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Over 20 demos of some of the most innovative game designs were on display during the 11th annual Experimental Gameplay Workshop, as shown in this free GDC 2013 video.

In an homage to the original Kings Market, more than 50 people scaled scaffolds and wielded paintbrushes on Saturday to paint a mural at the Kings Village Shopping Center.

Students and parents from four different counties crowded in the lobby of UC Santa Cruz's Cowell College Saturday afternoon to watch middle school kids from Discovery Charter School demonstrate 3-D printing.

Throughout my four years in Santa Cruz, I have rented four different houses. All have been old, inefficient, and owned by absentee landlords.

Not a single member of the California Legislature earned an A from the tough graders at the University of California Student Association, who released their first-ever legislative report card at Wednesday's regents meeting.

Five months after a 340-ton rock officially became part of Michael Heizer's massive Levitated Mass sculpture on the grounds of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, curator Rita Gonzalez installed the much smaller Lost Line sculpture on the third floor of the museum's Broad Contemporary building.

Former Santa Cruz Mayor Jane Weed-Pomerantz will share her experiences serving as a delegate to the 57th United Nations' Commission on the Status of Women at the May 21 meeting of the Women's International League of Peace and Freedom.

Brother Jimmy Street drove up from SoCal to see his daughter Rebecca at UC Santa Cruz, so he just kept on coming afterwards and stayed a few days with Plot and Duck.

Apocalyptic, catastrophic, devastating: All words used to describe chytrid fungus infections that are wiping out amphibians around the world, including hundreds of frog and salamander species.

Alba Holgado, lauded for seeing the humor and positive side of work, even when the days are hectic and situations are challenging, has been awarded a 2013 Amy J. Blue award.

A team of researchers led by PhD student Dustin Adams at the University of California, Santa Cruz have created camera app that might help the blind take photos .

A Peace Corps volunteer and Benicia native is teaching his Indonesian students how to speak English with the help of postcards.

The dance community at Mountain View High School paid respects to one of their own during Dance Spectrum, their end of year showcase.

A troubling double standard appears to exist when it comes harassment at the publicly funded University of California.

Alyssa Moore, 17, a junior at Maria Carrillo High School, holds Tractor, her cat, and Glory, her dog, in her Santa Rosa home on Wednesday.

Activists from all over the world traveled to Kalamazoo College this weekend for the first-ever Global Prize for Collaborative Social Justice Leadership.

We didn't have much of an audience. There was a couple just out of earshot reverently staring at the horizon, and a lone crow hovering in place a couple of feet in front of us, its glossy black body effortlessly buoyed by the lift of the ocean wind.

Citing its mission to preserve open space and agriculture, the Land Trust of Santa Cruz County board announced its opposition to Measure T on Friday.

The era is long gone when a romantic breakup meant ripped-up photos and burned love letters.

The astrophysics program at UC Santa Cruz is reaching out to regional community colleges to discover and nurture talented students through a new summer internship program.