UC Santa Cruz tree worker Isaac Estrada works high above McLaughlin Drive next to the Core West Parking Structure as the UCSC ...

In July, the Santa Cruz community pauses to remember and celebrate the life of a visionary whose impact continues to ripple ...

U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren is one of a dozen California representatives to Congress who criticized Trump’s budget request for the ...

Senate Bill 436 failed to advance out of the Assembly Judiciary Committee last week. It was the latest example of progressive ...

Among the report’s central findings are that there are 2.28 million immigrants in California without protected legal status ...

As destructive wildfires have ravaged California over the past decade, the insurance industry has dropped hundreds of thousands of homeowners statewide, raised their premiums, and, in some cases, ...

Hundreds of community members, from near and far, lined Scotts Valley Drive on a sunny Friday morning to watch the city’s ...

Santa Cruz’s Isla Hardy and Kirra Huntress made two Open finals at the 2025 National Scholastic Surfing Association National ...

Independence Day occurred as this imperfect union, publicly declared on July 4, 1776, faces an existential threat. President Donald Trump daily amasses more authoritarian control, unchecked by the ...

Backup beepers beeping from heavy equipment — dump trucks and steamrollers and tractors of various sizes and blades and scoops — city workers in phosphorescent lime-green vests and sun-protective ...

The utility company has received over 10,000 reports of scams targeting residential and business customers, with nearly 200 ...

A surfer spends a moment of calm amongst the top of the kelp forest while paddling out near Steamer Lane in Santa Cruz this ...