When it comes to disaster preparedness, Santa Cruz County is employing not only a recently established Office of Response, Recovery & Resilience, but also a community nonprofit called CERT that ...

A tulip magnolia tree blooms in glorious color this week on Chestnut Street in downtown Santa Cruz. The species is native to ...

A red-tailed hawk sits atop the flagpole at Santa Cruz High’s Memorial Field during a recent afternoon. According to Global Raptor Conservation’s hawkmountain.org website, ...

How are local governments in Santa Cruz County preparing for an estimated sea-level rise of up to 7 feet by 2100?

Bishop, who has a history of producing and distributing child sexual assault material and sex trafficking, had been evading law enforcement since 2016. He spent the past two years living in Capitola, ...

Good morning! It’s Jan. 31 — here’s what’s going on in your community today… A morning shower, then rain in San Lorenzo Valley Today will be mostly cloudy and cool; a morning shower in spots followed ...

Bishop, who has a history of producing and distributing child sexual assault material and sex trafficking, had been evading ...