Immigration authorities have arrested at least three people in Santa Cruz County over the past three months, according to ...

Santa Cruz is increasingly cracking down on people living on Coral Street at Housing Matters, and added fences forcing the ...

In Pajaro, seniors, veterans and people with disabilities can get discounted Uber rides through a program by Monterey-Salinas ...

Nurses demanded the reopening of Watsonville Hospital's NICU as the unannounced closure approaches two months with no opening ...

CEO of Watsonville-based Driscoll’s Inc., the largest berry company in the world, has stepped down after less than three ...

Santa Cruz City Council to consider competing proposals for changes to Bay Street and Escalona Drive, one of the most ...

As election season gets underway, Watsonville City Council has four seats up for grabs in the Nov. 3, 2026 general election.

After 11 months, Pajaro Valley Unified School District and the teachers union reached a tentative agreement on a new ...

Gail Michaelis-Ow outside her Santa Cruz home. The nurse practitioner helped found a Planned Parenthood clinic in Santa Cruz in 1976, and worked there until she was abruptly laid off in July. (Amaya ...

A proposal for 52 homes at 1098 38th Ave. could be constructed by May 2028. (Tyler Maldonado — Santa Cruz Local file) CAPITOLA >> A proposal for 52 below-market-rate homes beside the Santa Cruz Branch ...

Omar Dieguez plans to hunger strike for the month of September to protest the use of pesticides near schools in Pajaro Valley. (Nik Altenberg — Santa Cruz Local) Editor’s note: Find the original story ...

Julie Gill, a volunteer legal observer and school patrol coordinator with YARR, speaks to Santa Cruz Local for an interview. (Amaya Edwards — Santa Cruz Local/CatchLight Local) LIVE OAK >> On a recent ...