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Enrollment period for obamacare, to help struggling americans. Mary bruce standing by on that. The arrest at the capitol. Police say a man with a gun in his car and paperwork on Stop The Steal. The false claims about the election. And House Speaker nancy pelosi tonight on the continuing threat, saying the enemy is within. Saying members of Congress Want to bring guns onto the floor and have threatened other members. And the newly sworn in congresswoman and the videos. What she said to a survivor...

cnn newsroom. hello, im bianna golodryga. a powerful winter storm is related to two storm-related deaths. im victor howell. and we have this video of waters rushing through springfield in central, california, and the weather is getting worse by the minute. >> residents are being urged to get to higher ground for their safety. parts of interstate i-80 had to be shutdown because of failed water pumps. and we go to nick who is there on the scene for us. what is behind you there? >> well...

Voters in Santa Cruz will have the chance to vote for a new District 2 city council member. Hector Marin will look to unseat city council incumbent Sonja Brunner.

The Santa Cruz City Arts team is asking the public for mural ideas for the public restroom and showers on Beach Street near the entrance to the Santa Cruz Wharf and Cowell Beach.

"Since the beginning of 2022, over 35 new ground-floor businesses have opened in the downtown, dropping the vacancy rate from a high of 9.8% during the pandemic to the current rate of 3.8%," writes Scott Newsome in a Guest Commentary. "Demand is high and there are some exciting new businesses in the works for 2024. Chief among the reasons for this surge in business openings is the number of downtown housing units either soon coming online or scheduled for construction in the comin...

The Santa Cruz City Council paused police plans on Tuesday to seek funding to install more than a dozen automated license plate-reading cameras at major traffic intersections and city gateways.

"When was the last time you were concerned about crossing a river? It is so effortless today that we're seldom even aware that we crossed one, or in fact many rivers and creeks, under bridges, culverts, or pipeline streams," writes Ross Eric Gibson. "Several centuries back, one crossed a river at its ford, usually a shallow place, perhaps with a sandbar in the middle of the river."

Police are investigating a noninjury shooting that took place Sunday evening in the Beach Flats neighborhood.

A local artist and social justice activist behind the downtown Black Lives Matter street mural is expanding her focus to include another weighty local topic: homelessness.

The city of Santa Cruz is planning on breaching the San Lorenzo River Lagoon on Friday.