Under the shift that Gov. Gavin Newsom will announce Thursday, the state superintendent of public instruction would have a ...

Caltrans will shut down sections of Highway 1 overnight from Sunday through Thursday so crews can remove temporary falsework ...

Weekly roundup 1/7/26 Welcome into 2026! Rain is making the first week back in school a bit damp, but we should start seeing ...

California will lose an additional $160 million for delaying the revocations of 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses for ...

Santa Cruz County officials published an updated version of proposed regulations for battery storage facilities ahead of a ...

After a mountain lion was spotted in the area behind 1075 Main St. on Wednesday morning, the Watsonville Police Department is ...

Time magazine didn't declare artificial intelligence itself 2025's "person of the year" (that honor went to its architects), but it sure could have, as this was the year AI officially passed the ...

The DP Foundation, a foundation dedicated to improving survival rates from sudden cardiac arrest, has donated 10 automated external defibrillators to the Santa Cruz Police Department and the Santa ...

Santa Cruz's Public Works Department is currently accepting applications for its 2026 Master Recycler Volunteer Training Program, in which participants will gain hands-on experience in waste reduction ...

By basing funding on enrollment, not attendance numbers, California schools would lose the incentive to get students to show up every day, a new report finds.

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