Brad Kava

New Rochelle

Editor at Good Times SC

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Articles

The Editor's Desk | Good Times

3 weeks ago | goodtimes.sc | Brad Kava

Body art is so ubiquitous it’s hard to believe tattooing was illegal in Santa Cruz until 1986. Our cover story takes a look at some of the latest trends in tattoo art, artists and clients as the body icons are growing in size, location, color and artistry. We’ve recently come across two people who had the ashes of loved ones mixed in with the ink to keep a piece of art in their hearts and on their bodies.
Pride Parade Photos

3 weeks ago | goodtimes.sc | Brad Kava

Here are a bunch of shots from today’s parade…
The Editor's Desk | Good Times

1 month ago | goodtimes.sc | Brad Kava

I’ll never forget when my then 4-year-old son started to understand where food comes from. We were talking about how fish eat worms and flies, then birds eat the fish and then predators eat the birds. “It’s a good thing we don’t eat animals,” he said. “We eat food.”I got a kick under the table from his mother telling me not to explain. But eventually I did, and he was grossed out that we ate meat but he justified it saying that since animals eat animals and we are animals, he was OK eating meat.
Modern-Day Slavery

1 month ago | goodtimes.sc | Brad Kava

We live in a world where, in America, citizens are being taken off the street, put on planes and sent to death camps in other countries. But the unjust imprisonment of our neighbors—the people we see walking down the sidewalks, often based simply on the color of their skin—is nothing new. While our own prisons don’t yet rival the sheer horror of El Salvador, our own prisoners day-to-day, held within a country with the highest incarceration rate in the world, is shrouded in secrecy.
The Editor's Desk | Good Times

1 month ago | goodtimes.sc | Brad Kava

When certain people talk about making America great again, they aren’t talking about a time when there were human rights for all. As we are seeing daily, while right-wing states ban pride flags and all talk of equal rights, they are saluting just the opposite. They are bringing back hatred and cruelty, attempting to destroy the progress we have made in equality, inclusion and diversity. I got chills when I read Kyara Rodriguez’s story in our Pride features this week.
The Editor's Desk | Good Times

1 month ago | goodtimes.sc | Brad Kava

The real battle is just beginning. Can the environment be saved or will it be destroyed in the name of profits? We are seeing it unfold right here in our county, as local environmentalists struggle to save an endangered fish population from neglect and spending cuts. “Why do we have to choose between environmental protections and economic development?
Medina threatens lawsuit for censure resolution

1 month ago | goodtimes.sc | Brad Kava

Seeks $35,000 from two trusteesBy Todd GuildOf The PajaronianPajaro Valley Unified School District Trustee Gabe Medina has threatened to file a defamation lawsuit against two fellow Board members over a recent attempt to censure him during a May 7 Board meeting. In an email to trustees Misty Navarro and Olivia Flores—who placed the censure on the agenda and were the sole yes votes in the failed motion—Medina is asking for $35,000 in damages to avoid the lawsuit.
The Editor's Desk | Good Times

1 month ago | goodtimes.sc | Brad Kava

If you are reading this at 3am, I’m here to tell you there are better ways to deal with insomnia. Check our important cover story by Richard Stockton, who talks to sleep experts for suggestions on how to conquer that crazy monster under the bed that keeps you up at all hours. A bad night’s sleep isn’t just uncomfortable: it has major health consequences. It shortens lives, affects brain power and can send you downward toward heart attacks and strokes.
The Editor's Desk | Good Times

1 month ago | goodtimes.sc | Brad Kava

Sometimes it feels like people don’t read books anymore. Maybe I should correct this to younger people. They have screens and electronics and many say books just seem outdated. It’s a scary thought, given that we have a president who doesn’t read and thinks there were airports during the Revolutionary War.
The Editor's Desk | Good Times

2 months ago | goodtimes.sc | Brad Kava

You don’t have to work too hard to keep Santa Cruz weird. It’s always been weird and it always will be, we hope, despite the homogenized housing towers blanketing the downtown, right? We are the Northern California capital of kitsch, but in a good way. This is a community that boycotted efforts to build a chain bookstore downtown and has favored independent stores over chains.