Santa Cruz County Statewide Articles

Jessie Mazar squeezed the grab handle in her husband's pickup and groaned as contractions struck her during the 90-minute drive from her home in rural northeastern California to the closest hospital with a maternity unit.

In November, Montana voters safeguarded the right to abortion in the state's constitution. They also elected a new chief justice to the Montana Supreme Court who was endorsed by anti-abortion advocates.

If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting "988."

Just because the Bay Area isn’t suffering though massive wildfires doesn’t mean its firefighters aren’t hard at work.The Alameda County Fire Department has sent more firefighters to battle the wildfires in Los Angeles County, bringing its total to 27. The …

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When catastrophe strikes, its victims understandably want to know how and why — but their curiosity often morphs into snap judgments and witch hunts by those with ulterior motives.

Following the retirement of Superintendent Chris Hurst, the district faces an uncertain future as it grapples with budget problems, declining enrollment and how best to serve a largely low-income student population.

LGBTQ historian and filmmaker Jenni Olson follows up last year’s massively popular “Masc: Trans Men, Butch Dykes and Gender Nonconforming Heroes in Cinema,” a program she co-curated with journalist, critic and author Caden Mark Gardener, with another exceptional selection of …

The City of Richmond has been awarded a $9,559,482 federal grant to improve its streets, U.S. Rep. John Garamendi, D-Fairfield, and Mayor Eduardo Martinez announced last week.Improvements will include retrofitting arterial roads and crossings, incorporating traffic calming measures such as …

Mayor Bass says home and business owners should be able to get permits within 30 days of applying to rebuild on their properties.

No deficits. A “modest” surplus of $363 million. Almost $17 billion more in revenue than planned.Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office laid out its vision today for how California should spend its considerable bounty, a total budget of $322 billion — projected …

Kathy 'Gidget' Kohner Zuckerman lost her Pacific Palisades home after 60 years in the community. But for the surfing pioneer, the aloha spirit prevails.

FEMA is operating its services in L.A. County amid multiple active wildfires. Here is what you need to know, how to apply and avoid possible scams.

Frank Smiley and his family had lived in the 1940s cottage since 2011. The Palisades fire destroyed their house, forcing them to move to Marina del Rey.

L.A. County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman announced looting charges Monday, and also said one man was charged with arson for starting a blaze in an Azusa park.

Kim Kardashian is calling on California's government to raise the pay rate for the state's incarcerated firefighters battling the devastating L.A. fires.

Edwin Castro won the Powerball lottery in early 2023. He bought homes in Malibu, Altadena and the Hollywood hills. All three were threatened by simultaneous fires, and one burned.

AS FIRES RAGE through Southern California and exacerbate the state’s insurance crisis, the California Senate has no one in charge of its Insurance Committee due to questions surrounding a federal corruption investigation.Senate President Pro Tem Mike McGuire said he is …

It remains unclear how much the city and its mayor will ultimately be to blame for the explosive horror of the Palisades fire.

Among the many brilliant theater productions that actor-pianist-playwright-producer Hershey Felder has created in which he incarnates famous composers—in the Bay Area he’s been Gershwin, Tchaikovsky, Leonard Bernstein and more—this latest, “Rachmaninoff and the Tsar” at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, stands out …