The Santa Cruz Police Department announced it has received reports of fraudulent parking tickets that were circulated around the city’s beaches this past weekend. Investigators do not yet know ...

For the third summer in a row, Santa Cruz police are warning people of a fake parking ticket scam circulating the city. Senate Approves Banning Unemployment Benefits For People With More Than $1m ...

Zachary’s restaurant and some other downtown Santa Cruz restaurants now have permanent outdoor seating. (Nik Altenberg – Santa Cruz Local) SANTA CRUZ >> In response to recent shop vacancies in ...

A new library and more than 100 affordable housing units are coming to downtown Santa Cruz. It's all part of one big project. After years of planning, the city is finally getting closer to ...

A sign warns drivers not to park on part of Ocean Street 5-7 a.m. Thursdays. The city plans to issue first warnings, then increasing fees for cars parked during street sweeping hours. (Nik Altenberg — ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — The Santa Cruz Wharf has reopened to the public as of early Jan. after the end collapsed into the ocean on Dec. 23, 2024. Parking will be free for two hours for the ...

When the last 150 feet of Santa Cruz’s iconic wharf plummeted into the ocean Monday, city leaders were still grappling with damage it had sustained two years earlier during back-to-back winter ...

The collapse occurred at 12:45 p.m. PT on Monday "as the result of very strong waves crashing into it," Santa Cruz Mayor Fred Keeley said.

The end of the pier had already been closed off from the public as the city worked to renovate and repair weather over the last two years, said Santa Cruz Director of Parks and Recreation Tony Elliot.

The 7.0 earthquake is wake-up call to prepare A boat motors through tsunami surge at the mouth of the Santa Cruz Small Craft Harbor on Jan. 15, 2022. (Shmuel Thaler / Santa Cruz Sentinel) ...