The Santa Cruz Planning Commission unanimously approved development permits for the 178-unit building. But they added a condition that would shrink the building’s proposed 4.5-foot balconies ...

Activists in Santa Cruz, California called for “kindness" in a Saturday beach protest against President Trump, then wrote “86 47" in the sand.

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 ...

Santa Cruz Pride Week officially kicks off its 50th-anniversary celebration on Tuesday evening with Pride IllumiNight. That’s when various dignitaries and those in the mood to celebrate will gather at ...

SANTA CRUZ, California — UC Santa Cruz students who say they watched two swimmers jump off a cliff on West Cliff Drive Sunday afternoon are now leaving flowers less than 24 hours later, honoring ...

Santa Cruz city officials say in 2024, there were 43 water rescue responses in areas with no lifeguards on duty. A sign along West Cliff Drive warns that since 1965, 100 people have drowned along ...

A new so-called “soda tax” that was approved by voters in the city of Santa Cruz went into effect on Thursday, the first tax of its kind to be passed in California since a ban was signed by ...

A notorious California killer has been named as a suspect in the 1976 murder of a woman in Aptos, the small seaside town bordering Santa Cruz. In May 1976, Karen Percifield, 25, was in California ...

On Monday night, the Santa Cruz California Highway Patrol confiscated an unserialized gun.According to the CHP, it responded to a call about a suspected DUI driver on southbound Highway 1 near ...