Scotts Valley City Council approves business license tax measure
SCOTTS VALLEY — The Scotts Valley City Council voted Wednesday to place a business license tax modernization measure on the city’s November ballot. “The reason that this is being considered was the...
View ArticleCity of Santa Cruz hires new assistant city manager
SANTA CRUZ — Santa Cruz City Manager Matt Huffaker announced Friday that after a months-long national search, the city has hired Michelle Templeton, formerly from the city of Santa Clara, as the Santa...
View ArticlePhoto | Disc golf course surrounds the East Field at UC Santa Cruz
Tony Sloss tees off on the second hole of the disc golf course that surrounds the East Field at UC Santa Cruz as the Monterey Bay spreads out at the horizon. The nine-hole course was installed by UCSC...
View ArticlePhoto | Kelp forest stands below the surface of Monterey Bay
The top of the kelp forest emerges from the surface of the Monterey Bay recently as a pelican wings by a resting paddler near Lighthouse Point in Santa Cruz. Held upright by gas-filled bladders at the...
View ArticleMadalyn Price wins two events at USLA National Lifeguard Championships |...
Capitola Beach Lifeguard Association’s Madalyn Price took first place in two events at the USLA National Lifeguard Championships, which ran Wednesday through Friday in South Padre Island, Texas. Price...
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US women’s volleyball endures sweep, earns silver | 2024 Summer Olympics
PARIS — Italy’s dominant women’s volleyball team swept defending champion Team USA, 25-18, 25-20, 25-17, to win gold in at the 2024 Summer Olympics on Sunday. It’s the first medal in the sport for...
View ArticlePhoto | Who is flying my way?
A great horned owl flies recently through a eucalyptus grove in one of Santa Cruz County’s state parks. These owls live throughout most of North America and in large swaths of South America as well....
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Evolution of Santa Cruz housing | Ross Eric Gibson, Local History
Instead of a giant box building, Capitola’s Venetian Court is individualized into a cluster of small units, with hand-made texture and artistic touches. (Ross Eric Gibson collection)The late great La...
View ArticleLemoore’s Gauge Garcia wins 64th Johnny Key Classic | Ocean Speedway
WATSONVILLE — Lemoore’s Gauge Garcia used an old-school Ocean Speedway low line maneuver in turns three and four to prevail over San Jose’s Bud Kaeding and win the 64th Johnny Key Classic on Saturday...
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Joby Aviation rolls third aircraft off production line at its facility in...
MARINA – Joby Aviation has rolled out its third production prototype aircraft off its pilot production line in Marina recently and expects four aircraft to be in active flight test later this year. The...
View ArticleName Dropping | Marla Novo named interim executive director of Santa Cruz...
SANTA CRUZ — The Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History recently named Marla Novo as its interim executive director. The announcement comes after Executive Director Robb Woulfe announced in May he...
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Incoming SJSU golf talent Jed Dy sets record, wins Santa Cruz City Amateur
SANTA CRUZ — Golf talent Jed Dy added to his fan base with each shot he took at the 33rd Santa Cruz Amateur over the weekend. And after his 36-hole total was tabulated Sunday afternoon, the 20-year-old...
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Jimmy Sopko, Claire Stewart win International distance Tri Santa Cruz titles
Palo Alto’s Jimmy Sopko and Claire Stewart won International distance Tri Santa Cruz titles on Sunday. Sopko posted a finishing time of 1:56:55 in the field of 235 athletes. He completed the 1,600-yard...
View ArticlePhoto | Floating by the lighthouse
A mother (not the world-famous Otter 841) and her pup float amongst the canopy of the kelp forest near Lighthouse Point in Santa Cruz. The current southern sea otter population, found along...
View ArticlePhoto | Sundown on Soquel
A motorcyclist riding through the corner of Seabright and Soquel avenues in Santa Cruz passes Lillian’s Italian Kitchen. Lillian’s originally opened in 2007 at a Soquel Avenue location one block closer...
View ArticleFelton Library event to highlight grief, resilience in conjunction with CZU...
FELTON — Friday will mark the fourth anniversary of the CZU Lightning Complex fires, in which a series of lightning strikes during a dry summer sparked a set of wildfires in the Santa Cruz Mountains...
View ArticleLetter | Grand Jury’s work misrepresented in letter
In a July 31 Letter to the Editor, the Grand Jury was described as “a few amateur volunteers” and their work as “ad hoc investigations.” As the former foreperson of the jury, I would like to correct...
View ArticleLetter | Lane interview: SC housing ‘system is rigged’
Thanks to Stephen Kessler, and Don Lane for Sunday’s article (Aug. 11, Sentinel). The article’s message is that the City of Santa Cruz lets developers and funders set their own rules about “who...
View ArticleLetter | What’s behind Panetta’s support for Israel’s war
Thanks to PK Hattis for his balanced article on the vigils at Congressman Jimmy Panetta’s office. The primary focus was on Panetta’s continued support of Israel’s daily atrocities. We also learned how...
View ArticleLetter | Panetta ignoring ‘will of his constituents’
In an Aug. 10 article, the Sentinel pointed out the $204,700 AIPAC contribution to Jimmy Panetta – the first installment of which occurred on Dec. 31, 2023. Less than a month later, Panetta signed onto...
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