A woman who has taught poetry in Salinas Valley State Prison and Santa Cruz County jails and racked up dozens of prestigious ...

A 28-year-old man was arrested after being accused of sexually abusing a child at a home-run day care, California officials ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 1:21 p.m. in Santa Cruz County. Hwy 1 Davenport Fire has been burning on private land.

Ruiz, 28, was arrested Thursday on a felony charge of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14 and a misdemeanor charge ...

Santa Cruz Clam Chowder Cook-Off is Saturday and Sunday at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. Amateurs compete on Saturday, ...

In an attempt to flip the script on a national holiday that traditionally inspires esteem and homage, an estimated 500 Santa ...

In the months before his scheduled release, the Santa Cruz County District Attorney’s Office petitioned Santa Cruz County ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an emergency proclamation for Santa Cruz County to assist in recovering from the December 2024 ...

Some residents along the San Lorenzo River in Santa Cruz County defied the evacuation orders that have since been lifted for ...

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office placed several unincorporated low-lying areas under an evacuation warning Wednesday ...

Deputies were going door-to-door to evacuate residents along the swollen San Lorenzo River in the community of Felton in the Santa Cruz Mountains Thursday. Veronica Macias reports.

Santa Cruz County has already been gaining national attention for groundbreaking unionization efforts led by young workers, including at local Starbucks and REI locations. Now, new survey data show ...