Santa Cruz Weekly
Santa Cruz Weekly was a free-circulation weekly newspaper published in Santa Cruz, California. It began publishing under its current name on May 6, 2009; publication ceased when operations were merged with the competing Good Times weekly on April 2, 2014, with the merged company continuing as Good Times. Formerly known as Metro Santa Cruz, the alternative weekly covered news, people, culture and entertainment in Santa Cruz County, a coastal area that includes Capitola, Aptos, Boulder Creek, Scotts Valley and Watsonville.
Front page of the May 27, 2009 edition of the Santa Cruz Weekly | |
| Type | Alternative weekly |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Metro Newspapers; Dan Pulcrano |
| Publisher | Jeanne Howard |
| Editor | Steve Palopoli |
| Founded | 2009; predecessor founded 1994 |
| Language | English |
| Ceased publication | April 2, 2014 |
| Headquarters | 877 Cedar St. Ste 147 Santa Cruz, CA 95060 |
| Circulation | 33,000 |
| Website | www.santacruzweekly.com |
Locally based in Santa Cruz, the alternative weekly was owned by Metro Newspapers, a company started by Santa Cruz publisher Dan Pulcrano. The company also published Metro in the adjacent Santa Clara Valley, a.k.a. Silicon Valley and the North Bay Bohemian in the Sonoma/Napa/Marin area. In 2014, Metro bought the competing alternative weekly, Good Times, and merged the two papers under the Good Times banner.