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Construction is underway on Highway 9 sidewalks linking Felton with San Lorenzo Valley schools, though cyclists remain concerned about the project’s bike lanes.

Dolores Huerta Dies

Dolores Huerta, whose name and face became synonymous with agricultural workers’ nationwide struggles for fair treatment, who co-founded United Farmworkers (UFW) union with Cesar...

As AI unsettles career expectations, Santa Cruz County students are reconsidering their paths. Roz Spafford explores local enrollment trends, students’ concerns and why educators emphasize subject knowledge, collaboration and learning to adapt.

High Score

From pinball to midway prizes, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History’s High Score exhibit celebrates the Boardwalk’s gaming past. Vintage machines, archival surprises and playable favorites reveal how generations found fun and connection at the arcade.

Haunting Santa Cruz

From unsettling nights at Brookdale Lodge to neighborhood ghost stories, author Aubrey Graves explores more than 100 locations in Supernatural Santa Cruz: The Ultimate Edition

Fortifying the Blue Wall

Measure D would expand Santa Cruz County’s coastal protections, giving voters a say over new onshore infrastructure supporting offshore drilling and seabed mining.

County Building Shut Down: Mysterious White Powder Found

The Santa Cruz County Governmental Center on Ocean Street in Santa Cruz was evacuated Friday morning—along with the adjacent Superior Courthouse—after a suspicious white...

Lightning Struck

Sleepbomb brings a live psychedelic and post-doom score to the 1931 Frankenstein at the Rio Theatre, inviting fresh sympathy for its misunderstood creature.

Monster Mash

UCSC’s Festival of Monsters returns Oct. 14–18 with horror scholarship, authors, comics and free public events exploring the language of monstrosity.

Crimson Roars in the Redwoods

King Crimson classics, guitar wizardry and a Zappa encore echoed through the redwoods as Terry Bozzio joined Adrian Belew, Steve Vai and Tony Levin for BEAT’s tour opener at UCSC’s Quarry Amphitheater.

Vote Hope

A Romero Institute town hall brings Santa Cruz leaders and activists together to discuss voting rights, civic courage and the power of community participation.

There and Back Again

UC Santa Cruz student Oliver Levine paddles 48 miles across Monterey Bay and back, navigating darkness, bioluminescence and self-doubt on a 12-foot board without a support boat.

Making Waves

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Distinguished Artists

A Circle Blooms

Free Will Astrology

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Dairy Departed

Pizza Progression

Making Waves

Safe Passage

Dolores Huerta Dies

Pockets of Disruption

High Score

Haunting Santa Cruz

Fortifying the Blue Wall

County Building Shut Down: Mysterious White Powder Found

Lightning Struck

Monster Mash

Crimson Roars in the Redwoods

Vote Hope

There and Back Again