A statewide teacher shortage has forced school districts to hire teachers who aren’t fully credentialed to teach at schools with high percentages of low-income students, undermining efforts to achieve academic parity with more affluent schools.

The current $5.82-per-gallon statewide average is hurting gas station proprietors as much as consumers

Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary

Family of student who died after attack sues Pajaro Valley Unified School District

How Santa Cruz County’s agencies are navigating through a drought and a complex bureaucratic process

Hundreds gather to protest the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to strike down the Constitutional right to abortion

With over half of the states expected to outlaw abortion, California plans on fighting back

Council receives honor for law enforcement policies and procedures report

A new paper argues that monarch populations are not in overall decline, leaving some researchers optimistic and others skeptical

California day camps operate without background checks, CPR training, child/adult ratios or required reporting of injury and death

Workers’ comp cases for PTSD are routinely denied, and many crews are fatigued from working weeks at a time with no time off

Early results suggest staggering defeat for controversial ‘Greenway Initiative’