In her Tuesday newsletter, Lily Belli eats her way through the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk's diverse new dining options, notes a closing in Watsonville and runs down a number of area food businesses on ...

Turns out De La Cruz had the best medicine for dealing with the hamstring on another cool night at Kauffman Stadium. Hit the ball very far. "I took care of that," De La Cruz said. "I don't have to ...

Some residents fear high rents will leave many apartments empty in Downtown Santa Cruz. But developers say the apartments are ...

Santa Cruz is building more housing than ever — but almost none of it is for sale. Sky-high home prices and a state law meant ...

Reporters and photographers from the USA TODAY NETWORK-California will cover the "No Kings Day" protests throughout the state all day on June 14.

Most people think of Los Angeles and Disneyland when they think of Southern California, but there is so much more to see and ...

Pothole Palooza returns. SANTA FE, N.M. — It's a "Pothole Palooza" in Santa Fe this week; from June 9-13, all city Streets Division staff will focus exclusively on pothole repair.

Protesters flush mace deployed by federal agents out of the eyes of a fellow anti-ICE protester in Santa Ana, California, on June 9, 2025. (Sam Ribakoff / Courthouse News) “I think it’s very ...

The U.S. Coast Guard and other agencies are searching Monday for six people that were onboard a twin-engine Cessna 414 that crashed in the Pacific Ocean three miles west of San Diego.

SANTA CRUZ — The eight-story Clocktower Center mixed-use development at 2020 N. Pacific Ave. in downtown Santa Cruz will move forward after the project was approved by the city’s Planning ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — 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 ...