UC Santa Cruz News

We flew into San Jose, California yesterday to a lovely spring afternoon and started by figuring out how to pick up the car that Ford's loaned us for the trip, a C-MAX Hybrid .

Whether it is Cabrillo Community College or UC Santa Cruz, as far away as a small private school in Spokane, Washington, or around the corner at College of the Redwoods or Humboldt State University, these South Fork High School seniors are off to pursue the opportunities of their collegiate future.

Jessie and Nathan met almost 12 years ago at the start of college at beautiful UC Santa Cruz, but it took until graduation in 2004 and Jessie's impending departure to New York City for them to realize they were more than friends.

Blizzard Internet Marketing, Inc., a leading provider of professional online marketing solutions, modern Web design and vacation rental booking solutions, announces the addition of Eric Fullerton to their Glenwood Springs-based team.

Santa Cruz Police are now on the hunt to safely remove a puma from the city and put it back into its natural habitat in the wild.

Despite some successes, predicting cancer outcomes based on the molecular signatures in cancer cells remains a major challenge.

For former University City High baseball standout Greg Cohen, Ultimate Frisbee, or Ultimate as it's called by those who play it, "is the hardest sport I've ever played."

Kayla Graff and Grace Ella Greenfield search for bugs and worms in a compost pile as volunteer Michelle Sato looks on during the opening day of the new children's "Garden Classroom" at UC Santa Cruz.

The Santa Cruz County Business Council, UC Santa Cruz and the Santa Cruz Sentinel will present a lunch forum 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday on campus at the University Center Terra Fresca Restaurant to discuss the future of our local economy.

The study, led by researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , is the first to show that corals are not able to fully acclimate to low pH conditions in nature.

Trees once looked like green panels for Bruce Bridgeman. He'd have to move his head to gauge the relative closeness of objects.

Professor Bruce Bridgeman of California found that his depth perception improved after watching the film Hugo in 3D.

Rep. Donna Edwards, a Maryland Democrat with a strong environmental agenda who is known for standing against violence against women, took the stage at UC Santa Cruz's West Field on Saturday and told the sea of graduates the only thing they would probably remember from her speech was "congratulations."

The city of Santa Cruz depends on surface water. Soquel Creek Water District depends on well water.

Mount Madonna Schoolis Class of 2013 features 14 graduates. Members of the class include: Aimee Hopkins, Amber Zeise, Bryson Smith, Byron Rudy Hooven, Graydon Griffin, Vyvyanne Mackey, Jacob Getz, Joseph Frediani, Karina Fox, Sanika Lakka and William Bryan.

Trees once looked like green panels for Bruce Bridgeman. He'd have to move his head to gauge the relative closeness of objects.

Authorities warned residents to be cautious after a mountain lion sighting was reported near Neary Lagoon and Felix Street on Friday morning.

In California and elsewhere, the peregrine falcon and the brown pelican both suffered serious reproductive failure because of the use of pesticides, particularly DDT, during the 1950s, 60s and 70s.

The free concert series at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk returns with ABC, the English band that helped kick-start the '80s with hits like 'Tears Are Not Enough,' 'Poison Arrow' and 'The Look Of Love.'

Environmentalists have won a round in the state Supreme Court in their challenge to a planned expansion of the campus at UC Santa Cruz.