SANTA CRUZ — A madrone tree tucked away in the parking lot of the Cruzio Internet and Ecology Action building on Cedar Street in Santa Cruz was spared Tuesday after residents in the neighboring Walnut ...

Charles Barrett is 39 years old and very much alive. But people in Sonoma County’s rock climbing community now tend to speak of him in the past tense — of the Charlie Barrett they once knew. Or ...

There’s clawing your way to the top, and then there’s climbing your way to victory — which is what Carpinteria resident Jacob Claassen and Kate Miller, the 2024 Tree-Climbing Champions, did on ...

Natalie Beneviat Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025 5:00 a.m. | Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025 5:00 a.m. Saying that a recent tree-climbing school was hands-on is a bit of an understatement. As an arboreal activity that ...