PV Arts opens ‘Emergence’ show
“Emergence,” the latest exhibition at Pajaro Valley Arts, has opened at the Pajaro Valley Gallery, 37 Sudden St.
The exhibit showcases 33 artists with more than 100 works in a wealth of mediums.
Based on the definition of emergence—“coming into being or prominence”—the artwork features new...
Roasting racks up $50K for inclusive park
Laughter filled the building as quip after quip, Supervisor Zach Friend sat through the stories, comic strips and one-liners “roasters” threw at him as part of Aptos/Capitola Rotary’s annual dinner Friday.
Homeless advocates plan to sue Santa Cruz
A group of homeless advocates plan to sue the City of Santa Cruz after a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit stemming from the May 3 closure of the Ross Camp.
Cabrillo College parts ways with embattled administrator
APTOS—The Cabrillo College Governing Board of Trustees has decided to cut ties with a high-ranking administrator who in December was placed on leave after being charged with embezzlement.
The board made the decision in the closed session of its monthly meeting on Monday. The elected...
Local landscaper gets national recognition
K&D Landscaping has spent more than three decades improving ground cover for homes and businesses throughout the Monterey Bay. Now, they have a cover of their own: Emblazoned across the front of the August edition of the nationally distributed Lawn & Landscape magazine is Justin White, CEO of K&D on Hangar Way.
School arts funding bill among seven propositions on Nov. 8 ballot
In 2008, as the economic recession was ravaging communities nationwide, school districts were forced to take a close look at their budgets, and in many cases make massive cuts to preserve the meat of their programs.
The first casualties of this across-the-board slashing were often...
Cabrillo Gallery exhibit explores history of Black photographers
Since the start of the pandemic, Cabrillo Gallery has had to adapt exhibits through its website and social media. But the gallery’s newest show, “Bearing Witness: Manifesting Black History from Photographic Archives,” is one that might not have existed outside a virtual format.
“Honestly, it’s...
Hearing begins in Pleasure Point kidnapping, murder case
SANTA CRUZ—The four men who investigators say kidnapped and murdered a Pleasure Point man two years ago appeared in court Tuesday for the first day of their preliminary hearing.
Stephen Lindsay, 28, Joshua Camps, 25, and brothers Kaleb and Kurtis Charters, 20 and 23, respectively,...
