatly. A huge smile spreads across Randolph’s face. “Huh. This online movie rental thing might actually work,� Randolph says.

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LIKE ALL GOOD stories, the one about the founding of Netflix Inc., the world’s largest online movie rental company, mixes a little bit of fact with some entertaining fiction. But the version above is closer to reality than the company’s official story—the one about how Santa Cruz tech millionaire Reed Hastings had an epiphany for his next company after returning an overdue movie to his local video store and later dreamed up its signature subscription model on a treadmill at his gym. “The genesis of Netflix came in 1997, when I got this late fee, about $40, for Apollo 13. I remember the fee, because I was embarrassed about it. That was back in the VHS days, and it got me thinking that there’s a big market out there,� Hastings, Netflix’s chairman and chief executive, told Fortune in 2009, one year before the

magazine named him its Business Person of the Year. “I didn’t know about DVDs, and then a friend of mine told me they were coming. I ran out to Tower Records in Santa Cruz, California, and mailed CDs to myself, just a disk in an envelope. It was a long 24 hours until the mail arrived back at my house, and I ripped them open and they were all in great shape. That was the big excitement point.� AS A FINANCIAL journalist, I heard that story a lot in the seven years I covered Netflix along with a handful of other U.S. entertainment companies and their executives. I never gave Hastings’s story much thought back then. It was simple and straightforward and conveyed perfectly what Netflix

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OVER THE HILL GANG Netflix later set its headquarters up in Los Gatos, where a proposed expansion last year angered locals.

was all about: DVD rentals by mail that you can keep as long as you want without paying late fees. The odds against Netflix surviving were long when I took over the Los Angeles entertainment industry beat at Reuters in spring 2004. Blockbuster, the world’s largest movie rental chain, was preparing to launch its own online rental service, and online bookseller Amazon was lurking on the sidelines, posting employment ads for software developers for a yet to be announced movie rental service. Retail behemoth Walmart Stores was making a halfhearted stab at protecting its enormous DVD store sales by offering online DVD rental, and Hollywood movie studios were belatedly forming joint ventures to test movie downloading. Netflix had just hit 1.9 million subscribers and was still showing losses as often as it booked profits. In the ensuing years, I watched Hastings and his underdog company claim an ever-larger share of the growing online rental market with gutsy moves that defied Wall Street predictions about the size of the market and the strength of his larger rivals. I saw a gifted and disciplined team change the way people rent movies, not for the money, but for the challenge of disrupting a “real world� industry and taking it online. In the pursuit of elegant software and intuitive user interfaces,

they created a tastemaker to rival Apple, an innovator on the order of Google, and a brand power equal to Starbucks. Netflix also became a story about how powerful algorithms perfected in a Netflix-sponsored science contest spawned technological breakthroughs that influence how anyone with a product or idea to sell rounds up likely buyers. By 2010, with a long-delayed international expansion underway, Netflix had changed how half the world watches movies. I thought I had the story down cold when in 2010 I began to research and write a book about Netflix’s rise from a start-up with no clear path to profitability to a $4 billion movie rental titan with a stake in everything from postage rates to Hollywood movie deals to federal rules on privacy, broadband use, and Web traffic. I knew I would need good outside sources to solve a few mysteries about the company’s early days, because Netflix’s communications and marketing teams were excellent at staying on message with reporters and investors—and especially with consumers—on issues the company wished either to control or to avoid talking about. Some of the questions for which I could not get answers from Netflix included: What happened to Netflix’s other founder, Marc Randolph, and why is he never mentioned? Why was

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I WASN’T SURE what to expect when we met for the first time at a breakfast joint in Los Gatos in August 2010—no one else had been able to tell me the circumstances that had led to Randolph’s departure from the company he helped found. The fit, animated man who walked up to my outdoor table dressed in a fleece pullover and jeans showed every sign of enjoying a rather footloose life since leaving Netflix. He sat down, ordered eggs Benedict, and plunged into a tale that upended a lot of what I thought I knew—starting with the story of how Hastings’s late fee for Apollo 13 resulted in the founding of the company. “That’s a lot of crap,â€? Randolph told me. “It never happened.â€? He explained that the Apollo 13 story started as “a convenient fictionâ€? to describe how Netflix’s rental model works and became confused with its origins, because people wanted “a rage against the machine–type story.â€? Six months and several conversations later I persuaded Randolph to show me where the true Netflix founding took place, which was on a quiet stretch of downtown Santa Cruz. Randolph parked the Volvo at a meter on Pacific Avenue, and we began to walk—past the Del Mar movie theater, a few upscale chain stores, and local boutiques. He pointed out Lulu Carpenter’s, the hip coffee joint where people sat out front at sidewalk tables in the weak morning sunshine. He and Hastings often met at this cafĂŠ to discuss business—and formed the plan that brought Netflix to fruition.

One particular day their debate centered on how to distribute the movies they hoped customers would rent via a hypothetical e-commerce Web site, and they decided they had to test whether the new DVD format that Randolph had heard of could travel across the country on a firstclass stamp and survive the hazards of bulk mailing. They couldn’t get their hands on a DVD, then available in only a halfdozen test markets, but Logos Books & Records a couple of blocks down the street sold compact disks. When we drove up that day, a giant Borders bookstore was liquidating its stock and preparing to shut down, another casualty of the inexorable move to online distribution of media that its parent company embraced too late. I wondered if Logos’s staff had any idea of the role their iconic indie store played in helping Netflix bring down another huge bricks-and-mortar entertainment chain. A few doors down from the record store was the gift shop where Randolph and Hastings bought a greeting card with an envelope large enough to accommodate the CD after they stripped off its packaging. They threw away the card, stuffed the CD into the envelope, and addressed it to Hastings’s home. They then walked to the central Santa Cruz post office, where they paid for firstclass postage and sent the CD on its short but crucial journey. They would later learn, through close collaboration with the U.S. Postal Service, that local mail was hand-canceled in Santa Cruz and not sent through postal service sorters—a fact that could have changed everything had they known it then, Randolph told me. A day or two later, the two met up for their morning commute to Sunnyvale. “It came,� Hastings told Randolph, as he climbed into the car. “It’s fine.� “And I thought, ‘Huh, this might work after all,’ � Randolph said, as he drove me back to the bus station. “If there was an ‘aha moment’ in the story of Netflix, that was it.�

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the Apollo 13 founding story initially set at a Blockbuster store in Santa Cruz, then changed in 2006 to a now defunct mom-and-pop video store in La Honda? At first these seemed like minor details that had little bearing on the story that I knew so well and had watched unfold from a front-row seat in the financial press. But answering one question only led to another, and soon I was down a rabbit hole that changed everything I thought I knew about Netflix. It started with a conversation I had with Netflix’s other founder on a bright, windy day in Santa Cruz.

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A E! THINK GLOBALLY, LAUGH LOCALLY Richard Stockton takes the Planet Cruz comedy show to the Rio Nov. 17.

Not of This Mirth Even as it expands into a big new show, Planet Cruz stays in its unique comedy orbit BY STEVE PALOPOLI

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ichard Stockton remembers the night he had his worldview re-adjusted by the late, great comedian Bill Hicks. This was the ’80s, and Stockton was already touring his stand-up act. This particular night he was in Houston, where Hicks got his start. “Here’s how I met Bill Hicks,� he says. “I was headlining at the Comedy Annex, and they had a little open mic room on the side of the building. During my set, whenever they would quiet down, I would hear something screaming, just screaming at the top of his lungs. I said, ‘Does anybody know what that this?’ And the entire audience goes, ‘Oh, that’s Bill Hicks!’�

After his own set, he went over to the smaller room, where he found a packedin crowd hanging on Hicks’ every word. “After every joke, he would take the paper it was written on and burn it. And he would go, ‘That joke no longer exists.’ And everybody would applaud.� Stockton and Hicks ended up hanging out all night, with Stockton— like that crowd—absorbing everything he could from the now-legendary outsider comic. “That night in Houston had a lot to do with waking me up,� says Stockton. “I said, ‘You know what, you gotta say what you think.’� Perhaps it’s no surprise that he would bring his well-outside-the-mainstream

comic sensibility to Santa Cruz and found the Planet Cruz comedy series, which takes a huge leap this weekend from its former Kuumbwa digs to the Rio for its biggest show ever—one that will kick off its bi-monthly events there. Stockton first came here in 1968 to attend UCSC—then dropped out the next year. In the ’80s, he would always get booked into the Crow’s Nest when on tour. “I always took the gig, no matter what the pay, because I love Santa Cruz,� he says. “I’ve loved it all my life.� He finally moved here for good in 2003, after touring in support of his book Fondle the Fear. He’s now been a comic for 30 years,

and the unexpected success of his Planet Cruz shows—which mix a slate of stand-up comedians with music and other assorted weirdness into what has become this area’s most impressive regular comedy event—has allowed him to build his own community of talent that he draws from for each show. The comics he brings to Planet Cruz— some local, some national touring comedians—tend to share his offbeat views on comedy. Karen Rontowski has one of the best female comic deliveries going: “The other night, I went out with a guy who said he didn’t like women who are fragile or vulnerable‌so I stabbed him.â€? Michael Meehan, another Planet Cruz regular, is a madman. “The guy is so fresh and so bizarre,â€? says Stockton. “It’s a combination of George Carlin and a Fellini film.â€? He also still surrounds himself with comics who deeply affect and inspire him, like local Sven Davis, whom he calls “a fountain of creativityâ€? for his unwillingness to repeat his own material even once—though he doesn’t burn the jokes, there’s an echo of Hicks there. The secret to Planet Cruz’s success is Stockton’s ability to bring in these likeminded people and then let them spin off in their own directions. He wants substantive material, not trendy or lowest-common-denominator drivel. “I want comics who make you laugh so hard, and when you get to that space you can’t breathe, hope slips into your body,â€? he says. “Cruzâ€? is in the name because Stockton strives to create a show that could only be done here, and he’s often the one who keeps the show the most grounded in its namesake in his sets. “I continue to be thrilled by how supportive Santa Cruz is of something new,â€? he says. “That’s why it’s cool here. They’re ready, at least my audience, they want you to get out there.â€? Planet Cruz Nov. 17, The Rio

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Drawing comparisons to the Be Good Tanyas and Old Crow Medicine Show is a feather in the cap of any up-and-coming roots outfit, and Driftless wears it well. With its mournful fiddle pulls, tight harmonies, plunky banjo lines and toe-tapping upright bass thumps, this Santa Cruz band is quietly making a name for itself as one of the finer local acts. Possessing a keen understanding of a variety of folk styles and plenty of old-time soul, Driftless is an act to keep your eye (and ears) on. Crepe Place; $8; 9pm. (CJ)

Rooted in both Afro-Cuban and jazz traditions, Cuban-born drummer Dafnis Prieto is a musician with extraordinary rhythmic sensibilities and a style that merges the past and the future, the straight-ahead and the experimental. An acclaimed artist with several Grammy nominations and a MacArthur Fellowship to his name, Prieto pushes at genre boundaries, moving effortlessly among military marches, ambient soundscapes, avant garde explorations and deep grooves. His latest project, the Proverb Trio, features keyboardist Jason Lindner and rapper/singer Kokayi, and relies heavily on improvisation and the collaborative spirit. Kuumbwa; $20 adv/$23 door; 7:30pm. (CJ)

It would be hard to understate how much Latyrx (the album) influenced the sound of Bay Area hip-hop. But that was 15 years ago, and despite Lyrics Born and Lateef the Truthspeaker coming together on and off over the years, they never managed to get the duo back together. However, with some help from San Jose hip-hop crew the Bangerz, they finally got back in the studio for a just-finished follow-up, and they’re killing it live, too. Who knows how long it’ll be before they make us wait another 15 years—see ’em now.Moe’s Alley; $15/$20; 9pm. (Steve Palopoli)

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ANUHEA When choosing your pre-Thanksgiving dance party this year, keep Hawaii’s finest blend of reggae and acoustic soul in mind. Anuhea was born and raised in the Aloha State, the only place a professional musician’s guitar and computer get stolen from her van while she’s surfing only to turn up at a pawn shop safe and sound from an anonymous tip. Her self-taught guitar skills have helped her share the stage with acts such as Bruno Mars and Pepper, fellow musicians in the laid-back island-style vibe with diverse R&B and rock influences sprinkled throughout. Dance tonight, reload on all the calories tomorrow with a Thanksgiving feast. Moe’s Alley; $12 adv/$15 door; 9pm. (JG)

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New HOLY MOTORS (R; 123 min) Intriguing, futuristic French fantasy film about a man who moves between parallel lives. (Opens Fri at the Nick) A LATE QUARTET (R; 105 min.) Christopher Walken and Philip Seymour Hoffman star in this drama about clashing egos and other internal turmoil in a prestigious string quartet. (Opens Fri at the Nick) LINCOLN (PG-13; 158 min.)

After the huge outcry from undead moviegoers over Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Steven Spielberg attempts to bring audiences together for some healing with a Lincoln biopic that completely ignores the 16th president’s unrepentant hate crimes against the livingimpaired, instead focusing on his fight to free the slaves and hold the Union together as the nation is ravaged by civil war. (Opens Fri at Del Mar and Scotts Valley). MARS ATTACKS (1996) Considering Tim Burton’s odd

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streak, it’s maybe surprising that until this year’s Dark Shadows, he only had one true “what the hell was he thinking� movie, and this is it. His tribute to classic alien invasion flicks grade B-Z, it has some funny ideas, but it’s a complete and fairly obnoxious mess, and not even a sublime Tom Jones moment can save it. (Plays Fri-Sat at midnight at Del Mar) STAND BY ME (1986) Now it’s been almost completely eclipsed by The Shawshank Redemption, but for many years this was

Movie reviews by Steve Palopoli and Richard von Busack

the unofficial Stephen King Sentimental Favorite. This was of course back when Rob Reiner was making good movies, and he managed to turn a pretty good King novella (from Different Seasons) into a classic coming-of-age film about four pre-teen friends (River Phoenix, Will Wheaton, Corey Feldman, Jerry O’Connell) who go to find a dead body. (Plays Thu at Cinema 9) TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962) As Homer Simpson once pointed out, this movie contains

absolutely no insight on how to kill mockingbirds. On the upside, it reminds us not to judge a person by the color of their skin. THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN - PART 2 (PG-13; 115 min.) Sparkly vampires make their last stand in this final chapter of the Twilight saga, which will have to work hard to be as dramatic as the Kristen Stewart-Robert Pattinson breakup saga. (Opens Fri at 41st Avenue, Santa Cruz 9, Scotts Valley, Green Valley).

Showtimes are for Wednesday, Nov. 14, through Wednesday, Nov. 21, unless otherwise indicated. Programs and showtimes are subject to change without notice.

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Lincoln — (Opens Fri) 3; 6:15; 9:20 plus Fri-Sun 11:50am. Chasing Mavericks — Daily 2; 4:30; 7; 9:30 plus Fri-Sun 11:30am. The Perks of Being a Wallflower — Wed-Thu 1:30; 6:30. Seven Psychopaths — Wed-Thu 4; 8:45.

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The Man with the Iron Fists —Wed-Thu 11:50; 2:30; 5; 8; 10:40; Fri-Wed 10:15pm. Sinister — Wed-Thu 10pm. Skyfall —Wed-Thu 10; 10:45; 11:30; 12:30; 1:05; 2:45; 3; 4:15; 6; 6:30; 7:20; 9:15; 9:50; 10:25; Fri-Wed 10:05; 10:45; 1:10; 2:10; 4:15; 5:15; 7:20; 8:20; 10:30. Wreck-It Ralph — Wed-Thu 11:10; 1:50; 4:40; 7:15; 9:45. (No Thu 7:15; 9:45) Wreck-It Ralph 3D — Wed-Thu 7:45; 10:15. MET: Otello — Wed 11/14 6:30pm. The Twilight Saga — Thu 11:25am. To Kill a Mockingbird — Thu 7pm. Stand by Me — Thu 9pm.

7:30; 10:20; Fri-Wed 11; 1:45; 4:30; 7:20; 10:20.

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Life of Pi — (Opens Wed 11/21) 11:15; 2; 4:45; 7:30; 10:20. Argo — Wed-Thu 11; 1:45; 4:30; 7:15; 10. Skyfall — Wed-Thu 11:55; 3:20; 6:45; 10; Fri-Wed 11:55; 3:20; 6:45; 10. Wreck-It Ralph — Wed-Thu 11; 1:40; 4:20; 7; 9:40; Fri-Tue 11:15; 2; 4:40; 7:15; 9:45.

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Lincoln — (Opens Fri) 1:30; 3:20; 4:45; 6:30; 8; 9:30 plus Fri-Sun 12:10pm. Cloud Atlas — Wed-Thu 1; 2:30; 4:30; 6; 8; 9:20; Fri-Wed 2:30; 6; 9:20. The Details — Wed-Thu 2:45; 5; 7:15; 9:30. Mars Attacks! — Fri-Sat midnight.

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Lincoln — (Opens Fri) 11:30; 12:30; 3; 4; 6:30; 9:45. (No Thu 4pm) Skyfall — (Opens Fri) 11:55; 1:15; 3:15; 4:30; 6:45; 7:45; 10. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2— (Opens Fri) 11; 11:45; 1; 1:45; 2:30; 3:45; 4:30; 5:15; 6:30; 7:15; 8; 9:15; 10 plus Sat-Sun 10:45pm. (No Wed 11/21 1; 3:45; 6:30; 9:15.

Rise of the Guardians — (Opens Wed 11/21) 11; 11:55; 2:15; 7:20. Rise of the Guardians 3D — (Opens Wed 11/21) 4:55; 9:45. Life of Pi — (Opens Wed 11/21) 4:45; 7:30; 10:15. Life of Pi 3D — (Opens Wed 11/21) 11:15; 2. Argo — Wed-Thu 11:30; 1:45; 4:30; 7:15; 10 Chasing Mavericks — Wed-Thu 1:20; 2; 4:40; 5:30; 7:20; 8:15; 10; Fri-Tue 11; 1:40; 4:20; 7; 7:30; 9:45; 10:15. (No Wed 11/31 7:30; 10:15)

Lincoln and Cedar streets, Santa Cruz 831.426.7500 www.thenick.com

Cloud Atlas — Wed-Thu 12:45; 4:55; 8:30. Flight — Wed-Thu 12:30; 3:45; 7; 9:40; 10; Fri-Wed 11:10; 2:20; 5:30; 8:45. (No

Holy Motors — (Opens Fri) Fri-Tue 1:50; 4:30; 7:10; 9:40 plus Sat-Sun 11:30am. A Late Quartet — (Opens Fri) 2; 4:20; 6:50; 9:10 plus Sat-Sun 11:40am. Silver Linings Playbook — (Opens Wed 7/21) call for showtimes. The Loneliest Planet — Wed-Thu 2; 4:20; 6:50; 9:20. The Perks of Being a Wallflower — Wed-Thu 2:30; 4:50; 7:20; 9:40; Fri-Tue

The Man With the Iron Fists — Wed-Thu 11:15; 2:20; 4:55; 7:30; 10:15. Skyfall — Wed-Thu 11:45; 1:15; 3:15; 4:30; 6:45; 7:45; 10. Taken 2 — Wed-Thu 11:55; 2:20; 4:55; 7:20; 9:45. Wreck-It Ralph — Wed-Thu 11; 11:55; 1:40; 2:40; 4:20; 7; 9:15; Fri-Wed 11:20; 2;

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2:30; 4:50; 7:20; 9:30 plus Sat-Sun 12:10pm. The Sessions — Wed-Thu 2:10; 4:30; 7; 9:10; Fri-Tue 2:10; 4:40; 7; 9:20 plus Sat-Sun 11:50am. Seven Psychopaths — Wed-Thu 2:20; 4:40; 7:10; 9:30.

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1125 S Green Valley Rd, Watsonville 831.761.8200 www.greenvalleycinema.com

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Chasing Mavericks —Wed-Thu 3; 4; 6:45; 7:30; 9:20; 10:05; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

SANTA CRUZ CINEMA 9 1405 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz 800.326.3264 x1700 www.regmovies.com

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 — (Opens 10pm Thu) 10; 10:30; 12; 1; 1:30; 3; 4; 5; 6:15; 7; 7:30; 9:15; 10.

Argo — Wed-Thu 1:20; 4:25; 7:40; 10:30; Fri-Wed 10:20; 1:20; 4:25; 7:40; 10:25. Flight — Wed-Thu 11:20; 2:50; 7; 10:10; Fri-Wed 11:20; 2:50; 6:45; 9:50. Looper —Wed 11/14 3:35pm; Thu 4pm.

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Skyfall — Wed-Thu 12:50; 3:45; 6:50; 9:45; Fri-Wed call for showtimes, Argo — Wed-Thu 1:20; 4; 6:50; 9:30 Fri-Wed call for showtimes. Chasing Mavericks — Wed-Thu 1:15; 3:45; 7:15; 9:30 Fri-Wed call for showtimes. Flight — Wed-Thu 12:50; 3:45; 6:50; 9:45; Fri-Wed call for showtimes . Fun Size — Wed-Thu 1; 5:05; 7:15; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. The Man With the Iron Fists —Wed-Thu 1; 3; 5:05; 7:15; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. Paranormal Activity 4 — Wed-Thu 3; 9:30; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. Silent Hill: Revelation 3D — Wed-Thu 7:15; 9:45; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. Wreck-It Ralph — Wed-Thu 1:15; 4; 7; 9:30; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. Wreck-It Ralph 3D — Wed-Thu 1:05; 3:45; Fri-Wed call for showtimes..

Reviews ARGO (R; 120 min.) Actors play CIA agents all the time, but CIA agents playing actors? You know Hollywood’s gonna love that. So now we have actors playing CIA agents playing actors in this new film based on an actual 1979 event (the “Canadian caper,� as it’s now known) in which operatives pretended to be movie-biz types making a film called Argo, in order to rescue diplomats trapped in Iran. Ben Affleck directs and stars. CHASING MAVERICKS In this real-life Santa Cruz tale, our own legend Jay Moriarty (played by Jonny Weston) forms a unique friendship with Frosty Hesson (Gerard Butler) on a mission to tackle one of the world’s most daunting waves. CLOUD ATLAS During the 1800’s, Adam is dying on a ship voyage to California and wonders if he is perhaps being poisoned by Dr. Goose (Tom Hanks) in this complex film with six different storylines. FLIGHT (R) An airline pilot (Denzel Washington) makes an emergency landing to save a plan from crashing, but an investigation reveals a troubling discovery. FUN SIZE Wren just wanted to spend Halloween at a party with her crush. But when her mom (Chelsea Handler) orders her to take her little brother Albert trick-or-treating, she loses him. Shenanigans ensue. THE LONELIEST PLANET (R; 113 min.) The trailers and publicity for this film only reveal that something goes terribly wrong during an engaged couple’s backpacking trip, giving a glimpse into how their live together begins to fall apart in the aftermath. As Fred Willard would say, “Whaaa happened?� THE MAN WITH THE IRON FISTS (R; 96 min) Russell Crowe is Jack Knife, an opium-addicted soldier named after his signature weapon, in this actionpacked search for fabled Chinese gold. PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 4 (R; 88 min) Those who were bummed that Paranormal Activity 3 provided no insight into what happened to Katie and Hunter (or about

anything else, really) may be happy to know that the series is getting back on track, at least story-wise. Original writer-director Orin Peli has long since checked out, but the found-footage song remains the same. Five years after the events of the first two films, another family has to find an excuse to carry cameras around all the time when Katie and “Robbie� move in next door. THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER (PG13; 103 min.) I know, I know, it must be a short film. Ha ha. But apparently there are perks to be found in this story of two seniors who take an introverted freshman under their wing. PITCH PERFECT (PG13; 112 min.) When college freshman Becca joins her university’s a capella group in this Glee-like musical comedy, she injects some much-needed competitive spirit into the group. SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS (R; 109 min.) A struggling screenwriter (Colin Farrell) has just messed with the wrong gangster (Woody Harrelson), by stealing his fluffy Shih Tzu. SILENT HILL: REVELATION Here’s a revelation: the first Silent Hill movie sucked. Not as bad as, say, Doom, maybe, but still. Five years later, this sequel picks up where the last one left off, and tries to work in more of the mythology from the video game series. SINISTER (1994) Found footage? Murder houses? Supernatural oogly-booglies who look like the guy from Slipknot? It all sounds pretty, pret-ty sinister. SKYFALL (PG-13; 143 min.) Director Sam Mendes attempts to do for James Bond what Christopher Nolan did for Batman. In terms of big-budget spectacle, at least, early reports are that he has, with Daniel Craig returning to play Bond a third time, 50 years after Sean Connery first portrayed him in Dr. No. WRECK-IT RALPH (PG) John C. Reilly is the voice of the title character, a video-game villain who longs to be a hero, in this Disney film.

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stretches of banquettes. The “we� in this case is host/proprietor Sims and his wife Sarah, who will manage the front of the house. Although the large butcher-block table in an alcove near the oven is currently a dough rolling station, it will soon be dedicated for large parties, or maybe something else. “The patrons will let us know how to use this space,� Sims believes. “There are so many possibilities.� Sims and contractors buffed the original shop floors until they gleamed, and then epoxyed them. Atmospheric wood paneling from barns, vintage wainscoting and other reclaimed sites has been used to panel the high, far wall behind the wine bar with counter seating. “Pizza will occupy half the

menu,� Sims explains, “with three to five appetizer salads, some pastas and a main course special or two.� Some toppings will come from El Salchichero, but Sims plans to run a basic Margarita pizza—Neapolitanstyle, 12-inch pies with whatever his chef ;SZWaaO @SWbh (former sous chef of Oakland’s acclaimed Camino) wants to add. “It’s great having a chef,� he grins. “That way I get to cook on the line, and freshen my own techniques.� Sims says Bantam will be closed on Sundays, and will start out being open for dinner Monday through Saturday. “Eventually we’ll open either for lunches or maybe weekend brunch. The community will let us know what it wants.�

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Diner s Guide Our selective list of area restaurants includes those that have been favorably reviewed in print by Santa Cruz Weekly food critics and others that have been sampled but not reviewed in print. All visits by our writers are made anonymously, and all expenses are paid by Metro Santa Cruz.

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APTOS $$ Aptos

Ambrosia India Bistro Indian. Authentic Indian dishes and specialties served in a 207 Searidge Rd, 831.685.0610 comfortable dining room. Lunch buffet daily 11:30am-2:30pm; dinner daily 5pm to close. www.ambrosiaib.com

$$ Aptos

Britannia Arms

$$$ Aptos

Severino’s Grill

$$ Aptos

Zameen Mediterranean

8017 Soquel Dr, 831.688.1233

7500 Old Dominion Ct, 831.688.8987

American and specialty dishes from the British and Emerald Isles. Full bar. Children welcome. Happy hour Mon-Fri 2-6pm. Open daily 11am to 2am. Continental California cuisine. Breakfast all week 6:30-11am, lunch all week 11am-2pm; dinner Fri-Sat 5-10pm, Sun-Thu 5-9pm. www.seacliffinn.com.

Middle Eastern/Mediterranean. Fresh, fast, flavorful. Gourmet 7528 Soquel Dr, 831.688.4465 meat and vegetarian kebabs, gyros, falafel, healthy salads and Mediterranean flatbread pizzas. Beer and wine. Dine in or take out. Tue-Sun 11am-8pm.

CAPITOLA $$

Geisha Sushi

Capitola

Japanese. This pretty and welcoming sushi bar serves 200 Monterey Ave, 831.464.3328 superfresh fish in unusual but well-executed sushi combinations. Wed-Mon 11:30am-9pm.

$$$

Shadowbrook

Capitola

1750 Wharf Rd, 831.475.1511

$$$

Stockton Bridge Grille

Capitola

231 Esplanade, 831.464.1933

$$$ Capitola

Zelda’s

California Continental. Swordfish and other seafood specials. Dinner Mon-Thu 5:30-9:30pm; Fri 5-10pm; Sat 4-10:30pm; Sun 4-9pm. Mediterranean tapas. Innovative menu, full-service bar, international wine list and outdoor dining with terrific views in the heart of Capitola Village. Open daily.

California cuisine. Nightly specials include prime rib 203 Esplanade, 831.475.4900 and lobster. Daily 7am-2am.

SANTA CRUZ $$$ Le Cigare Volant Santa Cruz 328 Ingalls St, 831.425.6771

Featuring vibrant, seasonally driven cuisine that pairs effortlessly with Bonny Doon Vineyard wines. Menu changes weekly to spotlight the freshest, local, organic and biodynamic ingredients. Bring friends, meet new ones, and dine ensemble, while embracing community and cuisine.

$ Charlie Hong Kong California organic meets Southeast Asian street food. Organic Santa Cruz 1141 Soquel Ave, 831. 426.5664 noodle & rice bowls, vegan menu, fish & meat options, Vietnamese style sandwiches, eat-in or to-go. Consistent winner “Best Cheap Eats.� Open daily 11am-11pm

The Crepe Place Crepes and more. Featuring the spinach crepe and Tunisian $$ Santa Cruz 1134 Soquel Ave, 831.429.6994 donut. Full bar. Mon-Thu 11am-midnight, Fri 11am-1am, Sat 10am-1am, Sun 10am-midnight. $$

Crow’s Nest Seafood. Fresh seafood, shellfish, Midwestern aged beef, pasta Santa Cruz 2218 East Cliff Dr, 831.476.4560 specialties, abundant salad bar. Kids menu and nightly entertainment. Harbor & Bay views. Breakfast, lunch & dinner daily. $$ Gabriella Cafe Santa Cruz 910 Cedar St., 831.457.1677

Califormia-Italian. Fresh from farmers’ markets organic vegetables, local seafood, grilled steaks, frequent duck and rabbit, famous CHICKEN GABRIELLA, legendary local wine list, romantic mission-style setting with patio, quiet side street.

$$ Hindquarter Americana. Ribs, steaks and burgers are definitely the stars. Santa Cruz 303 Soquel Ave, 831.426.7770 Full bar. Lunch Mon-Sat 11:30am-2:30pm; dinner Sun-Thu 5:30-9:30pm, Fri-Sat 5:30-10pm. $$ Hoffman’s California/full-service bakery. Breakfast, lunch, dinner. “Best Santa Cruz 1102 Pacific Ave, 837.420.0135 Eggs Benedict in Town.� Happy Hour Mon-Fri 5-6pm. Halfprice appetizers; wines by the glass. Daily 8am-9pm. $$

Hula’s Island Grill ’60s Vegas meets ’50s Waikiki. Amazing dining experience in Santa Cruz 221 Cathcart St, 831.426.4852 kitchy yet swanky tropical setting. Fresh fish, great steaks, vegetarian. Full-service tiki bar. Happy-hour tiki drinks. Aloha Fri, Sat lunch 11:30am-5pm. Dinner nightly 5pm-close. $

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Santa Cruz 418 Front St, 831.325-3633

Johnny’s Harborside $$ Santa Cruz 493 Lake Ave, 831.479.3430

Eclectic Pan Asian dishes. Vegetarian, seafood, lamb and chicken with a wok emphasis since 1972. Cafe, catering, culinary classes, food festivals, beer and wine. Open for lunch and dinner daily except Sunday 11:30-9pm. Special events most Sundays. Seafood/California. Fresh catch made your way! Plus many other wonderful menu items. Great view. Full bar. Happy

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hour Mon-Fri. Brunch Sat-Sun 10am-2pm. Open daily. $$$ La Posta Italian. La Posta serves Italian food made in the old style— Santa Cruz 538 Seabright Ave, 831.457.2782 simple and delicious. Wed-Thu 5-9pm, Fri-Sat 5-9:30pm and Sun 5-8pm.

Laili $$ Santa Cruz 101B Cooper St, 831.423.4545

Silk road flavors. Fresh, nourishing and delectable Mediterranean cuisine with a unique Afghan twist. Patio dining. Open daily for lunch 11:30-3pm & dinner at 5pm.

$$ Louie’s Cajun Kitchen Santa Cruz 110 Church St., 831.429.2000

Laissez les bons temps rouler at this cool, funky N’awlins-style celebration of food, libations and bluesy sounds. Start with a Hurricane as you peruse our menu of serious cajun goodness.

$$ Pacific Thai Thai. Individually prepared with the freshest ingredients, Santa Cruz 1319 Pacific Ave, 831.420.1700 plus ambrosia bubble teas, shakes. Mon-Thu 11:30am-9:30pm, Fri 11:30am-10pm, Sat noon-10pm, Sun noon-9:30pm. $ Pono Hawaiian Grill Santa Cruz 120 Union St, 831.426.pono

Ristorante Italiano

Santa Cruz 555 Soquel Ave, 831.458.2321

Authentic Hawaiian Island Cuisine! Featuring “The Reef� tropical bar. Large outdoor patio. Variety of poke, wraps, salads, vegetarian, all entrees under $10! “Aloha Fridays,� Hawaiian music and hula! Open 11-10pm Sun-Wed,11-11pm Thur-Sat!

Italian-American. Mouthwatering, generous portions, friendly service and the best patio in town. Full bar. Lunch Mon-Fri 11:30am, dinner nightly at 5pm.

$$ Santa Cruz Mtn. Brewery California / Brewpub. Enjoy a handcrafted organic ale in the Santa Cruz 402 Ingalls Street, Ste 27 taproom or the outdoor patio while you dine on Bavarian pretzels, 831.425.4900 a bowl of french fries, Santa Cruz’s best fish tacos and more. Open everday noon until 10pm. Food served until 7pm.

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Soif Wine bar with menu. Flawless plates of great character and $$ Santa Cruz 105 Walnut Ave, 831.423.2020 flavor; sexy menu listings and wines to match. Dinner MonThu 5-9pm, Fri-Sat 5-10pm, Sun 4-9pm; retail shop Mon 5pmclose, Tue-Sat noon-close, Sun 4pm-close.

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Stagnaro Bros. Seafood and more. Family owned since 1937. Fresh seafood, $$ Santa Cruz 21 Municipal Wharf, 831.423.2180 pasta and steaks . Kid friendly. Panoramic ocean views from the main dining room and Upper Deck Lounge. Large outdoor fish market on site with 20+ types of fresh fish. Open daily at 11am.

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$$ Woodstock’s Pizza Santa Cruz 710 Front St, 831.427.4444

Pizza. Pizza, fresh salads, sandwiches, wings, desserts, beers on tap. Patio dining, sports on HDTV and free WiFi. Large groups and catering. Open and delivering Fri-Sat 11am-2am, Mon-Thu 11am-1am, Sun 11am-midnight.

SCOTTS VALLEY $ Heavenly Cafe American. Serving breakfast and lunch daily. Large parties Scotts Valley 1210 Mt. Hermon Rd, 831.335.7311 welcome. Mon-Fri 6:30am-2:15pm, Sat-Sun 7am-2:45pm.

Jia Tella s $ Scotts Valley 5600 #D Scotts Valley Dr, 831.438.5005

Cambodian. Fresh kebabs, seafood dishes, soups and noodle bowls with a unique Southeast Asian flair. Beer and wine available. Patio dining. Sun-Thu 11am-9pm, Fri-Sat 11am-10pm.

SOQUEL $$ Soquel

El Chipotle Taqueria

Mexican. Open for breakfast. We use no lard in our menu and 4724 Soquel Dr, 831.477.1048 make your food fresh daily. We are famous for our authentic ingredients such as traditional mole from Oaxaca. Lots of vegetarian options. Mon-Fri 9am-9pm, weekends 8am-9pm.

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hour Mon-Fri. Brunch Sat-Sun 10am-2pm. Open daily. $$$ La Posta Italian. La Posta serves Italian food made in the old style— Santa Cruz 538 Seabright Ave, 831.457.2782 simple and delicious. Wed-Thu 5-9pm, Fri-Sat 5-9:30pm and Sun 5-8pm.

Laili $$ Santa Cruz 101B Cooper St, 831.423.4545

Silk road flavors. Fresh, nourishing and delectable Mediterranean cuisine with a unique Afghan twist. Patio dining. Open daily for lunch 11:30-3pm & dinner at 5pm.

$$ Louie’s Cajun Kitchen Santa Cruz 110 Church St., 831.429.2000

Laissez les bons temps rouler at this cool, funky N’awlins-style celebration of food, libations and bluesy sounds. Start with a Hurricane as you peruse our menu of serious cajun goodness.

$$ Pacific Thai Thai. Individually prepared with the freshest ingredients, Santa Cruz 1319 Pacific Ave, 831.420.1700 plus ambrosia bubble teas, shakes. Mon-Thu 11:30am-9:30pm, Fri 11:30am-10pm, Sat noon-10pm, Sun noon-9:30pm. $ Pono Hawaiian Grill Santa Cruz 120 Union St, 831.426.pono

Ristorante Italiano

Santa Cruz 555 Soquel Ave, 831.458.2321

Authentic Hawaiian Island Cuisine! Featuring “The Reef� tropical bar. Large outdoor patio. Variety of poke, wraps, salads, vegetarian, all entrees under $10! “Aloha Fridays,� Hawaiian music and hula! Open 11-10pm Sun-Wed,11-11pm Thur-Sat!

Italian-American. Mouthwatering, generous portions, friendly service and the best patio in town. Full bar. Lunch Mon-Fri 11:30am, dinner nightly at 5pm.

$$ Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing California / Brewpub. Enjoy a handcrafted organic ale in the Santa Cruz 402 Ingalls Street, Ste 27 taproom or the outdoor patio while you dine on Bavarian pretzels, 831.425.4900 a bowl of french fries, Santa Cruz’s best fish tacos and more. Open everday noon until 10pm. Food served until 7pm.

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Soif Wine bar with menu. Flawless plates of great character and $$ Santa Cruz 105 Walnut Ave, 831.423.2020 flavor; sexy menu listings and wines to match. Dinner MonThu 5-9pm, Fri-Sat 5-10pm, Sun 4-9pm; retail shop Mon 5pmclose, Tue-Sat noon-close, Sun 4pm-close.

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Stagnaro Bros. Seafood and more. Family owned since 1937. Fresh seafood, $$ Santa Cruz 21 Municipal Wharf, 831.423.2180 pasta and steaks . Kid friendly. Panoramic ocean views from the main dining room and Upper Deck Lounge. Large outdoor fish market on site with 20+ types of fresh fish. Open daily at 11am.

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$$ Woodstock’s Pizza Santa Cruz 710 Front St, 831.427.4444

Pizza. Pizza, fresh salads, sandwiches, wings, desserts, beers on tap. Patio dining, sports on HDTV and free WiFi. Large groups and catering. Open and delivering Fri-Sat 11am-2am, Mon-Thu 11am-1am, Sun 11am-midnight.

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