Local leaders are advocating for the state to adopt a standardized child care safety plan for parents vulnerable to ...

Santa Cruz County Sheriff Chris Clark sat down with Santa Cruz Local on Dec. 3 to discuss his first year in office.

A new co-housing development is planned for a 13.6-acre plot just north of the City of Santa Cruz. Organizers are seeking ...

Santa Cruz-based Mental Health Client Action Network has no staff and no board of directors, and its future is unclear.

Pajaro Valley Unified School District staff will rally before a vote by district leaders that could cut dozens of staff ...

Yan Flower’s lunch special is a Downtown Santa Cruz favorite for in-the-know locals on a budget. (Nik Altenberg — Santa Cruz Local) SANTA CRUZ COUNTY >> Is it possible to eat out for under $10 – ...

SANTA CRUZ >> A group of veterans are alleging that as many as half of Santa Cruz County’s 7,500 veterans are not receiving the full benefits they’re entitled to. They say that the county’s Veterans ...

Regional Transportation Commissioners narrowly approved an “interim trail” design for a six-mile segment of the 32-mile Coastal Rail Trail through Live Oak, Capitola and Aptos on Dec. 4. (Nik ...

Update: The Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission on Thursday voted to pursue the interim trail built on top of the train tracks. Full story to come Friday. SANTA CRUZ >> As the Santa ...

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Un cartel fuera de la Oficina de Educación del Condado en la calle Encinal, en Santa Cruz, anuncia el Plan de Seguridad para el Cuidado Infantil. (Dave Ordoñez — Santa Cruz Local) SANTA CRUZ >> ...

Seven miles of the planned 32-mile rail trail were largely funded by a grant from the California Transportation Commission. But cost estimates have since soared, and the project now has a ...