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 ...

Mad Yolks, the egg-themed brunch hotspot known for its loaded brioche sandwiches and playful vibe, is opening a second location in Pleasure Point on July 8. The new location on 41st Avenue brings the ...

After nearly three decades of operating out of Downtown Santa Cruz, the owners, staff and members of Toadal Fitness have bid farewell to the fitness club’s original location and moved to a ne… ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Santa Cruz Pride also lighting up the night sky. Landmarks throughout the city, such as the county building and town clock, are illuminated by rainbow lights. “It’s amazing to see the Pride ...

The Santa Cruz Mountain range has long been a region for growing Burgundy grape varieties but fell off the radar in recent decades. Now, a new generation of winemakers is leading a revolution that ...