Santa Cruz County in deep blue California was named the least affordable U.S. rental market in 2025, requiring $81.21/hour to ...

Santa Cruz is building more housing than ever — but almost none of it is for sale. Sky-high home prices and a state law meant to protect buyers are discouraging developers from building condos, ...

Publisher [Santa Cruz, Calif.] : [Santa Cruz County Planning Dept.] Collection igscalocalgovdocs; instituteofgovernmentalstudieslibrary; americana Contributor Institute of Governmental Studies Library ...

Will it be fully rebuilt? Should it? The Santa Cruz Wharf, pictured on May 28, was significantly damaged by high surf in December 2024, leading to a partial collapse. A portion remains closed.

A new Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury report shows the county has been slow to inform and engage the public about ways to reach state mandated reductions in greenhouse gases. Websites that track ...

The fate of the Redman-Hirahara house, once a center of agriculture in Watsonville, now rests in the hands of the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors.

Santa Cruz County is doing a good job of building rental units, but it’s not building enough affordable homes for people to buy, writes Shiri Gradek, a serial renter who pays 55% of her salary to rent ...

A mixed-use development proposed for downtown Santa Cruz is raising concerns it's too big, will bring traffic and will forever change the downtown skyline.

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.

The Santa Cruz City Council approved the first reading of new building codes related to natural gas and electrification, among other actions at its meeting Tuesday.

Of the 2,299, 1,774 were listed as unsheltered. (Shmuel Thaler — Santa Cruz Sentinel) According to this year’s homeless census, 79% of people experiencing homelessness in February were ...

SANTA CRUZ — Coming out of a punishing winter and the end of the coronavirus pandemic’s state of emergency, Santa Cruz County’s homeless population has remained highly visible and yet ...