Rancho Refugio is surrounded by a state park, a national monument and a marine sanctuary. Named for a nineteenth-century ...

A couple of National Geographic contributors are selling their nature-filled ranch in Santa Cruz, California, for $4.3 ...

Santa Cruz County has finalized plans to rebuild a sobering center – absent since the pandemic’s launch in spring 2020 – on property in front of the Santa Cruz Main Jail.

SANTA CRUZ — A 46-year-old man accused of holding police at bay during a more than five-hour standoff at Main Beach Monday is set to face criminal charges this week. Santa Cruz officers were ...

Although West Cliff Drive has been the focus of considerable attention since the winter storm damage of last January, historically it has been the Santa Cruz Main Beach that was the attraction ...

Santa Cruz Main Beach and Cowell's Beach are closed. Seabright is also closing its beaches, and Capitola is bracing for possible flooding Monday night and into Tuesday. Santa Cruz County ...

The Santa Cruz Wharf will temporarily close beginning at 8 p.m. tonight, March 26, 2025. City of Santa Cruz officials say it’s for conducting urgent repairs to a water main beneath the Wharf ...