Strong Performances: Mariners’ Boys, Girls Advance to CCS Soccer Semifinals, By Jon Chown • Tammi Brown Remembered with Benefit Concert: Beloved Santa Cruz Singer’s Legacy to Be Celebrated, By Jon Chown • Autopsy Confirms Body is Jeanne Burke: Missing San Lorenzo Valley Woman’s Tragic Story at an End • Short Term Rental Fight in Aptos Continues, By Claudia Iseman • Nonprofit Damians Ladder Looking to Expand: Group Helps Low-Income Seniors Stay in Their Homes With Repairs, By Jon Chown • Students Build Aircraft at Watsonville Hangar: PVUSD Activity Showcases Aviation Career Pathways • Central Coast Students, Including Santa Cruz, Invited to Apply for 2026 Scholarship • Leaders Celebrate $1.2 Million Federal Investment in Watsonville Veterans Memorial Building • PVUSD Board Approves Design Contract for Pajaro Valley High Performing Arts Center • Central Coast Students Invited to Apply for 2026 Scholarship • Mother Sentenced in 1994 Prunedale Newborn Death Cold Case • County Election Materials Now Available in Thai and Japanese • Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History to Celebrate 30 Years with Red Ball Gala • County Shifts Child Welfare Focus From Investigation to Family Support • Local Agencies Receive AT&T Grants to Boost Emergency Preparedness • California State Parks Acquires 153 Acres to Expand Big Basin Redwoods State Park • Aptos Chamber Golf Gathering: Registration Now Open for Aptos Chamber PAR-TEE On The Green Golf Scramble • Big Creek Lumber Marks 80 Years, Continues McCrary Family Scholarship • SF Scottish Fiddlers Coming to Santa Cruz County: Scotts Valley Resident Renata Bratt is Ensemble’s Cello Leader, By Jon Chown • Land of Medicine Buddha Updates Fees to Stay Accessible for Community • SoulCare Studios: A Sanctuary for Healing Mind, Body, and Spirit in Aptos Village • Ronald Steven Kaplan … and much more!