A cyclist glides through a tree tunnel on Hagar Drive as they descend towards the base of the UC Santa Cruz campus. Hagar ...

The Trump administration downplayed the decline in homelessness, contending far more people are on the streets today than a ...

Normally, this time of year for Bay Area residents means blooms of orange poppies, graduation announcements and hand-wringing over the San Francisco Giants’ record. But this year there’s something ...

WATSONVILLE — Watsonville’s Justin Sanders, the man known as the “Bullring Bullet” around these parts, made the move by Fremont’s Shane Golobic on lap 17 and drove away from the pack to record his ...

Scotts Valley High senior Ava Decleve posted a top-three finish in her 800 meters prelim race on Friday to qualify for the final at the 2026 CIF State Championships at Buchanan High.

The avian influenza outbreak that put some of California’s most beloved marine mammal and sea bird populations at risk has subsided in marine mammals, according to officials who confirmed no positive ...

Here at (Watsonville Community Hospital), the funding will be used for operational expenses, including debt management, current salaries, and necessary supplies,” said hospital CEO Stephen Gray, ...

A full closure of the Murray Street Bridge will begin as early as June 10, the city of Santa Cruz announced Friday. During the closure, which is expected to continue through September, both the ...

The Capitola City Council held its first public hearing on its transition to district-based City Council elections Thursday night. The City Council did not provide direction on how many districts ...

TODAY’S WORD — VENTRAL (VEN-trul: Of or relating to the abdomen.) Average mark 33 words Time limit 50 minutes Can you find 46 or more words in VENTRAL? The list will be published Monday. YESTERDAY’S ...

According to a research project out of UC Santa Cruz, large-scale fires like the CZU Complex have burned through Santa Cruz redwood forests before. As factors including climate change increase fire ...

The Zellerbach show, when he was 79 and still blowing his horn with phenomenal force and finesse, was the most transcendent musical experience of my life,” writes columnist Stephen Kessler.