Photo | Biking through a local landmark
A cyclist pedals over the trestle near the mouth of the San Lorenzo River, heading from Beach Street toward San Lorenzo Blvd. The Trestle Trail Project, which was recognized as the Bikeways and Trails...
View ArticleJudy Hutchinson: Santa Cruz’s St. George Apartments – Save the 71
On Nov. 1st, just in time for the holidays and the rains, 71 elderly and vulnerable people will lose their low-income housing at the St. George Apartments in downtown Santa Cruz, unless something can...
View ArticleLetter | Railbanking shifts financial responsibility to feds
A recent letter expressed annoyance that local taxpayers will be subjected to extra federal taxes due to a $17 million judgment awarded to property owners adjacent to a rail right of way in Florida....
View ArticleLetter | Why Capitola Trestle can be used for trains
A Sept. 8 letter writer opines that the “Capitola Trestle makes rail service a ‘pipe dream.’” The author bases her argument on Measure L of 2018, which was a Greenway-sponsored ballot measure. If...
View ArticleLetter | Caught in ‘outrageous’ Capitola speed trap
It’s perpetrated on careful drivers by a hidden “No right turn 10 a.m., etc.”, at Clares Street in Capitola from 41st Avenue westbound: There is a sign stating the restriction up a phone pole on the...
View ArticleLetter | Enforce traffic laws on dangerous e-bikers
To Sentinel reporter Jessica York: You could write a regular column “E-bike Near Misses and Accidents This Week.” Or get the Sentinel to get some new laws passed. No walker wants to be run over by an...
View ArticleLetter | A prediction on result of Harris-Trump debate
In over 45 years of criminal defense practice – 13 as a public defender – I’ve defended and observed a couple of hundred criminal trials. In the relatively few of those in which an obviously guilty...
View ArticleNo injuries in Watsonville shooting
WATSONVILLE — Police detectives are investigating a Sunday-night shooting that left no known injuries in a Freedom Boulevard shopping center parking lot. Watsonville police officers were called shortly...
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Santa Cruz’s Ashtyn Davis returns home for Jets’ season opener | Glimpse of...
New York Jets safety Ashtyn Davis, a Santa Cruz High and Cal alum, tackles San Francisco 49ers fullback Kyle Juszczyk during the third quarter at Levi's Stadium on Monday in Santa Clara. (Godofredo A....
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Scotts Valley volleyball sweeps St. Francis, moves to 4-1 | Local Roundup
Scotts Valley High’s girls volleyball team swept St. Francis 25-5, 25-13, 25-16 in the teams’ nonleague match Monday. Junior outside hitter Aila Papadopoulus had 13 kills for the Falcons. Sophomore...
View ArticleQuick Bites | Capitola Art & Wine Festival coming this weekend
CAPITOLA Art & Wine Festival this weekend The Capitola Art & Wine Festival is from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday in Capitola Village. Attendees can enjoy wine from 22...
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Charges downgraded in DeLaveaga Park homicide
SANTA CRUZ — New evidence arising ahead of a Santa Cruz park murder trial dramatically altered the case’s course this week, attorneys said. Joseph Dale Young Joseph Young, 31, of Santa Cruz, pleaded no...
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Testimonies continue in Jimmy Dutra trial
SANTA CRUZ — The second day of testimony in the civil jury trial of Watsonville City Councilman Jimmy Dutra, who is accused of sexually assaulting a minor in 2005, consisted of witnesses for the...
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Pro-Palestine protesters sue UC Santa Cruz over campus ban
SANTA CRUZ — Citing hardships from a temporary end-of-term campus ban, a sampling of the more than 100 students and faculty involved in a month-long Palestine solidarity encampment have filed suit...
View ArticlePhoto | Shadows from new lines in Santa Cruz Costco parking lot
Late afternoon sunlight brings new meaning to “waiting in line at the store” as shoppers head to their vehicles after shopping at Costco in Santa Cruz on Monday. The Santa Cruz Costco, located on...
View ArticlePhoto | Boat heads out into Monterey Bay from Santa Cruz Harbor
Mariners are lit by morning sunlight as they motor past the Walton Lighthouse at the mouth of the Santa Cruz Harbor. With anglers landing their limit of halibut in local waters, the mouth of the harbor...
View ArticleEditorial | No on Proposition 32 that would raise minimum wage, again
California is one of the most expensive places in the U.S. to live. So it might stand to reason that continuing to raise the minimum wage would benefit workers on the lower rungs of the economic...
View ArticleHarbor’s unbeaten girls water polo team holds on for win with Kallista...
Sophomore goalie Kallista Whitmore made four saves, including a crucial stop in the last minute, and Harbor High’s girls water polo team held on for a 10-9 nonleague win over visiting Pioneer of San...
View ArticleCalendar of Events | Eugene Rodriguez to discuss life of music and education...
SANTA CRUZ Eugene Rodriguez to discuss life of music, education With National Hispanic Heritage Month kicking off Sunday, Bookshop Santa Cruz will be getting a head start on the commemoration a day...
View ArticleSongwriter Margo Cilker returns to Santa Cruz with show at Moe’s Alley
Hard work and perseverance pay off. Case in point: Songwriter Margo Cilker, who headlines this Sunday evening at Moe’s Alley in Santa Cruz. I caught up with her last week as she was packing for her...
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