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Photos | Dancers from Mexico teach steps to Folklórico at Pajaro Valley...
Valeria Zacarias Montejano, center, and other students in Gisella Ferrer’s dance class at at Cesar Chavez Middle School in Watsonville on Friday learn some of the steps to Folklórico dance as El Ballet...
View ArticleStephen Kessler | Dazzling dawn of the autumn of the patriarchy
In her badass-black designer power suit and black pussy-bow shirt, standing behind the podium in the big-shouldered city of Chicago, Kamala Harris gave the strongest, most sincere, most eloquent speech...
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Watsonville Police Department releases video of officer shooting murder suspect
WATSONVILLE — The Watsonville Police Department released video footage Friday showing one of its officers shooting and injuring a man who has been charged with the murder of a 25-year-old woman....
View ArticleThe high cost of housing and what it means for our health
For the second consecutive year, the Santa Cruz/Watsonville area was rated the most expensive metropolitan county for renters in the country, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition’s...
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Gary Griggs, Our Ocean Backyard | The Galapagos Islands: Volcanoes in the sea
Now that that the risks and hazards of COVID-19 have been greatly reduced, and after several years of curtailing travel, we are making up for some lost time. On July 30 we flew to Quito, Ecuador, and...
View ArticleMayor’s Message | Santa Cruz holds focus on affordable housing, homelessness...
The city of Santa Cruz’s commitment to affordable housing and homelessness prevention remains unwavering, even as state policies evolve. It is not uncommon for the state’s priorities to shift. Where...
View ArticleEditorial | Kristen Brown remains best choice in 2nd District for Santa Cruz...
While it may seem early to begin making recommendations for the Nov. 5 election, in reality, mail-in voting starts in about six weeks. There are two runoff supervisorial races on the ballot, including...
View ArticleFocal Point | Lent House on Nob Hill in Capitola
During the 1930s, the name Nob Hill was applied to the Fairview Tract (now the Jewel Box neighborhood) along the western bluff above Capitola Village. Among the houses along Prospect Avenue is the Lent...
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Driving delays: Teens and young adults say getting a driver’s license can wait
Alexia Marquez was adamant about safety when it came to buying her first car, but she also wanted something good on gas. So, the 21-year-old started doing her homework: She talked to car dealers, read...
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Seabirds fatten up on anchovies near Santa Cruz Wharf, harbor
SANTA CRUZ — Marine life and seabirds of all sorts, from pelicans and gulls to migratory terns and shearwaters, have amassed off the coast in recent weeks — flapping, squawking, swirling and diving —...
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They don’t usually take lead roles, but these two actors are key to the...
What can you say about a company of Shakespearean actors whose “Hamlet” can make you laugh, and whose “As You Like It” can make you cry? You can say that in a tumultuous world of theater where...
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Several teams turn in solid showings at football jamboree | Jim Seimas,...
APTOS — More than half of the high school football programs in Santa Cruz County saw their first action of the season at the annual jamboree at Cabrillo College on Saturday evening. A couple of them,...
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The price of paradise | Ross Eric Gibson, Local History
Alejandro Rodriguez Adobe at Rancho Encinalitos, located on today's Paul Sweet Road. Demolished in 1957 to expand Oakwood Cemetery. (Ross Eric Gibson collection)Plaque on the Watsonville Bandstand,...
View ArticlePhoto | Sunset on the stadium
A vibrant sunset colors the sky above Carl Conelly Stadium at Cabrillo College Saturday evening as the varsity football squads of Harbor and San Lorenzo Valley high schools scrimmage. More than half of...
View ArticleName Dropping | Life Lab names new executive director, refocuses its efforts
Santa Cruz-based nonprofit organization Life Lab announced recently that it is refocusing its efforts on training school garden educators and naming Whitney Cohen as its new executive director. Cohen...
View ArticleWatsonville City Council to consider grant for electric vehicle charging project
WATSONVILLE — With the California Air Resources Board mandating that all newly produced vehicles in California have zero tailpipe emissions by 2035, many residents have purchased electric vehicles...
View ArticlePhoto | Kelp is on its way
Surfers walk over the kelp at low tide after a recent session in the waves in Pleasure Point. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel)
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Photos | Science lessons on the sea
Research Scientist James Gibson and Drew Wendeborn get a last look Sunday morning at the Sally Ride as they head to shore after a week aboard the ship. Owned by the U.S. Navy, Research Vessel Sally...
View ArticleLetter | Keeley’s homeless message unacceptable
Mayor Fred Keeley states (Sentinel, Aug. 25) that it can take “weeks, months or even years” for a homeless individual to decide whether or not to accept the city’s offer of shelter. This is completely...
View ArticleLetter | Kessler leading familiar charge denigrating Trump
Once again Sentinel contributor Stephen Kessler leads the charge in denigrating ex-President Trump (Commentary, Aug. 24). Kessler compares the strength of the female speakers at the DNC to the “macho...
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