Civic Life

A North-South balance to strike: Tina Friend takes job in San Diego; husband Zach ‘committed’ to his supe job

Health & Wellness

Vaccinated people can get ‘breakthrough’ infections: How worried should we be?

Recovery & Reopening

‘It doesn’t feel right not to’: MAH clinic gives Santa Cruz another shot at getting vaxed up

Environment

Dixie fire, nearing 150K acres, now largest of the year in California

Civic Life

Traffic ahead: Caltrans to shut part of Highway 9 next week

Civic Life

Dramatic rescue image: Sheriff’s office social post shows what went into efforts to help person in distress

Recovery & Reopening

Dropping the ball: Big sports leagues balk at endorsing vaccination

Environment

Dixie fire burns more than 100,000 acres while Tamarack fire crosses state lines

COVID Today

When to mask up, whether to fear a shutdown: What we learned from Thursday’s chat with county health leaders

Wallace Baine

BOLO Best Bets: Santa Cruz Shakespeare returns, a history scavenger hunt and your last chance at some art

Civic Life

‘A pillar of truth and clarity’ calls it a career: Second Harvest CEO Elliott-McCrea set to retire

Higher Ed

UC raises tuition despite student outcry, touting more financial aid and budget stability

The Here & Now

Another wave of Lehrer-mania: Cabrillo Stage celebrates the popularity (and mystery) of iconic satirist

Recreation & Sports

Surfing, skateboarding, sport climbing are now Olympic sports — how will they be judged?

Health & Wellness

With metals and maybe even coronavirus, wildfire smoke is more dangerous than you think

Coast Life

Greenway announces plans to gather signatures, put interim trail-only game plan to vote on next June’s ballot

The Here & Now

‘Outburst’ for a good cause: Local comics come together for San Francisco comedy icon Will Durst

Recovery & Reopening

Analysis: Necessary or not, COVID booster shots are probably on the horizon

Coast Life

What happens when your new affordability reporter isn’t finding anything affordable? Grace’s story

Environment

‘She never left her cub’: Heartbreaking photo shows danger cars pose to Yosemite’s bears

Environment

UCSC researchers helping California’s black abalone, increasingly threatened by wildfire

Environment

Two fast-moving California fires are creating their own dangerous weather systems

COVID Today

Debating the ‘Pandemic Games’: How COVID-19 is transforming the Tokyo Olympics even before they start

K-12 Education

Prioritizing student wellness post-pandemic, more California schools turn to yoga

Environment

After coyote charges at children in San Francisco park, animal is killed: ‘Too close for comfort’

Health & Wellness

‘Abundance of caution’: Santa Cruz health officials urge people to mask up indoors once again

Restaurants & Dining

‘Stressed out’: As the available pool of workers remains low, restaurants keep laboring to stay afloat

Recreation & Sports

The Tokyo Olympics begin this week — here’s your guide for how to watch them

The Here & Now

Santa Cruz Shakespeare reawakens: Theater re-emerges leaner yet still oozing with political relevance

Coast Life

They want to age wine in the ocean off Santa Barbara — environmentalists aren’t saying ‘cheers’

Coast Life

Dry lightning fire concerns upgraded in Santa Cruz Mountains to a Red Flag Warning

COVID Today

‘You can’t make me!’: Vaccine ‘obstinance’ is fueling Delta variant’s spread across America

The Here & Now

‘Overnight, gone, all of it gone’: Singer Mira Goto was set to go big as the pandemic hit pause

Wallace Baine

BOLO Best Bets: Live theater is back, so is Mira Goto — and a ton more on the events front

Environment

With drought worsening, should California have much tougher water restrictions?

Vaccine Watch

No time or ‘enormously selfish’? People who haven’t gotten a COVID-19 shot may have many reasons