A new state report highlights the growing severity of the housing crisis in Santa Cruz County. The report reveals that a two-person household earning $127,000 per year now qualifies as low income. In ...

Like many up-and-coming Americana singer-songwriters, Santa Cruz County native Taylor Rae Vencill left her home for the ...

BREAKING: The FED Rejects Rate Cuts, Trump Retaliates, Tariffs Are Back!

Imagine a County where every park, beach, creek and neighborhood is free of litter,” writes Sally-Christine Rodgers in a Guest Commentary. “Where clean streets and ...

Cliona Ward, a green card holder and County resident that has been held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for more ...

UCSC undergraduate researcher Sheyna Burns (Oakes ’26) is pioneering inclusive agricultural research and entrepreneurship ...

For the third consecutive year, thousands of people gathered at Bolado Park for a regional Burning Man-affiliated event last ...

A 30-year permanent resident of Santa Cruz County will be released from Customs and Border Protection custody on Wednesday.

Irish woman Cliona Ward, who is living in the US with a valid green card, is set to be released from ICE custody.

With Visit California forecasting a 9.2% decline in international visitors over 2024 and a 0.7% drop in visits overall, Santa ...

In her weekly look at local business, Jessica M. Pasko reports that Santa Cruz County's tourism nonprofit sees some choppy ...

STARS program to bring telescopes, filters and lenses to every rural school in Arizona to inspire and build confidence ...