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The life and songs of Tom Lehrer, the maverick song writer from Harvard and current UCSC Professor Emeritus, are the subject of Viva La Lehrer IV, the fourth annual celebration of the man who made a pop music sensation out of the periodic table of element

On Monday, Beatriz Lopez stood in the doorway of the Pajaro residence she shares with 10 family members, recalling the 45 days she spent in the emergency shelter at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds. Back home for just a week, she said the shelter was...

One man was killed on Highway 17 Thursday when a falling tree struck his vehicle, California Highway Patrol officer Sam Courtney said.

Santa Cruz AAUW, American Association of University Women, celebrated the AAUW’s Tech Trek 20th anniversary at Seascape recently.

The Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter has taken a new step in its mission to support the county’s neediest animals.

WATSONVILLE—The Monte Vista Christian track and field team got a chance to compete on its new track surface for the first league meet of the season. The Mustangs went up against Ceiba College Prep, Mount Madonna School, Pajaro Valley High and St. Francis High in...

ROYAL OAKS—It was the early 1920s when Glenn Church’s great-grandfather, Clinton King, purchased a piece of land in a heavily-wooded area of North Monterey County. Nearly 70 years old at the time, King cleared out the plot—chock full of oak trees—by hand. “Whenever I’m out here...

WATSONVILLE—Organizers for the Santa Cruz County Fair say they are preparing for a complete in-person return of the annual event in September. Carnival rides, livestock shows, floriculture, arts and crafts, the Agricultural History Project, food booths, the pumpkin contest and the apple pie contest—they’re all...