Santa Cruz County eyes a short-term residential treatment center for those with severe mental health to keep kids closer to ...

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

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

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 ...

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) ...

SANTA CRUZ >> One of the most dangerous intersections in Santa Cruz could soon get a redesign. Tuesday, the Santa Cruz City Council is set to consider two competing visions for changes to Bay Street ...

1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25 at 809 Center St., Santa Cruz, online and by phone at 833-548-0276, meeting ID 946 8440 1344. To comment, email [email protected]. The meeting will be streamed on the city’s ...

Races on the Nov. 3 ballot include city council seats in Capitola, Scotts Valley and Watsonville. (Amaya Edwards — Santa Cruz Local file/CatchLight Local) SANTA CRUZ COUNTY>> As Election Day on Nov. 3 ...