Letter | Terror attacks, Gaza war led by personal agendas
We must stop making the horrific Oct. 7 attack on Israel and the subsequent genocide of the Palestinians in Gaza a matter of religion or of people. This is not Jews against Muslims and neither is it...
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Powerhouse Santa Cruz earns sweep in SCCAL Tournament final | Boys Volleyball
APTOS — At Santa Cruz High, boys volleyball is a way of life. Go to the beach and play volleyball after school. Then head to the gym for indoor practice in the evening. Bonding and community. On the...
View ArticleCabrillo baseball rallies for upset over Fresno City in playoff series opener...
Cabrillo College’s baseball team scored 10 runs over the final three innings and rallied past host Fresno City 14-11 to open its best-of-three NorCal Regional playoffs opener Thursday. The start of the...
View ArticleGary Griggs, Our Ocean Backyard | Bad and good news on energy and climate
My last column was a little personal, and I’m now launching into Year No. 17 of Ocean Backyard articles with a less personal story. I wrote about how there will always be the bad news about the ocean...
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More than 100 Pajaro Valley Unified seniors honored with Seal of Biliteracy
WATSONVILLE — In 2011, Pajaro Valley Unified School District became one of 33 districts in California to honor students with a Seal of Biliteracy, a distinction bestowed upon graduating seniors who are...
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Community celebrates opening of Tabasa Gardens in Watsonville
WATSONVILLE — The feeling in the courtyard at Tabasa Gardens was one of jubilation as community leaders celebrated the opening of Watsonville’s newest housing project. Tabasa Gardens, at 1482 Freedom...
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Santa Cruz film screening highlights fentanyl risks among teens
SANTA CRUZ — The opening scene of “Fentanyl High,” a film by Los Gatos High School senior Kyle Santoro, takes place inside of a home, beaming with morning light but overrun with emergency responders as...
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Santa Cruz celebrates new fire engine during Wildfire Awareness Month
SANTA CRUZ — From firefighters’ bushy mustaches to bell-ringing, the Santa Cruz Fire Department embraces the profession’s rituals as a reflection of its commitment to duty and honor, Fire Chief Rob...
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Harbor’s Gwen Grigsby, Isla Johnson three-peat as SCCAL beach volleyball champs
SANTA CRUZ — Senior Gwen Grigsby and junior Isla Johnson did it again. Harbor High’s star tandem beat Santa Cruz’s Summer Pederson and Natalie Monroe 21-14, 23-21 in the final of the Santa Cruz Coast...
View ArticleCabrillo baseball completes stunning upset of Fresno City | Local Roundup
The No. 23 seed Cabrillo College baseball team competed its stunning upset of No. 2 Fresno City in the first round of the CCCAA NorCal Regional playoffs on Friday. The Seahawks prevailed 11-9 in the...
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Lemoore’s Gauge Garcia earns his first Ocean Sprints feature win | Ocean...
WATSONVILLE — Gauge Garcia, an 18-year-old from Lemoore, earned the first Ocean Sprints feature win in his young career at Ocean Speedway on Friday night. Other event winners included: Bakersfield’s...
View ArticleFocal Point | Junior alerts
The Junior Alert hose team at the corner of Lincoln and Center streets. This young group of future firefighters would compete in the fireman’s tournament hose cart races. One of the structures being...
View ArticleMayor’s Message | Affordable Housing Month celebrations kick off in Santa Cruz
May is affordable housing month, and in Santa Cruz, we are doing so much work in this space – we have a lot to celebrate. While discussions often revolve around upcoming affordable housing projects in...
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Graduating Watsonville High twins get double dose of degrees through dual...
WATSONVILLE — Like their hundreds of peers, Isabel and Mariana Lobato-Vicencio will be walking across the stage at Watsonville High School’s graduation ceremony June 7 to receive their diplomas, but...
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Hundreds brave the rain for Free Comic Book Day
SANTA CRUZ — Despite the rainfall and chilling wind Saturday, hundreds flocked to downtown Santa Cruz for Free Comic Book Day, celebrated this year with the much anticipated holiday for “Star Wars”...
View ArticleSanta Cruz boys volleyball earns No. 1 seed in CCS Open Division | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz High’s boys volleyball team earned the No. 1 seed in the Central Coast Section Open Division playoffs, it was announced at the seeding meeting Saturday. The Cardinals (33-1 overall), the...
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Aptos contingent shows well in finals at CCS Championships | High school...
SAN JOSE — Aptos High senior Sam Allen closed his high school swimming career with a solid showing at the Central Coast Section Championships at Independence High on a rainy Saturday. Allen took fifth...
View ArticleStephen Kessler | Rebranding myself as Surf City Sam
You may be wondering why I’m wearing this tie-dye wetsuit, this hat in the shape of the Giant Dipper, this transparent plastic backpack full of Shakespeare plays in hip-hop translations, riding this...
View ArticleMark Primack | A time and place for tall buildings
Ask me if I’d rather live in an apartment on the second or 10th floor of a building and I’ll tell you I prefer my own home and garden, thank you very much. But then I’d want to know what street and...
View ArticleLetter | A cease-fire would benefit Hamas, despite protests
Thank you to the letter author for writing about the false narrative of the demonstrators who say they are pro-Palestinian and want a cease-fire. In effect that is pro-Hamas. Hamas who surprise...
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