Initially, Rios and Villacana had allegedly planned to stage the theft of Villacana’s truck in order to claim insurance money ...

Helen Dennis is a nationally recognized leader on issues of aging and the new retirement, with academic, corporate and nonprofit experience. Contact Helen with your questions and comments at Helendenn ...

The newly released state testing results come from the latest Smarter Balanced Assessments in English and math and the California Science Test, which students took in spring 2026.

Fifth-generation Kansas farmer Glenn Brunkow describes this time of year as “go time,” when farmers are combining fields, hauling crops to town and moving ...

While it has been 31 years, the Cougars have bagged the only Central Coast Section tennis team titles in the county, winning ...

Santa Cruz County Government Center and Santa Cruz Courthouse Friday morning after employees at Rep. Jimmy Panetta’s office ...

What almost everybody seems to agree on is that the city is in need of new facilities. But failing on Measure Q would mean ...

Seaside’s race for mayor will help decide a direction for a city still waiting to complete many of its largest investments, ...

Mana Forges tosses three touchdown passes as Hartnell picks up its first road win after a 00-00 decision over Cabrillo ...

Increased education and enforcement activities aimed at making Salinas drivers safer are the primary goals of the grant.

Michael Andrade tosses three more touchdown passes for Salinas in its win over Alisal; Daniel Garcia sets a single-game touchdown record in Soledad's win over North County.

Cary Swenson is an educator who moved to Salinas from Seattle in 2009 to purchase Sylvan Learning, a youth tutoring center in ...