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A $6 million donation from a family with deep ties to Big Basin Redwoods State Park will fully fund construction of a new Redwood Ecology Interpretive Center, marking a major milestone in the effort to rebuild the park following the devastating CZU Lightning Complex...

Applications are being accepted through Nov. 15 for Santa Cruz County poet laureate, an honorary position intended to promote poetry, creative expression and diverse voices throughout the community. Santa Cruz Public Libraries is coordinating the application process with the county Department of Parks, Open Spaces...

Thousands of dollars have already been raised for the family of a Scotts Valley man who was recently killed in a motorcycle crash. Connor Wildey, 23, died in a motorcycle crash near Corralitos Road and Merk Road on Sept. 23. Donations are going to help cover...

When Barend Reijn’s two daughters first discovered softball, it wasn't immediately obvious that they had found something that would become such a big part of their lives. Like many parents, Reijn and his wife tried different activities with their girls — soccer, horseback riding, gymnastics...

Soquel resident Will Barba, 26, says the idea for the upcoming gathering he’s planning with his business partner, 25-year-old Tristan Piotrowski, was sparked by time spent overseas. “Truly the inspiration for this comes from my travels in Türkiye,” he said, looking out past flag bunting...

When Oscar Wilde walked into court in London in 1895, he was one of the most celebrated writers of his generation. Within months, his career, reputation, finances and freedom would be shattered. That dramatic transformation is at the heart of Moisés Kaufman’s “Gross Indecency: The...

Felton’s Covered Bridge County Park was positively teeming with kids of all ages last weekend, as the long-awaited Felton Pump Track was opened to the public. In preparation for Saturday’s event, the fencing had been dropped around the perimeter of the track on Friday; once...

If you’re looking for belly laughs that come in fits and leave you wanting more, Mountain Community Theater’s (MCT) production of Neil Simon’s “Rumors” delivers them with dizzying speed, sharp comic timing and a talented cast that brings Simon’s script into hilarious focus. Directed by...

For Imani Wilson, repair is not a new idea. It is something she grew up with, and something that eventually became part of her own working life. “My connection to repair goes back much further than The Repair Movement,” Wilson said. “My father was a...

A few years back, a consultant report identified “inclusion” as an area where the San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District had room to improve. SLVUSD partnered with an organization called Inclusion Counts using grant funds from the California Department of Education Antibias Education Grant Program;...