EDITOR: I drive by Montgomery High often and have seen the new building going up at a cost, I’m guessing, hundreds of ...

Christmas morning is a ton of fun, but you can make it truly magical. We have all sorts of ideas to fill the holiday morning ...

Thairie Ritchie, a well-known Santa Cruz community organizer, reportedly self-immolated Jan. 20 — Martin Luther King Jr. Day ...

A light, misty rain fell over Santa Cruz Sunday afternoon as hundreds gathered in the downtown area to honor the life and pray for the recovery of a prominent local activist who set himself on fire in ...

A former resident of Fort Lauderdale writes why he decided to pick up and move to New Mexico; it’s less about politics than ...

will fill the seat left empty by former Mayor Yvette Brooks who announced her resignation on Jan. 3 to become CEO of United Way of Santa Cruz County. Brooks’ term lasts through 2026 ...

The Jewish tradition loves serious play with words. This week’s Torah portion begins with God’s telling Moses, “Go to Pharaoh” (Exodus 10:1) to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go.

Critics slammed New York Magazine for cropping black people out of a photo of a pro-Trump party it ran on its cover this week — with the story inside claiming that the crowd was almost entirely ...

The absence of a “Santa Claus rally” does not doom the U.S. stock market in 2025. The period from Christmas through the second trading day of January marks the traditional definition of the ...

(Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG) What new productions at other Disney parks could fill the Hyperion at Disney California Adventure? What shows playing on Disney cruise ships ...

Outgoing presidents traditionally leave a letter for the incoming president. Former President Joe Biden wished President Donald Trump "all the best for the next four years" in the letter he left ...

SANTA ROSA, Calif. — The sky above their newly built homes was clear, and the ground beneath their feet reassuringly soggy from recent winter rains. But as residents in the Coffey Park ...