8+ hour, 26+ min ago   (546+ words) SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants entered this weekend needing just one win to avoid losing 100 games in a single season for the second time in franchise history. As they embark upon their final trip of the year, they are still searching…...

13+ hour, 12+ 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…...

15+ hour, 52+ min ago   (415+ words) SAN JOSE – San Jose Sharks prospect winger Cam Lund was still being evaluated, and his availability for the start of training camp next week remained in question Sunday after he sustained an upper-body injury the night before in a Rookie…...

15+ hour, 45+ min ago   (307+ words) Rafael Devers, the Giants’ most productive hitter this season who was poised to become the team’s first 40-homer player since Barry Bonds, will not play again this year because of a core muscle injury. Devers, 29, will hit the 60-day injured…...

16+ hour, 55+ min ago   (131+ words) Santa Cruz Sentinel Santa Cruz refutes pedestrian safety recommendations from Civil Grand Jury KTLA news anchor Chris Burrous dies after collapse in motel room Crowds flock to the Capitola Village for Capitola Art and Wine Festival’s 43rd year Aptos stomps Soledad…...

17+ hour, 52+ min ago   (199+ words) Santa Cruz Sentinel Visitors to the Farm at UC Santa Cruz climb a hill above the Cowell Ranch Hay Barn near the campus main entrance. The farm is part of the UCSC Division of Social Sciences’ Center for Agroecology whose…...

18+ hour, 6+ min ago   (184+ words) After the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, consultants condemned the Romanesque-style Cooper House, Santa Cruz’s best downtown landmark. This was despite architect/contractor Michael Bates who had reinforced the building and said it could be saved. I appealed to the Historic Preservation…...

18+ hour, 48+ min ago   (1040+ words) APTOS — Meilin Obinata’s decision to run for a school board seat can be traced back to her own experiences growing up in the Pajaro Valley Unified School District. Attending Mar Vista Elementary School, Aptos Junior High School and Aptos High…...

18+ hour, 56+ min ago   (357+ words) FELTON — As an invasive tree-killing beetle species appears to be spreading in Santa Cruz County, county officials and the UC Cooperative Extension will be holding two community meetings next week to explain mitigation strategies to protect native trees. Since the…...

21+ hour, 7+ min ago   (248+ words) September marks the beginning of the great summer-to-fall garden transition and, although most summer plants still have life left in them, many gardeners are turning their attention to the iconic chrysanthemum. The majority of mums sold in pre-planted containers at…...