Planners at Santa Cruz County’s most powerful transportation agency have unveiled a vision for a passenger rail service ...

Santa Cruz’s John Mel won his second heat at the World Surf League’s BTMI Barbados Surf Pro at Soup Bowl, Bathsheba, Barbados ...

See who the Mercury News and East Bay Times named as the top girls basketball players from around the Bay Area with their ...

UCSB is again teaming with Santa Barbara County, the City of Goleta and the Isla Vista Community Services District (IVCSD) on ...

Newborns use their voices like human infants, research scientist says. Hungry? Cry for food. Scared of a looming large adult ...

From the grounds of a gas-fired power plant on the eastern shores of Canada, a little-known company is pumping a slurry of minerals into the ocean in the name of stopping climate change. Whether it’s ...

Some recent travelers reported spotting sea lions lounging nearby, but others said the vistas of the famous surf spot Steamer Lane and the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk are pretty awesome ...

Cultivating hope An old billboard near the southwest shore of the Salton Sea is a relic of the area's past as a vibrant ...

Absent a long-term funding plan, the deferred maintenance backlog has grown to an estimated $9.1 billion for the University ...

Mounting costs for the rail trail and Highway 1 expansion could require the regional transportation commission to take out ...

more » UC Santa Cruz leaders last week formally recognized the university’s burgeoning relationship with the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (UABC) through the signing of a memorandum of ...

ASHTIN ELDER Sophomore and tournament winner Amy Beanblossom takes a shot at the UC Santa Cruz Invitational. (courtesy of ...