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How Jordan McCord secured a spot on University of Arizona’s football team |...
SOQUEL — Soquel High senior Jordan McCord, a 5-foot-10, 175-pound standout receiver and defensive back, has dreamed of playing NCAA Division I football since the day he took up the sport. That day may...
View ArticleFocal Point | California Saddle Leather
Norman Lezin was president of A.K. Salz Tannery, known for their unique type of leather – “California Saddle Leather” – from 1947 to 1990. In this 1951 photo, he is seen inspecting tan oak that was...
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Mayor’s Message | Community continues to face fiscal challenges
In the face of ongoing economic challenges affecting families, cities, counties, and individuals alike, everyone is feeling the impacts. As we reflect on the past and look toward the future, it’s...
View ArticlePhoto | Watsonville mural honors Rosie Tabasa
A 300-square-foot mosaic rises over Freedom Boulevard this week at the Tabasa Gardens affordable housing project in Watsonville. The mosaic, designed by 2023 Aptos High School graduate Caitlin Bayaca...
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Felton Remembers Parade celebrates 34 years
FELTON — Community members from San Lorenzo Valley, Santa Cruz County and over the hill lined up along Highway 9 in Felton on a drizzly, but warm Saturday morning for the 34th annual Felton Remembers...
View ArticlePole vaulter Jonelle Scott, sprinter Nathaniel Guillory earn third-place...
Soquel High senior Jonelle Scott placed third in the girls’ pole vault final at the 104th CIF State Championships at Buchanan High in Clovis at Buchanan High on Saturday. Scott cleared a height of 12...
View ArticlePhoto | Black Graduation Ceremony honors the class of 2024 in Santa Cruz
Members of Santa Cruz County’s high school class of 2024 are honored on Saturday at the 25th annual Black Graduation Ceremony at London Nelson Community Center in Santa Cruz. Sixteen students from high...
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Beauty professionals from around California pamper farmworkers at makeover event
Under the stark white glow of a ring light, Blanca Garibay quietly holds still as a makeup artist applies foundation to her cheeks, as soul and R&B pour into the crowded room. Most days, Garibay...
View ArticleSanta Cruz man dies in crash on Graham Hill Road
SANTA CRUZ — A 45-year-old Santa Cruz man died early Sunday morning after his vehicle left the roadway on Graham Hill Road north of Santa Cruz. According to the California Highway Patrol, the man was...
View ArticleName Dropping | Education office honors local educators
The Santa Cruz County Office of Education recently announced the recipients of the 2024 Santa Cruz County Educator of the Year Awards, according to a release from the office. The honors recognize...
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Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County offers help with CalFresh...
Did you know that CalFresh, also known as EBT/SNAP, is available to a wide range of individuals — including those with and without kids, and those who have previously applied and been denied? And that...
View ArticleLetter |‘Climate catastrophe’ is already with us
We have been reassured by Sue Holt (‘The scientific roots of climate catastrophe,’ Guest Commentary, May 23) that climate catastrophe is not in our futures. The dire predictions were based on bad...
View ArticleLetter | Haley ‘caved’ by endorsing Trump after her criticisms
Nikki Haley. She caved! She will vote for Trump. Her rationale? Joe Biden is a catastrophe. Such a catastrophe that she will embrace all that she criticized Trump for. She said he is unhinged, that he...
View ArticleLetter | Goodman columns give important perspectives
The Sentinel has chosen to publish several Letters to the Editor about the Palestine/Israel conflict that express a denial of the facts of the catastrophic destruction of Gaza and its population. Some...
View ArticleLetter | Is there more to oil and gas reserves off Gaza?
I question what the Israel/Palestine conflict is really about considering that Israel has one of the best intelligence agencies, the Mossad, and they were well aware of tunnels in Palestine. There are...
View ArticleLetter | At UC Santa Cruz strike to remind about Hamas atrocities
I am the lone “counter-protester” referenced by The Sentinel at the May 20 UCSC strike “in solidarity with Palestine.” I did not see myself as a “counter-protester.” I was there to remind people of the...
View ArticleLetter | Where is the outrage over the many other atrocities?
I am puzzled by the selectivity of the causes students choose. Why pro-Hamas sympathies when Hamas actually is genocidal? Granted there is plenty of blame to go around but where is the consciousness,...
View ArticleLetter | Celebrations: Time to move beyond fireworks
I commend the recent Letter to the Editor that rightly criticizes the use of fireworks to “celebrate” a significant event, specifically the outdated fireworks display marking the 100th anniversary of...
View ArticleLetter | Rational choice should drive climate policies
Compliments to Ms. Sue Holt for writing a timely and erudite expose on the influence of the catastrophism that has for too long driven our climate policies (“The scientific roots of climate...
View ArticleLetter | Cabrillo Orchestra’s performance ‘wonderful’
I want to congratulate the Cabrillo Orchestra. I went to their performance last week in Samper Hall. It was just wonderful! The music was beautifully done – the horns, percussion, strings, even a harp,...
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