Three voters stand at voting booths decorated with American flags, with a large U.S. flag behind them.

Results Pending

Narrow margins in Watsonville City Council and Pajaro Valley Unified school board races leave candidates and voters waiting as election officials count remaining ballots and verify results.

Local News

Capitola Beach Closed Due to E. Coli Risk

Officials have temporarily closed Capitola Beach while investigating nine linked E. coli infections in Bay Area children.

Santa Cruz student survives mass shooting in Poland that killed six

This story was updated on Sunday, Nov. 8 at 1:40pm with a statement from Taylor Dorfmeister A 21-year-old Santa Cruz man studying abroad in Italy...

Making Waves

Four Santa Cruz County teens earned spots on the U.S. Youth National Team for the Lifesaving World Championships in South Africa. Now they’re raising money for the trip.

Safe Passage

Construction is underway on Highway 9 sidewalks linking Felton with San Lorenzo Valley schools, though cyclists remain concerned about the project’s bike lanes.

Dolores Huerta Dies

Dolores Huerta, whose name and face became synonymous with agricultural workers’ nationwide struggles for fair treatment, who co-founded United Farmworkers (UFW) union with Cesar...

Pockets of Disruption

As AI unsettles career expectations, Santa Cruz County students are reconsidering their paths. Roz Spafford explores local enrollment trends, students’ concerns and why educators emphasize subject knowledge, collaboration and learning to adapt.

High Score

From pinball to midway prizes, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History’s High Score exhibit celebrates the Boardwalk’s gaming past. Vintage machines, archival surprises and playable favorites reveal how generations found fun and connection at the arcade.

Haunting Santa Cruz

From unsettling nights at Brookdale Lodge to neighborhood ghost stories, author Aubrey Graves explores more than 100 locations in Supernatural Santa Cruz: The Ultimate Edition

Fortifying the Blue Wall

Measure D would expand Santa Cruz County’s coastal protections, giving voters a say over new onshore infrastructure supporting offshore drilling and seabed mining.

County Building Shut Down: Mysterious White Powder Found

The Santa Cruz County Governmental Center on Ocean Street in Santa Cruz was evacuated Friday morning—along with the adjacent Superior Courthouse—after a suspicious white...

Lightning Struck

Sleepbomb brings a live psychedelic and post-doom score to the 1931 Frankenstein at the Rio Theatre, inviting fresh sympathy for its misunderstood creature.

Monster Mash

UCSC’s Festival of Monsters returns Oct. 14–18 with horror scholarship, authors, comics and free public events exploring the language of monstrosity.
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