OAKLAND — A settlement between retail giant Walmart, Inc. and the state of California will force the corporation to pay $16 ...

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff voiced opposition Wednesday over a proposal to house a man twice convicted of rape in the early ...

Nami Banks’ first name means “wave” in Japanese. “My parents met while surfing,” the Aptos High graduate said. “They wanted ...

Aptos High’s flag football team rushed for three touchdown and secured a 25-0 win over Soquel at Santa Cruz High on Wednesday to remain unbeaten in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three people who went to California’s Six Flags Magic Mountain have filed lawsuits saying they were left with traumatic brain injuries from the park’s famed X2 roller coaster that ...

Members of the UC Santa Cruz cross country team make use this week of the recently rebuilt running path around the Upper East Field. UC Santa Cruz Athletics and Recreation announced in November 2025 ...

It is a ridiculous play, that’s what a farce intends to be, that is played skillfully to achieve its comic effect,” writes theater critic Jake Thomas.

Following a discussion that lasted nearly four hours, the Watsonville City Council voted 5-2 to direct staff to bring back a ...

Amanda Engeldrum Magaña, a licensed clinical social worker and chief quality officer for Pajaro Valley Prevention and Student ...

Mayor Matt Mahan is pushing for more real-time supervision of license-plate reader data and the closure of a legislative loophole to make unauthorized access expressly illegal.

This week’s events include a battle of the bands at the Catalyst Club, the Duck Island Music Festival at San Lorenzo Park, Martha High’s Funky Divas at Kuumbwa Jazz and author Joseph Fink at Bookshop ...

This Friday, James Durbin debuts a new project, James Durbin Revival, to El Vaquero Winery in Corralitos. This all-originals ...