City leaders want residents to be smarter with electric bikes. Santa Cruz City Council approved age restrictions and fines for e-bikes ...

Developer Workbench sued the County of Santa Cruz over its Paul Sweet Road project, meanwhile Live Oak residents sued over 841 Capitola Road.

Santa Cruz Local’s Spanish-language news platform covering Watsonville and the Pajaro Valley, Noticias Watsonville, engages ...

Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors poised to cancel contract with embattled nonprofit Mental Health Client Action Network ...

Roughly 150 Pajaro Valley Unified School District workers are being cut to balance the district’s ailing budget, serving pink slips to staff ...

Santa Cruz County leaders are seeking state approval to allow a half-cent sales tax to come before voters as early as November.

Supporters of Santa Cruz Metro are pursuing a half-cent countywide sales tax for the November ballot to avoid service cuts ...

Santa Cruz Planning Commission drafted a guide for developers to build more interesting buildings in exchange for a speedy ...

To address an ongoing financial crisis, Pajaro Valley Unified School District could start closing schools as early as 2027 ...

As news broke that César Chávez was accused of sexual abuse, the fallout has been swift. What do you think accountability ...