The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday moved forward with proposed rules aimed at regulating large-scale battery energy storage systems, which if approved in November would allow the ...

SINGLE SOURCEstrong>Grapes harvested from Lion Oaks Vineyard, on the eastern slopes of Mt. Madonna, make up this vibrant zin. PHOTO: Storrs Winery and Vineyard ‘The fruit in this wine is out of this ...

Before major eruptions, volcanoes may emit harmonic tremors. Lasting for hours or days, they are signals that pressure is building. A similar phenomenon is simmering in your sphere, Aries. Be alert.

The end of the year has a way of sneaking up on us. One minute we’re making summer plans, the next we’re standing in line at the grocery store wondering how December disappeared, and why we feel both ...

In the Brazilian rainforest, Cecropia trees and Azteca ants have a special relationship. The trees’ hollow branches serve as nesting spaces for the ants and offer them sugar-rich food. In return, the ...

HALLOWEEN BEATS Ghost-Note plays Friday at Moe’s Alley. Photo: Jan van Hecke ...

TACOS ANY DAY Carnitas are among the fillings available at San Marcos Charquito Tacos y Tortas in Capitola. PHOTO: Tarmo Hannula As a little kid growing up in Aguascalientes, Mexico, Manuel Monjaraz ...

The chefs at our top-tier restaurants love fall, the harvest season. For Restaurant Week they are bringing out the freshest crops and featuring special weeklong recipes with the area’s finest ...

Appropriately titled as an amalgamation of the owning family’s two parents and four siblings’ first names, Jia Tellas has been serving up Cambodian-American cuisine to the Scotts Valley community ...

The bridge leading to the protest at San Lorenzo Park ...

WORDPLAY Becca Stevens plays Thursday at Kuumbwa. Photo: Shervin Lainez ...