Last Update: 5/08 11:32 pm 05/08/08 SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- California lawmakers are targeting a hallucinogenic herb called salvia divinorum that is widely available here on the Central Coast and is legal in ... via KCBA

"This is truly a momentous day for all of us"

California's stem cell agency Wednesday awarded nearly $271 million in grants to build stem-cell laboratories statewide, with more than $126 million of that designated for universities and other research ... via Palo Alto Daily News

An arrest was made Tuesday night in connection with the killing of a pregnant store clerk in Santa Cruz. via TheKSBWChannel

Officers entered the locked cell and immediately called for medical personnel. Jail medical personnel arrived, followed by ambulance and fire personnel but unfortunately, Kraft did not respond to life-saving ... via KION

"When I first arrived here, my first day, I wanted to go back. My parents weren't here; I didn't speak Spanish very well."

Martina Jimenez, 24, a Guatemala Mayan from Santiago Chimaltenango, Huehuetenango, is all smiles as she talks about her life on Friday April 4, 2008 at her house in Oakland, Calif. via Inside Bay Area

Archer has performed with some of the biggest names in rock including, Heaven and Hell , Heart and Sevendust. via Earth Times

"Water quality is huge. We all depend on clean water."

Armed with a bucket full of sample bottles and other water-testing equipment, 60 volunteers spanned out from Natural Bridges State Beach on Saturday morning to streams and sloughs across the county to take part ... via Santa Cruz Sentinel

A Santa Cruz judge has ruled a Live Oak man will be tried on a voluntary manslaughter charge, not murder, for last year's beach bonfire stabbing death of an Arizona teenager. via KION CBS 46

Today the American Lung Association will release their State of the Air Report. Along with Salinas and Santa Cruz, Fargo, North Dakota and Palm Beach, Florida were reported to have little pollution in it's air. via KION CBS 46

Groups throughout the Bay Area are continuing to rally against the state's plan to use aerial spraying to eradicate the light brown apple moth. via KRON-TV San Francisco