SANTA CRUZ — Thousands of demonstrators lined Ocean Street in Santa Cruz on an overcast Saturday morning, from Blaine Street to Soquel Avenue, waving signs and creative placards, all ...

LATEST March 31, 11:40 a.m. Family members have identified the two people found dead inside a pickup in the Santa Cruz Mountains last week as 45-year-old Sean Pfeffer and 54-year-old Colter White.

The best time to visit Santa Cruz is from September through November when the summer tourists have returned home, leaving a bit more room on the beaches, walking paths and other attractions.

Visitors and locals traveling along the Santa Cruz coast can expect snarled traffic and detours until at least 2028 as the city completes a seismic retrofit on the Murray Street Bridge.