Editor’s Notebook: Learn about the candidates
Next week, we’ll all have several chances to get to know the three candidates running for 5th District county supervisor a little bit better.
What’s In Store For 2022?
Every year, we tend to reflect on how the year went at the end of the year. We look forward with great hope to the New Year. In business, reflection is a must. Each month, I write about one local business in our Valley...
The Mystery Behind Panko
While waiting at a stoplight on Glen Arbor Road in Ben Lomond I glanced over at the long row of lovely golden yellow daffodils gracing the side of the road.
Those daffodils have appeared each of the 18 years I have lived here announcing that...
44 questions…and no answers
It is the job of working journalists to ask questions – especially from public officials – and what we call “follow-up” questions, and more questions.
Let’s party like it’s 1776! A look at Fourth of July parades
In the movie Independence Day, we heard “….We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We’re going to live on! We're going to survive! So today, we celebrate our Independence Day!”
We did fight, we did struggle, and we...
News Briefs | Published Sept. 12, 2025
Fun run, emergency preparedness fair set for Saturday
On Saturday, Sept. 13, the City of Santa Cruz will be hosting Race the Wave, a 3K...