Santa Cruz County's hotly debated proposed rail service, ZEPRT, could cost billions of dollars and take a couple of decades to complete. Is it up to the task of transforming the county's transit ...

Lookout photographer Kevin Painchaud details the car accident that almost killed him when he was 15 and how his accident shaped how he now sees the world and photographs it. Painchaud was part of the ...

Lookout food & drink correspondent Lily Belli highlights top events happening around Santa Cruz County this weekend and into ...

Sutter Health and Aetna have reached a multi-year agreement, ensuring that more than 11,000 Northern California and Central ...

Santa Cruz County’s health agency is managing a large number of high-cost patients and has weak systems for tracking them, a ...

Pajaro Valley Unified School District mailed an apology letter to ethnic studies consultant Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales on ...

A new report reveals that Santa Cruz County’s agriculture industry contributes nearly $1.6 billion annually to the local ...

Bike Santa Cruz County, a cyclist advocacy and education group, released its Rider Survey Report on Thursday, which shows ...

Recommendations for things to do this weekend and beyond plus news and notes from around Santa Cruz County arts & ...

With the weekend nearly here, check out Wallace Baine’s Best 9 recommendations for things to do around Santa Cruz County via ...

Jamison Creek Road between Highway 236 and Empire Grade Road in the Santa Cruz Mountains was closed Thursday morning after a ...

Fines for illegal dumping will go from $100 to $2,500 for first-time offenders. Second-time offenders will see a bump from $200 to $5,000 and for those who can’t get enough of illegal dumping, a third ...