The four-day camping trip on Santa Cruz Island marks the beginning of a summer chock-full of lessons for future climate ...

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Carrie Towbes George Burtness Carrie Towbes and George Burtness have been selected as the 82nd Persons of the Year for the ...

San Nicolas Island is possibly the most well-known of the eight Channel Islands off the coast of Southern California — even ... Catalina and Santa Cruz, are just 22 and 20 miles from the ...

David Farmer had been hunting vocalizations for the multitudinous “Moria orcs” in the first “Lord of The Rings” movie and “needed something new and cool.” Sightseeing with his wife, Farmer was not ...

and the Channel Islands off Santa Barbara. “How lucky are we to have this nature documentary in our backyard?” said Ratner, who likens the sounds of young elephant seals to “evil chickens.” ...

Prepare to be left in awe at the sight of the stunning landscapes across the west coast. Most Americans don’t know of the ...

A notorious California killer has been named as a suspect in the 1976 murder of a woman in Aptos, the small seaside town bordering Santa Cruz. In May 1976, Karen Percifield, 25, was in ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KRON ... Investigators said it’s still unknown how the teen girl traveled to California, nor what caused her death.

Over 30,000 under-resourced adults and children in Santa Cruz County rely on affordable ... on the Medicaid program (known as Medi-Cal in California) for their oral health needs — yet dental ...

SANTA CRUZ — A large northwest swell capsized a boat heading out of Santa Cruz Harbor Thursday evening. Through a multi-agency response, the boat’s operator was rescued, and the vessel ...

Laura O’Malley arrived in California,” the sheriff’s office said. Authorities are still investigating what led to her death. Anyone with information is urged to contact the Santa Cruz ...