SANTA CRUZ >> What Jim Cohen does not know about Hawaiian shirts fits on a clothing label. Cohen has been known to chat up strangers wearing well-made Hawaiian shirts, perhaps with coconut buttons ...

Santa Cruz shop owner Bruce Noland is ready to sell a slightly modified version of his “Surf City USA” T-shirts, a $17 novelty that brought the area native fame and a lawsuit from Southern ...

SANTA CRUZ — Enrique Ortiz Villegas calls himself a “colorist,” and it fits. ... and made 28 specially designed “aloha shirts” while dancing with Hula of Santa Cruz.

In other words, the longer you wait to see Santa Cruz, the less of it there will be. Here’s a look at 17 things a visitor can do in and around Santa Cruz, all of which I’ve tried in recent months.