OPINION: Measure C might not be perfect, but it will create needed affordable housing in Santa Cruz, writes former Santa Cruz mayor and housing advocate Don Lane. He refutes a recent op-ed by resident ...

The City of Santa Cruz announced Wednesday that it has appointed Cassie Bronson as its next city attorney, with current City ...

The Santa Cruz Fire Department recovered a body in the ocean near Natural Bridges State Beach on Wednesday morning. Santa ...

A Watsonville High School student arrested in last week’s assault had previously been suspended for fighting and was already ...

In a letter to the editor, a Santa Cruz resident expresses dismay at nonprofit Housing Matters ending its day services for the homeless community.

In a letter to the editor, a Santa Cruz resident asks where members of the unhoused community displaced by law enforcement sweeps or cuts to service programs should go.

In a letter to the editor, a Santa Cruz resident outlines why she supports Measure C, a ballot initiative to fund affordable housing.

Thousands of men in California are neither working nor in school. Gov. Gavin Newsom has called it a “crisis,” both for the labor market and for men’s mental health.

Cabrillo College has unveiled a short-list of four candidates to become the school’s next president, with plans for a ...

After four years of pop-ups, popular yakitori spot Yakitori Toriman is settling down in Capitola’s Brown Ranch Marketplace before the end of the year, transforming into a permanent restaurant and high ...

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