Hazardous surf and “life-threatening conditions for beachgoers” prompted water rescues and beach closures Saturday near Capitola and Santa Cruz. By 1 p.m., Capitola police sent out email and ...

Sparkly lights are essential for a festive 2024 holiday, and Southern California has enough dazzling displays to keep everyone merry and bright.

An appeals court sided with UCSC in a lawsuit over whether the City of Santa Cruz must provide water to areas of campus outside city bounds.

Carlos Magdalena, whose botanical adventures have shades of Indiana Jones, was a driving force in saving the world’s smallest water lily and finding the largest one. He has been called the ...

New Mexico environment officials put more than 100 drinking water systems on notice last week that they need to provide plans to address drinking water deficiencies by mid-August or potentially face ...

A real-time map, created by the County of Santa Cruz, shows water levels in every creek and river in the state, allowing locals to track local flood risks with up-to-the-minute data.

Sunday morning, the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office announced that the evacuation warnings that had been issued for parts of Watsonville had been lifted.

Our Unsung Santa Cruz series — Lookout profiles of ordinary Santa Cruzans doing extraordinary things — returns, with Mark Conley introducing us to John Dietz, a former Silicon Valley exec who now ...

The Oscar winner's Netflix show Cabinet of Curiosities is strong all around, but these 2 episodes are the standouts.

Santa Cruz County’s water agencies need more cooperation, a plan to recycle more wastewater and a united approach to adapt to drought, a recent Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury report ...