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.

The company also publishes Metro in the adjacent Santa Clara Valley, a.k.a.

The newspaper commemorated its 15th anniversary in April 2009 with a photographic tribute to prominent Santa Cruzans, including wet suit inventor Jack O'Neill, musicians Greg Camp and Dale Ockerman, former California secretary of state Bruce McPherson and others.

The essay was photographed by Santa Cruz native Dina Scoppettone.