The 1942 Battle of Santa Cruz, a key naval clash during the Guadalcanal campaign, was a turning point in the Pacific Theater of World War II. As U.S. and Japanese forces fought for control of the ...

Henry V. Poor authored the account of the Battle of Cape Esperance while the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands was written by Henry V. Poor, Henry A. Mustin, and Colin G. Jameson; both were published ...

TUMACÁCORI, Ariz. — The Santa Cruz River is not like most American rivers. If some of its admirers get their wish, it might also become a wildlife refuge unlike any other. Much of its 184-mile length ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KGO) -- The battle over ballot Measure M, which would enact rent control in the city of Santa Cruz, is getting even more divisive. What some people are calling a "racially charged" ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- Several victims of a boat fire that occurred near the Santa Cruz Islands in Southern California have been identified as Northern California residents. From Santa Cruz to Fremont, ...

Lieutenant Stanley ""Swede"" Vejtasa soared through the war-torn skies over the Santa Cruz Islands in his F4F Wildcat. It was ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- Tight embraces, tears and flowers went through the doors of Pacific Collegiate School in Santa Cruz Tuesday morning. "I expect today is going to be a difficult day," Maria ...

The swell was pushing in from one side then bouncing off the cliff walls and ricocheting back, making our kayak bounce around like we were in a washing machine. Our group of four kayaks was more than ...

Recovery looks pretty darn cute on the Channel Islands. The tiny, once-endangered island fox, the smallest fox species in North America, has made a remarkable comeback. Nature writer and photographer ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KGO) -- Saturday, July 19, marks the 140th anniversary of an event that made Santa Cruz a top surfing destination. It's a bit of surfing history not too many people know about, but ...

A few days before the grim two-year anniversary of the Aug. 8, 2023, Lahaina fires, my wife and I traveled from our sometime home in Maui, some 10 miles across the Pailolo Channel to the island of ...

Santa Cruz County was largely united against slavery, voting for Abraham Lincoln and fighting to preserve the Union. But county crime consisted of ruthless desperados, Confederate spies and ...