The Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury is publishing its first report of the year with an emphasis on addressing climate ...

In the 1830s, the property became a Mexican land grant, and then was purchased by James P. Sargent, a New Hampshire native ...

SAN JOSE — A big San Jose hotel has been put up for sale by a real estate company that had halted payments on the loan for ...

Santa Cruz, Watsonville, Scotts Valley and Capitola all face mounting budget pressures, with several cities predicting budget ...

Santa Cruz County’s 2025 to 2026 budget hearings, where the Board of Supervisors will weigh funding options for its various agencies and departments in the coming fiscal year, will kick off next week ...

A Bay Area man will spend 150 years to life in prison for a crime spree across Monterey County in 2023, according to Monterey ...

A draft budget for the City of Santa Cruz increases city staff and avoids cuts, but city staff foresee long-term financial ...

Four out of five of California’s most-destructive wildfires, and nine of the 10 largest, have occurred since 2017.

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SANTA CRUZ — Santa Cruz County Supervisor Justin Cummings’ tenure on the powerful California Coastal Commission will be short-lived after California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas selected a leader ...

The Philadelphia Zoo's famous Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises ... putting Mommy on the map as the oldest, first-time mom of her species. The baby boom might not be over yet.

The approximately 4-acre arena is planned to be built on property between Front Street ... current downtown,” said Greensite. Housing Santa Cruz County Executive Director Elaine Johnson said ...