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

Amid on-again, off-again tariff threats from the Trump administration, the driving force behind all this is the vow to deport undocumented immigrants from the the U.S. This campaign is well underway ...

More than 300 people gathered Sunday to grieve and honor Thairie Ritchie, the prominent local civil rights activist who set ...

A high-end department store designed by notable mid-century architects, the Macy's at Santa Barbara's La Cumbre Plaza will not be saved.

As people were preparing to begin their days at the break of dawn Thursday, more than 130 volunteers fanned throughout Santa Cruz County on a 40-degree overcast morning with a simple goal: count ...

In her weekly roundup, Jessica M. Pasko talks to Santa Cruz's economic development manager about how the city is trying to boost downtown business, notes struggles for wharf restaurants and passes ...

A Milpitas man has been sentenced by a jury in the 2021 murder of a transgender drag performer. He received 15 years to life ...

Alderwood (155 Walnut Ave.) restaurant in downtown Santa Cruz has suddenly and permanently closed. “After careful ...