Dwarf car ace Dylan Shrum made his trek from Lincoln to Watsonville pay off by scoring a $1,000 triumph during the inaugural Joe Brechel Memorial at Ocean Speedway on Friday.

https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/06/07/dylan-shrum-fends-off-joey-lingron-for-joe-brechel-memorial-victory-ocean-speedway/

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Akbar Bey, 30, worked with another ex-colleague to rob an armored car in San Leandro, but ended up killing the driver in the process.

https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/04/07/ex-east-bay-armored-car-guard-agreed-to-serve-life-for-murdering-colleague/

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The summit is staged to ensure that Cabrillo's programs plan for the future of the workforce and ensure that graduates have the skills and competencies for the demands and expectations of tomorrow’s workplaces. Lunch for the attendees was prepared by the college's Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management students.

https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/03/14/photo-cabrillo-college-holds-2025-career-education-summit/

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Michelle Malone has been at this for a while. For three decades, the Atlanta-born, award-winning singer-guitarist — who also plays a mean slide — has been writing, recording and touring. She returns to the West Coast next week and will be at The Ugly Mug Café on March 13.

https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/03/05/americana-songwriter-guitarist-michelle-malone-slides-back-into-santa-cruz-county/

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This rich chocolate pudding uses just one bowl and takes less than five minutes to make -- and it's plant-based.

https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/02/05/quick-cook-five-minute-mexican-chocolate-pudding-plant-based/

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The colors of a pastel sunset are reflected in the surf zone at Sunny Cove in Live Oak as a scavenger employs a metal detector at low tide to hunt for buried treasure. 

https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/01/31/photo-beachgoer-searches-for-treasure-with-metal-detector-at-sunny-cove-in-live-oak/

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Aptos native Nikki Hilitz, 30, blazed in the women's 3,000 run at the John Thomas Terrier Classic at Boston University on Friday.

https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/01/31/aptos-native-nikki-hiltz-blazes-to-3000-win-at-john-thomas-terrier-classic-in-boston-track-and-field/

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This quick, homemade take on pho -- a faux pho, if you will -- uses key aromatics in a store-bought broth to get a warming noodle soup on the table quickly.

https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/01/06/taste-food-this-quick-riff-on-a-vietnamese-classic-is-a-faux-pho/

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WATSONVILLE — A recommendation by city staff to deny a special use permit for a Quick Quack Car Wash on East Lake Avenue will return to the Watsonville Planning Commission at its Tuesday meeting, having previously tabled the discussion in November. In December 2023, the city received a special use permit from Vance Shannon, on […]

https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/01/06/car-wash-discussion-to-return-to-watsonville-planning-commission/

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With its caramelized onions and Alpine cheeses, this easy white pizza is perfect for whatever you need, from simple supper to party appetizer.

https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2024/12/10/tastefood-pizza-to-the-rescue-during-this-frantic-holiday-season/

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The UC Santa Cruz women's soccer team scored twice in the first half and held on to stun No. 2 nationally ranked Christopher Newport 2-0 to claim its first Coast-To-Coast Conference Tournament championship at Lower East Field in Santa Cruz on Sunday.

https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2024/11/10/ucsc-womens-soccer-pulls-massive-upset-qualifies-for-ncaa-d-iii-tournament-local-roundup/

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NHL: Jake Walman will be scratched Tuesday when the San Jose Sharks face the Columbus Blue Jackets at SAP Center

https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2024/11/05/san-jose-sharks-to-scratch-jake-walman-vs-columbus-blue-jackets/

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Lewis Tree Service’s Jonah Vogel rises above Bay Street in Santa Cruz to prune and do other periodic maintenance on a large Canary Island date palm. The species, Phoenix canariensis, is a flowering plant in the palm family Arecaceae, native to the Canary Islands off the coast of Northwestern Africa and it is a relative […]

https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2024/10/28/photo-pruning-a-pretty-palm/

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Once thought to be a rare occurrence, researchers at Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute detected an unprecedented number of sperm whales in Monterey Bay using underwater microphones.

https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2024/10/27/elusive-sperm-whales-found-deep-in-monterey-bay-by-monterey-bay-aquarium-research-institute-researchers/

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Mischa Eovaldi sends her ball down a lane at Boardwalk Bowl Saturday afternoon during the annual Strike Out Against Cancer fundraiser for WomenCARE. The event raised more than $50,000 for WomenCARE, a Santa Cruz County nonprofit that provides cancer advocacy, resources, education, and support to women, their families and friends, and healthcare practitioners at each […]

https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2024/10/27/photo-bowling-for-charity/

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Jordan Renteria had two touchdown receptions on offense and made two takeaways on defense, and the San Lorenzo Valley High football team remained unbeaten with its 41-0 win over Santa Cruz on Saturday.

https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2024/10/26/jordan-renteria-scores-twice-makes-two-takeaways-as-slv-moves-to-8-0-with-shutout-of-santa-cruz-high-school-football-roundup/

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The SJSU Spartans can become bowl eligible for a third straight season with a win over their fierce rival in Fresno.

https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2024/10/26/what-to-know-before-the-san-jose-state-spartans-kick-off-against-fresno-state/

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The San Jose Sharks sufffered a 4-1 loss to visiting Colorado on Sunday at SAP Center and remained winless on the young season.

https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2024/10/21/sharks-fall-to-avalanche-remain-winless-on-young-season-glimpse-of-the-action/

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A line extends from the door of 11th Hour Coffee’s newly remodeled cafe on Center Street in Santa Cruz. The 3-month remodel included new floors, an expanded cafe and a rebuilt dining area. Brothers Joel and Brayden Estby opened 11th Hour’s flagship coffee shop on Center Street in 2018. The brothers, who are Santa Cruz […]

https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2024/10/20/photo-changes-at-the-11th-hour/

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Stanford has faced SMU just once before Saturday, but the two new ACC schools will meet every season for the foreseeable future.

https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2024/10/18/budding-rivalry-starting-saturday-stanford-and-smu-will-see-a-lot-of-each-other-due-to-acc-scheduling-quirk/

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"In 1933, Leslie T. White moved to Scotts Valley to write pulp fiction at his 'Mystery Ranch.' After reading Lincoln Steffens' autobiography as an early investigative journalist, White arranged to meet him," columnist Ross Eric Gibson writes. "The elderly Steffens had argued politics with Woodrow Wilson, Vladimir Lenin, Mussolini, Teddy Roosevelt and Lawrence of Arabia, and was just as confrontational with White."

https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2024/10/13/the-shamus-goes-gangbusters-ross-eric-gibson-local-history/

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Transgender controversy could cause SJSU to play fewer than the required 19 matches for NCAA Tournament qualification.

https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2024/10/09/san-jose-state-volleyball-team-returns-home-amid-questions-about-postseason-eligibility-security/

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Texas remains on track for the No. 1 seed with Ohio State close behind in advance of the Buckeyes' showdown at Oregon.

https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2024/10/07/college-football-playoff-projections-boise-state-with-pole-position-for-group-of-five-berth-as-byu-remains-on-the-bubbe/

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Bears expecting 50,000 for No. 8 Miami and first-ever visit to Berkeley by ESPN's GameDay pregame show.

https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2024/10/05/california-miami-what-to-know-before-saturdays-acc-home-debut/

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"In Santa Cruz High School, ZaSu Pitts developed her fretful gestures and easily flattered cooing, but could switch to fist-fighting if she sensed mistreatment," writes columnist Ross Eric Gibson. "Santa Cruz paid her way to Hollywood to act in comedies and dramas."

https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2024/09/15/the-timid-courage-of-zasu-pitts-ross-eric-gibson-local-history/

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The UC Santa Cruz men's soccer team won a pair of matches over the weekend to start the season 2-0. 

https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2024/09/01/ucsc-mens-soccer-opens-season-with-pair-of-wins-local-roundup/

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For those who have recently been infected with COVID-19, the CDC recommendations waiting three months after recovery to receive the new vaccine.

https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2024/09/01/an-updated-covid-vaccine-has-been-approved-when-can-santa-cruz-county-residents-get-their-shot/

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