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Indie Film Pioneer Dies

Bill Raney, who founded Santa Cruz’s Nickelodeon Theater and helped shape the city’s independent film culture for decades, has died at 90.

Hundreds of teachers, staff and students packed a Watsonville school board meeting to protest planned layoffs in Pajaro Valley Unified School District, delivering a petition with more than 1,000 signatures and calling on trustees to “put students first.”

Panetta will fight drilling

Business leaders from fishing, hospitality and agriculture warn proposed offshore drilling could threaten jobs and reshape the Central Coast’s economy.

Lower Speeds on Highway 9

Caltrans will lower speed limits on several segments of Highway 9 in Santa Cruz County following a recent engineering and traffic survey.

Upscale Cruz

Anthropologie’s grand opening on Pacific Avenue marks another step in downtown Santa Cruz’s retail resurgence, with vacancies dropping and new businesses on the way.

Nuñez Runs for Supe

Watsonville native and Pajaro Valley Health Care District board chair Tony Nuñez enters the 4th District supervisor race.

Banff at 50

The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour marks its 50th anniversary with three nights of adventure cinema at the Rio Theatre.

Above the Cat

Two months after a soft opening on Halloween weekend, Cat Alley Street, a new upstairs club above the Catalyst in downtown Santa Cruz, is...

Weedzilla

Bookshop Santa Cruz’s excellent author programming brings another literal bang-banger with investigative journalist Scott Eden, and his latest, A Killing in Cannabis: A True...

Wetlands Day

The City of Watsonville and Watsonville Wetlands Watch will host the annual World Wetlands Day celebration on Saturday from 9:30am to 1pm along Struve...

High Rise Concern

Tension was thick during an online meeting over the proposed demolition of the building that currently houses The Catalyst nightclub in Downtown Santa Cruz....

County Leaders Support Immigrants

Santa Cruz County Sheriff Chris Clark told reporters Thursday that local law enforcement will not cooperate with federal officials if they come to the...