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Why Santa Cruz's water is secure this year, despite California's drought

As another dry summer looms for California, Santa Cruz city's small Loch Lomond reservoir is nearly full.

Lori Long and Mark Contreras desperately want to get married but a federal policy prevents them from tying the knot. A bill, recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives, would change the law.

Determined to say “I do,” Salinas couple fights marriage penalties

Millions of Americans with disabilities face barriers to getting married. Tying the knot can mean losing the federal benefits they rely on.

Sky View Road, near the epicenter of the Oak Fire, which destroyed 56 structures in Mendocino County, as seen on September 15, 2020

Newsom hailed this 'critical' wildfire-prevention program. Two years on, it hasn't completed a single project

In late 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a new program to dramatically speed up the state’s wildfire prevention work. But an investigation from CapRadio and The California Newsroom found the program hasn’t resulted in a single completed project.

Graph showing the seven-day average of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents through Jan. 3. Recent data may be adjusted and corrected.

How will Omicron shape 2022? We asked a local infectious disease expert.

A conversation with Marm Kilpatrick, who studies infectious diseases at UC Santa Cruz, about the Omicron variant, and the outlook of another year of the pandemic.

Photographic Historian Pat Hathaway spent fifty years building a priceless collection of local visual artifacts.

Pacific Grove collector leaves a treasure of local photos dating back to the Gold Rush

Pat Hathaway’s collection of thousands of photographs captures the photographic and visual history of early California, especially the Monterey area. It includes more than 80,000 original photographs and negatives, some dating back to the California Gold Rush.

Jill Diallo, founder of the Senegal Health Institute, with new mom Mariama Camara.

From Carmel to West Africa: A local midwife’s journey

An interview with Jill Diallo, founder of the Senegal Health Institute.

The crew rejoiced when the ROV's live video revealed the tusk right where they had originally found it in 2019.

The Monterey Bay’s mysterious mammoth tusk

Scientists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute discovered a fossilized mammoth tusk deep within the Monterey Bay, suggesting that other fossils might exist in the deep ocean. Science Journalist Annie Roth reported on the discovery, and speaks to us about the expedition and threats facing the deep sea and its creatures.

Satellite images of the volcanic eruption captured by the Japan Meteorological Agency's Himawari-8 satellite, courtesy of NOAA.

Here are the impacts of the tsunami along the Monterey Bay

The volcanic eruption in Tonga flooded Santa Cruz harbor, prompted surfers to evacuate at Pleasure Point, and created dangerous conditions at beaches and along the Central Coast.

A crowd of people and first responders monitor the lower end of Santa Cruz Harbor after a tsunami surge last Saturday.

How dangerous are tsunamis and what should I do if one is headed this way?

A conversation with oceanographer Gary Griggs about the risk tsunamis pose to the Monterey Bay, and what do when the next one strikes.

Aptos High School students are still dealing with the trauma of a fatal stabbing on campus on Aug. 31

Aptos High School Homecoming Tempered By Stress And Grief

This is Homecoming Week at Aptos High School, with activities including a parade, a dance, dress-up days, and a football game on Friday night versus Seaside. But this year’s celebrations are tempered as the school community still struggles to come to grips with the stabbing on campus Aug. 31 that left a 17-year-old student dead and two other students, aged 14 and 17, charged with his murder.

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