By Jon Chown The Soquel Creek Water District Board of Directors reviewed a proposal at their Oct. 6 meeting to sell up to 550 acre-feet of water a year to the ...

Nine bats tested positive for rabies in Santa Cruz County through Sept. 25, compared with three during all of 2025, prompting ...

SANTA CRUZ — The 2025-26 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury has found that the county’s elections are conducted with complete integrity and without fraud, but recommended more public education about ...

There’s a lot of spooky homes around this Halloween, but we felt the decorations at 521 Cedar Street in Aptos really stood ...

Calles Libres will turn streets around Callaghan Park and Brennan Street into a car-free space for a free Día de los Muertos ...

By Ashley Johnson, 11th-grade student at Aptos High Are you ready for the thrill of a lifetime? Well, come on down to Aptos ...

WATSONVILLE — Calling all clubs, organizations and local groups! The Fairgrounds Foundation and Ag History Project are now accepting applications for Community Displays for Sparky’s Holiday Lights!

Sparky’s Holiday Lights, the annual holiday event at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds, is looking for creative Santa Cruz ...

Cabrillo College has become the first California community college to award college credit for Wine & Spirit Education Trust ...

More than 1,200 graduating high school seniors across Pajaro Valley Unified School District (PVUSD) are one step closer to ...

The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors reviewed a proposed long-range strategic plan May 19 that calls for building more than 2,500 housing units, cutting traffic deaths, expanding mental health ...

The Santa Cruz Police Department has designated a Safety Enhancement Zone for the entire city of Santa Cruz for Halloween ...