Photo | Plenty of parking spaces
The intersection of Walnut Avenue and Cedar Street and the second story of the adjacent parking structure in downtown Santa Cruz are transformed into a composition of lines and arrows in a recent...
View ArticleEditorial | Our candidate choices for the Nov. 5 local election
With early voting already well underway, we are periodically publishing lists of our recommendations for the Nov. 5 election. Today’s will feature candidates, including those for state Legislature and...
View ArticleLetter | Support for restoring liberated ethnic studies
In its recommendations titled “Our vote recommendations for your Nov. 5 local ballots,” published on October 15th, the editorial board endorsed Georgia Acosta and Oscar Soto for the PVUSD school board...
View ArticleLetter | PVUSD board candidate responds to Editorial
The Sentinel Editorial Board stated that I am “vowing to bring it (Community Responsive Education CRE) back.” Not true. I have promised to listen to parents, students, staff, and community members to...
View ArticleLetter | Measure Q: Consider Arana Gulch’s improvements
One’s vote on Measure Q should depend on one’s taste for environmental improvements versus taste for government’s funding of nebulously administered, competing interest groups. Considering the...
View ArticleSanta Cruz County Planning Commission eyes tweaks to ADU rules
SANTA CRUZ — As part of an effort to align with recently-passed state law, the Santa Cruz County Planning Commission will take a closer look at accessory dwelling unit policy at its meeting this week....
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Cabrillo poised to rebound from woeful 2023-24 campaign with new coach,...
APTOS — In community college sports, it’s both a curse and a thing of beauty that teams only feature freshmen and sophomores. With such heavy personnel turnover, success can be short-lived. A lot can...
View ArticleGrass fires break out along Highway 1 in Santa Cruz’s South County
WATSONVILLE — Firefighters battling several small vegetation fires Monday afternoon contained the blazes to about 2 acres near the northbound Buena Vista Drive exit of Highway 1. A large gray-black...
View ArticleSan Lorenzo Valley Water District selects new interim general manager
BOULDER CREEK — San Lorenzo Valley Water District leadership has agreed to make John Kunkel, a former chief of police and experienced city manager, the district’s new interim general manager. The...
View ArticleDowntown Santa Cruz attempted stabbing investigation leads to arrest
SANTA CRUZ — Police booked a 45-year-old man into jail after a weekend fight led to an attempted stabbing downtown, an authority said. Santa Cruz Police Department officers responded to a reported...
View ArticleQuick Bites | Casa Rositas renamed La Jaiba Brava
SANTA CRUZ Casa Rositas now La Jaiba Brava La Jaiba Brava is the newly renamed restaurant at 2608 Portola Drive. Owner Francisco Enriquez bought Casa Rositas in 2019. Earlier this year, the restaurant...
View ArticleWatsonville City Council candidates discuss issues in forum
WATSONVILLE — With voting already underway, the Pajaro Valley Chamber of Commerce and Santa Cruz Voice hosted a forum for candidates to discuss their views on issues and make a pitch to South County...
View ArticleSanta Cruz County officials release 2024 Community Health Assessment
SANTA CRUZ — Santa Cruz County public health officials have compiled a trove of local data that will be used to shape care in the years ahead. The county’s Public Health Division has shared the 2024...
View ArticleBoulder Creek man ID’d in fatal Highway 9 crash
BOULDER CREEK — Authorities have identified a 36-year-old driver who died after crashing into a tree Thursday night near Juanita Road and Highway 9. Stephen David Bass, of Boulder Creek, was killed in...
View ArticlePajaro Valley school board appoints Misty Navarro to vacant seat
WATSONVILLE — The Pajaro Valley Unified School District board’s vacant Area 7 trustee seat did not stay vacant for long. The board voted unanimously to appoint Salinas physician and Aptos parent Misty...
View ArticleWatsonville man’s criminal proceedings in partner’s death suspended
SANTA CRUZ — Criminal proceedings for a Watsonville man charged with the murder of his partner and attempted murder of a police officer will be delayed while he receives mental health treatment,...
View ArticlePhoto | Mission Hill Middle School students conduct Invasive Species Symposium
SANTA CRUZ — Mission Hill Middle School students conducted an Invasive Species Symposium in front of the Santa Cruz school Tuesday morning. The symposium was the culmination of a multi-week 7th grade...
View ArticlePhoto | Fire along Highway 1 near Watsonville destroys garage, 1963...
WATSONVILLE — John Smiley and Jennifer Carr took in the wreckage on Tuesday of their 1963 Volkswagen Type 3 Notchback after the 3.1-acre Buena Fire destroyed their Trabing Road garage on Monday. Their...
View ArticleGuest Commentary | We need to be more resilient to climate change – Yes on...
By Katie Thompson, Jared Childress and Sarah Newkirk The CZU Lightning Complex fires torched hundreds of homes and burned nearly every structure in Big Basin Redwoods State Park. Flooding on the Pajaro...
View ArticleLauren Ohlsson wins medalist honors as Scotts Valley girls golf team goes...
Scotts Valley High’s Lauren Ohlsson earned medalist honors, and the Falcons’ girls golf team beat Soquel 138-161 to finish 10-0 in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League action on Tuesday. The Falcons won...
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