In such a time as this, there’s work we have to do,” said Elaine Johnson, president of the Santa Cruz County NAACP branch ...

UC Santa Cruz history professor Grace Peña Delgado is writing a chronicle of the U.S.-Mexico border and in the summer, she ...

This Bronson has enduro geometry, comes with Maven brakes, and burly tires. Is this the downhillers trail bike?

It took me five minutes to decide that the Santa Cruz wasn’t a pickup truck. Yes, there’s a four-foot bed in the back that could haul a refrigerator. And the 2025 facelift adds a squared-off grille, ...

It was during the mid-2010s when Watkins, working for the County Office of Education and raising two daughters, was inspired to run for a seat on the Santa Cruz City Council. “For me ...

The early immigrants to Santa Cruz County from the east quickly realized that there was an abundance of natural resources in ...

Throughout last fall’s Measure Z soda-tax campaign, the steady message from the American Beverage Association — the ...

Notably, a rusty War War II-era bomb washed up on a beach near Santa Cruz in January. Meanwhile, U.S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta visited the scene of "significant damage" on Christmas Eve and pledged ...

The latest pummeling from the ocean that collapsed part of the Santa Cruz wharf worries city officials and some locals, who wonder how common such dangerously strong and frequent waves may become ...

A part of the Santa Cruz Wharf collapsed Monday afternoon during a high-surf warning, with authorities confirming two people had to be pulled from the water. The collapse of the municipal wharf ...

To many locals, it feels like Santa Cruz’s picturesque coast is being battered like never before. Waves from strong winter storms and a pair of tsunamis have caused millions of dollars in damage ...