APTOS — A strong weather system along the Central Coast sent rain, rolling thunder and lightning strikes into Santa Cruz County overnight, but fire officials confirmed the following day that there was ...

Tonje Switzer (right) received the Green Heart award in October, an honor named for Mountain Community Resources’ late founder, Mary Hammer. UC Santa Cruz alumna and Executive Director of the Santa ...

SANTA CRUZ — For the past decade, multimedia artists, filmmakers and married couple Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens have made movies tackling environmental topics while incorporating humor and ...