Outdoor enthusiasts of all walking abilities are invited to a walk in the Jackson Demonstration State Forest near Fort Bragg Tuesday. Called “All About Banana Slugs,” the walk is scheduled to begin at ...

The Woodland Library Rose Club is pleased to announce that Trevor Harryman has been awarded the Bobbie Ochoa Memorial ...

Santa Cruz is trying to make a better first impression on visitors, right as they enter the city coming off Highway 17 and onto Ocean Street. Local artists are designing and creating the ocean street ...

More than 2,000 admitted transfer students and their families attended Transfer Day 2025 at UC Santa Cruz. The event featured a keynote by alumna Reyna Grande, campus tours, resource fairs, and ...

Surely I’d find gems akin to the UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs or Lansing Lugnuts. But I ran into a problem … I couldn’t find 20 good nicknames from around here.

UC Santa Cruz 4, at Salisbury 3: The Banana Slugs needed a decisive third set in three of their four singles wins to as they secured the narrow win in their regular-season finale in Salisbury ...

The Banana Slug String Band has achieved something remarkable, having played together continuously for 40 years with all its original members. The Slugs owe their longevity to a specific mission as ...

Wallace Baine catches up with the local institution that is the Banana Slug String Band, whose members have been playing together continuously for 40 years – longer than Ariolimax dolichophallus has ...

UC Santa Cruz has named Chad Koenegstein as its new women’s volleyball head coach. Koenegstein, a Chester, Illinois, native, joins the Banana Slugs after serving as an assistant coach at fellow ...

Scientists at UC Santa Cruz have completed the first end-to-end genome of the iconic Pacific banana slug, a species synonymous with California’s coastal redwood forests and the university's beloved ...

On Saturday, Nov. 16, the Pomona-Pitzer (P-P) women’s soccer team won a thriller against UC Santa Cruz in the first round of the NCAA Division III tournament. Tied after 110 minutes of regular play, ...

UC Santa Cruz ended Christopher Newport’s NCAA Division III all-time record unbeaten streak Sunday at 84 games, defeating the second-ranked Captains 2-0 on the Banana Slugs’ field in California.