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 ...

SANTA CRUZ — Preliminary plans for a seven-story mixed-use building on the 900 block of Pacific Avenue in downtown Santa Cruz were discussed by city planning staff and the project’s architect ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

The Santa Cruz City Council unanimously voted to move forward with the city's downtown expansion plans Tuesday night, as local officials look to liven up the area.