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Author to host story times, art project to coincide with environmentally...
CAPITOLA — Litter is widely viewed as a blight on nature, so it is no surprise that municipalities are creating more programs to get rid of trash polluting the natural world. These include initiatives...
View ArticleStephen Kessler | Mysteries of ‘revolutionary suicide’
Under current circumstances I can almost understand why a seeker of justice and advocate for equality might not want to live. And I believe that anyone has the right, after considering the...
View ArticlePhoto | Community members bring flowers to Santa Cruz City Hall in support of...
Community members brought flowers, candles, photographs and other mementos to Santa Cruz City Hall this week to unite in wishing community activist Thairie Ritchie healing as he recovers from burns....
View ArticlePhoto | Excavator digs down in Live Oak
A private contractor uses an excavator as work progresses to protect armoring on a resident’s property in Live Oak.
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Aptos’ boys, SC’s girls win team titles at SCCAL Championships | High school...
FELTON — Three high school wrestling teams — Aptos, Soquel, and Santa Cruz — finished the dual-meet season with identical 4-1 records. That meant whoever showed out at the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic...
View ArticleGary Griggs, Our Ocean Backyard | County piers come and go
Multiple piers have come and gone along the Santa Cruz coast, and in the last two columns I have slowly meandered south from Waddell’s Wharf near Año Nuevo on the north to Santa Cruz on the south,...
View ArticlePhoto | San Lorenzo Valley High takes home the crown at SCCAL wrestling...
San Lorenzo Valley High’s Jennifer Black, left, and Scotts Valley’s Citlali Lopez wait for the whistle to begin their match in the finals of the 115 lbs. division Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League...
View ArticleAs electric vehicles get heavier, they’re also getting more dangerous, safety...
Electric vehicles have rapidly grown in popularity over the last several years as they’ve gotten cheaper, more powerful and easier to charge. But in some cases, say traffic safety experts, they’ve also...
View ArticlePhoto | Pummeled Santa Cruz Wharf takes on more atmospheric river storms
The truncated end of the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf is battered by waves this week as a series of atmospheric river storms rolled through Santa Cruz County. A massive swell on Dec. 23 broke off about...
View ArticleFocal Point | The early days of New Brighton State Beach
The name New Brighton was first applied to the hotel of a short-lived seaside resort, Camp San Jose. The camp, founded by Thomas Fallon in 1878, was located just east of Capitola. Fallon was married to...
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‘Absolute hell’: Residents struggle against nature, bureaucrats, banks and...
Just a month after she bought her red-doored dream home, Ana Wold’s little gray Boulder Creek house burned to the ground in the 2020 Santa Cruz Mountains firestorm. Now she’s walking away from a...
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Shredding at Sears | Glimpse of the Action
The younger group of skateboarders flood the arena inside the old Sears store at the Capitola Mall on Saturday during the opening rounds of the Capitola Classic 2025. Hundreds of skaters in multiple...
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Harbor High School students earn accolades at international film competition...
SANTA CRUZ — Students from Harbor High School’s International Baccalaureate film class recently returned from the “Clash of the Titans” student film competition in Paris, France, where they took home...
View ArticleSt. Francis wrestler Johnny Croghan takes second at PCAL Championships
HOLLISTER — St. Francis High senior wrestler Johnny Croghan took second place in his weight division at the Pacific Coast Athletic League Championships at Hollister High on Saturday. Croghan (27-6...
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Youth-laden Harbor upsets short-handed Aptos in girls basketball | Local Roundup
Harbor High’s youth-laden girls basketball upset shorthanded Aptos 27-26 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League finale on Saturday. It was the Pirates’ first league win since beating Ceiba on...
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After the Moss Landing battery fire, should California limit where battery...
A business park in South San Jose. Jack London Square in Oakland. The San Diego waterfront. Next door to a high school in Santa Barbara County. Across California, large battery storage plants are being...
View ArticlePhoto | Vintage clothing store sees expansion
David Ellenwood installs a new sign for Forever Thrift, a used and vintage clothing store on Seabright Ave. in Santa Cruz that has added to its original location with an expansion into part of the...
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Pogonip’s blue-collar co-ed sports | Ross Eric Gibson, Local History
Three female and two male golfers play a round, and were sometimes joined by youngsters as a family sport. (Ross Eric Gibson collection)In 1979, the slogan was: “O” for open space, not sprawl. (Ross...
View ArticleName Dropping | Yvette Lopez Brooks begins serving as United Way of Santa...
United Way of Santa Cruz County announced that Yvette Lopez Brooks started serving as its CEO last week after resigning as Capitola mayor. “Stepping into this role as CEO of United Way of Santa Cruz...
View ArticleSCCAL Basketball Tournaments schedule
SCCAL BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS SCHEDULE BOYS Monday’s First round No. 5 Harbor at No. 4 Scotts Valley, 6 p.m. No. 6 SLV at No. 3 Soquel, 7 p.m. Thursday’s semifinals Highest remaining seed vs. No. 2...
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