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Photo | Loma Prieta rises through clouds in Santa Cruz Mountains (opens the original)
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Loma Prieta rises through low-lying clouds. The peak received its current name (meaning “dark hill” in Spanish) during the Spanish and Mexican colonial era in the late 18th to early 19th century when local settlers looked up at the mountain from the Mission of Santa Cruz and the Pajaro Valley and named it for its dark, brushy appearance. The Ohlone did not have a known standalone name for Loma Prieta peak itself but rather viewed it as the “head” of the entire Santa Cruz Mountain range, which th
Photos | Work continues on housing project on River Street in Santa Cruz (opens the original)
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A six-story, mixed-use affordable housing complex is beginning to take shape at 136 River St. in Santa Cruz — the former site of Outdoor World. The project, being built by San Jose-based nonprofit For the Future Housing, will feature 50 affordable rental apartments and one on-site manager’s unit. It is designed for households earning between 30% and 60% of the area median income, with 20 units reserved for Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) recipients. It will also include about 1,000 square fee
Photo | Music, dancing comes to UC Santa Cruz with Fire & Grace & Flamenco (opens the original)
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Fiddle player Edwin Huizinga and guitarist William Coulter have invoked the midnight sun and other motifs in a recent Scandinavian themed collaboration. Their duo, called Fire & Grace, is branching out to another part of the world with Flamenco dancer Fanny Ara, and keyboardist Ian Scarfe as they invite their audience to “journey across cultures, centuries, and traditions, where the elegance of Baroque music meets the spirit of folk music from around the world” in an upcoming concert. Coulter, a
Photos | World Elite Sumo brings sumo wrestling to Santa Cruz (opens the original)
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World Elite Sumo brought a round robin sumo wrestling tournament to Kaiser Permanente Arena in Santa Cruz on Saturday. Santa Cruz Sentinel sports editor Jim Seimas was on hand and wrote, “It’s safe to say, World Elite Sumo wrestlers not only made an impact on each other with their bone-jarring collisions inside the dohyō erected inside Kaiser Permanente Arena, but they also left an impact on the estimated 2,000 fans who gathered to witness history on Saturday night.” The event was the first live
Photos | FoodWhat holds anniversary event at UC Santa Cruz (opens the original)
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Fernanda Mendez Vasquez is appreciated by a crowd of 350 people gathered at the Cowell Ranch Hay Barn at UC Santa Cruz Sunday to celebrate the 20th anniversary of local youth empowerment and food justice organization FoodWhat. During the program, Mendez Vasquez and other youth told the stories of how the trajectory of their lives had been positively changed through FoodWhat’s spring internship, summer job training and fall project management programs. The organization uses “organic farming, nour
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