Cal Fire CZU said rescue crews in Santa Cruz County saved several people who could not get back to shore on Monday. Around 2:17 p.m., first responders in Santa Cruz County were notified about ...

Facing declining enrollment, budget deficits and community backlash, Pajaro Valley Unified superintendent Heather Contreras points to some of her successes in stabilizing Santa Cruz County's largest ...

LOS GATOS — Santa Clara County authorities have shared the identities and causes of death of the two men that were found last week in an abandoned pickup truck in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

SANTA CRUZ — When the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors agreed to ban the sale of filtered cigarettes late last year, it was the most significant policy win for a movement that had roots ...

The Breakthrough Prize Foundation, established by Silicon Valley luminaries including the tech icons behind Google and Facebook, named UC Santa Cruz astrophysicist Rebecca Jensen-Clem and former ...

James R. (Jim) Baker died March 27, 2025 at home in Santa Cruz, He was 96 years old. Jim was born in Burlington, Iowa on January 17, 1929 to Russell E. and Helen B. (Dehn) Baker. The family moved ...

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) -- Construction is set to begin in early April on a new bridge housing facility located at 2202 Soquel Avenue. The Santa Cruz County project aims to provide 32 beds ...

WHO MURDERED THEM.. ORIGINALLY RULED SUSPICIOUS.. THE BODIES OF TWO MEN FOUND IN THE BACK OF THIS PICKUP TRUCK IN THE SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS.. NOW BEING RULED A HOMICIDE BY CHP INVESTIGATORS WHO ...

SANTA CRUZ — A large northwest swell capsized a boat heading out of Santa Cruz Harbor Thursday evening. Through a multi-agency response, the boat’s operator was rescued, and the vessel ...

Visitors and locals traveling along the Santa Cruz coast can expect snarled traffic and detours until at least 2028 as the city completes a seismic retrofit on the Murray Street Bridge.