Letter | Clarifying the No vote on Greenway Measure D
In an April 5 letter, a writer opined that “Only 37% of the electorate voted on the June 2022 ballot measure (Measure D). So, 73.23% of 37% did vote No, while 63% of registered voters did not bother to...
View ArticleLetter | Lack of representation on rail trail project vote
I’m writing to protest Supervisor Zach Friend’s failure to vote on the rail trail project. In essence it’s taxation without representation. He is supposed to represent thousands of taxpaying households...
View ArticleLetter | Define the rail-trail benefits to entire county
If the RTC and county supervisors are sincere about justifying the cost and cost overruns of the rail and trail, why isn’t there a planning component that clearly quantifies the benefit to the county...
View ArticleLetter | Climate change behind severity of storms
The severity of storms is increasing. We will always have storms — tornadoes, floods, hurricanes, forest fires and periods of drought — but the severity of these phenomena is greater because of climate...
View ArticleLetter | 50-year plan would dump traffic into neighborhoods
That 50 year West Cliff vision was exactly the post-disaster city staff’s snap plans revealed over a year ago, and after a long exercise in not-all-that-objective a process of mass persuasion to change...
View ArticleLetter | Argument ‘ridiculous’ against dispensary
As someone who lives in the neighborhood, I am not excited about a (cannabis) dispensary coming in. Yet I feel the argument of being near schools ridiculous; dispensaries are vigilant in who they let...
View ArticleLetter | O.J.’s on his final search for the ‘real killer’
I received the O.J. cartoon (April 12) and proceeded to circulate it amongst 10 friends – they all loved it! Very clever and, oh so true. — Gene Michalak, San Francisco The Sentinel welcomes your...
View ArticleLetter | Beware of ‘personal agenda’ on ethnic studies
I am writing in response to Gil Stein’s letter criticizing both Liberated Ethnic Studies and local scholars. It is difficult to take Mr. Stein’s arguments in good faith when he has previously stated...
View ArticleLetter | Stale conservative talking points on ethnic studies
Professor Stephen Zunes’ letter was spot on! Gil Stein is of course regurgitating the stale old conservative talking points. Professor Zunes described (Gov.) Newsom’s, (state education chief)...
View ArticleSC’s Jay Thomson, Mari Friedman earn wins at Surfer’s Path Half Marathon |...
A pair of Santa Cruzans, Jay Thomson and Mari Friedman, earned wins at the Surfer’s Path Half Marathon in Santa Cruz on Sunday. Thomson (1 hour, 11 minutes, and 3 seconds) took first out of 998...
View ArticleGuest Commentary | Banning fishing won’t protect local kelp forests from...
By Ethan Estess I recently read an impassioned Sentinel Guest Commentary (April 4) urging support for the creation of new marine protected areas (MPAs) that would ban all fishing in the waters off of...
View ArticleState Parks to reinforce storm-resistant dunes in Aptos
APTOS — A pair of dunes will be on full display this week in Aptos. But don’t get too excited science fiction fans, the happening doesn’t include Timothée Chalamet riding a sand worm to Santa Cruz....
View ArticlePresident Joe Biden approves disaster declaration in Santa Cruz County
SANTA CRUZ — For the eighth time since 2017, the White House has approved a Presidential Disaster Declaration encompassing Santa Cruz County. The latest declaration, OK’d Saturday by President Joe...
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Judge: Man charged with Watsonville murder ‘restored to competency’
SANTA CRUZ — The suspended murder case of a Watsonville man will move forward this week after a judge deemed he had been restored to competency. Hector Rocha Hector Rocha, 45, has been charged with...
View ArticleCal Fire conducts Empire Grade pile burns
SANTA CRUZ — Cal Fire officials expected to begin burning some 60 piles of vegetation Tuesday across 8 acres on the west side of lower Empire Grade. The Lower Empire Grade Shaded Fuel Break project,...
View ArticleLetter | Ethnic Studies: PVUSD board members maligned
I watched online PVUSD’s board meeting on March 27. What I saw when it came time for public comments on non-agenda items was outrageous. The board members, Trustee Kim De Serpa and President Georgia...
View ArticleLetter | GOP inviting Russia, Iran, North Korea invasions
As the Republicans were swayed by Hitler and his propaganda to keep America out of World War II for as long as possible so has Trump and his allies in Congress. They use Putin talking points in keeping...
View ArticleLetter | Don’t fight making West Cliff one lane for vehicles
Those fighting to keep West Cliff Drive two lanes for cars reminds me of the Arana Gulch neighbors who fought that bike/pedestrian path for 25 years. Twenty-five years of no. When it was finally built...
View ArticleLetter | Residents know why one-way West Cliff won’t work
Although Bike Santa Cruz County proponents of a one-way West Cliff see it as “primarily a recreation corridor” dominated by tourists, those of us who live in the neighborhoods between Mission and West...
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Washington’s Taehoon Song holds early lead at 77th Western Intercollegiate |...
SANTA CRUZ — University of Washington’s Taehoon Song, a senior out of Osan, South Korea, jumped out to the early lead in the first round of the 77th Western Intercollegiate at Pasatiempo Golf Club on...
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