Calendar of Events | Jake Blount, Mali Obomsawin join forces for Kuumbwa Jazz...
SANTA CRUZ Jake Blount, Mali Obomsawin join forces at Kuumbwa Kuumbwa Jazz is not just a place to see music. It’s a venue where patrons can be exposed to different forms of music by different cultures...
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Mount Madonna School gets creepy and kooky with ‘The Addams Family’ musical
WATSONVILLE — This year, seniors in Mount Madonna School’s high school performing arts program will be graduating and bidding farewell to a program that has allowed them to form bonds with those they...
View ArticleWatsonville City Council reaffirms commitment to safety for immigrants
WATSONVILLE — The Watsonville City Council unanimously voted Tuesday to uphold its commitment to the safety and well-being of its local undocumented immigrant community in light of Donald Trump’s...
View ArticleCapitola City Council to seek permit for Monte Foundation Fireworks show
CAPITOLA — A decades-old fireworks show tradition is likely to continue in Capitola, though city leaders are keeping their options open in the face of environmental and public safety concerns. The...
View ArticleEditorial | Why Newsom should ease onerous state building regulations more...
Santa Cruz County residents, especially those who lost property or had fire-damaged homes after the CZU 2020 wildfires, can probably appreciate the new awareness by Gov. Gavin Newsom to waive the...
View ArticleDecision to rebuild end of Santa Cruz Wharf slated for April
SANTA CRUZ — City of Santa Cruz staff provided an overview and update regarding the fate of the Santa Cruz Wharf’s collapsed south end at the Tuesday Santa Cruz City Council meeting, stating that the...
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Photos | Surfers catch waves at Steamer Lane
Late afternoon light illuminates a surfer going left at Steamer Lane last week as a large wave rolls in. A consistent west swell has been providing local wave riders plenty of opportunities to head out...
View ArticleAptos boys soccer begins title defense with win | Local Roundup
Josiah Siqueiros, Ivan Zavala, and Ricardo Ortiz scored, and Aptos High’s boys soccer team earned a 3-0 win over San Lorenzo Valley in the teams’ Santa Cruz Athletic League opener in Felton on...
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Tom Karwin, On Gardening | Growing aeoniums for the ages
Sims aeonium (Aeonium simsii x canariense). This succulent’s bright green leaves are strap-shaped with pointed tips. The leaf margins are lined with translucent cilia, giving them a fringed...
View ArticleScotts Valley’s Lian Bragg, Raul Ortiz among locals at Central Coast Fighting...
SANTA CRUZ — Four Santa Cruz County mixed martial artists are on the fight card for the Central Coast Fighting Championships 5, which takes place at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium on Saturday evening....
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SANTA CRUZ UCSC Produce Pop-Up scheduled through March Affordable organic produce from the UC Santa Cruz Farm and local farmers is available to students, staff, faculty and community members. The...
View ArticleMinus tides offer poke poling fun for youngsters | Fish Rap
A common adage for surfcasters and shore anglers regarding the best time to fish is, ”Two hours before high tide till two hours after high tide.” This makes perfect sense and is most often the best...
View ArticleGuest Commentary | Why is Rep. Jimmy Panetta supporting efforts to suppress...
By Glenn E. Robinson and John Walton In 2018 we published an op-ed critical of Rep. Jimmy Panetta’s support for HR 1697, a bill designed to criminalize peaceful calls for the economic boycott of...
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Monterey County receives nearly $4.1 million USDA grant to improve Pajaro...
LAS LOMAS — The Pajaro River flood of 2023 brought many devastating impacts to the community of Pajaro, including residents being displaced for weeks, the closure of Pajaro Middle School’s campus for...
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Signature-gathering campaign launches for Santa Cruz workforce housing...
SANTA CRUZ — A group of about 30 community members and officials gathered in the paseo of the Cedar Street Apartments in downtown Santa Cruz Thursday afternoon to launch the signature-gathering...
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Picketing nurses at Dominican Hospital sound staff shortage alarms
SANTA CRUZ — More than 50 nurses and health care workers marched for hours outside of Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz Thursday in protest of chronic staffing shortages they say, combined with...
View ArticlePhoto | Santa Cruz Pride hosts LGBTQ+ inclusion in the workplace event at...
Executive coach and author Sharon Papo spoke Thursday morning at Hotel Paradox during “Elevating LGBTQ+ Inclusion in the Workplace: Increasing Revenue, Retention & Respect.” Santa Cruz Pride...
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Evacuations order lifted, Highway 1 remains closed as fire at Moss Landing...
The fire at the Vistra power plant’s battery storage facility in Moss Landing is reflected in Elkhorn Slough as law enforcement patrols on Highway 1 Thursday night. (Shmuel Thaler - Santa Cruz...
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St. Francis’ youth-laden girls basketball team keeps rolling in PCAL’s...
Freshmen guard Liliana Whitmeyer scored a game-high 21 points to help St. Francis High’s girls basketball team beat visiting Greenfield 67-38 and remain unbeaten in Pacific Coast Athletic League...
View ArticlePedestrian from Watsonville struck twice in fatal crash in Las Lomas
LAS LOMAS — A 40-year-old Watsonville resident was killed after being hit by two vehicles while running across a road at approximately 5:29 a.m. Friday at the intersection of Hall Road and Las Lomas...
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