With the recent signing of the 2025-2026 state budget by Gov. Gavin Newsom, $4.5 million was secured for the downtown Santa ...

Elizabeth Gutfahr is sentenced to serve 10 years in federal prison followed by three years probation. She pleaded guilty to crimes related stealing about $38 million from Santa Cruz County taxpayers.

Reshaping 22-mile railroad through Central Coast may involve a tax hike.

Ninety-nine times out of 100, a trip down Santa Cruz’s West Cliff Drive is a peaceful, almost tranquil experience. Every day, hundreds of drivers, joggers and walkers traverse the waterfront ...

An unknown number of fake parking tickets were left on cars parked near the beach in Santa Cruz on June 15, the Santa Cruz Police Department announced in a warning to the public.

A $4.3 billion passenger rail line would sap money for road repairs and other transportation projects and likely would mean a new sales tax.

Josh Howard, 22, was walking home from work on a narrow shoulder of Highway 9 when he was killed by a driver who drifted out of his lane. His death in 2019 and two other crashes near there have helped ...

Following similar bans by the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors and the city of Capitola, the Santa Cruz City Council approved an ordinance that would ban the sale of filtered tobacco ...