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Name Dropping | Daisy Auxiliary celebrates members, donations to Family Service Agency
1+ hour, 12+ min ago (291+ words) CAPITOLA — The Daisy Auxiliary recently announced that its donations to Family Service Agency from its nonprofit Daisy Store increased to $150,000 over the past year. Cynthia Burns, Maria Delpelosa, Monica Heine, Linda Heyes, Ximena Madrigal, Arden Orrell, Dianne Overbo, Katherine Randall…...
Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury finds pedestrian casualties a major public safety problem
2+ hour, 17+ min ago (979+ words) SANTA CRUZ — Walking promotes physical health, community cohesion, mental clarity and reduces vehicle traffic and pollution and in Santa Cruz, it is not for the faint of heart, according to a report from the Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury....
Despite Vitello’s ejection, SF Giants beat Rockies thanks to Schmitt’s homer, Mahle’s start
19+ hour, 18+ min ago (274+ words) SAN FRANCISCO — The focus in San Francisco on Saturday was the future after the Giants selected pitcher Jackson Flora, who attended Foothill High School in Pleasanton, with the fourth overall pick. For all the talk of what’s to come, the…...
Santa Cruz Jug Band Festival returns for expanded year
21+ hour, 38+ min ago (886+ words) SANTA CRUZ — For a few hours in August 2025, Abbott Square might as well have been in the Deep South in the ’30s. It was all due to a mix of bands playing a style that blended bluegrass, blues and gospel, with…...
Commentary | Travels and travails at Yosemite National Park
21+ hour, 58+ min ago (1407+ words) For the Fourth of July, at least we stayed home to enjoy (cower before?) the close thunder of illegal fireworks at nearby beaches. We didn’t make that same cogent decision over Memorial Day, however. We made the somewhat insane decision,…...
Solar-powered tricycles help Cubans navigate fuel shortages and blackouts
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (575+ words) These are no ordinary electric tricycles — many Cubans have outfitted them with solar panels, allowing the vehicles to recharge without relying on the island nation’s strained power grid. The three-wheelers are a far cry from the old-timers that only a…...
Scotts Valley’s Town Center project timeline explained
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (1072+ words) SCOTTS VALLEY — In 2008, the city of Scotts Valley adopted the Town Center Specific Plan to develop a mixed-use downtown at the heart of the city. Eighteen years later, the plan remains as only an idea to Scotts Valley residents. However,…...
Bay Area temperatures to rise as threat of dry lightning grows
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (405+ words) Temperatures around the Bay Area are about to do a small climb as the weekend approaches and will be braced to take more of a leap as it wraps up, according to the National Weather Service. But it’s the overall…...
SF Giants call up Carson Whisenhunt to start, option Ryan Walker to triple-A
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (260+ words) SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants are shaking up their pitching staff after yet another series loss. San Francisco called up Carson Whisenhunt from Triple-A Sacramento Thursday morning, demoting beleaguered reliever Ryan Walker in a corresponding roster move. Whisenhunt, 25, has made one…...
Santa Cruz County supervisors agree to sell slice of Live Oak property to affordable housing developer
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (527+ words) LIVE OAK — The fate of a slice of publicly owned land in Live Oak has been decided more than a decade after it was acquired for redevelopment. The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, acting as the board of the…...