J.M. Brown took a contemplative moment as his friends and colleagues filled the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History this ...

This spring quarter, UC Santa Cruz Humanities students immersed themselves in the story of three Hawaiian princes who introduced surfing to the United States in the late 19th century, using Santa Cruz ...

WATSONVILLE — Community members from around Santa Cruz County flocked to the Watsonville Buddhist Temple on a gusty Saturday afternoon for the 2025 Santa Cruz County History Fair. The fair was founded ...

By Dan White Santa Cruz’s official government website now offers a brisk virtual tour through influential, intriguing, tragic ...

SANTA CRUZ — Members of the local surf community and lovers of Santa Cruz history gathered at the mouth of San Lorenzo River on Main Beach to paddle out together on a foggy Saturday morning in honor ...

The Hip Pocket was the crossroads of entertainment, mounting posters and flyers about shows, bands and poetry readings in ...

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LOS GATOS — An old lumber mill site nestled in a secluded and scenic spot in the Santa Cruz Mountains is up for sale after a years-long effort to renovate and refurbish the history-rich property.

Scientists at UC Santa Cruz have completed the first end-to-end genome of the iconic Pacific banana slug, a species synonymous with California’s coastal redwood forests and the university's beloved ...

Around 40 community members gathered at Evergreen Cemetery in Santa Cruz on a crisp and sunny Saturday morning to place ...