By Alia Wilson In recent years, scientists have discovered a gradual increase of harmful algae in the Monterey Bay. These microscopic species of algal blooms can produce potent neurotoxins that can be transferred throughout the food web. Marine researchers both local and abroad are looking...

By Daniel Zarchy Barack Obama has taken another step toward making history. The freshman senator from Illinois-the sole African American in the Senate, and only the fifth in history- just may be the man to break the mold and become the nation’s first non-white president....

By Danielle Keiser As I pulled the cold handle of the door to the locker room, the words bordering the iconic image of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on a flyer ignited a spark in me. "A Day to Take On, Not a Day to...

By Jose San Mateo California children may be better off growing up elsewhere, and the culprit looks like the state’s K-12 education system. In a national survey that measures a child’s chance of success throughout life, California ranks 34th among all states. The researchers at...

By John Williams In an effort to utilize its most lucrative resource to alleviate the high cost of energy in the United States, Venezuela is providing low-income Americans with two million barrels of heating oil at a 40 percent discount price. The program is one...

By Jackie Dever Jackie Speier is a tough woman. While on a fact finding mission to investigate human rights abuses by Reverend Jim Jones, and his People

By Mena Abedi Imagine a lecture hall of 400 women, who slowly start disappearing one by one. This is a horrifying reality for women in Ju?

By Patricia Sanchez The chilling cold front that swept over Santa Cruz last week may have been a shock to Gavin Coleman, as it is currently summer in his native Australia. But the Aussie pushed on, finishing in first place in the World Kneeboarding Championship...

By Sarah Starr Acupuncture, a form of traditional Chinese medicine that involves needle insertion, has been leaving its mark around Santa Cruz. A new acupuncture clinic, Grassroots Acupuncture Project, recently opened off Soquel Ave. in Santa Cruz. The clinic-one of over 35 private acupuncturists and...

By Leah Bartos and Zev Vernon-Lapow Citing safety concerns related to recent protests, the UC Santa Cruz administration has decided to indefinitely postpone the campus job fair originally scheduled for Jan. 31, 2007. Students Against War (SAW), a UCSC group, has shut down military recruitment...