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Big Sur Timber Fire 27% contained
The Timber Fire in Big Sur has burned 5,626 acres and is 27% contained as of Wednesday.
“Containment of the Timber Fire continues to increase,”...
Former Monte Vista teacher arrested on suspicion of sex crimes
Editor's note: This story has been updated with a statement from Monte Vista Christian School.
A former Monte Vista Christian School teacher was arrested Aug....
UCSC student killed in West Cliff Drive crash identified
A 19-year-old UC Santa Cruz student who died after a car plunged off West Cliff Drive and landed upside down in the ocean Aug....
Four arrested in undercover sex sting
Four men were arrested during a multi-agency undercover operation targeting individuals allegedly using the internet to seek sexual contact with minors, Monterey County Sheriff’s...
OPINION
Daily newscasts have become powerfully redundant.
Observers have to strain to ignore the impression that the world is on the cusp of rapidly disintegrating. Southern Europe, Northern and Western U.S. and Southern Canada are suffering from uncontrolled wildfires. This year alone, firefighters have already responded to 48,000 wildfires that...
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Royal Oaks couple to pay $800K in unlawful housing, tax evasion...
Monterey County District Attorney Jeannine Pacioni announced Aug. 13 that Nicolas Mejia Ruvalcaba and Ana Ortiz Ruvalcaba, both 73, entered no contest pleas to...
