The Santa Cruz Sentinel is a daily newspaper published in Santa Cruz, California, covering Santa Cruz County, California, and owned by Media News Group, which is controlled by Alden Global Capital.

[3] Ottaway Community Newspapers, a division of Dow Jones & Company, bought the paper in 1982.

Community Newspaper Holdings bought the Sentinel in late 2006 from Ottaway,[4] but quickly sold it, February 2, 2007, to MediaNews Group.

[5] The MediaNews Group formed Digital First Media in 2013 when it merged with Journal Register Company.

The company is controlled by the hedge fund Alden Global Capital.