Good Times (newspaper)
| Type | Alternative weekly |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner | Weeklysmedia group |
| Founder | Jay Shore |
| Publisher | Dan Pulcrano |
| President | Dan Pulcrano |
| Editor-in-chief | Brad Kava |
| Founded | April 3, 1975 |
| Headquarters | Santa Cruz, California |
| Circulation | 35,000 |
| ISSN | 0164-4033 |
| OCLC number | 4708924 |
| Website | goodtimes |
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 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.