Yet Santa Cruz was moving at its tried-and-true pace, planning to revive the historic Venetian Water Carnivals on the San Lorenzo River. Then the flood of 1955 inundated the downtown and low-lying ...

Preservation efforts at UC Santa Cruz have received a major boost from the State Historical Resources Commission: approval for listing UCSC’s Cowell Lime Works Historic District on the National ...

Nelson is well known in Santa Cruz for donating his fortune to the city to keep the schools open, which is now the Santa Cruz City Schools school district. “This action alone saved the city.

The Catalyst Club, a historic music venue in Santa Cruz, is on the market for $4.5 million, sparking concern among local music lovers about its future.

Iconic buildings of downtown Santa Cruz glow in later afternoon sunlight last week. Among the most prominent is the 10-story Palomar Hotel, which can be seen towards the top center of the photo ...

SANTA CRUZ -- A buoy that has signaled safe water offshore of Santa Cruz Harbor since 1906 will stay put after the U.S. Coast Guard reversed plans to replace it with a virtual navigation aid, U.S ...

The Santa Cruz Surfing Museum is celebrating 35 years of history by inducting four historic boards to their collection on Saturday. The boards all having ties to the Santa Cruz area.

Santa Cruz Bible Church, 440 Frederick St., Santa Cruz. (Room for 76 evacuees and parking. Congregational Church of Soquel, 4951 Soquel Dr., Soquel (Parking and bathrooms only) ...