Shanna McCord
Santa Cruz Sentinel
Aptos, CA, United States
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Santa Cruz's Good Shepherd celebrates 50 years
SANTA CRUZ -- Good Shepherd Catholic School celebrated its golden anniversary on Sunday with a fete at Cocoanut Grove that brought parents and alumni whose connections to the parochial school stretch back decades. → Read More
Live Oak residents focus on safety, getting to know each other
LIVE OAK -- Live Oak residents joined forces on Tuesday to discuss ways to make their neighborhood safer, focusing on how to get rid of homeless camps that have become prevalent in recent months and ongoing drug use. → Read More
Early Valentine's Day gift for Homeless Garden Project
SANTA CRUZ -- Santa Cruz photographer Rebecca Stark gave the Homeless Garden Project an early Valentine's Day gift with donations generated from a photo session held in their seasonal shop on Pacific Avenue. → Read More
Santa Cruz mobile tumbling business celebrates 12 years
SANTA CRUZ -- Kids ran around Luma Yoga on Sunday, jumping and rolling their way over the padded mats, blocks and wooden bars. → Read More
19-year-old died from gunshot wound in Watsonville
WATSONVILLE -- A 19-year-old man died from a single gunshot wound at Watsonville Community Hospital early Sunday in a case police are investigating as a gang-related homicide. → Read More
Santa Cruz police investigate two stabbings at homeless center
SANTA CRUZ -- Santa Cruz police are investigating two separate stabbings that took place at the Homeless Services Center on Coral Street; in one case officers are searching for a suspect considered armed and dangerous. → Read More
Civil Rights leader tells youth to focus on education
SANTA CRUZ -- Freeman Hrabowski III, a child of the Civil Rights movement who marched in Birmingham, Ala., at age 12, delivered an uplifting message to the crowd gathered at the Civic Auditorium on Thursday. → Read More
Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan to visit Santa Cruz
SANTA CRUZ -- The woman who became an international figure for camping outside former President George W. Bush's Crawford, Texas, ranch in protest of the Iraq war will visit Santa Cruz on Thursday. → Read More
Environmentalists plead for Scotts Valley to ban plastic bags
SCOTTS VALLEY -- Scotts Valley leaders tackled a range of topics at the City Council meeting on Wednesday, from helping the Boys & Girls Club set up in town by deferring fees to declaring a 45-day moratorium on outdoor storage permits. → Read More
Soquel board studies recycled water to augment supply
CAPITOLA -- Soquel Creek Water District leaders started a conversation on recycling water as a possible solution to its ongoing shortage that puts the supply in danger of sea water intrusion on top of a drought that has no end in sight. → Read More
Santa Cruz County gets drenched, sees several accidents
SANTA CRUZ -- You weren't imagining things, that was really rain on Sunday. → Read More
Santa Cruz City Schools leaders work on values and goals
SOQUEL -- Santa Cruz City Schools leaders met in a special meeting Sunday at Soquel High School to review their goals and values as they move forward in implementing Common Core standards and figuring out the state's new local control funding formula. → Read More
Santa Cruz's North Branciforte neighborhood holds special history
SANTA CRUZ -- North Branciforte Avenue, when just a dirt road, was the original Main Street of Santa Cruz in the late 1700s. → Read More
Rain in Santa Cruz didn't even scratch the surface
SANTA CRUZ -- Just when we thought it would never rain this winter, the sky opened up and spit. → Read More
New vet clinic opens in Watsonville
WATSONVILLE -- The Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter is opening a new clinic in Watsonville to expand low-cost spay/neuter, rabies vaccination and microchip. → Read More
Illegal single-track trails at UC Santa Cruz subject of talk
SANTA CRUZ -- Mountain bikers united on Wednesday to start a conversation on how to make the illicit single-track trails around UC Santa Cruz open for riders while also protecting the environment. → Read More
Voluntary cuts on the way for Soquel Creek Water District
SOQUEL -- Residents and businesses from Capitola to La Selva Beach are being asked to voluntarily cut water use 20 percent in response to the statewide drought, though Soquel Creek Water District officials say the conservation effort won't make a dent in the district's ongoing water woes. → Read More
Santa Cruz bridal expo offers one-stop shop for wedding planning
SANTA CRUZ -- Expect to see lots of pink -- whether it's the flowers, dresses or linens -- and dance to electronic music at weddings this year. → Read More
Watsonville police officers honor colleague with Lou Gehrig's disease
CORRALITOS -- Watsonville police officers gathered for a barbecue on Sunday to bid farewell to one of their most decorated colleagues, a man who earned five exceptional duty medals for work in suppressing graffiti, narcotics and gangs during his 18-year tenure. → Read More
Scotts Valley's Vine Hill Elementary students read to raise money
SCOTTS VALLEY -- Vine Hill Elementary School students are reading to raise money to fund their art and music programs. → Read More