Animal control officers in Santa Cruz County have evolved beyond their traditional "dog catcher" stereotype to provide a ...

After years of trials, whale-safe “pop-up” crab traps will be available to all commercial crabbers for the first time in ...

A traffic crash happened near San Juan Rd and Tarpey Rd in Watsonville/Pajaro. A white Alfa Romeo went off the road into ...

As the Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission’s passenger rail project continues to move forward, the agency still needs to find funding for the project’s environmental analysis. While ...

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Transparency activist Marv Lewis believes the City of Santa Cruz might have missed a key deadline for the downtown library project, jeopardizing $53 million in tax credits. He raises concerns about ...

Transparency activist Marv Lewis believes the City of Santa Cruz might have missed a key deadline for the downtown library project, jeopardizing $53 million in tax credits. He raises concerns about ...

You might have noticed the waters in the San Lorenzo River getting fairly high this summer. It’s actually not unusual and ...

This week, the California Public Utilities Commission will make a key decision about a desalination project proposed for the Monterey Peninsula. Marina Mayor Bruce Carlos Delgado urges the CPUC to ...

This week, the California Public Utilities Commission will make a key decision about a desalination project proposed for the Monterey Peninsula. Marina Mayor Bruce Carlos Delgado urges the CPUC to ...

The rail trail discourse continues to divide Santa Cruz County, and here, Daniel DeLong attempts to unpack all the ins and outs of this contentious debate and then offer his own thoughts, recognizing ...

The Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission approved an urgent request by the City of Santa Cruz to access the ...