• Celebrini’s three-point game leads Sharks to impressive win over Hurricanes
  The San Jose Sharks put together one of their most complete road efforts of the season on Sunday. John Klingbe…
• Santa Cruz’s John Mel victorious in QS event at Morro Bay | World Surf League
  Santa Cruz’s John Mel, 26, did a backflip off his Channel Islands OG Flyer surfboard into the shallow water as…
• College Football Playoff: Winners and losers from a roiling bracket reveal and bowl selection day
  Whether it was intentional or not (probably not), the College Football Playoff selection committee ultimately…
• Photos | Boats deliver bright holiday cheer
  The Santa Cruz Yacht Club’s 38th annual Lighted Boat Parade Saturday filled the Santa Cruz Harbor with color,…
• Notre Dame falls in CFP rankings again, gets left out of playoff while Alabama, Miami get in
  By MARK LONG Despite winning every game for nearly three months, No. 9 Notre Dame dropped a spot in the final…
• Name Dropping | Aptos Chamber of Commerce celebrates award recipients
  The Aptos Chamber of Commerce celebrated the recipients of its 2025 Annual Awards at an event last month, with…
• WWII training to stop an invasion | Ross Eric Gibson, Local History
  Soldiers on the beachfront at Camp McQuaide. (McQuaide 1941 Yearbook, Public domain).A sentry beside the sea,…
• Sharks’ Mukhamadullin to be scratched again. What’s one possible plan for him?
  Defenseman Shakir Mukhamadullin will be a healthy scratch for the third straight game Sunday when the San Jose…
• UC Santa Cruz astronomer launches free space program for schools
  Pranvera (Pran) Hyseni stood behind a golden telescope as a line of wide-eyed students stretched across the pl…
• Pac-12 power rankings: Our final installment of 2025 and awards for Players and Coach of the Year
  Welcome to the Hotline’s final weekly assessment of the eight teams in the rebuilt Pac-12. We will publish a m…

• Celebrini’s three-point game leads Sharks to impressive win over Hurricanes
  The San Jose Sharks put together one of their most complete road efforts of the…
• What might change for streamers under the proposed $72B Netflix-Warner Brothers Discovery deal
  NEW YORK (AP) — Two of the most popular streaming services have agreed to combin…
• High school football in pictures: Highlights from the 2025 regional championship games
  NorCal Division 6-AA championship game – Lincoln-San Jose 28, Gridley 20 See a p…
• College Football Playoff: Winners and losers from a roiling bracket reveal and bowl selection day
  Whether it was intentional or not (probably not), the College Football Playoff s…
• Former San Leandro Mayor Stephen Cassidy dies
  Former San Leandro Mayor Stephen Cassidy has died, city officials announced Satu…
• San Jose: Four men shot in Willow Glen early Sunday morning
  SAN JOSE — A man died and three others were injured after gunfire broke out in W…
• Notre Dame falls in CFP rankings again, gets left out of playoff while Alabama, Miami get in
  By MARK LONG Despite winning every game for nearly three months, No. 9 Notre Dam…
• Sharks’ Mukhamadullin to be scratched again. What’s one possible plan for him?
  Defenseman Shakir Mukhamadullin will be a healthy scratch for the third straight…
• LA Auto Show: shiny cars, lost prestige
  Curiousity about a single car, the prototype “runabout,” presented by Ransom Eli…
• Bad reviews didn’t scare off the ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’ audience. It even broke a record
  By LINDSEY BAHR “Five Nights at Freddy’s” has powered up the box office once aga…

• Cruzio celebrates completion of Equal Access Summits to the Sea project
  SANTA CRUZ- Cruzio Internet is celebrating the completion of their ambitious Equ…
• The Critters We See When We Build Infrastructure
  Out on the job, Cruzio’s top-notch tech crews encounter all sorts of animals. We…
• An Otterly Excellent Story
  As if you needed it, there’s another reason to love our local sea otters: they’r…
• Local Businesses & Giant Octopus Celebrate Cruzio’s 35th Birthday
  We edited this photo to look like a 1950s horror movie. But the tentacles were r…
• Giant Slugs & Giant Sloths — That’s So Santa Cruz
  In the Santa Cruz Mountains we’re used to getting slimed by banana slugs, which,…
• First Friday at Cruzio Featuring Liminal Space!
  Liminal Space Art Collective is a group of Santa Cruz artists building bridges a…
• Faster Internet Coming to Coastside San Mateo
  Earlier this year, the state of California awarded Cruzio $5.65 million to impro…
• 🎨 First Friday at CruzioWorks!🎨
  🎨 First Friday at CruzioWorks!🎨 Get ready to immerse yourself in a vibrant eveni…
• Black-footed Cats
  This cat looks a little like Cruzio Internet’s logo black-footed cats can be fou…
• Hidden Fortress Opens Cafe at Cruzioworks
  Amelia and her staff are super friendly and they serve great food Hidden Fortres…

• The Crucial Lesson of a Forgotten Nixon-Era Episode
  After my father-in-law died, we found something interesting in his files.
• Australia’s Social Media Ban for Under-16s Is Coming. The Teenagers Are Skeptical.
  The country is trying to wean children under 16 off the likes of TikTok, Snapcha…
• Hundreds Rally for Boy, 6, Who Was Separated From His Father by ICE
  “Taking children from their families is not normal,” a speaker told the crowd in…
• Immigration Agents Target Family of Deported College Student
  The father of Any Lucía Belloza López said agents appeared at his home in Austin…
• Bessent Says He Divested From Soybean Farms After Ethics Office Warning
  The Treasury Secretary said on Sunday he recently shed his holdings to comply wi…
• Presidential Power Gets Tested Before Supreme Court After Long Conservative Project to Shrink Agencies
  President Trump has repeatedly ousted leaders of independent agencies despite fe…
• 4 Takeaways From The Times’s Reporting on Biden’s Immigration Record
  A New York Times review of President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s actions on immigratio…
• How Biden Lost Americans’ Faith in Immigration
  The Democratic president and his top advisers rejected recommendations that coul…
• Fern Michaels, Prolific Author of Romance Novels, Dies at 92
  In her 40s, the self-described New Jersey housewife started building a women’s f…
• Cold Case Inquiries Stall After Ancestry.com Revisits Policy for Users
  The genealogy site’s clarification of its terms and conditions has barred those…

• Death of Venezuelan opposition figure in custody 'vile', US says
  Alfredo Díaz, 56, died in prison cell on Saturday, human rights groups say, prom…
• Benin coup thwarted by loyalist troops, president tells nation
  Patrice Talon says the situation is “totally under control” not long after explo…
• Trump criticises Democrat he pardoned over not switching political parties
  Texas Representative Henry Cuellar is running for re-election as a Democrat afte…
• Hong Kong votes in election as city mourns deadly fire
  The Legislative Council election is seen as a test of public sentiment following…
• Nightclub fire in India's Goa kills 25 staff and tourists
  Eyewitnesses described scenes of panic in one of Goa’s bustling nightlife areas.
• New US security strategy aligns with Russia's vision, Moscow says
  The Kremlin welcomes the starkly worded document, which does not cast Russia as…
• Chernobyl radiation shield 'lost safety function' after drone strike, UN watchdog says
  The protective shield at the site of the 1986 disaster has lost its main safety…
• Katy Perry goes Instagram official with Justin Trudeau
  The pop star posted a string of photographs of herself and the former Canadian p…
• Watch: Moment Hawaii volcano eruption engulfs camera
  Kilauea, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, has been erupting intermitten…
• Watch: BBC reports from scene of deadly Goa nightclub fire
  India Editor Vikas Pandey visits the Indian nightclub where 25 people were kille…

• Santa Cruz transportation officials pause part of passenger rail project
  Regional Transportation Commissioners narrowly approved an “interim trail” desig…
• 10 meals under $10: The best cheap eats in Santa Cruz County
  Yan Flower’s lunch special is a Downtown Santa Cruz favorite for in-the-know loc…
• Free food in Santa Cruz County: The definitive guide
  Gundy Sartor donates food to her neighborhood dry food pantry on CA-236 between…
• Town center plan for Scotts Valley inching forward
  Scotts Valley’s Town Center plan has been more than a decade in the making, with…
• ‘We’re not in a good position’: Santa Cruz transportation staff push for trail atop tracks
  Seven miles of the planned 32-mile rail trail were largely funded by a grant fro…
• Catalyst nightclub would be demolished in proposal for Downtown Santa Cruz apartments
  Local music venue The Catalyst has been in the building on Pacific Avenue for mo…
• Tracking immigration enforcement: 24 visits to Santa Cruz County in 2025
  Santa Cruz Local is filing ongoing public records requests with all five law enf…
• Santa Cruz County nonprofit operator of Head Start child care program quits
  Local nonprofit Encompass Community Services has run the county’s branch of Head…
• How Santa Cruz County fought hunger during shutdown — and why more food insecurity could be on the horizon
  Charles Bogray, co-owner of Tree House Cafe serves a customer in Boulder Creek o…
• Supervisors draft battery storage rules in bid for local control
  New Leaf Energy Inc. submitted plans for a $200 million lithium battery storage…

• The Room Where it Happens
  Our Government Meetings Agenda Project makes it easier for citizens to co-create…
• Prop 50: Paradox or Hypocrisy?
  Gerrymandering sucks for democracy. But this week, Californians are being called…
• Launching A New Tool For Local Self Government
  Our government meeting pilot project in Santa Clara has begun.
• The Final WTF with Marc Maron and Barack Obama
  The former president gave the podcaster, comedian, actor, etc. a sweet sendoff a…
• The News: October 20, 2025
  Busy news week: No Kings rallies were hoppin’; Governor Newsom signs hundreds of…
• People Power
  On the streets and inside the California Local database, steps are being taken t…
• Frog Army Invades California Capitol
  The Sacramento ‘No Kings’ rally on Oct. 18 featured 7,000-plus protesters, count…
• We Go Deeper Into Government Meeting Calendars and Agendas
  Let’s get into the weeds about how online government meeting calendars and agend…
• The News: October 27, 2025
  Food aid could be restored with a SNAP of the fingers, but it probably won’t, wh…
• The News: November 3, 2025
  Daylight Savings Time hits hard, California voters participate in another electi…

• College Students Flock To A New Major: AI
  AI is the second-largest major at M.I.T. after computer science, reports the New…
• No Rise in Radiation Levels at Chernobyl, Despite Damage from February's Drone Strike
  UPDATE (12/7): The New York Times clarifies today that the damage at Chernobyl h…
• OpenAI Insists Target Links in ChatGPT Responses Weren't Ads But 'Suggestions' – But Turns Them Off
  A hardware security response from ChatGPT ended with “Shop for home and grocerie…
• How Home Assistant Leads a 'Local-First Rebellion'
  It runs locally, a free/open source home automation platform connecting all your…
• Why Gen Z is Using Retro Tech
  “People in their teens and early 20s are increasingly turning to old school tech…
• Is Netflix Trying to Buy Warner Bros. or Kill It?
  Why does Netflix want to buy Warner Bros, asks the chief film critic at the long…
• New FreeBSD 15 Retires 32-Bit Ports and Modernizes Builds
  FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE arrived this week, notes this report from The Register, whi…
• Homebrew Can Now Help You Install Flatpaks Too
  “Homebrew, the package manager for macOS and Linux, just got a handy new feature…
• Many Privileged Students at US Universities are Getting Extra Time on Tests After 'Disability' Diagnoses
  Today America’s college professors “struggle to accommodate the many students wi…
• Is Ruby Still a 'Serious' Programming Language?
  Wired published an article by California-based writer/programmer Sheon Han argui…

• The Room Where it Happens
  Our Government Meetings Agenda Project makes it easier for citizens to co-create…
• Prop 50: Paradox or Hypocrisy?
  Gerrymandering sucks for democracy. But this week, Californians are being called…
• Launching A New Tool For Local Self Government
  Our government meeting pilot project in Santa Clara has begun.
• The Final WTF with Marc Maron and Barack Obama
  The former president gave the podcaster, comedian, actor, etc. a sweet sendoff a…
• The News: October 20, 2025
  Busy news week: No Kings rallies were hoppin’; Governor Newsom signs hundreds of…
• People Power
  On the streets and inside the California Local database, steps are being taken t…
• Frog Army Invades California Capitol
  The Sacramento ‘No Kings’ rally on Oct. 18 featured 7,000-plus protesters, count…
• We Go Deeper Into Government Meeting Calendars and Agendas
  Let’s get into the weeds about how online government meeting calendars and agend…
• The News: October 27, 2025
  Food aid could be restored with a SNAP of the fingers, but it probably won’t, wh…
• The News: November 3, 2025
  Daylight Savings Time hits hard, California voters participate in another electi…

Local

• Bratton Online
• City On a Hill Press
• FireDispatch.com
• Firescan.net
• Good Times
• Hilltromper
• Monterey Herald
• Press Banner
• Register-Pajaronian
• Salinas Californian
• Santa Cruz Comic News
• Santa Cruz Indy Media
• Santa Cruz Patch
• Santa Cruz Police Department Blog
• Santa Cruz Sentinel
• Santa Cruz Waves
• Santa Cruz Weekly

• World

• ABC News
• AlterNet
• Arts & Letters Daily
• BBC News
• Broadband Reports
• Common Dreams
• CNET
• CNN
• Democracy Now
• Digg
• ESPN
• Fox News
• LA Times
• London Times
• Mercury News
• NBC News
• Needful News
• New York Times
• NPR
• SciTech Daily
• SF Chronicle
• Slashdot
• The Independent
• The Onion
• The Register
• Urban Legends
• USA Today
• Washington Post
• Wired
• Yahoo News