Senior outside hitter Peyton Orradre had nine kills and 11 digs, and St. Francis High’s girls volleyball team earned a 25-17, 25-18, 25-15 nonleague sweep of Mount Madonna in Watsonville on Wednesday.

SANTA CRUZ — The Gateway Plaza parking lot was filled with activity as New Leaf Community Markets celebrated their store’s grand opening Saturday. Inside the new location, Elijah Bot, 10, enjoyed an ...

This is not about performance,” said Encompass CEO Shellee Stopera. “Encompass has a spotless record of accountability and quality. This is about a political effort, and the current federal ...

The U.S. government is taking a minority stake in Lithium Americas, a company that is developing one of the world’s largest lithium mines in northern Nevada. The government shutdown is here. How does ...

Employees at Verve Coffee Roasters voted to unionize Tuesday. On Labor Day, Verve Workers United delivered letters stating their intent to unionize to Verve upper management.

Milwaukee Brewers reliever Jared Koenig, a 31-year-old Aptos native, has enjoyed an eventful, productive and successful season. The 6-foot-5, 248-pound left-hander shined while making a career-high 72 ...

St. Thérèse’s relics also came from France to the U.S. in 1999. Tens of thousands visited Royal Oak that year during a one-day stay. Now, a quarter-century later, they are back on The Little Flower’s ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Lawyers for a Hawaii real estate investor and broker who sued Shohei Ohtani and his agent denied any improper use of the star’s likeness for a development project and alleged the agent ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats kept their promise to reject any Republican spending bill that didn’t extend or restore health care benefits, choosing instead to force a government shutdown. Now ...

Maine clinics also hit by cuts that targeted Planned Parenthood plan to halt primary care Federal shutdown cuts off economic data vital to policymakers and investors What polling shows about the ...

If a U.S. government shutdown goes on long enough, it could throw a wrench in travel plans, potentially leading to longer airport wait times, flight delays and even cancellations. Gold prices soar to ...

President Donald Trump and other high-ranking Republicans claim Democrats forced the government shutdown fight because they want to give free health care to immigrants in the U.S. illegally.