A view of enthusiastic promoters for the Santa Cruz County Fair in the 1920s.

Soquel High’s girls water polo team picked up two more wins on Friday to move into the Platinum Division semifinals at the ...

The Pirates learned a vaulable lesson in their 28-21 homecoming loss to Greenfield on Friday night: You can’t fire a cannon ...

Sharks, trilobites and ammonites were all living in an ancient ocean and their remains were preserved in the sediments as the seafloor was uplifted and became Morocco’s Atlas Mountains of today,” ...

The weather service issued a heat advisory that goes into effect at 11 a.m. Saturday and will be in place at least until 10 p ...

Santa Cruz County saw $762.9 million in local crop production in 2025, rising 2.8% since 2024, according to the newly ...

Harbor High’s girls volleyball team was pushed to five sets for the second time in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play, but ...

The Santa Cruz Sentinel’s Letters to the Editor for Oct. 2, 2026.

As much as any other local institution, the Nickelodeon helped define this town as a thriving center for arts and culture,” writes columnist Stephen Kessler.

Controversy over a proposed housing project in Seabright continued this week, as opponents marched through downtown in ...

Measure D would update protections Santa Cruz County voters approved in 1986,” writes Sara Barth in a Guest Commentary. “The existing ordinance requires voter approval before certain county ...

Sailboats cut through the Monterey Bay beyond the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk’s Giant Dipper roller coaster in this view from UC Santa Cruz.