A new report reveals Santa Cruz County's alarming statistics on bicycle and pedestrian crashes, prompting efforts to improve traffic safety.

UC Santa Cruz and UC Davis were recently allocated $1.5 million in state funding to train future doctors committed to serving communities on the Central Coast.

According to the report, a renter in Santa Cruz County needs to earn an hourly wage of $81.21 to comfortably afford a two-bedroom unit at fair market value, or about $4,223 per month. California&#8… ...

California Highway Patrol is investigating a deadly crash involving a 2021 Harley-Davidson motorcycle that occured on Wednesday night.

Signs made by proponents of the Pajaro Valley Unified School District’s school resource officer program urge the school board to renew two contracts with law enforcement agencies. (Nick ...

To afford a typical two-bedroom apartment in Santa Cruz County, an individual would need to earn $81.21 per hour.

The “whale bridge” stretching across Highway 1 at Chanticleer Avenue officially opened to public use Wednesday after more than two years of construction. The opening also marks completion of ...

Santa Cruz County bicyclists can now ride among the whales, and a swimsuit won’t be necessary.

Two people were evacuated from a boat that caught fire off of the Santa Cruz County coastline Wednesday morning and one first responder involved in the rescue effort was sent to the hospital before… ...

(Shmuel Thaler - Santa Cruz Sentinel) Composer, multi-instrumentalist and master percussionist/drummer Rick Walker is a member of the Jazz Society of Santa Cruz Backbeat Jam Session house band.

A version of this article appears in print on July 17, 2025, Section B, Page 11 of the New York edition with the headline: Martin Cruz Smith, Best-Selling Author of ‘Gorky Park,’ Dies at 82.