15+ hour, 40+ min ago   (207+ words) Santa Cruz Sentinel The dancers of Kalpulli Ehecacoatl bring color, spirit and a sense of community to Watsonville Sunday as they perform at Fiestas Patrias. A large crowd filled Main Street between West Beach and Second streets for the annual…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (419+ words) APTOS — One week after postponing its football game against Feather River College due to a shortage of healthy players, Cabrillo broke through for a 22-19 win over Contra Costa on Saturday night. It was the first win for the Seahawks (1-1 overall)…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (614+ words) SAN FRANCISCO — For three straight games, the Giants have looked dead in the water. For three straight games, the Giants have stormed back to life. On Wednesday, they trailed the St. Louis Cardinals by five runs going into the bottom…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (840+ words) SANTA CRUZ — Santa Cruz High’s football team threatened to score late, but came up short and dropped a 28-25 thriller to Santa Clara in a battle of unbeatens on Saturday afternoon. The Cardinals rallied from a 14-3 halftime deficit, but squandered a…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (246+ words) Santa Cruz Sentinel People cooled off in the Pacific Ocean at Natural Bridges State Beach this week as mid-week temperatures rose to near triple digits. A cooling trend to normal temps kicked in Thursday and the National Weather Service forecasts…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (701+ words) In May, with five candidates running to become Santa Cruz’s next mayor to succeed Fred Keeley, the Sentinel Editorial Board recommended city voters choose Ryan Coonerty. We continue to endorse Coonerty for this post, which essentially provides citywide leadership for…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (277+ words) The 49ers’ 2026 season is starting unlike any other in franchise history, with an opening game nearer to the South Pole than Candlestick Park. While the setting — the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Australia’s second-most populous city — is new, the opponent is quite…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (536+ words) SANTA CRUZ — Many Santa Cruz residents spent the past few days at the beach for a cool ocean dip or taking shelter inside air-conditioned buildings amid a heat advisory issued for Santa Cruz County for Wednesday and Thursday. The advisory,…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (536+ words) By ANNA WILDER, Associated Press/Report for America A California couple’s surrogate who refused their wishes to have an abortion has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in a custody dispute over the 4-week-old child who was born with…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (206+ words) A cyclist pedals up the Coolidge Drive hill at UC Santa Cruz. Cows, horses, oxen and even a small herd of buffalo were kept at the Cowell Lime Works ranch before the land became UC Santa Cruz and cattle still…...