Fire chiefs for Scotts Valley and Central Fire say bond measures to pay for new stations and equipment struggled to garner ...

With road repairs still in the pipeline all over Santa Cruz County, officials are constantly in talks with federal agencies ...

Cabrillo College is trimming its budget as pandemic-era funding ends and costs rise. The college will cut about 70 of its 1,394 classes.

Lookout columnist Claudia Sternbach unexpectedly lost her husband to cancer in February. She loves her Aptos home, but ...

What is to happen in deep-blue California now that red-state power in Washington has been restored? We sat down with two of California's sharpest thinkers, writer Steve Kettmann and sociologist Manuel ...

Santa Cruz County could one day have a medical school. UC Santa Cruz Chancellor Cynthia Larive is in early discussions ...

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Santa Cruz civic leaders unveiled an ambitious dual-tax proposal to fund affordable housing, blending a $99 annual parcel tax ...

At its Dec. 3 meeting, the Watsonville Planning Commission plans to hear an appeal filed by a resident asking the commission ...

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Small businesses are struggling to regain foot traffic after the pandemic. So Santa Cruz's Comicopolis took to social media ...

After 40 years, Santa Cruz chocolate maker Mackenzies Chocolates is closing. Husband-and-wife team Ian and Mary Rose ...