Alfredo Machado and his daughter Nina, center, are joined by John Mellnik and his daughter Józefa in dancing to the tunes of ...

A flock of bird wings by the Mark Abbott Memorial Lighthouse as Mark Woodward – aka Native Santa Cruz – takes of photo of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration announced on Tuesday that it’s freezing child care funds to ...

Hundreds of people from South Sudan may be able to live and work in the United States legally, while a federal judge on ...

Adjusting your thermostat a few degrees when you’re not home can also reduce energy use and save money. The U.S. Department ...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Leaders from Europe and Canada held talks Tuesday on U.S.-led peace efforts to end the nearly four-year ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The White House cannot lapse in its funding of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a federal district ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A judge has ordered a new trial for an Alabama woman who was sentenced to 18 years in prison ...

According to data from the Santa Cruz County Sheriff Coroner’s Office, the county experienced 57 accidental drug-related ...

Corey Schaefer, who has served as Watsonville’s acting fire chief since August, will be starting off the new year sans the ...

OAKLAND — After years of rising monthly bills, PG&E customers will be able to ring in 2026 with the prospect of lower charges ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Fifty-two bears were killed during Florida’s first black bear hunt in a decade, state wildlife officials ...