SANTA CRUZ — When the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors agreed to ban the sale of filtered cigarettes late last year, it was the most significant policy win for a movement that had roots ...

Key Events: Monarch butterflies flutter into the county during the winter to take advantage of Santa Cruz's mild temperatures: Average lows huddle in the 40s and average highs reach the 60s.

AROMAS — Santa Cruz County investigators confirmed the identity of a missing teenager, almost 30 years to the day after her remains were first discovered near Aromas. Aided by advanced genetic ...

It was not long after UC Santa Cruz was founded in 1965 that the Volunteer Center of Santa Cruz County (VCSCC) was founded in 1967. Their primary goal was to give the community a voice to the most ...

By Susan True Over the past five years, we’ve learned how to navigate successive disasters in County. We fill sandbags, dig ditches, clear fallen trees, clean up debris, distribute ...