Kevin Knox scores 24 points, as Santa Cruz knocks off South Bay Lakers |...
Forward Kevin Knox II scored a team-high 24 points, and the Santa Cruz Warriors beat the visiting South Bay Lakers 128-118 in the teams’ NBA G League game at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Friday night....
View ArticleMayor’s Messsage | Why we championed Measure Z to invest in Santa Cruz’s...
Reader’s note: Mayor Fred Keeley is the first four-year mayor of the city of Santa Cruz. In the spirit of collaboration, Mayor Keeley will be sharing the monthly Mayor’s Message column with the other...
View ArticleKeep fluoride in Bay Area water? What RFK Jr. means for our dental health
California is one of the few states in the nation that requires fluoridation in tap water in an effort to reduce tooth decay. But many communities in the Bay Area and elsewhere are exempt – and if...
View ArticlePhoto | Queen Anne Victorian home atop Depot Hill in Capitola gets remodeled
A Queen Anne Victorian home on Cliff Avenue is remodeled atop Depot Hill in Capitola. Cove Britton, who founded Santa Cruz-based Matson Britton Architects in 1988 with Martha Matson, said that the...
View ArticleHospice of Santa Cruz County enters regional partnership ahead of coming...
SCOTTS VALLEY — The health care landscape has changed a lot in the past 42 years, but for hospice care providers, some things have remained remarkably consistent. The end-of-life-care program became a...
View ArticleCapitola bike exchange event provides refurbished bikes to community members
CAPITOLA — The Watsonville-based Community Bike Collective and local children’s author Taylor Lahey teamed up Saturday alongside other community organizations such as the Santa Cruz Waldorf School to...
View ArticleTwo people shot on west side of Santa Cruz
SANTA CRUZ — According to Santa Cruz Police, two people were shot Friday near the Almar Shopping Center in Santa Cruz. “We can confirm that this evening, Nov. 15, there was a disturbance near Almar...
View ArticleAptos girls water polo beats Santa Cruz for first section title | CCS...
ATHERTON — Aptos High’s girls water polo program finally earned its day in the sun. The top-seeded Mariners, a Central Coast Section runner-up twice in the past three years, knocked off No. 2 Santa...
View ArticleSC’s Eli Fitchen-Young, SV’s Ava Decleve run to D-IV cross country titles |...
BELMONT — Santa Cruz High senior Eli Fitchen-Young and Scotts Valley junior Ava Decleve ran personal bests to secure individual titles in Division IV at the Central Coast Section Cross Country...
View ArticleSoquel crushed by Archbishop Riordan in first round of Open/D-I playoffs |...
SAN FRANCISCO — Several directionally challenged Soquel High football fans likely double-checked the location on their smartphones once they stepped foot onto Archbishop Riordan’s field, confirming...
View ArticleUC Santa Cruz women’s soccer drops PK shootout in NCAA D-III Tournament...
The UC Santa Cruz women’s soccer team was eliminated by host Pomona-Pitzer 5-4 on penalty kicks in the first round of the NCAA D-III Tournament o Saturday in Claremont. Camille Anneet, Kristi Truong,...
View ArticleName Dropping | UC Santa Cruz and Hartnell College awarded grant for Pathways...
UC Santa Cruz and Hartnell College received a two-year, $250,000 American Talent Initiative (ATI) IDEAS Grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies to strengthen their partnership and expand opportunities for...
View ArticlePioneer circuses in Santa Cruz | Ross Eric Gibson, Local History
Was Dan Rice the inspiration for Thomas Nast’s Uncle Sam? (Harvard Theater Collection, public domain)George Hastings, second from right and seated, toured to Santa Cruz in a circus. (Ross Eric Gibson...
View ArticleSanta Cruz County supervisors to consider nonprofit funding, single-family...
SANTA CRUZ — With only three meetings left this year, the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors will have a packed agenda Tuesday, including items that range from funding for more than two dozen local...
View ArticleName Dropping | Dominican Hospital earns an ‘A’ grade in hospital safety
SANTA CRUZ — Dignity Health Dominican Hospital earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit watchdog focused on patient safety. Leapfrog assigns grades...
View ArticleMonterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute discovers mystery mollusc in...
Undulating deep in Monterey Bay, the translucent mystery mollusc defied characterization. On Tuesday, scientists at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) announced their discovery of...
View ArticleUCSC men’s basketball knocks off Lewis & Clark | Local Roundup
Joseph Espy had 23 points and nine rebounds, and the UC Santa Cruz men’s basketball team beat Lewis & Clark 76-67 at the West Field House in Santa Cruz on Sunday. Espy, a 6-foot-9, junior...
View ArticleEditorial | Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors gets two new leaders: De...
With more votes released Friday afternoon, it seems clear that Kim De Serpa will be the next Santa Cruz County Supervisor for the 2nd District. Although more votes still need to be counted, De Serpa...
View ArticleEditorial | Election: Some surprises on local issues, council races
The most surprising result of three contested City Council races on the November ballot, at least to outsiders, was the victory of incumbent Watsonville City Councilmember Jimmy Dutra over former...
View ArticleSchool district gets federal grant for students affected by landslide in...
The Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District was awarded a $92,880 grant from the U.S. Department of Education to help students affected by a landslide in the Santa Cruz Mountains get to school. A...
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