Santa Cruz County eyes a short-term residential treatment center for those with severe mental health to keep kids closer to ...
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 ...
Nurses demanded the reopening of Watsonville Hospital's NICU as the unannounced closure approaches two months with no opening ...
In Pajaro, seniors, veterans and people with disabilities can get discounted Uber rides through a program by Monterey-Salinas ...
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 ...
A Driscoll’s employee asked Santa Cruz Local to leave the company’s Watsonville offices after being buzzed in, apparently by mistake, on Sept. 2, 2025. (Nik Altenberg — Santa Cruz Local file) ...
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 ...
Adela Naranjo Bernabe holds a sewn banner that reads ‘No Pesticides’ alongside two hosts and three other winners of the annual Queen of the Patch pin up contest at the Watsonville Strawberry Festival ...
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 ...
Nurses and their supporters hold an informational picket at Dominican Hospital on June 30. (Amaya Edwards — Santa Cruz Local/CatchLight Local) LIVE OAK >> Dominican Hospital nurses rallied in front of ...