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I've loved journalism and Santa Cruz for as long as I can remember. A New York native schooled in Berkeley, my first stop on the West Coast was the smaller city on the bay–the Monterey Bay–and it was love at first sight.
I learned about what it means to cover a community here and to be part of a running dialogue doing a news talk radio show. My perfect life would be sitting on Pacific Avenue and talking to every person who walks by and discovering their story. And, that's my job, basically. What could be better?
Some places have to wait another week for the season to get underway, but in Santa Cruz, the annual mating dance and old friends gathering on the beach starts today.
When he was struck and killed on his bicycle May 4, he was listed as a homeless man, but Joshua Raine Laven, 39, was anything but. He had friends and homes around the world.
Local California Highway Patrol officers ran a tough seven miles before handing off the torch to State Parks Rangers at Rio del Mar Beach
Patch has teamed up with James Patterson’s READKIDDOREAD program to bring you reading lists for every age. If you’re looking for some great summer reading options, check this list of “Terrific Transitional” books from James Patterson.
Patch has teamed up with James Patterson’s READKIDDOREAD program to bring you reading lists for every age. If you’re looking for some great summer reading options, check out this list of The Best Illustrated books from James Patterson.
Patch has teamed up with James Patterson’s READKIDDOREAD program to bring you reading lists for every age. Here, James Patterson’s summer reading picks for tweens and teens, ages 11-up.
Patch has teamed up with James Patterson’s READKIDDOREAD program to bring you reading lists for every age. If you’re looking for some great summer reading options, check this list of “Favorite Pageturners” from James Patterson.
Seriously. Talk about service dogs: the SPCA helped students cope with finals by letting them hang with dogs.
His first time in Santa Cruz, Anderson brings an artistic solo show to the Rio Theatre June 21.
A new study puts Santa Cruz children in the middle of the California pack and recommends more focus on fitness and less on fatty foods.
Rather than charge admission, as she had planned, the singer is playing for free, but will accept donations.
The spot near the beach got the most votes, but there are some close contenders.
Music and history on a post-grad weekend.
Holly Borg, Caitlin Sorkhabi, Ranae Maloney and Jennifer Smith are taking the big trip.
The woman who was brutally murdered on Broadway on May 7 will be celebrated in San Lorenzo Park Saturday.
The fire that backed up traffic Wednesday morning had a suspicious origin.
Tour the latest high-end homes for sale by video and save gas.
What's the first thing you think of when you think of cops? Probably guns. But until you've fired one in their range, you have no idea what they face.
Saturday's Walnut Avenue Women's Center Strawberry Festival was berry berry fun and interesting.
The little shack that Jack built at Cowells Beach will become a California Point of Interest.
