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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 ...

California wildlife officials are considering the removal of peregrine falcons from the state's endangered species list as researchers tout the bird's dramatic recovery.

Law enforcement officials attributed the absence of any major Independence Day problems to their increased presence and smaller crowds than usual, but firefighters say the county was lucky to escape without a ...

Shmuel Thaler/Sentinel Metro buses run their routes out of the Metro Center in downtown Santa Cruz on Monday.

Sophie Borazanian/Sentinel Mission Gardens, an equal opportunities home located on Grand View St.are still in use on Tuesday.

A former law school administrator who stabbed his estranged wife to death in October 1995 was denied parole this week, the District Attorney's Office announced.

When a Santa Cruz County, San Mateo County, or San Francisco Bay Area caller reports a fire, the incident report is accessible online seconds later.

An apparent arson burned part of a portable classroom at New Brighton Middle School hours after a man intentionally set several trash cans and bins on fire in downtown Santa Cruz.

The downtown scene is morphing once again. Club Dakota, a gay-friendly nightclub at 1209 Pacific Ave., is slated to be sold in bankruptcy court July 11 after 11 years in business.

Spend an afternoon watching falcons fly and hunt along the coast. Or meet dolphins and sea otters up close while sipping wine and enjoying dessert.

Cookie Miller, Moe Frank and Neta Cobb man the counter a Rod Ros Burger Grill inside a Water Street gas station.

Clive Sinclair talks about his love of Santa Cruz in California, with its vibrant colours, old-school rollercoaters and a wealth of natural riches.

Cal Fire officials say a person started the Martin Fire that charred 520 acres and destroyed three homes in Bonny Doon last month.

What better way to welcome summer than a trip to the coast? There's something about crashing waves and crying gulls, stick-to-your-body sand and the iodine-tang of kelp that signal this outdoor season.

A task force in Santa Cruz County made a major bust on Tuesday by confiscating more than 1,000 pounds of illegal fireworks.

Theater companies generally adore terms like "bold" and "risk-taking" to describe themselves, and Shakespeare Santa Cruz historically has been no different.

Centuries ago, before there were pigs and roads and ranches on Santa Cruz Island, there was a wetland.

Santa Cruz city workers will stage a picket in protest of what they are calling hostile working conditions today at noon during the Woodies on the Wharf event, Service Employees International Union Local 521 ...

Contributed phoot The Lipizzaner Stallion performs mezair, a series of successive levades in which the horse lowers its forefeet to the ground before rising again on hindquarters, achieving forward motion.

B onnie Jay is going over the budget in the kitchen of the El Dorado Residential Treatment Center, an eight-room psychiatric facility with 16 beds.