Metro Newspapers won eight awards in the 1997 California Newspaper Publishers Association Better Newspapers Contest, including four first place awards.
From Los Gatos Weekly-Times:
First Place, Photo Essay (George Sakkestad)
Second Place, Design (Robin Mendez)
Second Place, Editorial Cartoon (Steven DeCinzo)
From Metro Santa Cruz:
First Place, Lifestyle Coverage
First Place, Columns, Criticism/Commentary (Christina Waters)
Second Place, Sports Story (Kelly Luker)
From Metro:
First Place, Design (Foster Barnes, Bob Gower)
Second Place, Columns, Criticism/Commentary (Richard von Busack)
