Efforts are underway to transform part of downtown Santa Cruz into a more walkable, community-friendly space. A community group is pushing the city to make Cooper Street pedestrian-only on weekends.

Santa Cruz resident Dan Phillips, who has also been a downtown farmers market regular for decades, said that he too wasn’t happy about the move but, like Gerbic, accepted that things change.

CAPITOLA New Grocery Outlet location opens June 19 Bargain chain Grocery Outlet is opening a new Santa Cruz County location, 1210 41st Ave., at the former site of New Leaf Community Markets. The ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — The development of an eight-story building in downtown Santa Cruz is one step closer to construction. Thursday night, the Santa Cruz Planning Commission unanimously voted to ...

Barry Swenson’s extraordinary vision and “special genius” for deal-making helped transform San Jose’s skyline and rebuild downtown Santa Cruz after the devastating 1989 earthquake when ...

SANTA CRUZ — Community members gathered at the Downtown Santa Cruz Farmers Market Tuesday afternoon to shop and commemorate the last market on the city parking lot known as Lot 4 before the ...