Nicole Santa Cruz is a reporter covering issues of inequality in the Southwest. She joined ProPublica from the Los Angeles Times, where she spent nearly 12 years as a staff writer.

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — Santa Cruz is facing a legal challenge over its soda tax, Measure Z, as several groups filed a lawsuit claiming it violates the Keep Groceries Affordable Act, which ...

The American Beverage Association, alongside a group of grocers, retailers and restaurant owners, filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the city of Santa Cruz in Sacramento Superior Court, challenging … ...

High temperatures across Santa Cruz todaySALINAS, Calif. — High temperatures across Santa Cruz today. Warm inland temperatures through the beginning of next week.

A Celebration of Dave’s Colorful Life will be held on Saturday, June 14 at 11 a.m. at Benito & Azzaro Chapel, 1050 Cayuga St. in Santa Cruz. There will be stories. There will be laughter.

Jack Oliver Stagnaro, at age 95, passed away peacefully on May 21, 2025. Jack was a lifelong resident of Santa Cruz, born to Giacomo and Natalina (Castagnola) Stagnaro on November 11, 1929.

As visitors flock to Santa Cruz for Memorial Day weekend, plans to rebuild the wharf are being made known. Even though a 180-foot section of the pier crashed into the ocean in December, many said ...

The Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf, a historic wooden structure built in 1914 that juts half a mile into Monterey Bay — the longest public pier on California’s coast — is damaged.

The Coastal Rail Trail Segment 7 Phase II curves between Bay Street, at left, and the city of Santa Cruz Wastewater Treatment Facility, at top right, as people make use of the trail following a ...

A Texas-based development firm recently submitted a pre-application for an eight-story mixed-use building at 201 Front St. in Santa Cruz — currently the site of Ace Hardware and in the city’s… ...