President Theodore Roosevelt scheduled a visit to Santa Cruz for May 8, 1903, and townsfolk now saw the waterfront’s barnlike ...

From poetry classes to crochet groups, older adults are finding that learning new skills can support brain health, build ...

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Don’t deny yourself the right to explore, create and find your happy place. Dance to the beat of ...

Lessons from a 6-month sabbatical from the sea By Shaun Burns Growing up in Santa Cruz, it can be easy to take the ocean for granted. I was fortunate to be raised by parents who introduced me to the ...

Dozens of Black surfers, community members and visitors appeared at Cowell Beach Friday for Black Surf Santa Cruz’s sixth ...

After watching live musical and dance performances, and hearing from keynote speaker, community activist Olga Talamante, pop ...

The drugs were laced with “tranq,” a sedative used by veterinarians, but the defendant says he now knows what he did was ...

Approved in 2024, some residents said they had only recently learned about a potential data center that could be built in ...

The cool confines of Watsonville Speedway will be the destination for the Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge Tour on ...

The question before us is what kind of soil, what kind of farming system and what kind of future we want to cultivate for the ...

When I stepped into the role of superintendent of the Pajaro Valley Unified School District in May 2024, I did so with deep personal roots in this community and a profound belief in the promise of our ...

Some workplace experts argue that with more businesses adopting AI tools, soft skills such as empathy, critical thinking and ...