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I know the day he died, Jack O'Neill, as a day my world got bigger even as the earth became one person smaller.

Dozens of children gathered at Pajaro Park Monday morning, where they went through several drills designed to teach them the fundamentals of soccer. The kids — 75 in all – were participating in Aztecas Summer Soccer Camp, a program created to give low-income kids a constructive summertime activity.

A total of 120 students from 11 different middle schools across the region were given a head start on their math skills this week at the Bruce W. Woolpert Algebra Academy, held at Graniterock’s corporate headquarters and Driscoll’s Cassin Ranch facility in Watsonville.

The Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau called on community members Wednesday to encourage young people to consider careers in agriculture.

A local muralist is inviting aspiring artists to come help transform a community park from a blank, graffiti-covered stretch of fences into a work of community art.

The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved a plan to allow up to four marijuana-based events at the county fairgrounds, along with a sizable framework of regulations governing the events.

A record 159,443 Santa Cruz County residents registered for the November election, with more than 111,000 vote-by-mail ballots issued, County Clerk Gail Pellerin said.

A 26-year-old man was shot and killed late Sunday night near his apartment in the Emerald Bay Apartments.

Monterey Bay Greenhouse Growers welcomes the public to join them for their eighth annual open house flower tours on Saturday.

A biennial census taken in January shows that Santa Cruz County’s homeless population rose by more than 14 percent since the 2015 count, Santa Cruz County officials reported Thursday.