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

A couple traverses a crosswalk at the corner of Locust and Cedar streets in downtown Santa Cruz as light from the setting sun creates long shadows.

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 ...

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

How have the Pac-12 schools fared in their first month? And how have Big Ten games on NBC done in the ratings game? The answer could be telling in a few years.

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

Former MLB first baseman and outfielder John Bowker, 43, has been named the new head baseball coach at Monte Vista Christian School, the school’s athletic department announced Thursday evening.

Gayla Cawley is the City Hall reporter for the Boston Herald. She previously covered transportation at the Herald, and worked as news editor for the Daily Item. The University of Connecticut graduate ...

Gillian Greensite, longtime local activist and former candidate for mayor of Santa Cruz, has endorsed Ryan Coonerty for mayor ...

The Pajaro Valley Health Care District Board of Directors heard a presentation at its Wednesday meeting explaining how ...

Santa Cruz has been in the national media spotlight quite a bit this year,” writes Chris Krohn in a Guest Commentary.

The four candidates vying for two Watsonville City Council seats discussed their thoughts on a host of issues in a forum held ...