Audrey II is At Aptos High!: AHS Performing Arts Department Presents: ‘Little Shop Of Horrors’, By Ashley Johnson, 11th-grade student at Aptos High • SCCRTC Parking Lot Trial Set for Oct. 19, By Jon Chown • Contreras Leaving PVUSD for San Luis Coastal: Superintendent Will Remain With District Through June 2027, By Jon Chown • Santa Cruz County Faces Deepening Budget Crisis, By Jon Chown • Cabrillo First in State to Award Credit for Wine Certifications • County Homeless Programs Face Rising Need, Funding Cliff: Program Directors Update Supervisors; Community, By Jon Chown • MAH Exhibition Explores History of Arcade Games • A Spooktacular Look • Strawberries Lift County Crop Value to Record High: Blackberries Pass Raspberries as Apple Acreage Keeps Shrinking • Pajaro Valley Unified School District Closure Recommendations Pushed to Winter: Advisory Group Wants More Time and Public Input Before Choosing a Plan, By Jon Chown • Prospectus Highlights Central Coast’s Autonomous Aircraft Industry • Halloween Events Planned Across County • Harlem Globetrotters to bring Rivalry Tour to Santa Cruz • Young Artists Invited to Design Lighted Art • Central Fire Plans Veterans Career Event • United Way Group Awards $40,000 in Youth Grants • Poet Laureate Applications Due Nov. 15 • Soquel Creek Water District Reviews Plan to Sell Water to Santa Cruz: Project was Designed to Pump More Water than District Needs, By Jon Chown • Trades Day to Introduce Hundreds of Teens to Careers • Calles Libres Celebration November 1 in Watsonville • AI Is Already Working the Fields; Our People Need to Be Ready, By Tahra Goraya, President and CEO, Monterey Bay Economic Partnership • Newsom Signs Youth Detention Bill Inspired by Maddy Middleton Case • Community Day Planned at Quail Hollow Ranch • Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park to Reopen Oct. 16 • Rabid Bats Prompt Santa Cruz County Health Warning • Soquel Creek Water District Approves New Labor Agreements: Mid Management, Management Salaries Raised, By Jon Chown • Prop 45 explained: CEQA Overhaul Could Shift Who Holds Power Over Building, By Alejandra Reyes-Velarde, CalMatters • MBEP’s 2026 State of the Region In November: California Chief Economist Dr. Somjita Mitra Will be Keynote Speaker … and much more!
