Starbucks plans to close 250 North American stores later this week. It is the second big round of store closures under Starbucks Chairman and CEO Brian Niccol, who joined the company in 2024. Last ...

OAKLAND — A settlement between retail giant Walmart, Inc. and the state of California will force the corporation to pay $16 ...

Two years after their electric, but heartbreaking near-miss against Miami, Cal has another huge home game Friday night on the national stage.

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff voiced opposition Wednesday over a proposal to house a man twice convicted of rape in the early ...

Israel’s increasingly isolated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has arrived in New York to address the United Nations General Assembly, but no meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump is planned.

Nami Banks’ first name means “wave” in Japanese. “My parents met while surfing,” the Aptos High graduate said. “They wanted ...

It is a ridiculous play, that’s what a farce intends to be, that is played skillfully to achieve its comic effect,” writes theater critic Jake Thomas.

Aptos High’s flag football team rushed for three touchdown and secured a 25-0 win over Soquel at Santa Cruz High on Wednesday to remain unbeaten in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three people who went to California’s Six Flags Magic Mountain have filed lawsuits saying they were left with traumatic brain injuries from the park’s famed X2 roller coaster that ...

Josephine Czarnecki’s company, Gay Innocent Heartless Theatrics, has spearheaded an ambitious and audacious version of Shakespeare’s ‘Henry IV,’ reimagined within the world of professional wrestling,” ...

Amanda Engeldrum Magaña, a licensed clinical social worker and chief quality officer for Pajaro Valley Prevention and Student ...

The next installment in the rivalry could be the most impactful in history with a berth in the Big 12 championship and CFP bids at stake.