Metro Silicon Valley
Metro Silicon Valley is an independent, free alternative weekly newspaper covering news, arts and entertainment, style and culture.
cover stories
SJZ Summer Fest
https://www.metrosiliconvalley.com/how-it-began/
2024 Trends and Predictions
https://www.metrosiliconvalley.com/trendspotting-and-2024-predictions/
Silicon Valley Pride Guide
https://www.metrosiliconvalley.com/silicon-valley-pride-guide-2023/
news
Risky Plates: Law enforcement technology collides with reproductive rights
https://www.metrosiliconvalley.com/risky-plates/
San José Voted Second-Greenest City in the State
https://www.metrosiliconvalley.com/san-jose-voted-second-greenest-city-in-the-state/
arts & entertainment
Craig Before the Creek and San José Taiko: Craig Before the Creek Highlights Local Music
https://www.metrosiliconvalley.com/craig-before-the-creek-and-san-jose-taiko/
A Wave of Surf Music Rolls into Art Boutiki: KFJC Bring International Surf Classic Back
https://www.metrosiliconvalley.com/a-wave-of-surf-music-rolls-into-art-boutiki/
Theater: How I Learned What I Learned: an autobiographical one-man-show to kick off Black History Month
https://www.metrosiliconvalley.com/how-i-learned-what-i-learned/
etc. all the links in one spot: additional stories and blurbs
https://www.metrosiliconvalley.com/author/lia-prusha/
Good Times Santa Cruz
Good Times Santa Cruz is an iconic alt-weekly paper serving Surf City and Santa Cruz County.
covers
Good Times with Shameless Sex: Local Sexperts Help Take Shame Out of Your Game
https://www.goodtimes.sc/good-times-with-shameless-sex/
news
Parks for All: Capitola Latest City in Santa Cruz County with Plans to Make Parks Universally Accessible, Making Available to Children of All Abilities
https://www.goodtimes.sc/parks-for-all/
Juneteenth March Celebrates its Third Year
https://www.goodtimes.sc/juneteenth-march/
Q & A: Public Health Officer on Post-Covid Protocols as Pandemic Status Ends
https://www.goodtimes.sc/life-in-santa-cruz-county-after-the-covid-induced-public-health-emergency/
Santa Cruz Ahead of Proposed CA Law For Gender-Neutral Bathrooms in K-12 Schools
https://www.goodtimes.sc/nonbinary-bathrooms-california-schools/
Volunteer Fire Departments Keep Santa Cruz Mountains Safe
https://www.goodtimes.sc/volunteer-fire-departments-keep-the-santa-cruz-mountains-safe/
etc. all the links in one spot
https://www.goodtimes.sc/author/lia-prusha/
My Substack: After the Estrangement
It all begins with an idea.
https://aftertheestrangement.substack.com
My experiences with decisions we should never have had to make. In this newsletter, I explore the grief, heartbreak, and isolation of going no-contact; but also the healing we find along the way. The pitch: heartbreak: but funny!