SANTA CRUZ >> The number of hate groups in the U.S. increased in 2016 for the second consecutive year, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center’s annual census of hate groups and e… ...

SANTA CRUZ — Noel Q. King, a Pakistani-born professor emeritus of history and comparative religion at UC Santa Cruz, died Sunday after a battle with stomach cancer. He was 86. King, the husband ...

Native Americans have been living in the Santa Cruz County region for at least 12,000 years. ... TAKEN FROM THAT PART OF THEIR CULTURE AND THEIR RELIGION AND FORCED TO WORK IN THE MISSIONS." ...

SANTA CRUZ (CBS SF) -- Friends of the respected Santa Cruz area surfboard shaper and surf enthusiast who died after a shark attack Saturday afternoon remembered him as a kind, religious man who ...

The Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf, a historic wooden structure built in 1914 that juts half a mile into Monterey Bay — the longest public pier on California’s coast — is damaged.

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KGO) -- A search is underway for vandals who hit an Islamic mosque in Santa Cruz. At the Islamic Center of Santa Cruz, worshipers found a Star of David and the number 26 spray ...

Gary Lease-interim dean of humanities at UC Santa Cruz and an internationally recognized expert on the history of religion-has been studying the relationship between politics and religion for more ...

SANTA CRUZ — One week after a contentious meeting stemming from consideration of an ethnic studies curriculum consultant at Pajaro Valley Unified School District, Santa Cruz County’s top ...

As immigration raids and protests continue to escalate in Los Angeles and spread across the country, Santa Cruz County ...