MEXICO CITY (AP) — U.S. Ambassador Ken Salazar lashed out Wednesday at Mexico’s failure to accept aid in the fight against ...

Trump is challenging congressional Republicans to defy him as he says he will nominate controversial figures to his Cabinet.

California got a below-average No. 30 ranking among the states when my trusty spreadsheet looked at eight yardsticks of ...

Those ever-present TV drug ads showing patients hiking, biking or enjoying a day at the beach could soon have a different ...

The No. 5 seed Valley Christian Warriors’ boys water polo team outscored the top-seeded Knights 3-1 in a pair of three-minute ...

Here you are, now, a full-time, professional firefighter at the department,” said Scotts Valley firefighter Brian Green.

California State Parks plans to conduct prescribed burns at Wilder Ranch State Park between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. through the ...

The new president isn’t even sworn in yet and Gov. Gavin Newsom is already making battle plans to resist on all fronts and all ways. I guess we’ve earned the title of Commie-fornia. Just as the ...

Per the Oct. 15 Santa Cruz City Council meeting, the draft environmental impact report (DEIR) on the city’s Downtown Expansion Plan will likely be released this month, giving the public 45 days in ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Mike Johnson won the House Republican nomination Wednesday to remain as House speaker, on track to ...

It is baffling that Measure Z is currently winning by a little over 800 votes. We already pay just shy of 10% sales tax in our city and now it looks like those who like to drink sugary drinks are ...

Santa Cruz city and county CORE funding recommendations have been announced, and child care has been abandoned. Decades-long partnerships with the city and county previously allowed multiple nonprofit ...