Nick Ibarra

Cesar Lara, executive director, Monterey Bay Central Labor Council (right) speaks at a protest of the farmworking community that is demanding that Governor Brown step up to enact a statewide ban of the brain-harming organophosphate pesticide chlorpyrifos at the old Monterey County Jail in Salinas on Friday, March 31, 2017. (Vern Fisher – Monterey Herald)

California moves to ban chlorpyrifos, a controversial pesticide linked to developmental harms

May 9, 2019 at 9:55 a.m.

California’s move to ban chlorpyrifos, a pesticide linked to neurological damage in youth, was celebrated by Central Coast advocates who had campaigned against use of the controversial chemical.

From left, Elisabeth Moss, Jordan Peele and Lupita Nyong’o on the set of “Us,” written, produced and directed by Peele. (Universal Pictures — Contributed)

Is ‘Us’ really scaring tourists away from the Santa Cruz Boardwalk?

April 1, 2019 at 8:14 a.m.

If you’ve been keeping up with Bay Area news recently, you may have seen that Jordan Peele’s new horror film “Us” is not just scaring up records at the box...

Sand Rock Farm Bed and Breakfast in Aptos has refillable shampoo and conditioner bottles in the showers of their guest rooms. (Dan Coyro — Santa Cruz Sentinel)

Free hotel shampoo bottles? No more for Santa Cruz

November 27, 2018 at 9:10 a.m.

SANTA CRUZ — Say goodbye to those little hotel shampoo bottles.In what officials believe to be the first ordinance of its kind nationwide, Santa Cruz County approved a ban on...

Virtual reality tech pioneer Jaron Lanier speaks to honors students in the College Scholars Program at UC Santa Cruz on Monday at the Merrill College Cultural Center. Lanier’s main message to the students is to delete their social media accounts, which he claims are destroying Democracy. At far right is history professor Matt O’Hara, director of the College Scholars Program (Dan Coyro — Santa Cruz Sentinel)

Social media is destroying Democracy, tech pioneer says

October 31, 2018 at 8:30 a.m.

SANTA CRUZ — Social media is destroying Democracy.Or so goes the punchline to tech pioneer Jaron Lanier’s visit to Santa Cruz on Monday, where Lanier — whose varied career includes coining...

Veto of medical marijuana donation bill prompts outcry

October 6, 2018 at 11:49 a.m.

SANTA CRUZ — A bill that had been hailed as a much-needed fix to California’s cannabis regulations was vetoed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday, prompting outcry from advocates and promise...

Manuela Raquelle evacuated her Bear Creek Canyon home and came home Monday to find the home she shares with Tom Bird undamaged but surrounding grounds and vegetable garden scorched. - Dan Coyro — Santa Cruz Sentinel

Bear Fire: Residents return to homes surrounded by ash as last evacuations lifted

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

BOULDER CREEK >> Debbie Donner and husband Marvin Hinshaw returned to their home near the heart of the Bear Fire for the first time in a week as the last...

A field worker hand hoes a strawberry field along San Andreas Road near Sunset State Beach. A new method to keep fields safe from disease developed by UC Santa Cruz researchers is quickly gaining ground with growers. (Shmuel Thaler — Santa Cruz Sentinel)

Organic strawberry research boosted by $2.5 million grant

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

SANTA CRUZ >> Until recently, organic strawberry growers had no choice but to move their crop from field to field to keep a step ahead of crippling soil diseases. But...

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