The Watsonville City Council will conduct a public hearing Tuesday to consider whether to increase the city’s water, ...

Santa Cruz County veterans and community members commemorated Memorial Day by taking to their surfboards for a ceremony on ...

Santa Cruz’s Neil Ostermann earned his second Santa Cruz City Amateur title in five years in dramatic fashion at DeLaveaga ...

We are members of a group of local citizens who came together a year ago because, like the majority of U.S. Democrats, we are horrified that our U.S. tax dollars are being used by Benjamin Netanyahu’s ...

The Santa Cruz Sentinel’s Letters to the Editor for May 24, 2026.

Lacking the size and stature (and some would argue the majesty) of a bald eagle, a crow lets out screech and spreads its ...

A crack has relieved some pressure in a damaged chemical tank and the temperature of the highly flammable gas inside is ...

California’s home insurance of last resort, the FAIR Plan, is raising rates 29.1% for certain homeowners starting Oct. 15. Rates will be highest for those in high-risk, fire prone areas.

Soquel High’s highly regarded baseball team finally earned the postseason victory it knew it was capable of on Saturday.

Harvey West was the last person you’d assume to be a philosopher, but he’d ponder the meaning of life, to make life ...

Pitchers Cole McGillicuddy and Jacob Kissinger threw a combined four-hitter, and the No. 5 seed Aptos High baseball team ...

The Sentinel caught up with Kyle Gass who will be performing at Moe’s Alley June 2 with the Kyle Gass Company.