Fun, sun and ‘agape’: Who is the True Love Christian Music Festival for?
The True Love Christian Music Festival comes to Aptos Village Park for its fifth year as a collaborative effort among many Santa Cruz County churches to open up their message of Christianity to the general public. Read more here from Wallace Baine.
10 hot jobs in Santa Cruz County: Week of July 11
Looking for a new job in Santa Cruz County? Explore the top 10 exciting job opportunities across industries like education, health care and more. Your next career move starts here!

My 12 days in an Israeli bomb shelter: Patience, fear and prayers
Anastasia Torres-Gil is a Santa Cruz retiree who traveled to Israel to help translate a friend’s memoir just as the war with Iran broke out in June. In a Community Voices opinion piece, she describes the fear and discomfort she felt as she spent large chunks of days huddled in a bomb shelter with dozens of strangers. Peace, she reminds us, can’t come too soon. Read her op-ed here.














