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Soquel earns sweep of SCCAL Tournament titles | High school water polo
In their third meeting this season, Soquel High’s boys water polo team finally beat Santa Cruz 13-8 in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Tournament championship at Aptos High on Saturday. Santa Cruz...
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SLV falls from unbeaten ranks with loss to Stevenson | High school football...
FELTON — San Lorenzo Valley High’s football team surrendered its narrow lead in the second half, and the Cougars fell to visiting Stevenson of Pebble Beach 24-14 in a battle pitting the only two...
View ArticleScotts Valley, MVC win playoff openers, will square off in D-IV quarterfinals...
SCOTTS VALLEY — Senior outside hitter Ava Morrison had 14 kills and three aces, and the No. 4 seed Scotts Valley High girls volleyball team beat No. 13 Stevenson 25-18, 19-25, 25-16, 25-18 in the first...
View ArticleWatsonville’s Katelynn Ruiz, PCS’s Iris Paten run to PCAL cross country...
Watsonville High senior Katelynn Ruiz took first out of 56 runners in the Mission Division race at the Pacific Coast Athletic League Cross Country Championships at Palo Corona Regional Park in Carmel...
View ArticlePhoto | Santa Cruz Governmental Center illuminated in green for Veterans Day
The Santa Cruz Governmental Center, known widely as the County Building, is illuminated in green this week ahead of the upcoming Veterans Day holiday on Monday. The projected color is part of...
View ArticleSanta Cruz soda tax Measure Z leans toward approval after initial vote count
SANTA CRUZ — Measure Z, the sugar-sweetened beverage tax in the city of Santa Cruz, seemed likely to pass after an initial vote count Tuesday night. According to the Santa Cruz County Elections...
View ArticleElection | Kim De Serpa jumps to early lead in 2nd District Santa Cruz County...
APTOS — Candidate Kim De Serpa jumped to an early lead Tuesday in the race to represent 2nd District residents on the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors. As of 10:10 p.m. Tuesday, De Serpa had...
View ArticleElection | Early returns have Monica Martinez leading race for 5th District...
SCOTTS VALLEY — The first tranche of ballot totals released in Santa Cruz County Tuesday evening have 5th District county Board of Supervisors candidate Monica Martinez out ahead of her opponent...
View ArticleSanta Cruz County water and wildlife protection initiative Measure Q leads in...
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY — Measure Q, an initiative to levy an annual $87 special parcel tax to fund wildfire prevention, parks, river cleanups and beach projects throughout Santa Cruz County, had a rather...
View ArticleLeaders emerge in the race for Scotts Valley City Council
SCOTTS VALLEY — With the final vote totals still far from being tallied for Santa Cruz County elections, the race for three seats on Scotts Valley City Council appeared to have prominent leaders...
View ArticleJimmy Dutra takes early narrow lead in Watsonville City Council race
WATSONVILLE — With the first round of results posted at 8:30 p.m., incumbent Councilman Jimmy Dutra had a narrow lead in the Watsonville City Council race for District 6. Dutra led with 52.1% of the...
View ArticleTurley, Soto and Carrasco lead in early Pajaro Valley Unified School District...
WATSONVILLE — The early votes in the Pajaro Valley Unified School District board elections appeared to bode well for newcomers in two of the three races. In Area 2, Carol Turley — general manager of...
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Ava Morrison, Hayden Smith pace Scotts Valley past MVC, into D-IV semifinals...
SCOTTS VALLEY — Outside hitters Ava Morrison and Hayden Smith combined for 38 kills, and the No. 4 seed Scotts Valley High girls volleyball team beat No. 5 Monte Vista Christian 25-14, 21-25, 25-23,...
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Finals set for SCCAL Girls Tennis Championships | Local Roundup
Aptos High tennis teammates Kiana Safari and Aviana Andrews advanced to the singles final at the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League championships in Aptos on Tuesday. Scotts Valley’s Sofia Niklaus and...
View ArticleCalendar of Events | Ellen Bass headlines poetry reading
SANTA CRUZ Ellen Bass headlines poetry reading For 15 years, the Humanities Institute has honored the memory of longtime poet, film critic and Cabrillo College professor Morton Marcus with an annual...
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Gerry Jensen, Melinda Orbach snatch top spots for Capitola City Council
CAPITOLA — A pair of Capitola City Council candidates hoping to achieve election to public office for the first time jumped in front of a pack of competitors after the first batch of ballots were...
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Detectives seeking youth victims after Aptos minister’s arrest
SANTA CRUZ — Law enforcement officials are seeking the public’s help in identifying potential victims of sex crimes related to last month’s arrest of a 71-year-old Aptos minister. Oscar Rodriguez The...
View ArticleFire taxes show mixed results in early Santa Cruz County ballot returns
ZAYANTE — This election season, Santa Cruz County voters faced the question of how much they were willing to pay for fire protection, not only within their own districts but for county and state-level...
View ArticleEditorial | Early thoughts on Trump II and the local election results
The presidential race did not go the way the vast majority of Santa Cruz County residents wanted. Donald Trump will be the nation’s 47th president. Nationally, for Democrats, the reasons and...
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Aptos freshman Kiana Safari beats teammate for singles title | SCCAL Girls...
APTOS — After earning a titles sweep at the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Girls Tennis Championships last season, Aptos High earned a split decision in this year’s finals at Imperial Courts Tennis...
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