Families with young children in Santa Cruz County will be able to access early learning classes for their children through ...

The Santa Cruz Commission on the Environment will host the second in a series of public workshops on battery energy storage ...

Starting with the 2025-26 school year, all families in Santa Cruz County will have access to free or low-cost early learning ...

Santa Cruz is famous for its surf breaks. But for the last three years, winter storms and massive waves have eroded the road and cliffs. The reverence for waves runs so deep that it’s helping shape ...

What used to be a wave, lessened to a surge and has become a steady sizzle, at least for now. Since its arrival in 2020, public health experts have come to expect a biannual spike in COVID-19 ...

California’s coastline reads like a celebrity roster of beaches – the Malibus, Laguna Beaches, and Santa Monicas stealing the spotlight while their equally stunning cousins wait in the wings, ...

While the masses flock to Santa Monica or La Jolla like moths to an Instagram flame, this quiet gem near Pescadero remains delightfully under-visited, a pocket of coastal perfection that somehow ...

"Did the bed and breakfast idea get started in Santa Cruz in 1913?" asks columnist Ross Eric Gibson. "Beach Hill Inn was a Santa Cruz landmarks more popular with tourists." ...

Projections for a 22-mile passenger rail line through Santa Cruz County in California has placed the cost of construction at $4.3 billion, almost $200 million per mile.

Initial location: Santa Cruz County, Calif. Fire type: Wildfire Fire name: Laurel A new wildfire was reported today at 3:48 p.m. in Santa Cruz County. Laurel Fire has been burning on private land.

The California Department of Education has named the Santa Cruz County Office of Education a Gold-level honoree in the 2025 California Green Ribbon Schools recognition program.