Mount-Hermon News

The Bizarro "cartoon" published on July 8 regarding "free-range slaves" is the single most racially offensive item I have ever been exposed to in a newspaper.

Congratulations are in order for Jose Manuel Cuellar Anguiano, Cynthia Cuellar Anguiano and their ballet folkloric group, Xochipilli, on the success of their 4th Annual Gala Performance held Friday at the Mello ...

Contributed photo The Santa Cruz City Band enjoyed their trip to sister city Alushta, Ukraine Music is a language that needs no translation, as members of the Santa Cruz City Band discovered on their recent ...

San Lorenzo Valley voters among dissenters Stone Voters in five rural or semirural election precincts dissented in the decisive June 3 re-election victory of county Supervisor Mark Stone, a Press-Banner ...

As I write this, a "large unpermitted demonstration" by UCSC workers is expected to block traffic on parts of Mission Street.

Bill Lovejoy/Sentinel Shelby and Sandy Monowitz of Felton showed up for Saturdays Felton Remembers Parade, but the cool weather kept them under wraps.

“It just makes my blood curdle.”

The two candidates lined up to take the 5th District county supervisor seat from incumbent Mark Stone hope their criticism of county planning policies, which they believe strip property owners of their ... via Santa Cruz Sentinel

There's the postcard version of Israel - knotty olive trees, pristine blue Mediterranean water, dramatic desert landscapes, snow-topped Mount Hermon. via The Jewish News Weekly

The surviving members of the Grateful Dead are turning over the rock band's archives to the University of California at Santa Cruz. via The Modesto Bee

Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP today filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York, on behalf of - 04/16/2008 - 02:43 PM HOUSTON-- --COADE announced ... via Business Wire

“If you look at Manresa, one of the most important restaurants in all of the South Bay, perhaps in all of Northern California, you have to know where that is, tucked away behind N. Santa Cruz”

The co-owner of the Coggeshall Mansion, which houses the upscale Travese Restaurant and Lounge at 115 N. Santa Cruz Ave., pitched his plan to add two buildings to the site to the town council last week but was ... via San Jose Mercury News

“I'd like to go to the beach and get off campus. I think a majority will be smoking it anyway.”

The University of California-Santa Cruz campus was in lockdown Friday night, but it's not in the traditional sense of the word. via KRCA-TV Burbank

Claudia Reid has been appointed the first full-time policy director for the California Certified Organic Farmers in the organization's 35-year history. via Santa Cruz Sentinel

California agriculture officials warn a potent pesticide may be necessary in battling the light brown apple moth if Santa Cruz delays spraying of a pheromone to fight the crop-destroying pest. via San Diego Daily Transcript

“We're in a very challenging environment”

Despite a record number of admissions, University of California applicants had a tougher time getting into their campuses of choice this year, according to numbers the university released Monday. via San Jose Mercury News

“We do not want to see another DDT”

Dozens of Bay Area residents of all ages gathered at the steps of San Francisco City Hall this afternoon to demonstrate their support for a resolution that opposes a state plan to conduct aerial chemical ... via San Jose Mercury News

“If it's within the radius, we're going to treat it”

San Francisco may join a growing list of counties protesting a state plan to aerial spray the Bay Area to control the spread of the light brown apple moth. via San Francisco Examiner

“I wish there would have been a little more transparency for us local folks”

Record interest in Barack Obama's soaring presidential bid became too much for the state campaign to handle this week. via San Jose Mercury News

“My parents are devastated. He was their baby. I just don't think police did everything they could have. Why didn't they even try to talk to him, at least over a phone? He wanted their help.”

He stabbed two friends and a police dog, then was fatally shot by Santa Clara police officers. via San Jose Mercury News

Two missing girls and their fugitive parents have been located in Mexico, according to the girls' aunt, Rhonda Phillips of Nevada City. via The Union