Santa Cruz News

When Mari Rodriguez quit her job as a private investigator in June, she had an idea for a retail business that would earn her a living and raise money for animal shelters.

More than 200 protesters occupied Clark Kerr Hall at UC Santa Cruz Thursday, continuing protests that began Wednesday against UC regents' decision to hike fees by 32 percent.

A three-million-square-foot mixed-use community on 77 acres within the NASA Research Park here will serve as a test-bed for advances in green technologies.

The University of California Santa Cruz is looking for a Grateful Dead archivist after the band donated all its memorabilia to its library.

Dead heads and pot heads take note. While the straight economy goes up in smoke with double digit unemployment , job prospects for hippies are booming -- and not just for boomers.

Craft consults with parents Heddi Craft was happy with her career as a public school teacher and had no plans to change directions.

This is the first of a series of profiles of alternative and activist media workers in the Bay Area, written and photographed by Indybay contributor Peter M. Featured in the first profile is Tracy Rosenberg, the Executive Director of Media Alliance.

Santa Cruz County is dangerous for walkers, according to a new study of transportation statistics compiled nationwide.

Ask anyone what first comes to mind when they think of Los Angeles, and he or she will mention the glitz and the glam, the celebrity tabloids, Hollywood mansions and palm tree-lined freeways.

A number of myths regarding transportation have developed over the years which affect community thinking and even local policy decisions.

Justin Robinson of Santa Cruz had dual wins over the weekend in cyclocross events out at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds in Watsonville.

Auxiliary splicing sequences play an important role in ensuring accurate and efficient splicing by promoting or repressing recognition of authentic splice sites.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Wednesday, October 28, 2009 -- Boston Limited, now in its 17th year as a distribution partner for silicon valley based Super Micro Computer , Inc.

If you are like me and gave up your daily pop habit for your health , you still crave something sweet and bubbly for those sluggish afternoons.

If you are a resident living in one of the many local water districts imposing water restrictions this summer, or are on a well that is decreasing its water output, you are probably wondering what you can do to save your garden.

I T WAS HARD not to take the earthquake personally. That October Tuesday, my newspaper, The Sun , which I had started three years earlier in a surge of journalistic urgency and entrepreneurial folly, was on deadline, preparing to go to press the following morning.

Faith Ako is generally backed by the Island Breeze Band, tackling both traditional and contemporary Hawaiian music.

Classic hot rods will be on display at the Boardwalk during the 12th annual Hot Rods at the Beach event, a two day celebration of car culture.

Every weekend, it seems, another D-grade horror movie comes down the chutes, only to disappear into oblivion by the time it takes the next one to pop up.

South County streets are about to get safer through public education and improved travel routes for vehicles, bicycles and pedestrians.