A great blue heron forages on a lawn in Prospect Heights in Santa Cruz.

The Monterey Bay area continues to experience a weird mix of conditions as we move from spring to summer. It feels almost ...

St. Francis High baseball talent Nash Horton made up for lost time. Sidelined his sophomore season by a torn labrum, Horton ...

This cycle’s awards total more than $1.9 million and were distributed among 92 local nonprofits. Both totals are a step up ...

A County Sheriff’s Office team tasked with cracking down on deadly drug sales made an arrest with the help of an undercover ...

The Garden Digest is compiled by Jesselyn Rego. To submit items for the calendar including events, meetings, resources, or ...

The five-story mixed-use development proposed for 1130 Mission Street, the current site of the Food Bin and Herb Room, will ...

Nature is a necessity for human health and well-being; access to the outdoors should be a right, but in California – and in County – it’s more often a luxury. That’s why, on ...

Drivers can expect traffic delays on Highway 129 through Watsonville during a water supply pipeline installation ...

Former Santa Cruz High basketball talent Jack Busenhart has committed to NCAA Division III Benedictine University, a private ...

Federal wildlife agency, stymied in capture bid last summer, says it has no immediate plans to attempt to catch Otter 841.

With the UC Santa Cruz campus entrance blocked by Palestine solidarity encampment demonstrators beginning Tuesday and ...