Neighbors appealed approval of 57 apartments on Capitola Road in Live Oak, arguing the state housing law that allowed it was ...

Updated: October 2025 Santa Cruz Local is tracking federal immigration enforcement in Santa Cruz County so residents can understand when and where federal agents have entered the county. ICE officials ...

As food benefits payments failed to go out on Nov. 1, Santa Cruz County residents are left wondering when SNAP and CalFresh ...

Pajaro Valley Unified School District administrators are proposing to lay off all mental health counselors as it faces declining enrollment.

Out-of-state agencies searched Capitola Police's license plate data more than three million times since 2024, violating ...

Santa Cruz County transportation officials greenlit $8.33 million towards a 7-mile stretch of the Coastal Rail Trail from ...

On Nov. 4, the City of Santa Cruz will consider two tax initiatives: Measures B and C. Both would place new taxes on property ...

In early results Nov. 4, Santa Cruz Measure C had a slim majority and rival tax initiative Measure B had less than 12% of the ...

The Pajaro Valley Unified School Board approved a $2.2 million payout for sexual abuse allegations that occurred in the 1990s ...

Miles of the planned rail trail were funded by the California Transportation Commission. But it's now facing a multi-million ...

A child care program serving hundreds of children and families in Santa Cruz County closed as funds ran out due to the government shutdown.