Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed freezing Medi-Cal enrollment for undocumented residents ages 19 and older beginning next year, in ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants local jurisdictions to "take back the sidewalks" from homeless encampments; leaders in Santa Cruz ...

On June 7, the Santa Cruz SPCA and Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter will again join dozens of shelters across the nation for ...

Vermont-based graphic novelist Alison Bechdel releases a new illustrated comic novel titled "Spent," in which she examines ...

Faced with increasing financial aid fraud, the board of California’s community colleges is considering ways to charge ...

This Saturday, the Monterey Bay Mariachi Festival is bringing some of the region's best mariachi musicians to Cabrillo ...

As a Jewish resident of Santa Cruz for over 20 years, I never imagined local Jews would need to meet in secret just to screen a film on antisemitism. Yet that’s exactly what happened. After the first ...

In a letter to the editor, a Santa Cruz resident expresses support for a recent move by the Pajaro Valley Unified School District governing board to reinstate a contract for its ethnic studies program ...

Watsonville Fire responded to blaze on the fourth floor of the Resetar Residential Hotel on West Lake Avenue early Tuesday ...

Alexander Pedersen’s resignation from the Capitola City Council after he sparked a community backlash by buying a house in ...

… Despite a rumor that it has closed, Bittersweet Bistro is indeed open. Since online Bay Area news site SFGate posted a ...

In her weekly look at local business, Jessica M. Pasko updates a Driscoll's berry lawsuit, notes another milestone for Joby ...