Nick Sestanovich
@nsestanovich.bsky.social
Writer for the Santa Cruz Sentinel, previously Vacaville Reporter and Benicia Herald. Still trying to figure out what to do here.
Sometimes when I'm bored, I make jokey playlists. This was one of those instances.
November 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Sometimes when I'm bored, I make jokey playlists. This was one of those instances.
10 years since my first byline (my first paid professional byline anyway).
September 2, 2025 at 12:34 AM
10 years since my first byline (my first paid professional byline anyway).
“The Paper” looks fine, I guess, but “Parks and Recreation” should have been the show to get a local newsroom spinoff, especially since the show had an established newspaper we saw quite often.
August 22, 2025 at 12:54 AM
“The Paper” looks fine, I guess, but “Parks and Recreation” should have been the show to get a local newsroom spinoff, especially since the show had an established newspaper we saw quite often.
Reaction to the Colbert news.
July 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Reaction to the Colbert news.
Shout out also to OG the DJ for warming up the crowd with this awesome setlist of ‘80s alternative classics.
June 7, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Shout out also to OG the DJ for warming up the crowd with this awesome setlist of ‘80s alternative classics.
A nice evening of dancing to early ‘80s British ska. Thank you, English Beat.
June 7, 2025 at 6:35 AM
A nice evening of dancing to early ‘80s British ska. Thank you, English Beat.
Kidding around at Wilder Ranch. 🐐
April 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Kidding around at Wilder Ranch. 🐐
Watsonville Film Festival opening night. Watched some very good short films and got to hear from the directors of those films.
March 7, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Watsonville Film Festival opening night. Watched some very good short films and got to hear from the directors of those films.
These could be useful.
February 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
These could be useful.
Heh, “Vandal.”
January 31, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Heh, “Vandal.”
If this piece was taken, I wasn’t playing. The GOAT Monopoly piece.
January 22, 2025 at 4:51 AM
If this piece was taken, I wasn’t playing. The GOAT Monopoly piece.
This Pitchfork review of “American IV: The Man Comes Around” is hilarious to me because I think a Johnny Cash cover of “Schism” would have sounded awesome.
January 10, 2025 at 4:04 AM
This Pitchfork review of “American IV: The Man Comes Around” is hilarious to me because I think a Johnny Cash cover of “Schism” would have sounded awesome.
I’m watching “Ratched,” and hey, there’s a Watsonville reference!
January 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I’m watching “Ratched,” and hey, there’s a Watsonville reference!
This is what I have to look forward to in early 2025.
December 30, 2024 at 12:11 AM
This is what I have to look forward to in early 2025.
This isn’t all of them either.
December 30, 2024 at 12:11 AM
This isn’t all of them either.
Read more books this year than I could fit into a single photo, and this isn’t even all of them.
December 30, 2024 at 12:10 AM
Read more books this year than I could fit into a single photo, and this isn’t even all of them.
2024 Christmas haul, and it is quite the haul.
December 25, 2024 at 10:26 PM
2024 Christmas haul, and it is quite the haul.
Me when the cheese tray comes out at the Christmas party.
December 25, 2024 at 6:18 PM
Me when the cheese tray comes out at the Christmas party.
The plot thickens.
December 22, 2024 at 4:19 PM
The plot thickens.
🎶As long as I gaze on Watsonville sunset,
I am in paradise🎶
I am in paradise🎶
December 19, 2024 at 1:46 AM
🎶As long as I gaze on Watsonville sunset,
I am in paradise🎶
I am in paradise🎶
I don’t trust this teddy bear.
December 15, 2024 at 10:10 PM
I don’t trust this teddy bear.
