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Big Basin Redwoods State Park to expand with NoraBella property in Boulder Creek
“NoraBella is the gateway into Big Basin and will serve as a world-class entrance to the park’s new visitor center for generations to come," said California State Parks Director Armando...
ICE watchdog in Santa Cruz County experiencing a monthslong surge in volunteer interest
Organizers with a local rapid response group told the Sentinel that they experienced a noticeable rise in training registrations in October or November of last year and the trend has...
Santa Cruz County LGBTQ+ panel explains ‘why you should care about gender-affirming care’
The nearly two-hour convening featured testimony from legal experts, health care professionals and local youth and young adults that were all there to explain their experiences and relationships to gender-affirming...
California Sen. John Laird appointed chair of influential budget committee
California Senate leadership has appointed Sen. John Laird chair of the influential Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee for the remainder of the 2025-26 legislative session, according to a media...
Local officials sound alarm amid ongoing spike in death cap poisonings
With wild mushroom hunting season in full swing, local officials and experts are warning that a large fruiting of a deadly mushroom is sweeping across Monterey County, the Santa Cruz...
San Lorenzo River mouth surf spot approved as California Historic Landmark
For years, the San Lorenzo River mouth surf break in Santa Cruz has been celebrated by local surfers and historians as the location where surfing was first introduced to the...
Puckish sea otters continue board-stealing ways at Steamer Lane
"The more prolonged the exposure of sea otters and their offspring are to human activities, the higher the likelihood that this is going to occur more frequently," one expert told...
Santa Cruz County RTC shoulders $6.6 million in overruns for Phase 2 of Highway 1 project
The project, which stretches along the highway from the Bay Avenue/Porter Street exit to State Park Drive, broke ground last April and as of this week is approximately 45% complete,...
Watsonville’s Redman-Hirahara house to be delisted from historic inventories
"I'd hate see that go away, both the history and the history of architecture here in the Pajaro Valley," said Board of Supervisors Chair Felipe Hernandez. "But we're left at...
Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park campground to remain closed until 2026 season
Those eager for a snooze beneath the majestic redwoods and shimmering stars at Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park will have to wait a little while longer.