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NHL Awards: Thornton, Burns finish behind deserving winners
Robin Lehner wins Masterton Trophy; Mark Giordano is Norris Trophy winner
Photos: Stephen Curry’s 2009 rookie year as Golden State Warriors prepare for NBA draft
See photos of Golden State Warriors Stephen Curry in action during his 2009 rookie year.
This deserves to be your summer’s go-to bacon salad
It looks like we have Pennsylvania Dutch tradition to thank for warm bacon dressing, and that makes kitchen sense to me. Finding a use for the just-rendered fat from a pan of freshly crisped rashers - [...]
Quick Bites | Live Earth hosts vegan French baking class
WATSONVILLE — Farm Discovery at Live Earth is hosting chef Ellie Lavender of Lavender Design + Cuisine for a hands-on vegan French baking class from 1-5 p.m. Saturday, June 29. Pa [...]
Santa Cruz ranks as nation’s least affordable city for teachers
SANTA CRUZ — Housing in Santa Cruz may be less affordable for teachers than any other city in the U.S., a USA Today analysis found. To afford the median rent in Santa Cruz, teachers must pay 66% [...]
Cartoonist’s take | New Deal 2.0
Alexandra Petri | Appropriate ways of describing what is happening at the border
We know absolutely and clearly what is not happening at the border and the words we must not use to describe it. Three people have died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody since April. The [...]
E.J. Dionne Jr. | Moderate Democrats own their mistakes
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Former Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., argued that Democrats need to pay far more attention to rural America if they ever want to take back the Senate. Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., [...]
Megan McArdle | If you question whether many Chinese people want democracy, look at Hong Kong
Sometime in the past decade, neoliberals began nervously checking their premises about the inevitable triumph of liberal market democracy. Maybe civil liberties, the rule of law, and free and fair ele [...]
Watsonville inmate remains at large
SANTA CRUZ — The Santa Cruz Sheriff’s Office is still looking for an inmate who escaped from jail Sunday. Joseph Bollom Sr., who has ties in Santa Cruz, is a habitual offender who esc [...]

CAUSES | Neighborhood Watch
Can limiting parking time curb criminal activity at a West Cliff Drive parking lot? By Joel Hersch The view over Cowell’s Cove from West Cliff Drive is an iconic one. It’s a scene that inc [...]
LOCAL DRINKS | Sippin’ through the Summer
Your guide to this season’s can’t-miss beer, wine and booze festivals By Leslie Muirhead The Pleasure Point Street Fair A beer garden in the heart of the Eastside? Yes, please! New Bohemia [...]
Iconic waterman, Santa Cruz educator and community figure Doug Thorne dies at 90
IN MEMORIAM By Geoffrey Dunn Special to the Sentinel Douglass Edward (“Doug”) Thorne was the ultimate Santa Cruzan. Raised on a chicken farm in Soquel during the lean years of the Great De [...]
This is Our Moment | Letter from the founder
In this issue’s letter, I am going to pass the torch to award-winning photographer, cancer survivor and all-around badass Sachi Cunningham. Her recent post to Instagram shook me to my core, so i [...]
SANTA CRUZ LAW LIMITS VEHICLE IDLING with New Outreach Focus on School Zones
Did you know that a large sedan produces 0.12 pounds of carbon dioxide per minute while just idling? Our City will soon be rolling out a new anti-idling campaign to reduce such greenhouse gas emission [...]
The Hideout Fundraiser at Severino’s
This past Sunday June 2nd Severino’s Bar & Grill generously hosted a fundraiser extravaganza complete with live bands, open buffet and tons of amazing raffle items donated by the community.& [...]
World Ocean Week Events
Experience BLUE the film and get ready to rise up! Thursday, June 6th at the Rio Theatre A multiple award-winning Australian documentary, BLUE is fearlessly truth-telling, yet passionately hopeful. A [...]
California Senate Approves Ambitious Measure to Cut Packaging and Plastic Waste by 75% by 2030
SACRAMENTO–Amidst growing awareness of worldwide environmental devastation and health problems wrought by plastic and non-recycled trash, the California State Senate has approved first-of-its-ki [...]

Mother gives birth after Cleveland Clinic operates on nearly 23-week fetus with birth defect spina bifida
Fetal surgery for the birth defect spina bifida is only available in about 20 hospitals in North America.
Animal Stories with Dan Green: meet Poncho Via
Dan Green has your best animal story of the day
Wednesday p.m KSBW Weather Forecast 06.19.19
KSBW Chief Meteorologist Lee Solomon has your Thursday forecast
New gruesome details released about murder of CHOMP doctor
Diana Pena, who agreed to a plea deal, told a grand jury about the doctor’s final moments
Recreational marijuana to be sold in Hollister starting July 3
City leaders voted unanimously to allow two dispensaries to sell and deliver recreational marijuana
Juvenile sharks in Monterey Bay prompt shark advisory signs
This is the first sighting at Del Monte Beach this year, but it is typical to start seeing them at the beginning of the summer.
Drugs and needles intercepted entering Santa Cruz Co. jail
Investigators found drugs, tobacco, suboxon and needles.
Grand Jury: Monterey Co. rape kits could be handled better
The Monterey County grand jury launched the investigation to determine how local law enforcement process rape kits and whether there's a backlog of untested kits.

NHL Awards: Thornton, Burns finish behind deserving winners
Robin Lehner wins Masterton Trophy; Mark Giordano is Norris Trophy winner
Photos: Stephen Curry’s 2009 rookie year as Golden State Warriors prepare for NBA draft
See photos of Golden State Warriors Stephen Curry in action during his 2009 rookie year.
This deserves to be your summer’s go-to bacon salad
It looks like we have Pennsylvania Dutch tradition to thank for warm bacon dressing, and that makes kitchen sense to me. Finding a use for the just-rendered fat from a pan of freshly crisped rashers - [...]
Quick Bites | Live Earth hosts vegan French baking class
WATSONVILLE — Farm Discovery at Live Earth is hosting chef Ellie Lavender of Lavender Design + Cuisine for a hands-on vegan French baking class from 1-5 p.m. Saturday, June 29. Pa [...]
Santa Cruz ranks as nation’s least affordable city for teachers
SANTA CRUZ — Housing in Santa Cruz may be less affordable for teachers than any other city in the U.S., a USA Today analysis found. To afford the median rent in Santa Cruz, teachers must pay 66% [...]
Cartoonist’s take | New Deal 2.0

NHL Awards: Thornton, Burns finish behind deserving winners
Robin Lehner wins Masterton Trophy; Mark Giordano is Norris Trophy winner
Photos: Stephen Curry’s 2009 rookie year as Golden State Warriors prepare for NBA draft
See photos of Golden State Warriors Stephen Curry in action during his 2009 rookie year.
This deserves to be your summer’s go-to bacon salad
It looks like we have Pennsylvania Dutch tradition to thank for warm bacon dressing, and that makes kitchen sense to me. Finding a use for the just-rendered fat from a pan of freshly crisped rashers - [...]
Quick Bites | Live Earth hosts vegan French baking class
WATSONVILLE — Farm Discovery at Live Earth is hosting chef Ellie Lavender of Lavender Design + Cuisine for a hands-on vegan French baking class from 1-5 p.m. Saturday, June 29. Pa [...]
Santa Cruz ranks as nation’s least affordable city for teachers
SANTA CRUZ — Housing in Santa Cruz may be less affordable for teachers than any other city in the U.S., a USA Today analysis found. To afford the median rent in Santa Cruz, teachers must pay 66% [...]
Cartoonist’s take | New Deal 2.0

Joe Biden under fire from rivals for remarks about civility with segregationists
(Advisory: This story contains language that some may find offensive in paragraph 17)
Incoming Pentagon chief will attend NATO meeting in Brussels next week
U.S. Army Secretary Mark Esper, who becomes the acting defense secretary on Monday, will travel to Brussels next week for a meeting of NATO defense ministers, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.
Minnesota Supreme Court tosses conviction of teen who insulted classmate on Twitter
A Minnesota stalking law used to convict a high school student for insulting another teen on Twitter is overly broad and violates the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment guarantee of free speech, [...]
U.S. Congress-White House budget, debt limit talks sputter: congressional leaders
Negotiations on Wednesday between the Trump administration and top officials in the U.S. Congress failed to produce a deal on overall federal spending levels for the fiscal year starting on Oct. 1 and [...]
Trump administration replaces Obama-era power plant rule, in boost to coal
The Trump administration finalized a new carbon emissions rule for U.S. power plants on Wednesday that it said could cut pollution without damaging the coal industry, replacing a much tougher Obama-er [...]
Train derails in Nevada, spilling vegetable oil, closing major highway
A Union Pacific freight train derailed in Nevada on Wednesday, spilling vegetable oil and prompting the closure of an interstate highway.

Mysterious Nazca lines in South America depicted exotic birds from elsewhere in Peru
So large they are best seen in aerial photographs or from overlying hills, the Nazca lines are figures etched into the Peruvian desert by the Nazca culture between around 100 BC and 700 AD.
Jessa Duggar gives birth on her living room sofa in new episode of Counting On
TLC debuted two new webisodes of their series Counting On online today. The videos capture Jessa's labor with and delivery of her third child, Ivy Jane.
Chrissy Teigen is mom-shamed for taking three-year-old Luna to the dentist
Teigen, 33, shared a video of Luna at her first dentist appointment. But people criticized Chrissy for waiting to bring Luna until she was three.
Dominican Republic's health ministry calls eight mysterious US deaths on the island 'fake news'
A spokesman for the Ministry of Public Health dismissed the reports as 'hysteria'. Carlos Suero said they are part of an effort to undermine the island's tourism.
How humbling that my Les Miserables hit has helped fight for freedom
Former Daily Mail theatre critic HERBERT KRETZMER explains how his Les Miserables anthem 'Do You Year the People Sing?' became the song of choice for protesters in Hong Kong.
Australian woman has lip tattoo removed with a laser in painful procedure
Australian tattoo removal company M J Driver Laser Company posted a video of the process while the removal artist talked the woman through the treatment.
9/11 first responder who spoke at Congress hearing with Jon Stewart is in hospice care
Luis Alvarez, whose cancer was a direct result of the time he spent at Ground Zero after 9/11, shared the tragic news of his declining health on Wednesday.
Heroic grandmother, 75, holds car theft suspect at gunpoint in her front yard
Cameron Powers had been evading arrest for more than four hours after crashing a stolen car in Limestone County during a high-speed chase, before crashing outside the home of Marcia Black, 75.

The Top 50 NBA Draft Prospects, According To Our CARMELO Projections
The NBA doesn’t waste much time before moving on. The 2018-19 season has been over for less than a week, and the Toronto Raptors are still picking up the debris from their jubilant championship [...]
Even Blowouts Tell Us Something About The USWNT’s Chances
The 2019 Women’s World Cup statistically features the strongest field in the history of the event, and still the U.S. women’s national team has dominated its first two games like no other [...]
Our Best Tool For Predicting Midterm Elections Works In Presidential Years Too
If you followed polls of the generic congressional ballot, you knew as early as summer 2017 that signs pointed to a wave election for Democrats in 2018. Now, for your prognosticating pleasure, the Fiv [...]
We’re Hiring 3 Fall Interns
Want to work in a newsroom that combines reporting, writing, data analysis, computer science and a general sense of irreverence? FiveThirtyEight is hiring college students or recent graduates to work [...]

Suspect charged with punching Walmart greeter, 72, knocking him out: reports
A 72-year-old greeter at a Walmart store in Texas says he was punched in the face and knocked unconscious – just for doing his job.
The Latest: Sacramento officer badly wounded by gunman
The Latest on the shooting of a Sacramento police officer (all times local): 8:15 p.m.
Syrian refugee arrested in plot to bomb Pittsburgh church for ISIS, feds say
The FBI foiled an attempted bomb plot and arrested a Syrian refugee on Wednesday who allegedly planned to bomb a church in Pittsburgh in the name of the Islamic State, investigators have revealed.
Florida great-grandmother busted after allegedly buying heroin with 2-year-old in car
Florida police arrested a great-grandmother on Tuesday after she was caught buying heroin with a 2-year-old child in her car.
Prosecutors: Syrian man planned ISIS-fueled church bombing
A Syrian refugee who came to the U.S. three years ago plotted to bomb a church this spring to inspire followers of the Islamic State of Iraq, federal authorities said in announcing the man's arre [...]
Kansas City World War I Memorial vandalized with spray paint
Police are searching for two vandals who defaced the World War I Liberty Memorial on Tuesday with red spray paint.
Court document: Mosque bombing suspect tried to escape
An Illinois man who faces trial in the 2017 bombing of a Minnesota mosque had tried to escape from custody earlier this year.
Dallas police: Fatal shooting by officer goes to grand jury
Dallas police are referring a shooting in which a suburban officer killed a vehicle theft suspect to a grand jury after reviewing evidence and interviewing witnesses.

Goodnight, and good luck
A valedictory note from Al Jazeera America on what we tried to bring to the online news landscape
A long road to reintegration for Rwandan ex-combatants
Despite programs aimed at helping former fighters recover and rebuild, many struggle to find their place in society
The Cabula 12: Brazils police war against the black community
Brazil's anti-police movement continues to fight for the soul of Cabula, even as death threats intensify
Nevada governor says he doesn't want Supreme Court consideration
Republican Brian Sandoval, reportedly under consideration by Obama for the nation's top court, says he's not interested
Elegy for a website where Native voices mattered
AJAM reported on tribal communities and offered coverage on Indian Country that few could match
Poisonous lands: Pennsylvania prison built next to toxic dump
Prisoners and area residents are hit by toxic fumes that could cause fatal harm

Hundreds gather at Phoenix council meeting in response to police actions
Another demonstration against Phoenix police was held at the Phoenix City Council meeting Wednesday in response to a viral video.
5 ways to fight wealth inequality, according to economists
With bold and targeted steps, economists argue, government can increase incomes for many more people in ways that strengthen American capitalism.
A 10-year-old girl just climbed one of the most challenging peaks in the world
Selah Schneiter of Glenwood Springs, Colorado, completed the 3,000-foot (910 meters) climb of the vertical rock formation with the help of her father.
New York moves to ban 'gay panic and trans panic' defense, joining five other states
New York lawmakers passed a ban on gay and trans panic defenses in murder cases, looking to end what advocates say are discriminatory strategies.

Trust in single power line played role in Argentine outage
Overconfidence in the capacity of a single transmission line may have played a role in a massive power outage that left Argentina and parts of Uruguay and Paraguay in the dark three days ago, experts [...]
China's Xi heads for NKorea for state visit, talks with Kim
Chinese state media say President Xi Jinping has departed for his state visit to North Korea, which he has said will strengthen the countries' strategic ties.
Ex-France president Sarkozy to face trial on charges of corruption, influence-peddling
Nicolas Sarkozy, the former president of France, will stand trial on charges of corruption and influence peddling after the country’s highest court rejected his final appeal Tuesd [...]
Dominican AG: Ortiz shooting result of mistaken identity
Former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz was shot in the back by a gunman who mistook him for the real target, another man who was seated at the same table at an outdoor cafe, Dominican officials said Wedne [...]
Dominican tourism expert warns of 'catastrophe' if authorities stonewall in death probes
The picturesque, sandy beaches of the Dominican Republic have become the backdrop for a rash of deaths of U.S. tourists at luxury, all-inclusive hotels.
UN envoy: Goal now must be Afghan-Taliban peace negotiations
The U.N. envoy for Afghanistan says all peace efforts including a new initiative by Germany and Qatar for talks among Afghans must be directed at starting formal negotiations between the government an [...]