The Aptos-based Seacliff Improvement Association has received a Community Change Grant from America Walks, according to a release from the association.
America Walks is a national nonprofit that advances safe, equitable, accessible and enjoyable places to walk and move by …
Starting about 3 million years ago, our brains got bigger, helping us master everything from cave painting to particle physics.
Now we’re in a modern-day growth spurt.
A new study by researchers at UC Davis Health found that the brains …
HAYWARD – A 38-year-old Hayward man has been arrested on suspicion of fatally shooting another man whose body went undiscovered for days, according to authorities.
SANTA CRUZ Despite the rainfall and chilling wind Saturday, hundreds flocked to downtown Santa Cruz for Free Comic Book Day, celebrated this year with the much anticipated holiday for "Star Wars" fans known as May the Fourth.
"I thought the …
Unaffordable housing, high transportation and health care costs – it’s hard enough to get by in California without also worrying about cranking up the air, turning on the stove or simply keeping the lights on.
But that’s what concerns many …
FAIRFIELD – A suspect in a freeway shooting shot and injured himself during a standoff with authorities Friday night on Interstate 80 in Fairfield, according to the California Highway Patrol.
WATSONVILLE Like their hundreds of peers, Isabel and Mariana Lobato-Vicencio will be walking across the stage at Watsonville High School's graduation ceremony June 7 to receive their diplomas, but that is not the only milestone they will be marking.
Since …
May is affordable housing month, and in Santa Cruz, we are doing so much work in this space – we have a lot to celebrate.
While discussions often revolve around upcoming affordable housing projects in development, this month, in light …
Muslims coming to pray, and tourists alike, find themselves in a place of reverence at the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, this week. The mosque, which is located along a waterway called Golden Horn on the border between Asia and …
The Junior Alert hose team at the corner of Lincoln and Center streets. This young group of future firefighters would compete in the fireman’s tournament hose cart races. One of the structures being honored at this year’s Blue Plaque ceremony …
SANTA CRUZ From firefighters' bushy mustaches to bell-ringing, the Santa Cruz Fire Department embraces the profession's rituals as a reflection of its commitment to duty and honor, Fire Chief Rob Oatey said Friday.
Santa Cruz Fire Department celebrated the arrival …
SANTA CRUZ The opening scene of "Fentanyl High," a film by Los Gatos High School senior Kyle Santoro, takes place inside of a home, beaming with morning light but overrun with emergency responders as they rush to an unseen patient, …
WATSONVILLE The feeling in the courtyard at Tabasa Gardens was one of jubilation as community leaders celebrated the opening of Watsonville's newest housing project.
Tabasa Gardens, at 1482 Freedom Blvd., is not just any new housing development. It is a …
WATSONVILLE In 2011, Pajaro Valley Unified School District became one of 33 districts in California to honor students with a Seal of Biliteracy, a distinction bestowed upon graduating seniors who are fluent in more than one language.
That year, 28 …
My last column was a little personal, and I’m now launching into Year No. 17 of Ocean Backyard articles with a less personal story. I wrote about how there will always be the bad news about the ocean and planet …
This is part of a series of South Florida Sun Sentinel articles exploring maternal health care.
It is 2 a.m. when Brianca Spence slips behind the wheel of her car. The drive to the nearest hospital can stretch as long …
Kristin Jones | KFF Health News (TNS)
More than 60 years ago, policymakers in Colorado embraced the idea that early intervention could prevent child abuse and save lives. The state’s requirement that certain professionals tell officials when they suspect a …
By John T. Bennett, CQ-Roll Call
WASHINGTON — Protests on college campuses related to the Israel-Hamas war and humanitarian crisis inside Gaza that turned violent this week handed President Joe Biden a political headache and former President Donald Trump a …
Seema Mehta | Los Angeles Times (TNS)
LOS ANGELES — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s presidential campaign was once viewed as a quixotic quest by a scion of a storied political family — an environmental warrior who sullied his family's name …
By Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times
In the analog days of the 1970s, long before hackers, trolls and edgelords, an audiocassette company came up with an advertising slogan that posed a trick question: "Is it live or is it Memorex?" …
