Thairie Ritchie, a well-known Santa Cruz community organizer, reportedly self-immolated Jan. 20 — Martin Luther King Jr. Day ...

West Cliff Drive might be fully open by April as crews put the finishing touches on a number of major projects, including a ...

Galapagos Tortoises are among the most iconic animals in the world. Extremely rare, they exist naturally only on the Galapagos Islands, a province of Ecuador. Of the original 15 species of giant ...

Lovina Wildermuth-Reyes of Nature Academy (San Lorenzo Valley Charter School) claimed first place in the 2025 Santa Cruz ...

During his second day on the stand, Adrian Gonzalez talked the jury through the timeline of the murder of 8-year-old Madyson ...

It has been more than a month since the iconic Santa Cruz wharf was partially damaged by powerful waves. With more rain in ...

He reached into cracks and peered into crevices with a flashlight, hoping to find an endangered marine snail whose shell recently has become California’s state seashell: the black abalone. Seven ...

One of the most iconic images associated with Santa Cruz is a logo that bears its name. The “Red Dot” logo for the company Santa Cruz Skateboards — with its angular yellow letters amid a red circle ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) sparred over a California executive order barring predatory real estate offers amid recent wildfires. “Today, I signed an executive order ...

One of Australia's leading sports psychologists has told Yahoo Sport Australia that rising Australian tennis star Cruz Hewitt should embrace his famous surname – not be weighed down by it – as ...

The blazes are still raging. And this week the so-called Santa Ana or "Devil" winds are back. This is what it could mean. What are the Santa Ana winds? Santa Ana winds are hot, dry winds that blow ...