A Santa Cruz, woman who was recently detained at SFO by customs officers has been released. Cliona Ward is a legal green card holder from Ireland and has lived in Santa Cruz for more than 30 years.

SANTA CRUZ — Housing advocates, local leaders and community members gathered in the courtyard of Santa Cruz City Hall on a warm and sunny Thursday to commemorate the handing off of more than ...

Julien Pally and Leo Sapunor paced Santa Cruz High’s boys volleyball team on offense, and the No. 1 seed Cardinals beat No. 4 Mount Madonna 25-20, 25-13, 25-11 in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic ...

Sitting in the Birmingham High bleachers wearing headphones before running the 400 meters at the City Section track and field prelims, 17-year-old senior Nathan Santa Cruz looks like a teenager ...

A tour bus caught fire Friday morning on Highway 17 in the Santa Cruz Mountains, prompting passengers to evacuate the vehicle, according to Santa Clara County fire officials. Just after 9 a.m ...

Paolo Bicchieri is the associate editor for the Northern California and Pacific Northwest region writing about restaurant and bar trends, coffee and cafes, and pop-ups. Humble Sea’s many awards ...

T he full moon rises over Laurel Street in Santa Cruz this week. May’s full moon is called the Flower Moon reflecting the abundant blooming across North America during May, according to the Old ...

Humble Sea Brewing, a Santa Cruz-based brewery, held a soft opening Friday for its Pier 39 taproom, a little more than a year after the beermaker first announced plans to open an outpost on San ...

A friend getaway to Santa Barbara turned into a tense few days ... “I was planning on taking full accountability for that whole situation…and the energy changed,” he explained.

The name King reigns once more — as the top banned baby name in New Zealand ... Jesus Christ, III, Adolf Hitler, Santa Claus and @ (yes, the "at" symbol) were all ruled illegal by courts ...

Santa Clara’s Hope Alley homered three batters into the Broncos‘ first-ever NCAA tournament game and the Broncos didn’t fold after yielding a four-run second inning, but couldn’t complete ...