The downtown Santa Cruz O’Neill Surf Shop, pictured Jan. 11, 2025, closes on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. The brand’s flagship anchored downtown for a quarter century.

The Black Lives Matter mural on Center Street in front of Santa Cruz City Hall has a bright new feel this week thanks to volunteers who worked together earlier this month at a community event ...

The stoke was high among farmers market shoppers Wednesday afternoon as the Downtown Santa Cruz Farmers Market officially opened at its new location on Lot 16 and along Cedar and Lincoln streets ...

Hundreds of woodie-style classic cars will return to the Santa Cruz Wharf Saturday for the 29th annual Woodies on the Wharf car show, which is the largest gathering of woodies in Northern Californi… ...

Caught in an economic twilight zone between the COVID pandemic and the completion of several new big-box apartment blocks — not to mention the sky-high SoLa neighborhood envisioned by the city ...

After nearly three decades of operating out of Downtown Santa Cruz, the owners, staff and members of Toadal Fitness have bid farewell to the fitness club’s original location and moved to a ne… ...

Thairie Ritchie, a well known Santa Cruz community organizer, reportedly self-immolated Jan. 20 atop the Black Lives Matter mural on Center Street in downtown Santa Cruz, only a few yards from the ...

The Santa Cruz City Council has unanimously approved a plan to expand downtown, creating a new entertainment district and addressing housing needs, despite concerns about traffic and building heights.

A new library and more than 100 affordable housing units are coming to downtown Santa Cruz. It's all part of one big project. After years of planning, the city is finally getting closer to ...

SANTA CRUZ — About 40 community members gathered under the marquee of the historic Del Mar Theatre in downtown Santa Cruz Tuesday evening to protest the Santa Cruz Jewish Film Festival’s ...

TUMACÁCORI, Ariz. — The Santa Cruz River is not like most American rivers. If some of its admirers get their wish, it might also become a wildlife refuge unlike any other. Much of its 184-mile ...

The Santa Cruz Mountain range has long been a region for growing Burgundy grape varieties but fell off the radar in recent decades. Now, a new generation of winemakers is leading a revolution that ...