Business leaders have speculated the country could follow the economic models of China or Vietnam under Dissanayake, whose ...

Julia Prodis Sulek is a Bay Area News Group reporter specializing in breaking news and narrative storytelling at her hometown paper, the Mercury News, and the East Bay Times. She has covered ...

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SANTA CRUZ — The Santa Cruz County District Attorney’s Office has charged a 19-year-old man with felony arson after firefighters extinguished a downtown vegetation fire Monday night.

according to a Department of Justice news release. He also admitted in his plea agreement that his conduct significantly disrupted public and government functions and services, including the ...

BOSTON — The Warriors have talked since training camp in Hawaii about making defense their identity. Wednesday night in the TD Garden was the night it became true. The Warriors entered the night ...

SANTA CRUZ — Law enforcement officials are seeking the public’s help in identifying potential victims of sex crimes related to last month’s arrest of a 71-year-old Aptos minister. Oscar ...

The AFL club’s new logo was first leaked back in September and didn’t go down well with fans or pundits, including Kane Cornes, many of whom were hopeful a rebrand was coming. Watch every game ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — American presidential elections are a moment when the nation holds up a mirror to look at itself. They are a reflection of values and dreams, of grievances and scores to be ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Faced with a sweeping rejection by American voters, Kamala Harris conceded the presidential election to Donald Trump on Wednesday and encouraged supporters to continue fighting ...

LONDON (AP) — The verdict of U.S. voters was more decisive than most pollsters and pundits had predicted. Now the world waits to see whether the election of Donald Trump as president for a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump ‘s impending return to the White House means he’ll want to stand up an entirely new administration from the one that served under President Joe Biden. His team ...