Don’t miss Capitola-based baker Danielle Orlando’s pastries at The Chocolate Studio, open now in downtown Santa Cruz. That's the advice from Lily Belli in her Friday newsletter, which also highlights ...

Three years after closing Mutari Chocolate House, owners Stephen Beaumier and Katy Oursler have opened The Chocolate Studio in downtown Santa Cruz for a three-month pop-up in the former Flower Bar ...

Susan George, an actress who starred in Sam Peckinpah's violent 1971 thriller Straw Dogs, is writing an autobiography ...

Lucas Cruz recorded a 14-point, 10-rebound double-double for Bogota in a 54-38 win against Lodi in Bogota. Lodi led 15-7 in the first quarter when Bogota (9-12) used a 16-1 second quarter to take ...

particularly in Santa Cruz and Oceano. Moreno estimates that over 80,000 people visit sites including Pismo State Beach’s monarch grove per year. California lawmakers have passed laws to protect ...

A winter count of visiting monarch butterflies found a steep drop from previous years, which has scientists worried about the ...

MADISON, Wis. — The number of monarch butterflies spending the winter in the western United States has dropped to its second-lowest mark in nearly three decades as pesticides, diminishing ...

Despite recent recovery efforts, the reign of the monarch butterflies continues to decline ... At the Dangermond Preserve in Santa Ynez, the picture isn’t much prettier. It was a top host last year, ...

On Thursday, invertebrate conservation group the Xerxes Society released the results of their 28th annual Western Monarch Butterfly ... this year were in Santa Cruz County and three of the top ...

You can start your own monarch way station in your backyard to help assure the preservation of the species. Contact the Santa Clarita Koi Club at [email protected]. We meet in one another’s ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. (KABC) -- The Santa Ana Unified School District plans to address a $187 million budget shortfall this year by laying off 280 teachers and counselors. "That represents less than ...