Tim Goncharoff News Today

“The Republican party has shown us they’re uninterested in governing. Chaos and dysfunction are their brand,” writes Auburn resident Barbara Smith.

A reader says judges railing against the 9th Circuit's rulings on homelessness should examine root causes instead of just complaining

Another storm is rolling into the Southland but won't be nearly as intense.

Two fixtures of Santa Cruz County’s environmental scene are set to retire in the next few months: Tim Goncharoff, manager of Santa Cruz County’s Zero Waste programs, will end his tenure on July 16; Katherine O’Dea, executive director of Save Our Shores, will step down at the end of September. The departure of the two leaders represents a significant changing of the local environmental guard. Together and separately, the longtime environmentalists have led significant policy battles agains...

Our week of “what ifs” ends with a simple message: Be content with “what is.”