Photos contributed by Steve Kuehl A gleaming new Type 6 engine is ready to be put into service on Wednesday at the downtown Santa Cruz Fire station. Type 6 engines are a compact, highly ...

A group of elementary and middle school math enthusiasts will host a Pi Day fundraiser benefiting the Homeless Garden Project Saturday. The fundraiser is being organized by four ...

Santa Cruz City Council on March 10 will consider changing the city’s development rules to allow taller buildings for temporary housing ...

The candidate field for the June primary is nearly set, now that all filing deadlines for offices up for election have passed (except for the Santa Cruz mayor’s race, which closes on Wednesday).

Surfers, scientists and city officials agree Santa Cruz beaches have lost a lot of sand. Some worry it could change surf ...

At its meeting Tuesday, the county Board of Supervisors will consider a new ordinance that would prohibit the use of ...

The historic Santa Cruz Wharf, damaged by powerful winter storms in 2024, will get $3.15 million in federal funds for rehabilitation. Up to 300 feet of The storm-damaged Santa Cruz Wharf will receive ...

With her late husband, Rowland Rebele, who died in late 2023, Pat Rebele donated tens of millions of dollars to local charities, nonprofits, arts groups and scholarship funds in Santa Cruz County and ...

A mother sea otter float with a fuzzy baby sea otter on her chest. - Clinton Harris/Getty Images Once a year, Santa Cruz, California, welcomes a brand new batch of baby sea otters born in the deep ...

From natural stone arches to wildlife refuges with floating walkways and local art and marine centers, these San Diego ...

UC Santa Cruz sophomore Samantha Shaw tied for fifth place with a 3-over-par 145 total, and the Banana Slugs’ women’s golf team took seventh out of nine teams at the Westbrook Village Invitational in ...