Pelicans and other birds float on the Monterey Bay Monday as a single-masted ship sits at anchor amid morning sunlight ...

Jeremy Stone walks around the former home of Front Street Vintage in downtown Santa Cruz on Monday as he gets ready to open ...

Aptos’ Isla Hardy, 16, took first place in the U18 age division at USA Surfing Prime Series’ West Stop No. 1 in 1- to 3-foot conditions at Steamer Lane on Sunday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday tapped Jay Clayton, his director of national intelligence, to lead a new government task force on artificial intelligence.

With the wind in its face and the world passing by, a dog enjoys the view while being driven by its human on Cooper Street in ...

Utah became the first state in the U.S. to make way for plug-in systems when it passed a law in March 2025. With the signing ...

SANTA CRUZ — The Pirates learned a valuable lesson in their 28-21 homecoming loss to Greenfield on Friday night: You can’t fire a cannon until you’ve loaded it with gunpowder. Hoping to remedy that ...

Monte Vista Christian School’s improved football team was intent on making a statement against longtime foe Aptos in the ...

Junior Grace Graessle and sophomore Ava Johnson each scored three goals, and Soquel High’s girls water polo team, ranked No.

Eriberto Estrada, a recent Pajaro Valley High School graduate and California State University Monterey Bay student, is running for a school board seat in Trustee Area 4.

The county Agricultural Commissioner’s Office has partnered with Salinas company High Degree to test out the use of soil ...

Local history columnist writes about Jesse D. Carr, who was known as the first person to plant an apple orchard in the Pajaro Valley in 1853.