The Santa Cruz Sentinel’s Letters to the Editor for Nov. 3, 2026.

A great blue heron lifts off after foraging along Rooney Street in Santa Cruz near the onramp to northbound Highway 1.

California Highway Patrol, park employees and officers from the Sheriff’s Office were dispatched just before 2 a.m. to Jetty Road to a report overheard gunshots.

The rain is expected to be light and not long-lasting. The East Bay and South Bay are not expected to get much more than 2 hundredths to .15 inches, while some areas closer to the water are expected ...

Soon, Pajaro Middle School will have a new athletic field where students and the community at large can harness their athletic skills, create lasting memories and support their well-being.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a push for California to set aside thousands of mail ballots from people President Donald Trump’s administration claims are noncitizens, a ...

The second murder trial for Antolin Garcia Torres in connection with the 2012 presumed disappearance and death of Sierra LaMar got fully underway Monday with opening statements, with attorneys set to ...

Meta said it was postponing the rollout of new terms for its business accounts after an outcry from media companies and ...

The cookbook author and TV host calls this dish, made with slow-cooked garlic and Parmesan, plus parsley, lemon zest and red pepper flakes, ‘Outrageous Garlic Bread.’ ...

The titan arum — otherwise known as the “corpse flower” — is native to Indonesia, Sumatra and Borneo and is one of the largest flowers in the world. When it opens, it emits an odor like that of ...

Over the past month, county-wide controversy has been stirred up over a 2022 letter written by Capitola City Council ...

Julia Feinberg feels like she’s living in a sinister version of Groundhog Day. For the second year in a row California ...