Fernanda Lazo passes for three TDs as Watsonville posts flag football win |...
Watsonville High senior quarterback Fernanda Lazo passed for three touchdowns, and the Wildcatz won 28-6 over Alvarez in their final game at Geiser Field on Monday. The team, which competes in the...
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Santa Cruz reveals head coach Nicholas Kerr’s 2024-25 staff | NBA G League
The Santa Cruz Warriors revealed second-year Head Coach Nicholas Kerr’s coaching staff for the 2024-25 NBA G League season on Tuesday. Hilton Armstrong and Ben Stelzer have both been named assistant...
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Santa Cruz County farms offer activities during Open Farm Tours
Head farmer Karla DeLong with flowers at Beeline Blooms. (Photo courtesy Katrina London)Chris Laughlin of Sea to Sky Farm poses for a photo with Watsonville Taiko members at Open Farm Tours in 2023....
View ArticleQuick Bites | Pumpkin decorating at Felton farmers market
FELTON Pumpkin decorating at farmers market Tuesday The Felton farmers market offers its annual Pumpkin Decorating Bonanza from 1:30-5:30 p.m. Tuesday during normal market hours. Attendees can select a...
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Underage sex, drug charges nearly doubled in Watsonville man’s criminal case
SANTA CRUZ — A 35-year-old Watsonville man who law enforcement said used social media to expose young teens to drugs and sex, pleaded not guilty to charges Monday. Luis Alberto Salas Luis Alberto Salas...
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Circus performance, silent film screening among Festival of Monsters highlights
SANTA CRUZ — Every October, you can expect to see a resurgence of monsters. It is not just the ghosts, vampires, witches and zombies in people’s front yards; the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History...
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‘Time to be bold’: First-of-its kind filtered cigarette ban gets nod from...
SANTA CRUZ — Santa Cruz County is on track to join rarified company when it comes to the fight against the physical and environmental impacts of cigarettes — filtered cigarettes, to be exact. The...
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Soquel High School welding teacher awarded $50,000
SOQUEL — Soquel High School welding instructor Laurie Hilderbrand was pleasantly shocked Tuesday morning when she was surprised in her classroom with a giant check for $50,000. Hilderbrand was among 25...
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Santa Cruz police arrest man after five-hour standoff at Main Beach
SANTA CRUZ — A 46-year-old man accused of holding police at bay during a more than five-hour standoff at Main Beach Monday is set to face criminal charges this week. Santa Cruz officers were called to...
View ArticlePhoto | Temple Beth El in Aptos celebrates Rosh Hashanah
Emunah Posner Minami, 14, is accompanied Friday by guitarist Peter Weiss-Penzias and other members of the Rock Shabbat Band as she sings “Give Me Away.” The ballad was written by Delaney Holland, her...
View ArticleHarbor rallies past Soquel, strengthens title repeat bid | Girls volleyball
SOQUEL — Harbor High’s girls volleyball team took on Soquel, the team right behind the loop-leading Pirates in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League standings on Tuesday night. It was “Dig Pink” night...
View ArticleArt Seen |‘Lucky Time’ continues spooky season tradition at Santa Cruz Actors...
Wilma Marcus Chandler, center, directs actors Martin Sampad Kachuck, left, and Andrew Davids during a rehearsal at Santa Cruz Actors Theater this week of local playwright and author John Chandler’s...
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Photos | Arts Council Santa Cruz County’s annual Open Studios Art Tour returns
A metal mobile created by Santa Cruz artist Jennifer Cherk turns in a light breeze as Cherk and her husband, kinetic artist Jay Capela, opened their Highview Drive home in Santa Cruz to visitors during...
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Santa Cruz | West Cliff Drive construction on 900 block nears completion
SANTA CRUZ — With the completion of some construction projects along West Cliff Drive in sight and others still far off on the horizon, Santa Cruz Public Works and Granite Construction provided an...
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Attorneys make closing arguments in murder trial of Capitola woman
SANTA CRUZ — Speaking to a packed courtroom over two days of closing arguments this week, trial attorneys for the prosecution and defense agreed on one thing: the death of Capitola woman Alice “Alyx”...
View ArticleMark Primack | Our neighborhoods should be for permanent residents
It’s been quite a week. A presidential contender — a master at weaving themes — told me that if he didn’t win the upcoming election fairly, he’d blame me and all my relations. And then he casually...
View ArticleGuest Commentary | Why does Live Oak School District want to bulldoze senior...
By Corey Azevedo How does the Governing Board at Live Oak School District (LOSD) choose to approach a new building project using taxpayer funds? Their preferred methods include publicly claiming they...
View ArticleGuest Commentary | No on Measure Z: Respect people’s rights to make choices
By Cheryl Williams When I stand in my kitchen preparing one of my favorite dishes, peach molasses glazed chicken, I can’t help but reflect on the potential implications of Measure Z here in Santa Cruz....
View ArticleGuest Commentary | Vote Yes on Z to pay for soda’s pollution
By Donna Meyers and Dan Haifley In 2008, 76% of Santa Cruz city voters approved Measure E, the stormwater parcel tax, and its annual revenue was put to work reducing pollution that flows to our rivers,...
View ArticleEditorial | Yes on Proposition 3; California’s protect marriage equality measure
Of 10 state ballot measures voters will encounter this November, only one does not require a detailed financial analysis, much less is it another tax proposal or a huge bond measure. Proposition 3, The...
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