In California, high school seniors are required to take a semester of U.S. government to learn about the different facets of American politics, from the national to the local levels. Every year, the ...

By Kevin Norton You’ve felt it — that unmistakable joy of strolling through a cobblestone plaza in France, a lively piazza in Italy, or a car-free street in Mexico. There, life happens in public: ...

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

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

The parade featured 91 entries, including various city and county departments, local organizations, businesses and schools, ...

When the Pajaro Valley Unified School District bestowed its first California State Seal of Civic Engagement honors in 2023, it did so in a small ceremony during a school board meeting with only three ...

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KGO) -- A driver suffered major injuries after she rear-ended a school bus and crashed into a tree Monday morning on Highway 17 in Santa Cruz County, according to the ...

he became the first Santa Cruz County public official to serve on the commission since 2012. “At a time when our coast is really coming under attack, having people on (the commission) who have had ...

he became the first Santa Cruz County public official to serve on the commission since 2012. “At a time when our coast is really coming under attack, having people on (the commission ...

Read more on our AI policy here. A new wildfire was reported today at 3:48 p.m. in Santa Cruz County. Laurel Fire has been burning on private land. At this time, there is no data on the ...

FROM CITY TO COUNTY ... official involved in the effort. Housing officials have spent the last two years working on this measure, with involvement from city and county leaders. "As we all know ...

Santa Cruz County’s direct influence on the California Coastal Commission ... he holds a doctorate in ecology and evolutionary biology — as well as an elected official in a primarily coastal region, ...