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Writer for the Santa Cruz Sentinel, previously Vacaville Reporter and Benicia Herald. Still trying to figure out what to do here.
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Martinelli's has recalled bottles of apple juice produced from a specific lot that were found to have elevated levels of patulin, a mold that grows in apples. www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/04/29/m...

Multimedia artist David Zimbalist will be showcasing his work in a new exhibit at the London Nelson Community Center. www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/04/29/d...

Lili Arnold, a printmaker from Felton, is selling T-shirts with her designs to raise funds for the victims of the LA wildfires. www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/04/28/f...

Senderos hosted its 20th Vive Oaxaca Guelaguetza festival Sunday. www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/04/27/v...

This year's Santa Cruz Shakespeare season features "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "Pericles" but also Athol Fugard's apartheid drama "Master Harold...and the Boys" and the company's first musical, Stephen Sondheim's "Into the Woods." www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/04/25/s...

The Pajaro Valley school board hosted its annual student recognition ceremony to honor the top students at each site. www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/04/24/v...

Recent cuts at the Institute of Museum and Library Services have led to the cancelation of large funding grants for two Santa Cruz County museums: the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History and the Santa Cruz Children's Museum of Discovery. www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/04/23/s...

M.K. Contemporary Art Gallery's upcoming exhibit, "Here to Eternity," celebrates the 50th anniversary of Santa Cruz Pride with work by LGBTQ+ artists. www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/04/22/m...

Finn Maxwell, a junior at San Lorenzo Valley High School, is Santa Cruz County's new youth poet laureate. www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/04/22/s...

If you ever wanted to experience the firsthand feeling of going on a quest through different fantastical worlds, the Puppetry Institute will be providing exactly that with its new Capitola Mall space Middleof. www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/04/21/p...

Watsonville is seeking input on a study aimed at reducing traffic collisions on Freedom Boulevard. www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/04/21/w...

Watsonville's Earth Day festival is Sunday. www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/04/20/w...

For the second of my two interviews with finalists for the Sentinel's Jessica A. York Hero Award, I profiled Lynn Sestak, volunteer Firewise coordinator with the Fire Safe Council of Santa Cruz County. www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/04/19/f...

Scotts Valley High School's spring musical "Hadestown," its most technically advanced production yet, opens tonight. www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/04/17/s...

With pink slips going out, Pajaro Valley Unified teachers are calling upon the board to rescind the cuts it approved in February. www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/04/17/p...

A year and a half after the Pajaro Valley school board opted not to renew its ethnic studies consultant contract with Community Responsive Education, the board unanimously voted to bring that contract back Wednesday. www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/04/17/p...

Millennials can wring their hands over Generation Alpha’s sense of humor all they want, but 90% of them definitely have a Facebook post from 2008 still lingering about that says something like “is a dinosaur RAWR! XD”

This week in the Santa Cruz area: The China Cats, Mickey Avalon, Too $hort and Debbie Millman. www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/04/16/c...

The Pajaro Valley school board unanimously voted to bring back its ethnic studies consulting contract with Community Responsive Education.

A rundown of Easter events in Santa Cruz County. www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/04/15/s...

The Watsonville City Council will consider whether or not to fly the Portuguese flag outside Civic Plaza in June for Portuguese Heritage Month. www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/04/14/w...

The Pajaro Valley school board will consider whether or not to restore its ethnic studies consulting contract with Community Responsive Education or consider one of two other consultants. www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/04/14/p...

The historic Redman-Hirahara house in Watsonville, which has long fallen into disrepair, has been recommended by the Santa Cruz County Historic Resources Commission for demolition. This decision will go before the Board of Supervisors for final approval. www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/04/13/w...

Kidding around at Wilder Ranch. 🐐

The 418 Project will be kicking off a year of ally events with a "Wizard of Oz"/"Wicked"-themed Emerald Ball April 25 with all proceeds from donations going to Dual Demons' Trans Mutual Aid Fund. www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/04/11/4...

Managed to work the phrase "Yay Area" into an upcoming calendar item.

This week in the Santa Cruz area: Laura Jane Grace, Brian Selznick and a tribute to the films of George Meiles. www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/04/09/c...

As it expands its reach further into South County, Bike Santa Cruz County will be hosting two community bike rides in Watsonville featuring Mayor Maria Orozco and County Supervisor Felipe Hernandez. www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/04/08/b...

Tammi Brown -- a local jazz, gospel and R&B singer who was a fixture at many events in Santa Cruz and beyond -- died Saturday after a two-year battle with cancer. www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/04/07/s...

Santa Cruz's Ryan Daniele has published his first young adult novel. "The Ring of Experience" is the first installment of his "Arrendar Academy" series. www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/04/06/s...

Sculptor Geoffrey Nelson created the new begonia sculpture in Capitola as a tribute to the city's longtime Begonia Festival. www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/04/05/s...

Santa Cruz County will be naming its next youth poet laureate April 17. www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/04/04/s...

This week in the Santa Cruz area: Old 97's, the Ken Okada Group, Keith Greeninger and Nina Gerber, and a sonic tribute to Gábor Szabó. www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/04/02/c...

From 1996 to 2018, the Gail Rich Awards honored many artists who called Santa Cruz County home. A photo exhibit celebrating these awards will be held at Pajaro Valley Arts starting Saturday. www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/04/02/p...

The Dixon Planning Commission approved a second building for Body By Hank. www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/04/02/w...

Santa Cruz Public Libraries will be hosting screenings of "Free for All: The Public Library," about the history and vitality of public libraries in this day and age. www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/04/01/s...

Four months after being tabled, a special use permit for a Quick Quack Car Wash will go back to the Watsonville Planning Commission for a vote. Will it finally be given the green light? Find out tonight. www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/03/31/c...

Long before the advent of social media, people were still taking photos of their pets. That includes Santa Cruz where the Museum of Art & History has a full exhibit on vintage pet photos and other animal artifacts. www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/03/30/h...

The Beatles: "Let's all get up and dance to a song that was a hit before your mother was born." Generation Alpha: OK. *Dances to The Human League*

The Pajaro Valley school board unanimously voted to keep Ceiba College Prep Academy at its current location, and by extension, Renaissance High School at its current location. www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/03/27/p...

For 40 years, Santa Cruz's Banana Slug String Band has been entertaining generations of children with songs about the wonders of nature. They will be celebrating their fourth decade with a show at the Rio Theatre Saturday. www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/03/26/b...

Bookshop Santa Cruz will be presenting a screening of "Story & Pictures By," a documentary about the importance of children's books, at Santa Cruz High School Sunday. Proceeds will buy books for local school libraries. www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/03/25/b...

The Pajaro Valley school board has two meetings this week: a regular meeting tomorrow and a special study session Friday to discuss ethnic studies. www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/03/24/p...

The Watsonville City Council will receive an update on the city's Housing Element. www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/03/24/w...

For the first in a series of articles on finalists for the Sentinel's Jessica A. York Hero Award, I wrote about the late Rose Kuras, a volunteer cook with the Homeless Garden Project who died in January at the age of 93. www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/03/22/r...