The Santa Cruz County Chamber of Commerce will once again be known by its original name, the Santa Cruz Area Chamber, Jessica M. Pasko reports in her weekly look at local business. She also notes next ...

Dozens of protesters gathered outside the Santa Cruz courthouse on Presidents Day to voice their opposition to Trump administration policies.

A high surf warning on Friday closed the Santa Cruz Wharf as a safety precaution, creating challenges for businesses on Valentine's Day.

Presidents’ Day might not be as known for its deals like Thanksgiving, Memorial Day, or Labor Day are, but it’s actually an ...

When many people think about images of vintage California surfing, they primarily picture ads or album covers from the 1950s ...

What do Cliff Kapono, Jack Johnson, Mikey February, Greg Long and Caity Simmers have in common? Aside from being talented ...

Find how Ms. Blue, the 87-foot-long blue whale skeleton, at Seymour Marine Discovery Center is being carefully restored.

“Even as it takes advantage of the global maritime system, Panama has emerged as a bad actor,” charged Senate Commerce, Science and Technology Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas). “Panama has for ...

It’s the year 2025 and, by now, it is abundantly clear that we have a major plastic problem–garbage patches in the ocean, trash mountains in developing nations, microplastics in organs, sperm, and ...

Being in Santa Cruz, surfboards felt like a perfect place to start to try and solve the problem. We had a ton of community support.” Surfboards are very niche, plastic foam packaging is not.

China’s influence on the Panama Canal poses "acute risks to U.S. national security," Sen. Ted Cruz is warning Tuesday, alleging the Chinese Communist Party has taken a "militaristic interest" in ...