Metro Santa Cruz

Metro Santa Cruz, a free-circulation weekly newspaper published in Santa Cruz, California, was published from 1994 to 2009 It was renamed the Santa Cruz Weekly on May 6, 2009 and continued for five years, under its new name, to cover news, arts and entertainment in Santa Cruz County, a coastal area that includes Capitola, Aptos, Boulder Creek, Scotts Valley and Watsonville. In 2014, its owners purchased Good Times and the papers merged. The Good Times name was retained though the Metro Santa Cruz editorial staff, including editor Steve Palopoli and news editor Jake Pierce charted the joined publications’ editorial course. Popular features of Metro Santa Cruz included Nuz, a free-wheeling un-bylined political column, the "ClubGrid" music calendar and Muz, a music column.