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Nostalgic favorites dominate Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk summer movie lineup

The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk's Free Movies on the Beach kicks off with "The Lost Boys" on June 13 and will include other films like "Ghostbusters" and "The Wizard of Oz."

Film lovers arrive early to stake out sandy spots for the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk’s free summer movie series. (Courtesy of the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk)

Soquel High's Logan Walters races to the win in the 110-meter hurdle race during SCCAL Track and Field Championships at Aptos High on Saturday. (John Lee - Santa Cruz Sentinel)

Logan Walters leads Soquel, but Aptos repeats at SCCAL Championships | Boys track and field

Santa Cruz High's Joy Roberts, second from left, takes first place in the 100-meter race while teammate Joy Hilldale, third from left, takes second during the SCCAL Track and Field Championships at Aptos High on Saturday. (John Lee - Santa Cruz Sentinel)

Sophomore Scarlett Stateler leads Mariners to title repeat at SCCAL Championships | Girls track and field

The Santa Cruz County Office of Education in Santa Cruz. (Dan Coyro -- Santa Cruz Sentinel file)

Name Dropping | Santa Cruz County Office of Education earns state environmental honor

San Jose’s Bud Kaeding competes in the Ocean sprints main event at Ocean Speedway in Watsonville on Friday night. (Top Dawg Photos)

San Jose’s Bud Kaeding wins Ocean sprints main | Ocean Speedway

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Sports

Watsonville High's Katelynn Ruiz outkicks Rancho San Juan's Eldi Covarrubias to win the 1,600-meter race for a fourth straight year during the PCAL Mission Division Track and Field Championships in Salinas on Friday. (Raul Ebio - Santa Cruz Sentinel)

Watsonville’s Nathaniel Aceves-Aguilar among standouts at Mission Championships | PCAL track and field roundup

Watsonville High senior Nathaniel Aceves-Aguilar took first in three individual events at the Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division Boys Track and Field Championships at Rancho San Juan High in Salinas on Friday.

Local News

Stanford University graduate workers gather for a rally at the college campus on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Palo Alto, Calif. Stanford Graduate Workers Union members and their supporters rallied against funding cuts and immigration enforcement actions on campus. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)

Bay Area universities in chaos amid research funding cuts

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Lifestyle

A crop dusting helicopter works an artichoke field in Castroville on Tuesday, January 8, 2019. After years of health concerns and advocacy from residents who live near farms, California has launched a first-in-the-nation program called “Spray Days” to let the public know beforehand when pesticides will be applied on agricultural fields. (Vern Fisher/Monterey Herald)

You can learn now when California farmers are spraying pesticides near your home. Here’s how.

Karen Morrison, director of the Department of Pesticide Regulation, said that so far more than 1,500 people have signed up to receive the alerts, with the largest number coming from Monterey, Santa Cruz, Ventura, Fresno and Kern counties.