Dientes Community Dental Care has been named the 2025 Employer Champion by the Santa Cruz County Workforce Development Board, ...

After more than eight years leading Santa Cruz County through disasters, budget battles and political shifts, CEO Carlos ...

The Watsonville City Council is set to vote Tuesday on a two-year plan to cut 14 vacant city jobs and hike fees at some ...

A Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury report criticizes the county’s building permit process as excessively costly, slow and ...

Words are hard to find to describe the loss of my friend and longtime Santa Cruz public servant Mike Rotkin. It’s difficult to remember a time in my life when I didn’t know him. For decades, Mike was ...

Nearly 90% of people experiencing homelessness have endured significant trauma before the age of 18. And those who have adverse childhood experiences are also more likely to develop serious mental ...

Santa Cruz Police say fines for violations like illegal fireworks, littering, and public drinking will be tripled during the ...

Palacios, 63, announced his retirement on Thursday, but has committed to staying on the job until December, giving the county ...

Lara Pierce said she organized Saturday's "Topless Picnic" to normalize nude breasts in public and demonstrate against the ...

Traditionally taking runners from the foot of the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf to the foot of the Capitola Wharf, this year’s Wharf to Wharf Race will instead start on Portola Drive in Live Oak then run ...

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A large trash bag was reported as a traffic hazard in the middle of both lanes under the bridge on Highway 1 South near Green ...