Amid statewide changes, local tribal leaders are worried Indigenous artifacts and remains could be threatened by a ...

Initial location: Santa Cruz County, Calif. A new wildfire was reported today at 11:38 p.m. in Santa Cruz County, California.

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

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

Since its arrival in 2020, public health experts have come to expect a biannual spike in COVID-19 infections during summer and winter months. But while cases in Santa Cruz County are higher than she’d ...

Wastewater modeling indicates COVID rates have been elevated but basically steady since May, Hernandez said. The county’s “reproductive number,” a modeling metric used to gauge the level of COVID ...

Santa Cruz, California, remains the most expensive U.S. rental market, requiring an income exceeding $168,000 for a two-bedroom. The hourly wage needed has surged nearly 30% since 2023, reaching ...

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

Friends and former colleagues of Santa Cruz Sentinel reporter Jessica York construct a tribute table Saturday morning along a ...

Each July, communities across California celebrate Parks Make Life Better month — and here in Santa Cruz County, that message ...

Federal cuts to Medicaid could upend Watsonville Community Hospital's progress towards financial stability and leave ...

Santa Cruz County officials on June 11 cut the ribbon on the first new park to open in South County’s unincorporated region ...