18+ hour, 12+ 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…...

21+ hour, 28+ min ago   (248+ words) September marks the beginning of the great summer-to-fall garden transition and, although most summer plants still have life left in them, many gardeners are turning their attention to the iconic chrysanthemum. The majority of mums sold in pre-planted containers at…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (246+ words) Santa Cruz Sentinel People cooled off in the Pacific Ocean at Natural Bridges State Beach this week as mid-week temperatures rose to near triple digits. A cooling trend to normal temps kicked in Thursday and the National Weather Service forecasts…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (191+ words) SANTA CRUZ — Jim Morris delivered Teen Kitchen Project’s millionth meal last week on his route in Santa Cruz. The food went to a client on Chestnut Street facing serious illness. Morris has been a Teen Kitchen Project “delivery angel” since…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (220+ words) Santa Cruz Sentinel Judi Cobb is all smiles as she and other participants of the city of Santa Cruz Parks and Recreation’s Walking Adventure Group (WAG) make their way up the Laurent Street hill in Santa Cruz during one of…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1232+ words) Here it is, the end of the summer. Most of my tomatoes have put forth their fruit, providing us with plenty of juicy Sungold tomatoes. At least the deer didn’t eat them this year because I was smart enough to…...

2+ week, 21+ hour ago   (932+ words) By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ The same treat was served to her at breakfast the following morning. Delighted, she summoned her chef and rewarded him with a silver ingot. “It was originally called ‘minced pork pancake,’ but because it had fulfilled…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (657+ words) CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Keke Palmer, 33; Macaulay Culkin, 46; Chris Pine, 46; Melissa McCarthy, 56. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): An invitation or offer will have strings attached. Ask questions. Get what you want in writing — or be adamant and take a pass. How…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (266+ words) Photo | Walkers stride along the Pogonip Creek Nature Loop in Santa Cruz Santa Cruz Sentinel Walkers stride along the Pogonip Creek Nature Loop as they approach the Prairie Trail at Pogonip in a view from UC Santa Cruz. The UCSC…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (516+ words) Chef Pim Techamuanvivit, a Michelin-starred restaurateur (San Francisco’s Kin Khao and Nari and Bangkok’s Nahm), in collaboration with award-winning cookbook author Andrea Nguyen, just published “Cooking Thai: Heritage and Modern Recipes from My Kitchen Notebooks.” The authors will appear at…...