Letter | Consider a campaign to rebuild Capitola Trestle
Why not have a public campaign to help raise money to rebuild the iconic Capitola Trestle beloved by residents and visitors alike? School children’s pennies and a Pulitzer campaign helped build the...
View ArticleLetter | Report: RTC doesn’t own 61% of rail corridor
How can Jim Weller’s Letter to the Editor correction (“RTC owns nearly all the land along rail corridor”) to a “misinformed” LTE be so misinformed … and by his own data? Interesting … because Mr....
View ArticleLetter | Arabs were unwilling to accept Jewish state
A local writer in his 4/27/24 letter falsely claimed that the United Nations created Israel. Not true. The U.N. voted for a Partition of British Mandatory Palestine into a Jewish state and an Arab...
View ArticleLetter | Climate: Rescind giant subsidies to oil producers
The Sentinel has reported on the latest Presidential Disaster Declaration encompassing Santa Cruz County following our winter storms’ damage estimated at $7.4 million. FEMA concurred with about $1.3...
View ArticleGuest Commentary | A search for answers on funding and resources for coastal...
By Bruce McPherson and Eduardo Montesino As long-time elected representatives for the northernmost and southernmost reaches of Santa Cruz County, we believe the community conversation over the Rail...
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No party for A’s on Cinco de Marlins | Glimpse of the Action
Oakland A's relief pitcher Mitch Spence delivers the ball as Miami's Nick Gordon attempts to steal second base in the third inning during a MLB game at Oakland Coliseum on Sunday. (Raul Ebio - Santa...
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Santa Cruz native Natalia Grossman wins 10th Boulder World Cup Gold | Local...
Santa Cruz native Natalia Grossman, a 22-year-old who lives and trains in Salt Lake City, continued her dominance in front of friends and family by winning the IFSC World Cup Series 2024 stop in Utah...
View ArticleWatsonville Planning Commission to consider alcohol license for new...
WATSONVILLE — Three years after its shuttering, the former Kmart building on Freedom Boulevard may see new life as a supermarket with an on-site taproom. Before it can do so, a pair of Department of...
View ArticleSt. Francis’ Pedro ‘Jr.’ Ibarra commits to San Jose State | High school baseball
WATSONVILLE — Pedro “Jr.” Ibarra, a four-year starter for St. Francis High’s baseball team, will follow in his older brother Ruben’s footsteps and continue his playing career at NCAA Division I San...
View ArticleGuest Commentary | History and fairness: Why WAMM’s dispensary application...
By Sen. John Laird I’ve been involved in the Santa Cruz community since I arrived as a student at UCSC in 1968, and I realize it gives me a historical perspective those who have come of age since are...
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Rail studies along Santa Cruz County, Central Coast get federal funding boost
SANTA CRUZ — Federal funds geared toward exploration and development of passenger rail service in Santa Cruz County and the Central Coast region more broadly have officially pulled into the station....
View ArticleSanta Cruz County sheriff to fentanyl dealers: ‘We’re coming after you’
SANTA CRUZ — Last year’s combined death toll attributed to homicides, traffic crashes and suicides countywide could not quite reach the number of lives claimed by fentanyl-related overdoses,...
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Aptos wins seven events, SCCAL Championships team title | Girls track and field
SOQUEL — Aptos High’s girls track and field team won seven events and benefitted from its depth to win the team title at the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Championships at Soquel High on Monday....
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Soquel’s Braylon Noble steals show win four wins; thrower Logan Brantley...
SOQUEL — It was mostly the usual suspects at the boys’ SCCAL Track and Field Championships at Soquel High on Monday, plus a few eye-opening finishes. Soquel senior Braylon Noble, who will compete in...
View ArticleSanta Cruz’s Isaac Weintraub misses cut at U.S. Open Local Qualifying | Local...
Santa Cruz’s Isaac Weintraub missed the cut at U.S. Open Local Qualifying at The Fountaingrove Club in Santa Rosa on Monday. Weintraub, a former touring pro who serves as Director of Instruction at...
View ArticleQuick Bites | Santa Cruz Restaurant Walk to benefit Common Roots Farm
SANTA CRUZ Restaurant Walk benefits Common Roots Farm Capitola Coast Lions Club is hosting the annual Santa Cruz Restaurant Walk, with 17 downtown Santa Cruz venues, from 5:30-8:30 p.m. May 15....
View ArticleLetter | Has US not learned lessons from other wars?
I am a 93-year-old member of U.S. Veterans for Peace, and a Marine survivor of the 1950’s Korean War. For far too long the U.S. has politically, financially and militarily been involved in many...
View ArticleLetter | Fortunate to have our firefighters and medics
Our local firefighters are the best! We are so lucky to have them. Medics too. They deserve everything they need. I’m delighted the firefighters got the brand-new, state-of-the-art fire engine 3112! As...
View ArticleLetter | Immigration and a better use of Mexico’s funds
I have this great idea. The country of Mexico is building a high-speed passenger train in the Yucatan Peninsula. What if they postpone the building of the high-speed railroad and divert those funds...
View ArticleSanta Cruz RV parking law heads to Coastal Commission
SANTA CRUZ — A local effort to halt the five-year renewal of Santa Cruz’s large-vehicle overnight parking ban has earned little initial support at the state. On Thursday afternoon, the California...
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