SANTA CRUZ — Police are investigating last week’s shooting as collateral damage in a gang-related shootout ... were taken for treatment to an out-of-county trauma center, where they remained ...

Santa Cruz County has already been gaining national attention for groundbreaking unionization efforts led by young workers, including at local Starbucks and REI locations. Now, new survey data show ...

Among them, The Colorado, for two investigative series on prison gangs, and Kids Who Kill; and the California State Fair Award for coverage of the 1983 floods in Santa Cruz County, and an unusual ...