From Pope Francis to Ozzy Osbourne, Dick Cheney to Virginia Giuffre, here's a roll call of some of the influential figures ...

Can someone get George RR Martin in here to write a Red Wedding? There’s too many characters to keep track of!

D'Angelo. Brian Wilson. Sly Stone. We lost these greats and so many more in 2025 — singers, producers, conductors and writers whose departures gave us a pang of loss, but whose art still lifts us up.

Recommendations for things to do around Santa Cruz County on New Year's Eve and a final playlist from Wallace Baine highlight his last newsletter before heading off into retirement.