Art Seen | Santa Cruz Shakespeare’s ‘A Christmas Carol’ set to premiere Nov. 23
Santa Cruz Shakespeare Artistic Director Charles Pasternak and Operations Associate Shannen Craig wheeled costume-laden and prop-filled shelves through the streets of downtown Santa Cruz as the theater...
View ArticleCommunity rallies in support of Scotts Valley firefighter’s lost helmet
SCOTTS VALLEY — This week, firefighter Brian Green trekked the more than six-mile round trip from his Erba Lane fire station to DeLaveaga Park in Santa Cruz, combing backroad ditches and bushes for...
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Top-seed Soquel ousted in D-II semis by No. 5 Valley Christian in OT | CCS...
PALO ALTO — Soquel High’s offense went flat when it needed it most Wednesday night. The No. 5 seed Valley Christian Warriors’ boys water polo team outscored the top-seeded Knights 3-1 in a pair of...
View ArticleKamala Harris for California governor? A new poll finds she may have support
As Vice President Kamala Harris licks her wounds from a historic defeat last week, a new poll says almost half of Californians would consider electing her governor in 2026 if she ran. A week after the...
View ArticleSanta Cruz Shakespeare gets into holiday spirit with ‘A Christmas Carol’
SANTA CRUZ — One way to tell that the holiday season is on the horizon is when local theater companies start putting on their own versions of “A Christmas Carol.” That includes Santa Cruz Shakespeare,...
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Pajaro Valley High School honors Ruby Bridges with Walk to School Day
WATSONVILLE — It may have been cold and somewhat clammy Thursday morning, but nothing was going to stop Pajaro Valley High School from walking half a mile to campus in honor of Ruby Bridges Walk to...
View ArticleStocks soar post-election, but will the gains last? | Jeffrey Scharf,...
No sooner were the election results in than the stock market took off like a rocket. Recalling the gains following Donald Trump’s election in 2016, the Dow Jones Industrial Average soared 1,500 points...
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UC Santa Cruz awarded $4 million grant to address systemic racism, ableism in...
SANTA CRUZ — The National Science Foundation recently awarded more than $4 million in grant funding to UC Santa Cruz to support a project aimed at addressing systemic racism and ableism in K-12 math...
View ArticleCHP arrests Watsonville man in fatal Live Oak hit-and-run
LIVE OAK — The California Highway Patrol has arrested a 54-year-old Watsonville man in connection with a fatal hit-and-run crash that claimed the lives of a pedestrian and dog. In a social media post,...
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Kitesurfer rescued near Davenport in challenging conditions
DAVENPORT — Amid high surf and looming darkness, emergency responders were called to rescue a kite surfer struggling a mile offshore from Scotts Beach. Emergency responders gather Tuesday near Scotts...
View ArticleFormer Capitola beach rental firm owner, embezzler, ordered to pay final...
SANTA CRUZ — A former Capitola property and vacation rental manager convicted in a felony embezzlement scheme affecting more than 130 people was ordered Thursday to resolve a final restitution payment....
View ArticleSoquel girls volleyball sees postseason run end in CIF NorCal Regional...
GALT — The Soquel High’s girls volleyball team saw its best postseason in three years come to a close in the Central Valley. The No. 8 seed Knights lost to No. 1 Liberty Ranch 25-18, 25-16, 25-20 in...
View ArticleAlyssa Jackson lifts UCSC women’s basketball with late 3-pointer | Local Roundup
Alyssa Jackson buried a corner 3-pointer with eight seconds remaining, and the UC Santa Cruz women’s basketball team rallied for an 82-80 win over host La Verne on Thursday. Jackson, a sophomore guard...
View ArticleGary Griggs, Our Ocean Backyard | Reflecting on 16 years of environmental...
In early April of 2008, environmentalist Dan Haifley, who had spoken to the Sentinel editors about doing a regular column on the coast and ocean, asked me if I wanted to share this with him and write a...
View ArticlePhoto | Cormorants perch on East Cliff branch
Cormorants roost an arcing branch of a tree along East Cliff Drive near the end of 41st Avenue.
View ArticleHealth officials battling South Santa Cruz County norovirus outbreak
APTOS — A highly contagious gastrointestinal virus has been spreading in South Santa Cruz County and has caused at least one school to temporarily close as health authorities urge the public to...
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Nonprofit funding awards to be considered by Santa Cruz City Council
SANTA CRUZ — From considering funding awards for local nonprofits through Collective of Results and Evidence-based Investments, or CORE program, to postponing the gas-powered leaf blower ban, the Santa...
View ArticleWatsonville opens doors for homeless task force after skyrocketing census count
WATSONVILLE — Kicked into high gear by this summer’s report of a rising homeless population, city officials this week detailed plans to craft a new task force to tackle the issue. The planned task...
View ArticleCoastal Commission denies Santa Cruz street sweeping program appeal
SANTA CRUZ — Efforts to halt a new city street-sweeping pilot program failed to pass under the eye of a coastal watchdog this week. The California Coastal Commission, during its meeting Thursday night,...
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No. 7 seed Aptos upsets No. 2 Willow Glen in D-III quarterfinal shootout |...
SAN JOSE — Aptos High’s football program — a five-time Central Coast Section champion — has a history of rising to another level in the postseason. The Mariners, coming off a fourth-place finisher in...
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