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.

Lot of folks complain about parking downtown. Santa Cruz is one of the few cities I know of where the meters don’t take credit cards … seven minutes for a quarter is a lot of quarters for a lunch.

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 approve the eight ...

Santa Cruz Mayor Hilary Bryant and UCSC Chancellor George Blumenthal co-hosted the event. An enthusiastic audience of 250 community members gathered at the “Top of the Ritt” in downtown Santa Cruz ...