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The Chardonnay II has been offering locals and visitors alike here in Santa Cruz an experience of a lifetime for years. Unlike anything else you might experience here in our exquisite town, the Chardonnay II takes you on a journey filled with excitement, laughter, movement, sea life, and a fresh perspective of the our [...]
By Jason Hoppin Santa Cruz Sentinel Photos: Shmuel Thaler/Dan Coyro Santa Cruz Sentinel SANTA CRUZ — London may have werewolves, but Santa Cruz now has mountain lions. A wayward cat enthralled the city Thursday when it ambled from the mountains and was spotted around daybreak near one of the busiest intersections in town. Several hours [...]
By J.M. Brown Santa Cruz Sentinel Photos:Dan Coyro/Sentinel SANTA CRUZ — A draft environmental impact report released Monday for a controversial water supply project reaches two critical conclusions: No alternative to a seawater desalination plant will create or save the water needed by two local agencies, and safeguards built into the design will eliminate all [...]
Surfing against cystic fibrosis By Terri Morgan Santa Cruz Sentinel Photo: Jon Weiand/Sentinel SANTA CRUZ — Some of the world’s best professional surfers traveled to Santa Cruz this weekend for a session at Cowell Beach. The traveling pros will team up with instructors from the Richard Schmidt Surf School Sunday morning to introduce children with [...]
By JULIE JAG Santa Cruz Sentinel jjag@santacruzsentinel.com Every day, millions of waves break on coasts and reefs and sandbars around the world. Of those, only a few thousand can probably be classified as big waves. And just a few hundred of them can be paddled into and surfed. But only on the rarest occasions does [...]
By Shanna McCord Photos: Matthew Hint Santa Cruz Sentinel SANTA CRUZ — Cowell Beach, one of the city’s most popular, will be off limits from midnight to an hour before sunrise for at least a year while Santa Cruz officials assess whether a curfew can help curb crime on the beach. The curfew, unanimously approved [...]
By J.M. Brown Photos: Dan Coyro Santa Cruz Sentinel SANTA CRUZ — After battling persistent drug use, illegal camping and discarded needles on Cowell Beach, police and parks officials will ask the City Council to declare a public nuisance and establish an overnight curfew for a year. The proposal, to be heard during the council’s [...]
April 2013 Elizabeth Limbach- Good Times Santa Cruz New research provides foundation to look at protecting mountain lions, particularly when it comes to Highway 17 An adult male mountain lion called simply “Number 16” by the Santa Cruz Puma Project led a scientifically interesting life for the more than two-year period he was tracked by [...]
On Monday, a Federal judge ruled to prevent managers of Monterey public lands from selling permits to drill for natural gas using a technique known as “fracking”. The technique of hydraulic fracturing has seen a lot of controversy in the media over the past several years. While many see the practice as a source of [...]
By Shanna McCord Santa Cruz Sentinel Photo: Dan Coyro SANTA CRUZ — Tensions are rising like a high tide between surfers and a relatively newer group of wave riders who do it standing on a board with a paddle in their hands. The growing conflict has sparked animosity by way of mean notes left on [...]
SCW: Hometown and where do you currently reside? Born and raised in Soquel! Currently residing in good ol’ Capitola. SCW: We hear you are quite the adventure seeker… What was your latest trip? I suppose you could say that, I just returned from an epic trip to Death Valley National Park. I [...]
By: Gretchen Wegrich Santa Cruz Sentinel Photo: Kirstin Scholtz/ASP The formula for becoming the ASP World Tour Rookie of the Year is simple: Finish the season as the highest ranked rookie on tour. For World Tour newcomer Nat Young of Santa Cruz, a stellar start to the 2013 World Tour has made taking home Rookie [...]
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