Supporting families through dance
Agape Dance Academy is giving a boost to two organizations that support families during difficult times.
Roaring Camp Pushes Back on Reported Railbanking Talks
It’s just after noon on Jan. 28, and a Roaring Camp train is getting ready to leave the station to wind its way up the Santa Cruz Mountains.
“We’re two minutes late now, but that’s OK,” says the announcer on board, as the last stragglers...
Assistant coach arrested for soliciting sex acts
An assistant soccer coach was arrested Friday after allegedly soliciting sexual acts from underage players.
Santa Cruz shifting homeless as way to slow virus’ spread
SANTA CRUZ—Several uniformed Santa Cruz police officers were on Water Street Friday morning, along with a group of city workers, tasked with dismantling and moving a homeless encampment that has grown along the north wall of the downtown post office, and in other places...
PHOTO: Michoacán dance instructor visits Watsonville
Aldo Valenzuela Roman (standing, at right), a dance instructor from Michoacán, Mexico, leads members of the youth group, Estrellas De Esperanza, which is headed up by Ruby Vasquez. Roman was helping students learn traditional Mexican dances Thursday inside the Watsonville Center for the Arts....
County theaters, galleries deal with closures
After the outbreak of COVID-19 prompted shelter-in-place orders last week, scores of performing arts venues and museums across Santa Cruz County have closed.
Staff and artists are now out of work, and locally-owned venues are currently figuring out their next step.
Cabrillo College Box Office Specialist...
Rose garden volunteers prepare as county fair approaches
Tucked away toward the back of the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds, between the horse arenas and livestock barns, is a small rose garden that often goes unnoticed by many attending the annual fair.
Run by the Monterey Bay Rose Society (MBRS) since 2009, the garden...
Alleged church vandal nabbed
WATSONVILLE—Watsonville Police on Sunday arrested a man suspected of twice vandalizing St. Patrick’s Church.
Arturo Padilla, 38, is suspected of writing graffiti on a door of the cathedral on Oct. 22, and throwing a rock at one of the windows a few weeks earlier.
He was...
Snapshots of a movement
The exhibition, “Pictures from the Field: The Caminata in the Summer of 1975,” is an offshoot of “Democracy in the Fields,” which debuted at the National Steinbeck Center in 2016.
Letters to the Editor Nov. 28-Dec. 4
Medina ‘not shrinking back’ after Lelieur letter
Mr. Lelieur’s letter (Nov. 21-28, p. 8) tries to present a clear picture of the PVUSD Nov. 12...
