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Students at UC Santa Cruz will host an event Wednesday evening to celebrate Tibetan culture and to raise awareness of human rights issues that exist between China and Tibet.

For many Santa Cruz water customers, who are among the lowest consumers in California, drought-driven rationing set to go into effect May 1 won't require drastically cutting indoor use as long as they're willing to forgo lawns and gardens.

A former Marxist rebel commander's tiny lead in El Salvador's presidential election is irreversible, the country's electoral tribunal said on Monday, but his right-wing challenger demanded a full recount, insisting he was the real winner.

Allterra Solar, at 207B McPherson St., will host a Green Business networking event 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday.

Prescription drugs are just as addictive as heroin and are often sitting right in your medicine cabinet.

The Seacliff Improvement Association will host its first-quarter membership meeting at 7 p.m. March 12 at The Mediterranean, located at 265 Center Ave., Aptos.

Ted Garbeff, 30, of Scotts Valley, responded to questions from 4-year-old British boy Lucas Whiteley last week with a 10-minute YouTube video.

On Tuesday, March 11, the Cooking Channel premieres this year's new season of "The Freshman Class: Santa Cruz" which takes place at Cabrillo College's Culinary Arts and Hospitality program in Santa Cruz , Calif.

Nearly 6,000 dogs and cats end up at Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter each year, and close to half come from Watsonville and the surrounding area.

Last year, Aptos High School started an Aptos Rail-Trail Club to find a cheap and quick approach to implement the Monterey Bay Sanctuary Scenic Trail Network.

Jason Mraz has quietly amassed a youthful, diverse, and vibrant fan-base throughout all parts of the globe.

Orchard School's third through sixth graders showed off their talents to family and friends at Wednesday's Science Fair.

These 30-minute free guided tours offered at 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm are led by docents from UCSC's Seymour Marine Discovery Center.

The question led to the 12-year-old to her project's hypothesis for the annual Santa Cruz County Science & Engineering Fair on Saturday at the county fairgrounds.

A neighborhood group will ask the City Council on Tuesday to require operators of Santa Cruz's only crematorium to conduct a formal environmental study of potential mercury emissions before relocating to a site that could help a long-delayed rental housing development.

As pet owners know all too well, the downside to sharing your heart, life and home with a pet is that cats, dogs, rabbits and other domestic animals don't live as long as people do.

Santa Cruz-based novelist Karen Joy Fowler is one of five finalists for the prestigious PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.

The Santa Cruz County Clerk will hold special passport hours 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday at the county Clerk/Elections Department, 701 Ocean St., Room 210, Santa Cruz.

A 24-year-old Santa Cruz man was arrested Tuesday after he exposed himself inside Sears in the Capitola Mall, Capitola police said.

The clips in this video were recorded over several weeks and numerous multi-rotor flights at multiple locations along the beautiful coastline of Santa Cruz, CA, on Monterey Bay.