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Steve Martin is currently in the fifth decade of a uniquely varied and accomplished career in which he's excelled as a comedian, actor, author and playwright, and as a Grammy-winning, boundary-pushing bluegrass banjoist and composer.

As soon as daylight-saving time kicks in, Santa Cruz Harbor fires up its Wednesday sailboat races for the season.

Around two dozen UC Santa Cruz students spent Wednesday night in a campus administration building, protesting UC President Janet Napolitano's tenure.

Around two dozen UC Santa Cruz students spent Wednesday night in a campus administration building, protesting UC President Janet Napolitano's tenure.

Every three months, an affable din rises from crowded tables at the Center Street Grill as Santa Cruz area women gather for dinner, decide on a worthy recipient for their philanthropy and write out $100 checks.

Angela Davis , author and activist, professor emeritus at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Last summer, four alleged leaders of rival prison gangs worked together to coordinate a hunger strike at California's Pelican Bay State Prison.

Wynton Marsalis proudly upholds the old traditions in jazz. Looking for musical action long after a concert ends, the trumpeter can often be found wherever players gather, ready to take on all comers at a late-night cutting contest.

Members of the Santa Cruz County Alcohol and Drug Program will talk to residents about drug abuse and potential countywide solutions at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at Aptos High School, 100 Mariner Way.

Santa Cruz County Sheriff/Coroner Phil Wowak is expected to announce Thursday that he will not seek re-election, a surprise move by one of the most respected public officials in the county.

Highway 9 was blocked between Santa Cruz and Felton and near Mitchell Drive in Boulder Creek on Wednesday after two large trees fell in the road.

A Live Oak man convicted of assaulting his ex-wife with a knife was sentenced to 10 years in prison by a Santa Cruz County Superior Court judge Wednesday.

Daniel AlarcA3n, who lives in San Francisco, was chosen for his novel "At Night We Walk in Circles," and Karen Joy Fowler, who lives in Santa Cruz, made the list for her novel "We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves."

While Barbie was once as stereotypical as G.I. Joe, in modern years she can 'be anything.'

It's long been expected that sooner or later, the Tesla Model S electric sport sedan will be offered with all-wheel drive.

Watsonville Film Festival presents a mixer for the Pajaro Valley Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Appleton Grill, 30 W. Beach St. The goals of the nonprofit Watsonville Film Festival are to share films that inspire, educate and focus on issues relevant to the local community, and to empower youth through ... (more)

Water policy, infrastructure and vocational education will be this year's top priorities for the Santa Cruz County Business Council.

To fully be immersed in the state of the San Lorenzo River is to also understand much of the history of Santa Cruz and the San Lorenzo Valley.

Your phone! Anywhere you are. If you are in Santa Cruz look for call in locations to be announced in the coming week.

The ultimate uncharted territory is explored in HereAfterHere: A Self-Guided Tour of Eternity, a work that explores what - if anything - happens after we die.