News
Photos | Celebrating early with Noon Year’s Eve Party at Live Oak Library
3+ hour, 31+ min ago (157+ words) Photos | Celebrating early with Noon Year's Eve Party at Live Oak Library'Santa Cruz Sentinel Live Oak Library staff released an avalanche of balloons as the clock struck noon on Wednesday during a "Noon Year's Eve Party" to usher in 2026. The…...
Volunteering with children can build character and create lasting family memories
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (1005+ words) By CATHY BUSSEWITZ, Associated Press Teacoach had reached out to many organizations looking for volunteer projects that she could do with her young child, but most places said no, so she came up with her own. "Everyone was like, "A…...
Pajaro Valley Collaborative pushes for statewide adoption of Childcare Safety Plan
3+ week, 2+ day ago (528+ words) WATSONVILLE " The Pajaro Valley Collaborative has been very busy throughout 2025, raising awareness of topics like federal impacts to Medi-Cal and food assistance programs like Second Harvest Food Bank as well as highlighting resources for immigrant families. AB 495 " also known as…...
Fruit, seeds, almonds and chestnut flour team up to make Energy Balls
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (340+ words) I spoke with Le Pape from her home in Venice. She told me that about 10 years ago she realized the future of pastry would require it to be healthier. She set about to find ways to create pastries using healthier…...
Tracey Weiss, Our Ocean Backyard | Speaking for the seas: The power of civic engagement in environmental education
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (381+ words) Our annual election is a time when citizens across our community and state have the opportunity to come together and make their voices heard. Each ballot cast helps shape the policies and priorities that determine the health of our communities,…...
‘Can I just be a kid?’ Students shaken by immigration raids seek help from school counselors
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1730+ words) A new school year brings an array of feelings: excitement, anticipation, nervousness, homesickness. Maria Caballero Maga'a, a K-8 school counselor in Oxnard, knows these feelings well " familiar companions as students return to campus. This year, however, she and other counselors detected…...
Photo | Community connection at Del Mar Elementary School farmers market
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (248+ words) Millie Juarez, third from left, is all smiles Friday afternoon as she prepares pupusas, thick traditional Central American cornmeal griddle cakes at a farmers market at the Live Oak School District Farm at Del Mar Elementary School. The market filled…...
Should the United States create a sovereign wealth fund? | Jeffrey Scharf, Everybody’s Business
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (236+ words) The four other funds in the top 10 are funded with money from trade surpluses. Rather than simply hold the entire surplus as interest-earning cash, sovereign wealth funds controlled by China, Singapore and Hong Kong invest nearly $4 trillion elsewhere hoping to…...
Photos | Santa Cruz County Office of Education honors Educators of the Year
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (121+ words) " Education Specialist Minc Robinson Brooker keeps open communication a priority with her students at Pajaro Valley High School. Robinson Brooker was recognized as one of the Santa Cruz County Office of Education's Teachers of the Year in a ceremony in…...
Name Dropping | Cabrillo College selects Local Government Fellow
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (30+ words) Maria Teresa Madrigal has been selected as a Cabrillo College Local Government Fellow. Maria Teresa Madrigal has been selected as a Cabrillo College Local Government Fellow. More in Local News...