The 6,000 acre Cotoni Coast Dairies, a swath of mountainous terrain with scenic woodlands, Pacific Ocean vistas and miles of ...

Bernard Maybeck's first residential commission, 1770 Highland Place, in the Berkeley Hills blends art and architecture and is ...

It starts with you. It starts here. UC Santa Cruz draws students who plan to change the world—in ways big and small. Whether you’re ready to fill out the application or in the planning stages, find ...

Also known as the Hihn Building, the structure was built in 1880s out of local redwood and served as offices for the resort superintendent of Camp Capitola.

That’s why we were so excited to test out a new development at Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, near Crescent City, Calif., our favorite of the four parks in the system. Jed Smith recently ...

These giants from a bygone age are unique and found nowhere else on Earth. The western Santa Cruz giant tortoise is a subspecies of Galapagos tortoise, and they are critically endangered.

A Jan. 16 battery fire in Moss Landing has prompted health and environmental concerns. (Nik Altenberg — Santa Cruz Local file) MOSS LANDING >> This week, scientists collected another round of soil ...

It’s a prospect students and their families say they face at the University of California, Santa Cruz. I'm 49 years old and have nothing saved for retirement — what should I do? Don't panic.

Sempervirens celebrated its 125th anniversary, as the group that invented the concept of the conservation land trust.

A group of schoolchildren and several adults are safe after their bus caught fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains Friday morning. According to the Santa Clara County Fire Department, the bus had ...

A tour bus caught fire Friday morning on Highway 17 in the Santa Cruz Mountains, prompting passengers to evacuate the vehicle, according to Santa Clara County fire officials. Just after 9 a.m ...