Two Watsonville City Council races remained too close to call Tuesday night, while Ryan Coonerty appeared poised to capture ...

The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees will look vastly different in January, when at least three new ...

Santa Cruz teen Noah Mitnick turns grief into giving through the Ziva Mitnick Foundation and Melo, his new app connecting ...

Josie Cowden reviews Copia’s 2025 rosé over dinner at Venus Beachside in Aptos, highlighting its watermelon, raspberry and ...

The Big Whoop screens at Santa Cruz’s 418 Project Nov. 8, followed by a Q&A with Mark Fite, Dave “Gruber” Allen, Jim Turner ...

Megan Eaton’s The Perch mobile sauna brings warmth and community to Santa Cruz, with Dip & Drip gatherings at the Davenport ...

Four teenage Santa Cruz lifeguards will represent the U.S. at the Lifesaving World Championships in South Africa and are ...

Meet Jeff de Seriere, the Santa Cruz County Youth Symphony’s new music director, ahead of its Nov. 22 fall concert at UCSC.

Mark C. Anderson digs into The Hotel Bar’s double smash burger, visits Felton’s Grove Cafe and Bakery, and samples a seaweed-based drink.

After the Geisha restaurant fire, longtime coworkers Raymundo Cortes and Daniel Sanchez opened Fenixa Breakfast & Sushi in Soquel, bringing Mexican touches to both menus.

The Felton sidewalk project aims to make Highway 9 safer for students and pedestrians, with completion targeted for 2027. Cyclists still have concerns.

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 Chavez and who kept ...