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

Mayor Fred Keeley is the first four-year mayor of the city of. In the spirit of collaboration, Mayor Keeley will be sharing the monthly Mayor’s Message column with the ...

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

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

Using U.S. Census Bureau data from 2018 to 2022, UC Santa Cruz researchers published a report detailing the challenges and ...

Just over 9,000 monarchs were counted in California last winter, the second lowest ever since the annual count began in 1997 ...

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

A homeless encampment sweep along Coral Street in Santa Cruz last week was pre-planned, said a city spokesperson, and resulted in several arrests. Two homeless advocacy and mutual aid groups expressed ...

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

Santa Ana winds can occur when the pressure gradient caused by a high-pressure region over the Rockies, in combination with friction, forces air from the mountainous West down the San Gabriel ...