The Catalyst nightclub in Downtown Santa Cruz could be demolished and relocated to the bottom floor of a seven-story, 64-unit ...

Federal immigration agents entered the Santa Cruz County at least 24 times since Jan. 25. ICE visited Watsonville and the ...

Head Start supports families with children 0 to 5 years old with child care in Santa Cruz County. The nonprofit operator, ...

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California residents received their monthly food assistance payments (CalFresh) after a 10-day delay, but food insecurity remains a threat.

Santa Cruz County supervisors are revising guidelines for battery storage facilities in a proposed development in Watsonville ...

Santa Cruz Police inadvertently— and illegally— shared license plate camera data from Flock Safety with out-of-state law ...

Update: The Santa Cruz City Council voted Nov. 18 to not pursue a walking or biking path across the rail bridge. SANTA CRUZ >> A proposed walking and biking trail on the rail bridge across the Santa ...

WATSONVILLE >> After years of steady financial recovery, Watsonville Community Hospital is again on shaky financial footing — with more than $14 million in losses so far this year — as its leaders ...

Capitola City Councilmember Melinda Orbach said the council should support the developer’s four-story apartment project to avoid a potential larger, six-story version of the proposal. (Marcello ...

People clap and hold signs that say ‘Chop from the top’ at a PVUSD meeting to discuss proposed layoffs on Nov. 12. (Jesse Kathan — Santa Cruz Local) WATSONVILLE >> More than 150 parents, teachers, ...