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The New York quartet Vampire Weekend went from obscurity to pop music’s hottest new thing in less than two years In the spring of 2007, four Columbia University graduates decided to self-produce an album full of Congolese and early Paul Simon influences, and a mere months later saw themselves receiving Radiohead levels of ubiquity in the ...

City leaders on Tuesday will consider supporting federal legislation that would ease citizenship requirements for exemplary teens living in the United States illegally.

Comedian Christopher Titus has at least one compelling reason to not want to come to Santa Cruz next week.

G.E. Montero thinks fondly of her year and a half living on the ocean. After enlisting in the Coast Guard in 1979, Montero put in a request to go to sea.

A county woman suffered major injuries early today when her Lexus sedan traveled off Highway 17 and collided with a tree near Granite Creek Road.

A 44-year-old Santa Cruz man was arrested after police said he made offers for sex and sent lewd photos to an undercover officer posing as a 12-year-old girl.

Lead by U.S. Chess Federation National Champion, Gjon Feinstein , this class is open to children and parents who want to learn and play together.

A number of myths regarding transportation have developed over the years which affect community thinking and even local policy decisions.

A man driving a Prius tried to abduct a woman walking alone downtown early today, but the 23-year-old fought him off and ran to safety, police reported.

A registered sex offender on parole will be in court Tuesday to enter a plea on allegations he groped girls walking to school and the District Attorney's Office expects to file more charges against him this month.

There was a collective sense of relief from both staff and patients as the doors opened for free H1N1 vaccinations at the Santa Cruz Health Center.

The UC Santa Cruz Theater Arts Department has opened one of its two fall student productions, "Moving Voices," in the quaintly seductive old Barn Theater -- always an appropriate venue for a show that doesn't quite fit into the orthodox definition of theater.

With his new Italian-flavored comedy/drama, local director Alan Fox has one aim: Bringing people back to theater.

When Eleanor Hamner heard about the Sept. 29 tsunami in the Samoan Islands, she recalled her father had sold some of his portable shelter tents to people in Guam.

Jeri and Frank Arsenault, pictured in their Santa Cruz home, have been married for 55 years.

The county has received nearly $100 million in federal stimulus funds, including money to replace the old Davenport water treatment plant Nearly $100 million of federal stimulus has been awarded in Santa Cruz County, according to government data released this week.

Local travel agent Scott Pinheiro finds himself competing with the Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce once again.

City leaders can legally throw disruptive audience members out of public meetings and arrest them if they don't go, an appeals court ruled this week, settling a lawsuit filed seven years ago after gadfly Robert Norse gave the mayor a straight-armed Nazi salute, refused to leave when asked and was taken away in handcuffs.

When an East Coast native and his Asian wife moved to Santa Cruz in the late '90s, their search for familiar foods turned up empty -- Where were the family-run diners? The restaurants serving pho? -- so the couple built a one-stop shop to suit their tastes.

Share + Nov 6, 2009 9:53 am US/Pacific SAN JOSE Health officials are holding free H1N1 flu vaccinations throughout the Bay Area Saturday, but the vaccines will only be available for people at the highest risk for illness from the virus.