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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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.

A “silicosis dashboard” run by the California Department of Public Health shows that as of May 22, 562 workers have contracted the incurable disease from working with artificial stone in the state, ...

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 ...

Aptos High School’s Gwen Vaca follows the flight of her ball during an at-bat on Saturday during the Mariners’ 10-0 home ...

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