Grayson Ruiz smiles with his eyes as his temperature is checked on
March 3 before entering Megan Prather's kindergarten classroom at
Vine Hill Elementary School in Scotts Valley. Taking temperatures was
one of many COVID-19 safety precautions schools took on that first
day public school students in Santa Cruz County returned to in-person
classes since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020.
A snowy egret gets caught in the surf while foraging at Natural
Bridges State Beach in Santa Cruz on February 1.
A large wave crashes over Lighthouse Point in Santa Cruz as a surfer
prepares to enter the water on Jan. 18.
Santa Cruz City Ballet dancers Josie Aspromonte, le, and Ally Dunn
help Jayda Dolinger secure her Snow Queen tutu during Nutcracker
rehearsal at the International Academy of Dance on Encinal Street in
Santa Cruz on Dec. 4.
Embers fly from burning trees as the Estrada Fire rages in steep terrain between Hazel Dell Road and Summit Road in Corralitos on Oct. 16. The fire started aer a prescribed burn
at Estrada Ranch jumped containment lines and burned 148 acres. Although numerous structures were threatened by the blaze and many nearby residents evacuated, no structures
were damaged and no injuries were reported.
A look back at the
Sentinel photographer Shmuel Thaler shares some of his top photos of 2021
in an expanded version of his weekly Photographer's Eye feature
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