How are local governments in Santa Cruz County preparing for an estimated sea-level rise of up to 7 feet by 2100?

This column was submitted in December and should have run earlier in January. As we enter the new year, I’m reflecting on our ...

Santa Cruz County's annual homelessness count revealed a dramatic shift, with one group of volunteers spotting only three people along a stretch of the Pajaro River levee in Watsonville after most ...

Santa Cruz County Sheriffs deputies arrested a man after he allegedly entered the campuses of two Watsonville schools and ...

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office said a shelter-in-place was lifted after a man for being under the influence at a ...

The Santa Cruz County Office of Education has announced the results of the 2025 Santa Cruz County Spelling Bee, which took ...

Harbor High boys soccer coach Michael Vahradian preaches to his players that effort, energy, and teamwork take precedence ...

A search warrant on Sutherland Lane in Capitola led to the Capitola Police Department and U.S. marshals arresting a man that ...

Parents in Santa Monica-Malibu areas are frustrated as schools struggle to resume normal in-person classroom experiences despite fires being out. Police said Walter Larkins IV tried to follow the ...

This year, UC Santa Cruz researchers are advancing cutting-edge projects that tackle critical issues such as antiracist education, environmental resilience, and the intersections of identity and power ...

Steven Robert Pavich, 63, of Ceylon, Minnesota, reportedly told a conservation officer in November that he has his “own opinion on wolves” and simply wanted the animal “out of there ...

It is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to a great man, Michael Angelo Lugo. His death came as a sudden and unexpected loss, leaving a profound void in the hearts of his family. Mike was a ...