PHOTO: Celebrating Japanese culture
Members of Taiko San Francisco perform Saturday at the 29th annual Japanese Cultural Fair in Santa Cruz. The one-day event featured music and dance, a tea ceremony, ikebana (flower) and bonsai demonstrations and a kimono workshop, information tables and various Japanese goods for sale.
County’s plan for aging seeks community input
Santa Cruz County is presenting a Master Plan for Aging (MPA) survey residents can take that will help county leaders craft a plan to meet the needs of its rapidly growing senior population.
When it is complete, the county’s MPA—called “Age Well Santa Cruz County”—will...
Volunteers needed for 2022-23 Civil Grand Jury
The Superior Court of Santa Cruz County is seeking volunteers to become members of the Civil Grand Jury.
The 19-member Civil Grand Jury is an independent body empowered to investigate the operations of city and county governments as well as other tax-supported agencies and special...
CHP to focus on DUI drivers
The California Highway Patrol is stepping up its efforts to get impaired drivers off the road.
Public invited to meeting on pump track
The public is invited to a meeting Saturday to learn about a proposed bicycle pump track at Pinto Lake County Park.
Local farms get big loan boost
Local farmers Zea Sonnabend and Javier Zamora talk Aug. 17 about both of their farming operations and how a $1 million loan from California FarmLink boosted their businesses.
Trump rescinding DACA program protecting young immigrants
President Donald Trump on Tuesday began dismantling the government program protecting hundreds of thousands of young immigrants who were brought into the country illegally as children. Attorney General Jeff Sessions declared the Obama administration's program "an unconstitutional exercise of authority" that must be revoked.
From trash to treasure
Slowly and painstakingly, more than 30 students in Elise Jacobs fifth-grade class at Bradley Elementary School trimmed bits of plastic of varying textures and colors, and then glued into place on the mosaic artwork on their desk. Little by little, their menagerie of orcas,...
Kaiser staffer rescues driver from burning car
On his drive to work one recent morning south on Highway 17, Chris Amos, an orthopedic technician at Kaiser Permanente in Santa Cruz County, witnessed a head-on collision of a motorcycle and a car.
Students visit from Croatia
Four high school students from Croatia arrived July 2 in Watsonville from the Student Ambassador Exchange Program of the Slavic American Cultural Organization (SACO).
They...