City officials pass new law making it illegal

The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors unanimously appointed Undersheriff Chris Clark to take the lead role in the Sheriff’s Office.

New superintendent Patrick Sánchez has now taken the reins, seeking to turn things around and avoid more cuts at the district’s six schools. 

“Operation Sticky Fingers” involved federal, state and local agencies.

New street markings on Bay Avenue and Hill Street are part of a broader study examining all intersections on Bay from Highway 1 to Capitola Village.

Locals disagree with Crow's Nest Beach Party shutdown

A day before the new school year started, Pajaro Middle School celebrated the reopening of the campus following major flood repairs.

California Marine Sanctuary Foundation was awarded the biggest federal grant to a nongovernmental organization in the state’s history.

The 23-year-old man killed early Saturday morning in a head-on crash in Aptos has been identified as Luke Salem, a Harbor High School graduate...

Local rock icon, deejay and novelist Greg Kihn died Aug. 16 at the age of 75. He was a well-known figure in the Bay Area.

Independent station KCPR, known as Pirate Cat Radio, is back in Santa Cruz for the first time in more than a year, when the...

For the first time ever, five Santa Cruz County school districts participated in a program that takes a fresh look at the standard school lunch.