Joshua Menkens was charged in March with homicide, desecration of a corpse and possession of a prohibited weapon following ...

On the Galapagos’ most developed island, researchers are tracking a growing threat to the millennia-old migration routes of giant tortoises.

More than half of the school board races in 49 counties analyzed won't appear on the November ballot because either no one is ...

We have 2024 high school football action in Santa Cruz County, California this week, and information on how to stream these ...

After parsing through a series of state bills passed in Sacramento, county planning staff will present the commission with ...

Cruz discusses what sets him apart, the huge amount of money raised by Allred, and his now well-documented trip to Cancun ...

CAL FIRE says that multiple fires are being reported in South Santa Cruz County. The fires are burning Highway 1 near Buena ...

Police booked a 45-year-old man into jail after a weekend fight led to an attempted stabbing downtown, an authority said.

The measure faces no organized opposition — instead, its biggest hurdle is a skeptical electorate’s ambivalence about spending on homelessness issues. To address voters’ concerns, Measure A’s backers ...

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The city council is set to consider a strategy to temper new Downtown Santa Cruz building heights and support ...

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office says forward progress has been stopped on the Buena Fire burning near Watsonville off ...