SANTA CRUZ >> With local restaurateurs losing leases, you might expect a bidding war for the cafe space in the Santa Cruz County Government Center.However, the county got just one proposal in ...

Santa Cruz-based nonprofit Housing Matters has been contracted by the county to manage and operate the facility, which will have on-site residents services 24/7, but won’t be available for walk ...

Members of Yala Lati Choir sing Thursday on the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium stage as empty chairs represent each of the 121 Santa Cruz County homeless individuals who died in 2023. (Shmuel Thaler ...

The Santa Cruz Planning Commission Thursday will consider a six-story, 67-unit apartment building with ground-floor shops on ...

Santa Cruz leaders say downtown high-rises would ease housing costs. Activists call the plan 'out of character' for the laid-back beach town and are fighting new construction.