If this is the kind of work we can expect from Charles Pasternak, Santa Cruz Shakespeare is all the more worthy a destination ...

If there’s one place to visit that is close to the center of Santa Barbara County, it’s the tip top of San Rafael Mountain in Los Padres National Forest.

Doug Haut, 85, has created anniversary lines every 10 years but has indicated this will be his final anniversary line and ...

From Benjamin Franklin to Pony Express to anthrax: How the US Postal Service shaped a nation The U.S. Postal Service is turning 250 ...

The future of an approved, five-story apartment complex next to Marianne’s Ice Cream on Ocean Street is uncertain. (BDE Architecture) SANTA CRUZ >> The developer of a planned 389-unit apartment ...

A subcommittee of the House Committee on Oversight has voted to subpoena the Department of Justice for files in the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. Three Republicans on the ...

Santa Cruz County is offering a new universal pre-K program that provides free early education to all families, with no income or immigration status requirements, as part of a statewide push to ...

The Santa Cruz River, dried up and polluted, came back to life recently, sustained by highly treated wastewater from two water reclamation facilities.

PG&E is reporting a power outage in the Santa Cruz Mountains on Monday. The number of customers impacted is reported to be 2,245.

Santa Cruz health officer: Summer COVID infections elevated but manageable A nurse loads a syringe with a COVID-19 booster vaccine at an inoculation station in Jackson, Mississippi, in 2022.

California dominates rental unaffordability with Santa Cruz topping the list, where minimum wage workers need 4.9 full-time jobs to afford a two-bedroom apartment.

Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History’s new exhibit “Princes of Surf 2025: Heʻe nalu Santa Cruz” opens Friday.