By Katie Thompson, Tracey Weiss and Dan Haifley On June 10, the City Council will consider a ban on the sale of tobacco filters to protect the city’s watersheds, beaches and ocean. We ...

SANTA CRUZ — The American Beverage Association, alongside a group of grocers, retailers and restaurant owners, filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the city of Santa Cruz in Sacramento Superior Court, ...

Sunday in that bleak pandemic summer of 2020, the air near central California’s Big Basin Redwoods State Park felt muggy, almost tropical. Weird, thought naturalist Christian ...

With the weekend nearly here, check out Wallace Baine’s Best 9 recommendations for things to do around Santa Cruz County via ...

Santa Cruz County is calling on community members to help shape the Measure Q Vision Plan, a roadmap for investing in clean ...

The 6,000 acre Cotoni Coast Dairies, a swath of mountainous terrain with scenic woodlands, Pacific Ocean vistas and miles of ...

Santa Cruz Pride also lighting up the night sky. Landmarks throughout the city, such as the county building and town clock, ...

On the x and y graph measuring a topic’s level of impact and tedium, government budgets might occupy the upper-rightmost ...

The Monterey Bay, Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf and West Cliff Drive are visible at top as a person scampers across the outcropping above the mouth of the San Lorenzo River. The flowers blazing pink on ...

From subtle cannabis leaf motifs to more daring full-blown prints, this trend reflects a growing cultural acceptance of cannabis and its influence on art, design, and fashion. Weed-inspired ...

Several earthquakes located beneath the ocean have rattled the Northern California coastline.