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Finding Sanctuary | Monterey Bay Aquarium celebrates four decades of ocean...

Protecting and conserving our ocean is paramount to our health, as it serves as a source of food, oxygen and medicine for our well-being. The ocean also plays a vital role in regulating the planet’s...

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Photo | Drone captures San Lorenzo River winding through Santa Cruz

The San Lorenzo River flows through downtown Santa Cruz as seen in a recent drone photo. Flowing from its headwaters near Castle Rock State Park to the river mouth along Main Beach at the Monterey Bay,...

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Photo | Crescent moon rises over Santa Cruz at sunset

A crescent moon rises through sunset-tinged clouds over Santa Cruz, California, on Nov. 5, 2024 as a plane, at bottom left, flies southward.

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Focal Point | A photo postcard of the Watsonville Pippins baseball team in 1909

A photograph postcard of the Watsonville Pippins baseball team in 1909. Photo postcards became possible – and popular – at the start of the 1900s with the introduction of the Kodak Brownie camera, the...

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Santa Cruz Sea Glass and Ocean Art Festival draws hundreds to the Cocoanut Grove

SANTA CRUZ —  Hundreds of sea glass enthusiasts and ocean-inspired art lovers filled the Santa Cruz Boardwalk’s Cocoanut Grove Saturday to comb through and take home works of nearly 60 artisans at the...

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Four of five county teams advance to semifinals | CCS water polo roundup

SOQUEL — Sophomore Elizabeth Penny had three goals, two assists, and a steal, and the No. 2 seed Soquel High girls water polo team beat No. 7 St. Ignatius of San Francisco 12-7 in the CCS Open Division...

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Top-seeded Harbor falls short in five-set, Division IV thriller | CCS...

PALO ALTO — In a thrilling girls volleyball championship match that went down to the wire, No. 3 seed Sacred Heart Prep of Atherton upset No. 1 Harbor 25-20, 25-14, 21-25, 27-29, 15-13 to claim the...

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Sammy Rebbert scores winning TD to lift SV’s flag football team to SCCAL...

Junior receiver Sammy Rebbert scored in the final minute, and the No. 2 seed Scotts Valley High girls flag football team topped No. 3 Aptos 12-7 in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Tournament...

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Kings of the ‘Ville: St. Francis romps MVC, earns sweep of Watsonville foes |...

WATSONVILLE — St. Francis High’s football team may not get an opportunity to play in the Central Coast Section playoffs this season, but in some way, they still won a section title. Around town they’ll...

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Watsonville teacher shares story of great-uncle Babe Risko, Navy...

APTOS — It is not uncommon for military service members to get involved in the sporting world, especially boxing. Since ancient times, boxing has been seen as a way for service members to build up...

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The 4 Horsemen and the citadels of progress | Ross Eric Gibson, Local History

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, from right to left: Invasion, War, Famine, and Epidemic. (By Victor Vsnetsov, 1887. Public domain.)Horses that died in Pancho Villa’s raid in Columbus, New Mexico....

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Photo | Fire contained at Delaveaga Park

A large column of smoke rises as crews from Santa Cruz, CalFire, Scotts Valley and Central battled the Delaveaga Fire Saturday in Delaveaga Park adjacent to Santa Cruz Shakespeare’s Audrey Stanley...

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Photo | Harbor High upset in division championship

Harbor High’s Callahan Stone, Liberty Niesen, Cecile Novembre, Dylan Schutz and Tea Stockwell react on Saturday to a point late in the Pirates’ Central Coast Section D-IV girls volleyball championship...

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Soquel, Aptos seeded for CCS football playoffs

SAN JOSE — Only two high school football teams from Santa Cruz County — Soquel and Aptos — made it into the Central Coast Section playoffs, and both compete in the Gabilan Division, the top tier of...

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UCSC women’s soccer pulls massive upset, qualifies for NCAA D-III Tournament...

The UC Santa Cruz women’s soccer team scored twice in the first half and held on to stun No. 2 nationally ranked Christopher Newport 2-0 to claim its first Coast-To-Coast Conference Tournament...

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Watsonville City Council to welcome new poet laureate

WATSONVILLE — Watsonville’s commitment to artistic expression will continue with the ushering in of a new poet laureate at Tuesday’s City Council meeting. Mayor Vanessa Quiroz-Carter will read a...

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Editorial | Red tide: The surprising messages sent by voters

As many Americans are still trying to process the surprising election results, even ardent anti-Trumpers are engaging in the blame game. Or as some have put it, “woke is broke.” A post-election survey...

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Letter | Grateful for show of support for immigrants

Thank you, Santa Cruz Sentinel, for the picture and article on Friday’s front page (Nov. 8) in support of our immigrant community. It was a thrill to know that our county’s leaders have pledged to do...

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Letter | Why ‘ultra-left’ Democrats taught party a lesson

Lots of tearful handwringing by Democrats since Tuesday, but the causes of this “surprising” defeat seem clear. How could Trump beat Kamala (note that Trump is usually referred to by his last name and...

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Letter | Newsom’s ‘fight’ vs. Trump excludes many voters

Just three days out from the election and I read that Gov. Gavin Newsom is ready to spend unlimited taxpayer money fighting any and all proposals that President-elect Trump might make. “We rejected...

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