The Mountain Fire is tearing through a community northwest of Los Angeles for a second day after destroying dozens of homes ...

Archbishop Mitty High senior Evangeline “Evie” Marheineke, a Santa Cruz resident, won her third West Catholic Athletic League individual cross country championship on Wednesday.

Joe Biden’s name wasn’t on the ballot. But history will likely remember Vice President Kamala Harris’ resounding defeat as his loss, too.

With the final vote totals still far from being tallied for Santa Cruz County elections, the race for three seats on Scotts ...

As of Wednesday, Gerry Jensen had emerged at the top of the leaderboard with 2,120 votes, or 34.6%, while Melinda Orbach sat in second with 1,738 votes or 28%.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump spent his first day as president-elect receiving congratulatory phone calls from ...

Voters have delivered power to the candidate who gave them fair warning he might take long-held norms and guardrails apart.

The two eldest justices — Clarence Thomas, 76, and Samuel Alito, 74 — could consider stepping down knowing that Trump, a ...

Measure Z, the sugar-sweetened beverage tax in the city of Santa Cruz, seemed likely to pass after an initial vote count Tuesday night.

The election of Trump as president could undo many of the national climate policies that are most reducing planet-warming ...

Danny Elfman, composer of “Beetlejuice,” “Nightmare Before Christmas” scores, delivers amazing show at Shoreline Amphitheatre ...