Santa Cruz County Local News: Sports


All Local Sports News articles contributed by our local media allies and other local newsrooms.

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Running Around California’s Capital Region

From marathoners to casual joggers, enthusiasts can take advantage of the Sacramento region’s diverse trails, terrain, and competitive events.

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04/18/2025
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The Santa Cruz Planning Commission on Thursday voted 4-1 in favor of a downtown expansion plan designed to facilitate the construction of multi-story apartment buildings and a new Warriors arena south of Laurel Street. 

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04/18/2025
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Simmering tensions between the City of Scotts Valley and youth sports leagues over proposed fees hikes boiled over during the April 2 regularly scheduled Council meeting when a girls softball coach teared-up providing public comment.

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04/09/2025
The annual Logjam! vintage surf contest is being heald at Pleasure Point Beac h on April 26 and 27.

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04/09/2025
The 4th annual Live Oak Jack Rabbit fundraiser for local arts programs featuring a series of foot races and relays will be held at the Shoreline Middle School on April 26.

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03/06/2025
Gov. Gavin Newsom called it “deeply unfair” for transgender athletes to participate in girls' sports today — a notable change in his position that thrust the Democratic governor into the center of a national maelstrom. It was unclear whether he will act on his new position as Republicans urged him to follow conservative states in banning transgender athletes from girls' sports.

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03/04/2025
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Santa Cruz Mountains Trail Stewardship, the nonprofit spearheading the design and implentation of a new pump track at Felton Covered Bridge Park, has annnounced completed designs and a shift into a fundraising phase.

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01/14/2025
A new bill would remove the right of California’s female transgender athletes in to participate in high school sports teams that match their gender identity.

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10/17/2024
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On Friday, Oct. 25, downtown Felton will play host to the San Lorenzo Valley High School
Homecoming Parade beginning at 3:45pm.

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09/10/2024
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These parks let MTB and BMX riders of all ages practice their skills and get some air—without even pedaling.

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08/28/2024
Highway 1 between Western Drive in Santa Cruz and Pigeon Point Road in San Mateo County will be closed on parts of September 8 to make way for the biking leg of the 70.3 Santa Cruz triathlon.

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08/07/2024
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Haley Batten placed ninth in the women’s mountain bike event three years ago at the Tokyo Olympics.

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08/06/2024
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Aptos native Nikki Hiltz advanced to the women’s 1500-meters semifinals after they placed third in their preliminary heat at Stade de France on Aug. 6.

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07/31/2024
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Everlyn Kemboi glanced behind her shoulder once moments just before covering her face as she came storming down Cliff Drive in Capitola to win Sunday morning’s Wharf to Wharf women’s division race.

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07/26/2024
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For the first time in what seems like a very long time, this weekend’s 52nd running of the Wharf to Wharf Race is back to its normal capacity limit.

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06/26/2024
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A bustling neighborhood and a new 3,200-seat arena for the Santa Cruz Warriors are part of a plan to transform Downtown Santa Cruz in the coming years.

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06/18/2024
In a June 18 meeting of the Santa Cruz City Council with planning commissioners attending, a draft plan was presented for the South of Laurel area (SoLa) project including a permanent Warriors arena and 1600 units of housing in towers up to 12 stories tall.

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06/14/2024
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A new draft of Santa Cruz’s downtown expansion plan calls for buildings up to eight stories and wider sidewalks south of Laurel Street, as well as a permanent, larger Kaiser Permanente Arena for the Santa Cruz Warriors basketball team.

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06/11/2024
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Newish MTB-accessible trails wind through carefully protected wildlife habitat and thoughtful interpretive exhibits in the footprint of the CZU fire.

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06/07/2024
A rendering for a Solano Sports Complex development with facilities for baseball, basketball, football, swimming, tennis, volleyball, pickleball and other sports was released as part of the California Forever project in east Solano County.

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06/06/2024
Image for display with article titled Hurt on a Hike: Pine Valley Trail Hike, Carmel Valley

Laurence Bedford tells me that for his hiking buddy Sven Davis, “Minimalism gets to be a religion.” Laurence grins and explains that Sven cut the handle off his toothbrush to save the weight. And that as Sven reads his books, he tears out the pages that he's read and burns them in the campfire.