Family, friends remember local historian ‘Bonny Doon Bob’ Piwarzyk
BONNY DOON — Robert “Bob” Piwarzyk, a local historian, author and fixture within the San Lorenzo Valley community for decades, died Jan. 18 at his home in Bonny Doon. He was 87. Known affectionately...
View ArticleGary Griggs, Our Ocean Backyard | A tribute to Phyllis Norris, the ‘Snake Lady’
While the late Ken Norris was an astute professor and observer of nature, his wife Phyllis Norris was a force of nature. Sadly, Phylly passed several weeks ago at the age of 95 at their family home in...
View ArticleFocal Point | Looking back at women’s fashion by the sea
On March 14, the Capitola Historical Museum will reopen for the season and premiere the 2025 exhibition titled “The Naughty Surf, Fashion Turning Points in Capitola 1860s-1960s.” Dramatic turning...
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Santa Cruz County STEAM Expo combines the arts and sciences
WATSONVILLE — Nearly 200 K-12 students from around Santa Cruz County brought their unique science experiments and works of art to the fairgrounds in Watsonville for the 2025 Santa Cruz County STEAM...
View ArticleGuest Commentary | Negative Sentinel Editorial on train was misleading
Ed. note: The Sentinel Editorial of March 5 regarding passenger rail plans predictably generated numerous responses. On March 7, we published a rebuttal from RTC member Mike Rotkin and, in the interest...
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Santa Cruz holds off upset-minded Lincoln for return trip to NorCal final |...
SANTA CRUZ — Santa Cruz High’s DeMarco Hunter had a first quarter that won’t be forgotten anytime soon by anyone who witnessed the CIF Division IV NorCal Regional basketball semifinals on Saturday...
View ArticleKaleb Wing’s two HRs, eight RBI pace SV’s baseball rout of Watsonville |...
Loyola Marymount University committed Kaleb Wing had a career day, and Scotts Valley High’s baseball team routed visiting Watsonville 21-1 in the teams’ five inning nonleague game Saturday. Wing had...
View ArticleBranford Marsalis Quartet had to jell all over again before tackling this...
In the mid-1970s Keith Jarrett wasn’t just a popular jazz pianist. He was a genuine phenomenon so astoundingly productive that he put his era-defining “American Quartet” with saxophonist Dewey Redman,...
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Scotts Valley celebrates Alfred Hitchcock Festival for third year
British film producer and director Alfred Hitchcock, peeping behind a garden fork in the lawns of Pinewood Studios, at Iver, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom on July 22, 1971. (AP Photo/Bob Dear)In this...
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Name Dropping | Pacific Collegiate School wins Santa Cruz County Mock Trial
Pacific Collegiate School won the 2025 Santa Cruz County Mock Trial following a riveting finals event at the Santa Cruz Courthouse. The Pacific Collegiate School team is now eligible to compete at the...
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Hitchcock and the Santa Cruz bird invasion | Ross Eric Gibson, Local History
British born movie producer Alfred Joseph Hitchcock in 1980. (AP file photo)The Venetian Court in Santa Cruz was the stage for an apocalyptic scene so scary, it appeared to be the end of the world....
View ArticlePhoto | Surfing through the spray
Santa Cruz surfer Adam Bartlett blasts through the foam during his semifinal heat at USA Surfing’s West Coast Prime Series contest at Steamer Lane on Sunday. Bartlett scored waves of 2.17, 3.37, 6.23...
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Santa Cruz’s Brody Price earns win at West Coast Prime Series event at...
Santa Cruz’s Brody Price took first place in the U16 boys division on the final day of the USA Surfing’s West Coast Prime Series at Steamer Lane, his hometown break, on Sunday. Price, 15, a freshman...
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Santa Cruz snaps five-game skid with win at Chase Center in SF | NBA G League
SAN FRANCISCO — The Santa Cruz Warriors, fighting to secure a berth in the West Conference playoffs during the home stretch of the NBA G League’s regular season, rounded up their big guns for their...
View ArticleWatsonville Community Hospital workers reach tentative agreement with...
WATSONVILLE — A few days after voting to authorize a strike, Watsonville Community Hospital service workers reached a tentative agreement with hospital management Thursday, staving off a strike. Union...
View ArticleWatsonville City Council to consider appeal of ‘micro village’ plan
WATSONVILLE — Three months after the Watsonville Planning Commission unanimously voted to deny an appeal of a proposed 34-unit homeless shelter on property owned by and adjacent to Westview...
View ArticleMore history at stake for Santa Cruz in Tuesday’s D-IV NorCal Regional final...
The No. 1 seed for Division IV boys basketball programs in Northern California stands between Santa Cruz High and more local history. Santa Cruz is attempting to become the first team from Santa Cruz...
View ArticlePhoto | Dog days are here
Kristyn Tone, Michelle Nolan, Angela Reyes and Judy Mathis maintain their roles as leaders of the pack as the humans get in their steps along with a mélange of pooches on Park Way in Santa Cruz. Nolan...
View ArticlePhoto | Getting a glimpse of campus
A cyclist, at far right, pedals along McLaughlin Drive at UC Santa Cruz as prospective students are treated to a campus tour. Total enrollment at UCSC for fall 2024 was 19,938, including 17,940...
View ArticleEditorial | Why attacks on university funding are wrong on two levels
President Trump threatened last week to take away federal funds from universities that allow what he called “illegal protests.” The cuts apparently began with Columbia University, site of probably the...
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