A number of Santa Cruz County nonprofits are teaching kids how to grow and cook food, and develop stronger connections…
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What we know about the five California service members killed in Kabul airport blast
Five Californians were among the U.S. service members killed in the Kabul airport blast last week in Afghanistan.
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Caldor fire rages toward Lake Tahoe: Next 48 hours will be crucial
The Caldor fire is closing in on the Lake Tahoe Basin and threatening the popular resort area. “No sign that it’s starting to slow down,” one Cal Fire official said.
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Training program seeks to shrink number of ‘spontaneous volunteers’ during wildfires, disasters
During wildfires and disasters, well-meaning but untrained “spontaneous volunteers” emerge to defend lives and property but the lack of training can sometimes mean they are putting themselves and others in danger. It’s a controversial issue but a nonprofit group has a middle-ground solution.
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Morning Lookout: ‘We will hunt you down and make you pay’
Recent UCSC graduate and Bay Federal Credit Union’s Certified Financial Educator, Tiffany Zachmeier, looks back at her…
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Morning Lookout | ‘Sound of explosions’: CZU trauma one year later; Afghani refugees in California
Kaiser Permanente Family Medicine Physician Dr. Jack Watson, MD, is passionate about getting more young people in Santa…
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Biden vows retaliation for Kabul bombings that killed U.S. troops and Afghans
The president said U.S. forces would target the terrorists responsible for an attack on the evacuation operation: “We will hunt you down and make you pay.”
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Winds push Caldor fire 14 miles from South Lake Tahoe as crews surge to stop it
The Caldor fire is now less than 15 miles from South Lake Tahoe, and fire officials are pooling resources to stop it, authorities said. “We feel pretty confident that the work that we are doing should keep it from getting to South Lake Tahoe,” one battalion chief said. “That’s not to say it’s not a threat; it’s definitely a threat.”
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Morning Lookout: Vax or test, county tells employees; ignore second ballot question?
The public can ‘visit’ Big Basin Redwoods State Park one year after the CZU Lightning Complex decimated the park through…
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Morning Lookout: Santa Cruz resident tops list of big Newsom donors — to what end?
What started as a simple partnership to provide financial literacy training to Diamond Tech Institute students has…