Amid a housing crisis, the governor is threatening legal action against cities without a plan for new residences.

Visitors to the bluffs next to Seymour Marine Discovery Center in Santa Cruz enjoy an unobstructed view of the sparkling Pacific Ocean on a recent afternoon.

Free agent left-handed pitcher Chase Watkins, a 26-year-old Watsonville native, signed a minor league contract with the Chicago White Sox, the MLB team announced Friday.

St. Francis High junior basketball talent Robert Gomez Jr. took advantage of opponents focusing on drive-and-create wing Nash Horton in 2024-25. His senior season, with Horton graduated and competing ...

Susan True, CEO of Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County, was presented with the 2026 Al Smith Friend of Agriculture Award at the National Agriculture Day Spring Luncheon earlier this month.

Josephine Clifford wrote since 1869 chiefly for the prestigious Overland Monthly,” writes columnist Ross Eric Gibson. “She had built her own forest ranch near the end of Loma Prieta Avenue, which she ...

Livermore’s Arwen McCullough has spent most of her life playing baseball with the boys; now she and women across the world finally have a professional league of their own.

Girls track and field athletes from Santa Cruz County took first place in five events at the 53rd Avis Kelley Invitational at Gilroy High on Saturday.

SANTA CRUZ — Wednesday morning, Santa Cruz police officers, community service officers and staff from the city’s Homeless Outreach Team cleared out a large encampment of homeless people in the Harvey ...

Multiple students advocated for the amendment during their lobby sessions, including UC Santa Cruz student Evelin Chavez. She ...

Soquel High earned the women’s longboard title and Knights freshman Riviera Hunter was crowned women’s shortboard champion at the 26th High School State Championships at Oceanside South Jetty on March ...

Organizers have planned a third round of No Kings Day rallies at locations across Santa Cruz County and the Central Coast ...