Under the threat of a potential tsunami hitting the Monterey Bay following a powerful, 8.8-magnitude earthquake off the coast ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 3:21 p.m. in Santa Cruz County, California. Sage Fire has been burning on private land. At this time, the containment status is unknown and the cause of the fire ...

Local investigators believe they have found the body of an at-risk Watsonville teen that had been missing since last week.

A few key aspects of the commission's concept report were updated as development progressed in recent weeks, including the ...

Santa Cruz County’s Housing for Heath Division is in the last six months of a three-year framework outlining efforts to reduce 1,405 recorded households experiencing homelessness by about 25% ...

SANTA CRUZ — With powerful wind gusts reaching speeds up to 80 mph in the mountains Tuesday, and soil saturated from weeks of seemingly perpetual rainfall, trees fell all over Santa Cruz County ...

Santa Cruz County is expected to lose 8,126 students – from 38,025 students in the 2022-23 school year to 29,899 students by 2032-33, according to Lookout Santa Cruz. Enrollment declines are already ...

Following the Santa Cruz City Council's summer break, and before its first regularly scheduled meeting on Aug. 12, the ...

The Harley-Davidson riders were wearing helmets, according to the CHP. The driver of the Tesla was wearing a seatbelt.

When the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors agreed to ban the sale of filtered cigarettes late last year, it was the most significant policy win for a movement that had roots dating back more ...