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"When the burdens of the presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself it could be worse.

Gateway School students Lucy Zicarelli and Talia Bernstein carry bags containing some of the 250 jackets collected during the school's student council coat drive to a waiting van from Classic Vapor Cleaners on Friday.

Japan 's massive 2011 earthquake was lubricated by a thick layer of nearly frictionless clay, according to a series of articles in the current issue of Science.

You're invited to participate in a free and fun community tradition. It's the Lighted Boat Parade, which will launch at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at the Santa Cruz Harbor.

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Santa Cruz County residents searching for doctors with the Palo Alto Medical Foundation on the Covered California website will come up empty.

The fingerprints of a 28-year-old Live Oak man accused of killing his property manager were found on a revolver, prosecutors said.

The Santa Cruz Public Works Department on Tuesday will ask the City Council for permission to take the first step toward raising wastewater rates an average of nearly 20 percent during the next four years for residential users.

Santa Cruz County sheriff's leaders unveiled a new crime lab and coroner's facility on Soquel Avenue on Friday, touting it as a way to streamline criminal investigations.

Santa Cruz County Treasurer-Tax Collector Fred Keeley has announced window service will be extended by one hour to assist people paying their property tax bill, which is due Tuesday.

The following is boilerplate from a National Weather Service warning to State /Local governments, and other agencies/NGOs that occurs when temperatures are expected to drop below freezing for at least two hours .

Saturday, December 7 is the 6th annual Handmade Gift Sale of $25-and-under items, from 10 am-4pm at Center Street Grill.

Male elephant seals recognize the unique calls of their rivals, helping them know when to fight or flee, new research suggests.

The Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission on Thursday voted to spend millions to kick-start the Monterey Bay Sanctuary Scenic Trail, fix local roads and put a down payment on the continued expansion of Highway 1. The 12-member board approved a $14 million list of local projects, including bike and pedestrian improvements to local ... (more)

Santa Cruz police said Thursday they have solved a nearly two-decade-old mystery by identifying a teenage girl whose body was found by hikers in 1994 in a park near the UC Santa Cruz campus.

Mayor Hilary Bryant, a UC Santa Cruz alum who served during a difficult year for the city, will speak at the Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce Women in Business holiday giving luncheon 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Cocoanut Grove, 400 Beach St. She will deliver the final presentation in a series called "Becoming Fearless: Money, Career & ... (more)

Hopsin has announced a nation-wide tour in 2014. The Knock Madness Tour is set to run from January through March.

Before Robyn Pearson took her son, Ben, to school Wednesday morning, she snapped a photo of him dressed in a ski jacket and wearing mittens.

The local United Nations association is inviting the public to a free art show and concert on Saturday honoring international Human Rights Day.

One concern anytime a nonelected body is commissioned to examine an issue is that their recommendations will go to the land of the dead, the dusty and the denied.