Today’s column features AI tools to identify plant diseases, garden pests and weeds; monitor climate and soil; and optimize ...

Native Americans throughout the University of California system are calling out scholars who claim Indigenous heritage ...

The battle lines between creative artists and the companies on the frontier of artificial intelligence have been drawn. The Hollywood writer’s strike in 2023 protested the use of AI in ...

Headlights shine through the growing darkness as a vibrant sunset colors the sky over Coolidge Drive at UC Santa Cruz. As the ...

When I was a little girl, my family visited the Santa Cruz boardwalk and nearby beach. It felt familiar and safe to return here for college. My freshman year at UCSC was great. I joined woodshop, made ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with video game designer and UC Santa Cruz professor A.M. Darke, about her work on a new computer algorithm that more accurately illustrates Black hair.

Even simple remediations lag at Bay Area sites in socially vulnerable areas, a San Francisco Public Press analysis shows.

As the Trump administration engages in a frontal assault on the teaching of race and ethnicity at the K-12 level, a quieter but no less important battle is shaping up in deep blue California.

Ask Lookout is Lookout's own forum for investigating and exploring the questions that locals might wonder about: Was the "Cement Ship" a party boat? What's the story with the "door to nowhere" on ...