Facing declining enrollment, budget deficits and community backlash, Pajaro Valley Unified superintendent Heather Contreras seeks to stabilize Santa Cruz County's largest school district even as some ...

The man, identified as the boy’s soccer coach, 43-year-old Mario Edgardo Garcia-Aquino, faces at least life without parole.

Sunday by the Sea celebration Sunday by the Sea, one of the Peninsula’s most celebrated fundraisers, returns to its home overlooking ...