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Photos | UC Santa Cruz team prepares for premier of Shakespeare’s ‘The Comedy...
Student actors rehearse a scene. From left, Eleven Turoff, Brenna Carrera, Kyle Lieu, Madison Tan and Eleanor Fleckenstein. (Shmuel Thaler - Santa Cruz Sentinel)Student stage manager Casey Moore keeps...
View ArticleGuest Commentary | Think globally, act locally on housing plan
By Laura C. Lee Ironically, this year’s presidential inauguration on Martin Luther King Day precipitated a Santa Cruz community organizer to set himself ablaze atop the Black Lives Matter mural in...
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Watsonville boys soccer edges rival Pajaro Valley with late goal | Local Roundup
A late-game position change served Elisco Mora and Watsonville High’s boys soccer team well on Wednesday. Mora was moved from center defender to forward and scored on a pass from Niko Gallegos in the...
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Atmospheric river storm forces evacuations in Felton, Watsonville
SANTA CRUZ — A Valentine’s Day eve atmospheric river storm swept through Santa Cruz County Thursday, forcing road closures and evacuations for residents under flood threats. The county Sheriff’s Office...
View ArticlePedestrian killed in early-morning collision along Highway 1 in North Santa...
SANTA CRUZ — A pedestrian was killed early Thursday after he was struck by a car traveling along Highway 1 in North Santa Cruz County, according to a release from the California Highway Patrol’s Santa...
View ArticleHome & Garden Digest
LIVE OAK The Grange to hold Grafting Workshop Ready to learn how to graft? Or is it just time to “up” your grafting game? Join the Monterey Bay chapter of California Rare Fruit Growers from 3-6 p.m....
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Tom Karwin, On Gardening | Sequential planning focuses on geophytes
Tuberous begonia (Begonia x tuberhybrida pendula 'Illumination Apricot'). Begonias are divided into seven informal groups by growth habit. Plants in the tuberous group are characterized by thickened...
View ArticleMonterey County residents sue Vistra, others for damages due to Moss Landing...
MOSS LANDING — Despite testing from the county and corporations saying there is no risk to public health, many Monterey County residents near and around the site of the Moss Landing Battery Plant fire...
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Pajaro Valley Unified School District board votes down proposed staff cuts
WATSONVILLE — The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees voted to reject a pair of resolutions that would have cut up to 100 classified and certificated employee positions by a slim...
View ArticleSanta Cruz Wharf, beaches slated for temporary closure due to severe weather
SANTA CRUZ — Due to predicted high swell and severe weather, the city of Santa Cruz will close the Santa Cruz Wharf and multiple beaches Friday with a tentative plan to reopen coastal areas Saturday....
View ArticleGuest Commentary | California seniors paying the price for continued Medicare...
By Donaldo Hernandez, MD According to the California Health Care Foundation, over 11 million Californians live in an area that is experiencing a shortage of doctors. That’s one out of every three...
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Four county teams cap perfect league seasons | Local Roundup
Senior Valeria Acosta scored twice, and Pajaro Valley High’s girls soccer team beat visiting North Salinas 5-0 to finish unbeaten in the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Mission Division on a rainy...
View ArticleCareer outings from Blake Hinson, Yuri Collins help Santa Cruz stun Stockton...
SANTA CRUZ — The Santa Cruz Warriors didn’t wait for the weekend to turn in an All-Star performance. Forward Blake Hinson posted a double-double, scoring a career-high 42 points to go along with 11...
View ArticleStephen Kessler | Renaissance in downtown Santa Cruz?
Caught in an economic twilight zone between the COVID pandemic and the completion of several new big-box apartment blocks — not to mention the sky-high SoLa neighborhood envisioned by the city and its...
View ArticleTom Wright | Sentinel to rename hero award in honor of Jessica A. York
When Santa Cruz Sentinel reporter Jessica A. York told Mary Gaukel Forster that she would be the newspaper’s first winner of the Santa Cruz County Hero award, she quickly teared up. “It’s not for me....
View ArticleNancy Miller Gomez named new Santa Cruz County poet laureate
SANTA CRUZ — Santa Cruz County has a new artistic ambassador who will spend the next year highlighting poetry and literary arts, including readings at county functions. In other words, Nancy Miller...
View ArticleSanta Cruz | Construction begins on long-delayed Murray Street Bridge...
SANTA CRUZ — After years of stops and starts, the Murray Street Bridge Seismic Retrofit and Barrier replacement project in Santa Cruz is underway and will begin to affect traffic next month. The Murray...
View ArticleSale of historic Bayview Hotel in Aptos collapses
APTOS — The sale of the historic Bayview Hotel in Aptos Village, once thought to be on the glide path to success, has fallen through and the 147-year-old building is back on the market. Datta Khalsa of...
View ArticlePhoto | Construction continues on new home on West Cliff Drive
Allen Burros got framing into place recently on a Putney Construction residential project on West Cliff Drive between Columbia Street and Woodrow Avenue. The 3,000-square-foot house with a...
View ArticleAptos locks up boys soccer title with win over Scotts Valley | Local Roundup
Nami Banks scored in each half, Aptos High’s boys soccer team locked up the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title with their 5-1 win over Scotts Valley on Friday. Nicolas Topete and Damian Garcia each...
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