A pound of fentanyl has the potential to kill at least 226,796 people. Just 2 milligrams is considered a lethal amount ...

Santa Cruz County officials say the worst rain hit Tuesday evening, but crews were well-prepared. Crews have been working to ...

Fire victims’ experiences, and damning grand jury findings, depict a county government unprepared to meet the needs of ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 10:38 a.m. in Santa Cruz County. The wildfire has been burning on private land.

A House Judiciary subcommittee met Thursday to discuss fires in California and whether the state’s forest and land management ...

Multiple piers have come and gone along the Santa Cruz coast, and in the last two columns I have slowly meandered south from ...

A Mobile Crisis Response Team now offers 24-hour, non-police response to mental health crises in Santa Cruz County by calling ...

Read about what Santa Cruz County health officials want you to know about bird flu in the county and how to keep safe.

An atmospheric river is forecast to bring steady rain to Northern California from Friday through next Thursday, with Santa ...

Twelve jurors will soon decide the fate of Adrian Jerry “AJ” Gonzalez. When he was 15 years old, Gonzalez sexually assaulted ...

The Santa Cruz County Office of Education has announced the results of the 2025 Santa Cruz County Spelling Bee, which took ...