A new state report highlights the growing severity of the housing crisis in Santa Cruz County. The report reveals that a two-person household earning $127,000 per year now qualifies as low income. In ...

Santa Cruz County announced that the local tourism industry grew by 3.2% in 2024 and spending reached nearly $1.5 billion. National Travel and Tourism Week began Sunday, May 4, and continues through ...

With Visit California forecasting a 9.2% decline in international visitors over 2024 and a 0.7% drop in visits overall, Santa ...

In her weekly look at local business, Jessica M. Pasko reports that Santa Cruz County's tourism nonprofit sees some choppy ...

More than a hundred community members gathered outside the agricultural fields behind MacQuiddy Elementary School in ...

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A possible shake-up could be coming to fire services in Santa Cruz County. Local agencies are exploring ways to consolidate resources and now, a new agreement could move that plan forward.

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY — Come Sunday ... For $10, guests will receive an $8 MyBoardwalk card, commemorative bag and map to try to locate these ripple-riding lagomorphs. For each bunny found ...

Spruce Street could close to vehicles from Pacific Avenue to the San Lorenzo River levee as part of a proposed Santa Cruz Downtown expansion plan. (Stephen Baxter — Santa Cruz Local file) Building ...

Which Santa Barbara County neighborhoods are the most flammable? Last month, Cal Fire released updated fire hazard maps for Santa Barbara and the rest of the state, showing where to beware of ...

The pieces are in place to seismically shift Silicon Valley elections -- and Santa Clara County supervisors are holding all the cards. For the first time in almost a year, the Board of Supervisors ...

Below is a press release from multiple fire departments regarding Fire Hazard Severity Zone Maps. SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, CA – On March 10, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection ...