Longtime Santa Cruz County resident Rick Boyce critiques the county’s approach to traffic safety, especially the use of plastic balusters meant to protect cyclists. While acknowledging ...

Santa Cruz County health centers are bracing for a surge in demand amid an already strained health care network after the ...

The man charged with attempted murder for setting a Watsonville mobile home on fire Tuesday morning and injuring three people ...

Despite bipartisan support and urgency following the 2023 breach of the Pajaro River levee, phase-two funding for its $600 ...

California voters in 2016 passed a ballot initiative championed by Gov. Gavin Newsom that in part required background checks ...

In interviews, Santa Cruz County locals share their creative survival strategies in the nation's least affordable housing ...

A bacterial infection, leptospirosis, is increasingly infecting marine mammals along California's Central Coast, challenging ...

A traffic hazard was reported today at the intersection of Highway 1 and Scaroni Road between Santa Cruz and Davenport. An RV ...

The water taxi ferrying passengers around the Santa Cruz Harbor will now operate on Friday afternoon/evening, adding to its ...

The City of Scotts Valley has secured $1 million funding promised by the federal government last year to help develop the ...

With the new school year starting for most Santa Cruz County students within the next few weeks, health officials are asking ...

A single lane on Sims Road and La Madrona Drive, from Brook Knoll Road to 600 La Madrona Drive in Scotts Valley, is closed ...