The total number of deaths, 74, extending from the beginning of the year through Nov. 30, represents a 39% drop compared to ...

County had two girls and one boy named to the All-Central Coast Section Water Polo first team. In total, 14 locals received ...

California’s population grew by almost a quarter of a million residents this year, nearly bouncing back to the record-high ...

Bruce Bratton, who died last week at 91, was a household name in Santa Cruz newspapers in the 1970s and ’80s, and since then online if more on the margins,” writes columnist Stephen ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Discount chain Big Lots is conducting going–out-of-business sales at its remaining locations after a sale of ...

Associated Press Film Writers Jake Coyle and Lindsey Bahr have you covered with the best Christmas films for every mood.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Friday added the 27 countries that make up the European Union to ...

The White House expects to pull back unfinished rules across several agencies if there isn’t enough time to finalize them ...

One expert says he thinks workers at both companies are “desperate” to make progress before President-elect Donald Trump can ...

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights said it investigated nine complaints against University of California schools in Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, San Diego, Davis and ...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A growing number of U.S. colleges and universities are advising international students to return to ...

Expectations or traditions you grew up with, such as buying expensive gifts for every member of your extended family, can ...