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Wharf to Wharf’s elite Top 100 blurs line between goal, obsession
About 16,000 people are expected to take to the streets on July 28 for 47th annual Wharf to Wharf, packing the six-mile course for the better part of that morning. All of them will get T-shirts at … → Read More
Jo Kenny and Gloria Nieto: ‘It should just be accepted. You’re a human being’
This year marks the 10th anniversary when same-sex marriage was legalized in California. The year was tumultuous for same-sex couples in the state. Couples experienced the joy of finally being able… → Read More
Amber Weiss and Sharon Papo: ‘The word marriage conveys exactly the type of commitment that we had made’
This year marks the 10th anniversary when same-sex marriage was legalized in California. The year was tumultuous for same-sex couples in the state. Couples experienced the joy of finally being able… → Read More
Dinah Phillips and Gail Groves: ‘It was so powerful to have your relationship
This year marks the 10th anniversary when same-sex marriage was legalized in California. The year was tumultuous for same-sex couples in the state. Couples experienced the joy of finally being able… → Read More
Denny Carroll and Bob Correa: ‘It really was about winning a basic right’
This year marks the 10th anniversary when same-sex marriage was legalized in California. The year was tumultuous for same-sex couples in the state. Couples experienced the joy of finally being able… → Read More
Tom Ellison and Larry Friedman: ‘It felt like legalizing something that our kids could look at and look up to’
This year marks the 10th anniversary when same-sex marriage was legalized in California. The year was tumultuous for same-sex couples in the state. Couples experienced the joy of finally being able… → Read More
Capitola Village Halloween Parade scares up crowd of costumed candy-seekers
Ben Mullen could hardly contain the smile on his face Sunday afternoon. His 9-year-old face blemished with faux blood and fake scars, Ben held a plastic axe in his right hand and touted himself as … → Read More
First-time participants excited for Open Studios
The Wrigley Building on Santa Cruz’s Westside is home to storied businesses, startup companies and, this weekend, artists for Open Studios. Open Studios is a chance for artists to showcase their wo… → Read More
Sanchez breaks through in art community
Jaime Sanchez is one of more than 300 artists expected to showcase pieces throughout October as a part of Open Studios. → Read More
Beach event steps in for Begonia Festival
CAPITOLA — When Mike Termini threw around the idea for the Capitola Beach Festival, he thought it might fall short. Just before the first brainstorm meeting in February, Termini thought that … → Read More
Bill would force five Santa Cruz County companies to add more women to boards
SANTA CRUZ >> Santa Cruz County’s five publicly-traded companies would be required to add women to their boards if a proposal, approved by the state Legislature and now on Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk, becomes law.Local companies → Read More
Bird scooters impounded by Santa Cruz, following cease and desist order
SANTA CRUZ >> Just as quickly as two-wheeled scooters appeared in Santa Cruz, they disappeared. Last week, the electric scooter company Bird deployed a fleet of their scooters throughout the … → Read More
Emma Pinto Valdez continues to bring her family’s mole to the annual Mole and Mariachi Festival
Emma Pinto Valdez grew up watching her grandmother cook food for family meals.There were regularly 30 mouths to feed at the events and her grandmother usually recruited a few of the grandkids to help.“She always asked me for help. → Read More
O’Neill Sea Odyssey names new executive director
SANTA CRUZ >> Cyndi Dawson has known she was meant to be a marine biologist since she was eight years old.Dawson grew up in Rio Vista near the Sacramento River in the Central Valley of California. She spent her childhood going to Bodega B → Read More
Berry good day: Strawberry Festival celebrates fruit’s rich Watsonville heritage
WATSONVILLE >> David Coss didn’t know what to expect from his pizza.He’d eaten a sausage pizza with cheese before but never one topped with strawberries. With one swift movement, he took a big bite of the sweet and savory co → Read More
Santa Cruz’s Diversity Center puts on transgender self-defense class
SANTA CRUZ >> Kayanu Hoffman knows self-defense can empower people in the right situation. And for the LGBTQ community, confidence is something needed when being attacked.“It’s like, we’re inevitably in a less confide → Read More
Santa Cruz County Stories: Michelle Ellis works to walk again
CAPITOLA >> Michelle Ellis has seen more doctors than most people. She’s had needles poked into her head, used an exoskeleton to learn how to move her legs and rides an electric wheelchair to get around.The 32-year-old Capitola res → Read More
Life Lab grows gardeners through ‘the power of garden-based learning’
When you ask John Fisher how he knows school gardens have an impact, he’s quick to pluck a memory from years ago.Third graders were out in a garden and among them was a recent immigrant from Central America. The boy spoke only Spanish, n → Read More
‘Soundscaping’: Plantronics offers escape from office noise
SANTA CRUZ >> In the lobby of Plantronics’ headquarters is a display of the company’s product suite.Headphones with microphones for gaming. Bluetooth headphones designed for active athletes. They even have a piece of history → Read More
Queer-youth award winner Mason Franco talks food education, pronouns
SANTA CRUZ >> At 18 years old, Mason Franco feels at ease with themselves.No, that wasn’t a typo. Franco uses the nonbinary gender pronouns "they" and "them." Franco has been doing it for about a year, ever sinc → Read More