15+ hour, 49+ min ago   (199+ words) Santa Cruz Sentinel Visitors to the Farm at UC Santa Cruz climb a hill above the Cowell Ranch Hay Barn near the campus main entrance. The farm is part of the UCSC Division of Social Sciences’ Center for Agroecology whose…...

16+ hour, 3+ min ago   (184+ words) After the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, consultants condemned the Romanesque-style Cooper House, Santa Cruz’s best downtown landmark. This was despite architect/contractor Michael Bates who had reinforced the building and said it could be saved. I appealed to the Historic Preservation…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (386+ words) “Hopefully he’s going to lose the Senate. He’s going to lose Congress. I hope so, and hold him accountable,” Ford said. “But we’ll see how that goes. We aren’t going to interfere in the U.S. election.” Ford has emerged…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (614+ words) By GLENN GAMBOA, AP Business Writer Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America, a bipartisan campaign founded by philanthropists Olivia and Tom Walton, announced a $100 million pledge Thursday to make giving birth in the United States safer. The five-year commitment aims to…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (610+ words) President Donald Trump pledged Wednesday to send every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections, an extraordinary gambit to reverse his party’s sagging fortunes in November. The dubious promise would likely cost…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (500+ words) By KAITLYN HUAMANI, AP Technology Writer An Anthropic researcher said he is resigning from the company over concerns the artificial intelligence firm and its competitors are not acting responsibly in AI development, echoing concerns raised inside and outside of the…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (460+ words) U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to ban the sale of aircraft from Canada’s Bombardier unless it manufactures planes in the United States. In response, the maker of private jets noted that many components for its planes, including the wings, are…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1053+ words) WATSONVILLE — On a day when scores of people were deciding what to do with their day off, the Monterey Bay Central Labor Council was out in full force at Romo Park in Watsonville Monday to remind people why they had…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (299+ words) WATSONVILLE — The city of Watsonville is ready to use funds from Measure Q, adopted by Santa Cruz County voters in 2024, but how it will use those funds is up to the City Council — which will vote on staff’s recommendations for…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (912+ words) Santa Cruz Sentinel John Day Chace had a prospecting spirit, always looking for the next big payoff. He was born in Hamden, New York, in 1829 and raised on a farm, with a public school education. As a youth, he found…...