Good Times (newspaper) 2008 it won first place for environmental and agricultural reporting. Good Times (newspaper) Good Times is a free-circulation weekly newspaper based in Santa Cruz, California. "Good Times" is distributed in Santa Cruz County, a coastal area that includes Capitola, Rio del Mar, Aptos and Watsonville. It is owned by the Northern California-based Metro Newspapers. Dan Pulcrano is the CEO and executive editor. "Good Times" was founded in 1975 by Jay Shore, who remained its owner/operator and editor for 13 years. Shore established "Good Times" amidst a proliferation in the 1970s of short-lived free counterculture newspapers in Santa Cruz County that
Good Times (newspaper) Times" was the first publication to give voice to Rob Brezsny's "Free Will Astrology" Column. "Good Times" publishes features on news, opinion, entertainment, arts and events. Originally, the publication started as a reaction to the political journalism of the 1970s and focused on entertainment. "Good Times’ motto was 'lighter than air.' They only printed good news," recalls former columnist Bruce Bratton. Over time, the weekly has expanded its coverage and since 2000 has won more than 24 awards in editorial competitions. "Good Times" won an award for General Excellence in the California Newspaper Publishers Association Better Newspaper Contest 2006–2007. In