Scientists at UC Santa Cruz have completed the first end-to-end genome of the iconic Pacific banana slug, a species ...

Along the coast, the historic farmhouse at Pie ... As much as 40% of redwoods in the Santa Cruz Mountains may have burned, along with historic buildings, campgrounds and visitor centers, according ...

Multiple piers have come and gone along the Santa Cruz coast, and in the last two columns I have slowly meandered south from ...

United Way of Santa Cruz County announced that Yvette Lopez Brooks started serving as its CEO last week after resigning as ...

Nearly 1,000 acres of redwood forest in the Santa Cruz Mountains will be permanently ... multiple sources including the California State Coastal Conservancy, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation ...

Fire victims’ experiences, and damning grand jury findings, depict a county government unprepared to meet the needs of ...

“Fire can create a clean slate that temporarily reduces competition and creates light,” says Georgia Vasey, a graduate student at the UC Santa Cruz Center for Coastal Climate Resilienc ...

The Monterey Bay destinations of Santa Cruz and Monterey are the epitome of easy-going California abundance for meeting and ...

Weeks after a severe winter storm sheared off a 150-foot section off the Santa Cruz Wharf, normalcy is seemingly afoot at the 110-year-old landmark. Still, the results of the storm are chaotic ...

"It's only a matter of time until the Santa Cruz Mountains will be regarded as one of planet earth's best regions for growing ...