The first of the four hatchlings, all female, began to emerge from its white, hard-shelled egg on Feb. 27, the zoo said. The ...

The seeds for this floral sculpture were planted by Santa Cruz artist Geoffrey Nelson through a call for artists by the ...

A U.S. district judge allowed former treasurer Elizabeth Gutfahr's sentencing to be pushed back to June 18 at the request of ...

Chapters of the progressive activist group Indivisible in Santa Cruz and Watsonville will be part of a nationwide rally ...

Santa Cruz County added 700 jobs in February, the first full month of the new Trump administration. But the region’s tourism ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The Philadelphia Zoo is celebrating a world record. Four critically endangered western Santa Cruz ...

Mommy, a Western Santa Cruz tortoise, recently welcomed four hatchlings at the Philadelphia Zoo, where she has lived since 1932.

Four 2025 hatchlings of critically-endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo are being hailed ...

With the current storm nearly over while a few clouds still lurk on the horizon, the transition period from wet to dry is ...

DECISIONS HERE.... AND ALONG THE REST OF THE CALIFORNIA COAST.### SANTA CRUZ POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AFTER A CAR HIT A PEDESTRIAN EARLY THIS MORNING. POLICE RESPONDED TO THE CRSAH AT HIGHWAY ONE ...

Santa Cruz County officials say they’ve put their money where their mouth is when it comes to protecting local communities targeted by the Donald Trump administration. In February, the county Board of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Employers posted 7.6 million job openings in February, a sign that that the job market is slowing but remains healthy. Layoffs of federal workers hit the highest level since ...