Santa Cruz News

This Christmas a special and unique gift was created by a University of California Santa Cruz marina biologist: a cuddly "real seal" toy that could help save a species.

Santa Cruz City Schools trustees undertook a rare debate Wednesday on accepting an interim budget report, with calls for "taking a gamble" on giving teachers extra supply money amid state budget uncertainties.

Culinary students from the Santa County ROP , in local high schools, have created a bounty of goodies for a holiday bake sale.

The Pacific Collegiate School board voted unanimously Wednesday to appoint Simon Fletcher, a leader at the acclaimed public charter school since its founding, as its next principal.

A new federal website that lists Northern California's most wanted fugitives features a suspect in the 2009 homicide of Santa Cruz teen Tyler Tenorio.

At 2:49 PM Santa Cruz Fire was dispatched to an unconfirmed water rescue at West Cliff and Columbia.

While such conflicts could be evidence of complex physics in invisible dark matter, emerging evidence suggests that inconsistencies may originate from a poor understanding of processes involving ordinary matter as well as limitations in computational capability and differences in computer codes.

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The City Council honored the 2013 Officer Jim Howes Community Service winners at City Hall yesterday.

GREEN WITH ANTICIPATION Emerald Cup intake manager Mike Angelotti, producer Tim Blake and co-producer Samantha Mikelojewski prepare for the grand event.

Ehrlich has extensive insurance industry experience and has served in various legal, claim and underwriting positions, most recently as Senior Vice President, U.S. Casualty Claims, for Navigators Management Company.

Lynn Robinson, a seven-year member of the City Council who has served as a public safety watchdog for more than a decade, took her seat as the city's new mayor Tuesday.

The Santa Cruz City Council on Tuesday reversed an earlier decision to reduce the limit of public gatherings to 50 people before a city permit is required.

The Federal Housing Administration has announced it will suspend its emergency loan limit, reducing the maximum home loan amount from $729,750 to $625,500 in Santa Cruz and Santa Clara counties starting Jan. 1. This is an appropriate step as the housing market recovers, Housing commissioner Carol Galante said Friday.

A California contractor launches an online construction guild, and then uses his newfound web expertise to write a book for builders Mike Hartrich's new digitally published book is a guide for tradespeople who want to take advantage of social media but aren't sure how to get started.

Image of NGC 6872 and companion galaxy IC 4970 locked in a tango as the two galaxies gravitationally interact.

Jill Alexander Designs for size 12 and up now can be found on Amazon.com along with such well-known brands as Calvin Klein Plus and DKNY Plus.

In a scientific tour de force, researchers analyzing a scrap of bone from an ancient human have extracted DNA at least 300,000 years old, more than double the age of the next-oldest genetic material found.

Authorities have not yet named a man found dead in an Aptos house fire because DNA and medical records must be used to identify him, deputies said Monday.

More than 30 motor, sail and rowboats participated in the 28th annual Lighted Boat Parade at Santa Cruz Harbor Saturday.