Nature lovers who enjoy hiking with a dose of history should head to the redwood trees in the Santa Cruz Mountains south of Los Gatos.

In 1887, the land became a playground for the rich. James L. Flood, who built San Francisco's Flood Building at Market and Powell streets, was among those who owned the Los Gatos estate, which boasted ...

You don’t have to drive hours to go camping if you live in the South Bay. We’ve rounded up a selection of beautiful campsites within a short distance of San José.

Portola Valley’s Scouting America troops 64 and 4064 recognized five scouts — Luke Zamboldi, Jenny Richter, Ellie Axelrad, ...

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

Fog shrouded trees along Pelton Avenue in Santa Cruz Thursday morning as visitors to Lighthouse Field in Santa Cruz make their way through swaths of flowering wild radish and other plants.

A new wildfire was reported today at 5:48 p.m. in Santa Cruz County. Trees Fire has been burning on private land. There is ...

By Tony Elliot  On April 2, the City of Santa Cruz received deeply disappointing news: the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) terminated a $1 million federal grant awarded to our Parks and ...

Greenway founder and rail trail opponent Bud Colligan made incorrect claims in a March op-ed, asserts Matt Farrell, board chair of Santa Cruz County Friends of the Rail and Trail. Farrell explains how ...