Letter: We can ponder the rebirth of spring with its colorful array of flowers, plants and lush greenery; however, we can also muse upon our own rebirth and spiritual awakening with repentance and ...

Obeying an under-the-radar executive order, the Army Corps of Engineers has expedited every permit asking for destruction of wetlands throughout the United States, including a strip that runs unbroken ...

The beautiful shiner — a ray-finned fish found in Mexico, Arizona and New Mexico — hasn’t been seen in New Mexico’s landscape for more than 40 years. A small population remains in a hatchery, captive ...

A Press Democrat reader notes a Day of Remembrance, and more.

The Trump administration has quietly fired multiple members of the “privacy team” and other officials from the office that oversees the hiring of federal workers, a move that limits outside access to ...

The Santa Clara Valley Water District says after the dry start to the year, water levels at their reservoirs went from 70% of normal in mid-January to 82% by mid-February.

Kids haven't experienced true holiday magic until the first time they hear A Visit from St. Nicholas. That long-form poem ...

It's time to send out the Christmas newsletter again this year. Sure, it could be the same old dry recitation of your family ...

EDITOR: Since it takes only “common sense” to manage the water supply for 39 million people and farms that supply over half ...

After after a snowy Friday night and a cold, slippery Saturday morning, 10-year-old Keira Hanson discovered too late that her dance class had been canceled. She’d been dropped off at class ...

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and meals shared by good friends. We will miss all of it, and you.” Pascucci owner Laura Knight says the downtown Santa Barbara restaurant will close in March after losing its lease. Credit ...