San Lorenzo Park was filled with protesters for a rally before Saturday’s march through downtown Santa Cruz. Go to santacruzsentinel.com for more photos and an article on the rally. Photo by Shmuel Thaler — Santa Cruz Sentinel.
A car’s headlights transform the rain-slickened King Street roadway into a kaleidoscope of color and refraction in Santa Cruz. While our current precipitation makes the going soggy and requires particular care as a driver, it also provides moments of beauty and art. Photo by Shmuel Thaler - Santa Cruz Sentinel.
Indivisible Santa Cruz County’s hastily organized protest against the Trump administration’s attack on Venezuela drew hundreds on Saturday to the corner of Water and Ocean streets in Santa Cruz. Photos by Shmuel Thaler. Go to santacruzsentinel.com for the full story and more photos.
Santa Cruz city firefighters battle a blaze Wednesday night on Ingalls Street. The Santa Cruz Fire Department was dispatched to a structure fire in the 400 block of Ingalls Street at approximately 10:45 p.m. and crews arrived on scene to find a woodworking shop heavily involved, with fire actively consuming the structure, extending to nearby trees, and threatening adjacent residences and neighboring buildings. The incident was upgraded to a second-alarm fire, and with assistance from bystanders and cooperating agencies — including Scotts Valley Fire District, Central Fire District, Felton Fire Department, NETCOM, Santa Cruz Police Department, PG&E and American Medical Response — crews were able to successfully contain most of the fire damage to the original building. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. Photo by Shmuel Thaler/Santa Cruz Sentinel.
The Santa Cruz Harbor was aglow with light and color as vessels are steered through the water Saturday night during the Santa Cruz Yacht Club’s 38th annual Lighted Boat Parade. The event, which has been a holiday season tradition since 1986, featured nearly 30 boats in friendly competition for prizes. This year’s theme was “Disco at the North Pole!” Winners in the power boat division included “ Prix Occupied” for best music and best lights, and “Back Porch” for best theme and most spirited. In the sailboat division “Boogie Lights” won for best music, “Cap’n Joe” won for best lights and most spirited while “I Will Survive” won for best theme. The winner in the small personal watercraft division was Rick Cook. Photos by Shmuel Thaler/Santa Cruz Sentinel.
A humpback whale spyhops Monday morning in front of a kayaker less than a half-mile offshore from the mouth of the San Lorenzo River in Santa Cruz. Witnesses reported seeing a pod of at least 6 humpback whales feeding in the Monterey Bay off Seabright State Beach and thousands of birds were also at the site. The whales and the birds were likely feeding on a bait ball, which occurs when small fish swarm in a tightly packed spherical formation about a common center. Spyhopping is a behavior exhibited when whales, dolphins, and sharks position themselves vertically with their pectoral fins to visually inspect their surroundings above the water line. After feeding near Seabright the pod swam to the water between Cowell Beach and Lighthouse Point. Photos by Shmuel Thaler - Santa Cruz Sentinel.
In the early vote, Santa Cruz’s Measure C is up 50.4% to 49.6% while Measure B trails with 11% voting yes and 89% voting no. In this photo from Tuesday afternoon at the Stevenson Event Center at UC Santa Cruz, the line was long but moved quickly as hundreds waited to cast their ballots The site was one of 45 locations (plus the VoteMobile) in Santa Cruz County that were staffed with election workers to ensure a smooth voting process. The county Elections Department also offered 21 drop box locations. Photo by Shmuel Thaler. A full story on the competing ballot measures will be up soon at santacruzsentinel.com.
Thousands filled Pacific Avenue Saturday morning as the No Kings march made its way through downtown Santa Cruz from San Lorenzo Park. About 15,000 people attended the march and rally organized by Indivisible Santa Cruz County to protest President Donald Trump and his policies. About 1,500 people participated in a rally in Watsonville and millions joined the protests around the country. Photo by Shmuel Thaler. Go to SantaCruzSentinel.com for more photos and the full story.
An amazing moment at Steamer Lane in Santa Cruz today via Sentinel photojournalist Shmuel Thaler: There were at least four otters in the lineup when a surfer slid by on a wave and an otter popped halfway out of the water to check out who was passing by.
A sailboat sits in the sand after it washed ashore on Main Beach during gusty winds and rain on Monday. No one was on board as the incident unfolded and there were no injuries reported. Photo by Shmuel Thaler. Go to santacruzsentinel.com for more photos and information on the storm.
A 48-foot fishing boat about a mile offshore from Capitola Beach is consumed by a flames Wednesday morning as the city of Monterey Fire Department’s fire boat arrives to extinguish the blaze. Photo by Shmuel Thaler. Go to santacruzsentinel.com for the full story and more photos.
A majestic sunset paints the sky over the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk in a colorful palette as riders rock and roll to the mechanical movements of the Shockwave thrill ride on a recent evening. Photo by Shmuel Thaler. Go to santacruzsentinel.com to see more photos.
