A week after losing several key starters to injury, including its quarterback, and suffering its lone loss, Soquel High’s playoff-bound football team was eager to prove Friday that it could ...

There’s a place in California where the trees touch the sky and time seems to slow down – Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park in Felton, a verdant paradise that somehow remains off the radar for most ...

The Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission continued its support for efforts to establish a temporary bicycle ...

An unconscious surfer was pulled from the water Wednesday morning near The Hook surf break on Santa Cruz’s East Side as a ...

Two years after Otter 841 menaced wave riders near Santa Cruz, there have been new encounters between the furry marine mammals and surfers. By Annie Roth Annie Roth lives in Santa Cruz, Calif., wrote ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A sea otter is harassing Santa Cruz surfers at legendary Steamer Lane, biting riders and stealing surfboards in a ...

The Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission's meeting this week has a sweeping agenda that ranges from a ...

There’s a lot that is suboptimal about today’s new car market. One of the few advantages, though, is that at least buyers have the luxury of being able to choose the degree of truck that they want.

A University of California, Santa Cruz graduate has advanced to the next round of "The Voice."O’Reilly graduated with a bachelor’s degree in environmental studies from UCSC in 2012. During his time at ...

Stealing surfboards, nipping feet, even chasing down surfers: “Our local sea otters—or possibly just one—are getting feisty again,” California photographer Mark Woodward tells Smithsonian magazine via ...

A convoy carrying aid to Black River, which was hit by Hurricane Melissa, makes its way through Holland Bamboo, Jamaica, ...

Hurricane Melissa is grinding across eastern Cuba as a Category 3 storm after pummeling Jamaica as one of the strongest ...