Santa Cruz News

A blue whale dives into the Pacific Ocean during a whale-watching show in southern California earlier this month.

NBC News reports that marijuana researcher Dr. Sue Sisley's appeal for reinstatement at the University of Arizona has been rejected by the university.

Maia Matteson and Kelly Geerdes, vacationing from Colorado, slap on the Hawaiian Tropic suntan lotion Tuesday overlooking Cowell Beach.

Piping and equipment are packed up Tuesday upon completion of the Westside sewer line project near the corner of Oxford Way and Fair Avenue.

Officers are teaming up with local 7-Eleven Stores for "Operation Chill." This program promotes positive interactions and reinforces good behavior with the kids in the community during non-enforcement contacts.

The sea lion was found tangled in netting and rope, making it difficult for the animal to eat.

SANTA CRUZ >> A statewide bill that appears headed for passage would allow private security guards and other transit employees to issue tickets for bad behavior around Santa Cruz County transit stops and stations.

The sea lion was found tangled in netting and rope, making it difficult for the animal to eat.

The Coastal Watershed Council is seeking volunteers to take part in a usership survey at the San Lorenzo Riverwalk in Santa Cruz and there's an orientation session tonight, Tuesday, July 29. Volunteers will be trained to count people enjoying the San Lorenzo Riverwalk and to learn how the community uses the park.

A California legislative delegation recently traveled to Central America to learn more about a child migrant crisis, and poses here with El Salvador Vice President Oscar Ortiz.

SANTA CRUZ >> Library trustees reviewed a plan Monday for how to spend $63.1 million in facilities improvements if voters approve a parcel tax.

Simon Ndirangu of Kenya crosses the finish line to take first place in the 42nd annual Wharf to Wharf road race in Capitola on Sunday morning.

Officers are teaming up with local 7-Eleven Stores for "Operation Chill." This program promotes positive interactions and reinforces good behavior with the kids in the community during non-enforcement contacts.

SANTA CRUZ >> A statewide bill that appears headed for passage would allow private security guards and other transit employees to issue tickets for bad behavior around Santa Cruz County transit stops and stations.

Continued reading from "They Dare to Speak Out" - chapter 7, The Assault on 'Assault', exposing the facts about Israel's June 1967 attack on a U.S. navy surveillance ship in international waters off their coast, and the many instances of cover-up of the incident, and intimidation and suppression of the firsthand book written about the incident; a ... (more)

This year's recipients of the Pursuit of Excellence Scholarship gather for a celebratory barbecue June 25. Photo courtesy of Dick Smallwood.

The San Francisco Mime Troupe creates and produces socially relevant theater of the highest professional quality and performs it before the broadest possible audience.

Steam rises around Santiago Lopez as he fries nopal cladode in downtown Santa Cruz on Sunday afternoon during the 5th annual Festival del Nopal.

Addi Somekh's ability to twist balloons into mind-bending art has taken the UC Santa Cruz graduate into unexpected directions.

Thousands of runners participated in a 6-mile run from Santa Cruz to Capitola on Sunday.