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Photos | Landmark Elementary students take field trip to Rancho San Andrés...
California State Parks interpretive aide Paul Karz leads Landmark Elementary School students on a tour of the Castro Adobe during recent field trip. Rancho San Andrés Castro Adobe is located in Larkin...
View ArticlePrescribed burn program to begin soon at Nisene Marks, Soquel Demonstration...
APTOS — California State Parks announced this week that it will kick off fuel reduction efforts at The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park early next month. According to a release from the state agency,...
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Dai’shaun Buie continues hot start, as Cabrillo beats up on San Mateo | Men’s...
APTOS — Freshman forward Dai’shaun Buie scored 20 points, and the Cabrillo College men’s basketball team beat visiting San Mateo 71-49 in nonconference action Wednesday. Nine players scored three or...
View ArticleThe fight to extend the tax cuts | Jeffrey Scharf, Everybody’s Business
One of the great debates of 2025 will be the fight to extend the tax cuts passed by Congress in 2017. As a refresher, the Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017 was enacted via reconciliation. Reconciliation...
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SANTA CRUZ Beekeepers Guild holiday potluck and raffle Beekeepers Guild will be meeting for the annual holiday potluck at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4. at the El Rio Mobile Home Park Community Room, 2120...
View ArticleWhat to wear while surfcasting | Fish Rap
Last week we covered some scary stories about shore beak, surf and currents taking people out while fishing. Most of those who have surfed have learned to read the beach, waves and conditions. Those...
View ArticlePhoto | Pelican quartet spreads their wings
A quartet of pelicans wings northward recently past a sailboat anchored in the Monterey Bay between West Cliff Drive and the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf. Long thought to be related to frigatebirds,...
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Cabrillo College’s Porter Gulch Review to celebrate 40 years with reading event
APTOS — For the past four decades, Cabrillo College has had an avenue for students to publish their poems, short stories, artwork and anything else creative through the annual literary journal Porter...
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Santa Cruz’s annual Thanksgiving Community Dinner brings hundreds downtown
SANTA CRUZ — Few signs of life were visible downtown on Thanksgiving afternoon, with the exception of an animated hub surrounding the Santa Cruz’s Veterans Memorial Building. Vicky Culver handed out...
View ArticleSanta Cruz’s Stefano Profumo, Sarah Kletzer win 10k titles at Santa Cruz...
Santa Cruz’s Stefano Profumo and Sarah Kletzer earned 10k titles at the 2024 Santa Cruz Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving. Hundreds of runners competed in three races, a 10k, 5k, and Kids’ 1k. The start and...
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Tom Karwin, On Gardening | Dudleyas in nature and the garden
Coast Dudleya (Dudleya caespitosa) This plant grows along the coastline from San Francisco to Los Angeles. It starts from a rosette 8 inches wide, containing up to 30 leaves. The leaves are fleshy,...
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Santa Cruz | Community meetings slated for parks, River Street development
SANTA CRUZ — The city of Santa Cruz has community meetings slated for next week regarding potential pickleball courts in Depot Park, Grant Park playground renovations and the proposed three-story...
View ArticlePhoto | Downtown Santa Cruz housing development continues to take shape
The eight-story, mixed-use housing development in downtown Santa Cruz known as Five30, which takes the 400 and 500 block of Front Street, is continuing to take shape. Five30 will include commercial...
View ArticleStephen Kessler | Digging the good vibes at the DMV
I drove all the way to Capitola, a major outing for one who seldom ventures east of the San Lorenzo River if I can help it, because I had to renew my driver’s license and had gone as far as I could...
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Aptos’ magical postseason run ends in CCS D-III final | High school football
SALINAS — Aptos High’s awesome run in the Central Coast Section football playoffs came to a screeching halt in the second half of its championship battle against unbeaten and top-seeded Carmel on...
View ArticleReece Beekman scored 25 points in Santa Cruz Warriors’ win over Salt Lake...
Rookie two-way guard Reece Beekman had 25 points and five steals, and the Santa Cruz Warriors beat the Salt Lake City Stars 115-108 in NBA G League action at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Friday night....
View ArticleGary Griggs, Our Ocean Backyard | Energy use and climate
Sadly, the ocean has a fever and it’s getting worse. Seawater is warming and it’s also getting more acidic, which are gradually affecting the life in the sea, particularly coral reefs. While warmer...
View ArticlePhoto | Last light for angler’s cast at West Cliff
An angler gets a few final casts into the Pacific from West Cliff as a recent sunset colors the sky with the last light of day. Perch are the most common catch for those fishing from the rocks on West...
View ArticlePhoto | Iconic Ford Fairlane surrounded by fall foliage in Santa Cruz
A vintage Ford Fairlane 500 Ranchero is parked on Oceanview Avenue in Santa Cruz below a symphony of color this week as the leaves of a Chinese Pistache tree turn to vibrant hues with the changing of...
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Jets safety Ashtyn Davis pays tribute to fellow Santa Cruzan for NFL’s ‘My...
Santa Cruz native Ashtyn Davis, 28, will be among the New York Jets wearing special cleats to raise awareness for different causes when the Jets (3-8) host the Seattle Seahawks (6-5) in the teams’ NFL...
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