With her late husband, Rowland Rebele, who died in late 2023, Pat Rebele donated tens of millions of dollars to local charities, nonprofits, arts groups and scholarship funds in Santa Cruz County and ...

The City of Watsonville’s ban on oversized vehicles parking on public streets citywide goes into effect on Friday. City ...

South Highway 9 at Lorenzo Avenue in Ben Lomond has one-way traffic because of emergency work. This closure is scheduled to ...

The 14th annual Watsonville Film Festival kicks off Thursday evening and runs through March 21, showing more than 50 films by both award-winning directors and local filmmakers. The theme this year is ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said there was no imminent threat to the state despite a warning from the FBI that Iran could send drones to the West Coast in retaliation for war.

One year after she was attacked near her home close to Wilder Ranch, Amanda Timoney has lost faith in the justice system. Repeated judicial leniency toward her attacker has left her frustrated and ...

Santa Cruz Fire Station 61 held a “push-in” ceremony Wednesday to celebrate its newest vehicle, a compact and highly maneuverable four-wheel-drive wildland engine designed for responding quickly to ...

UC Santa Cruz faculty are urging campus administrators to pause planned parking fee increases and conduct a formal review after saying they were not consulted before the changes were announced. During ...

In a letter to the editor following the entry of Community Bridges' marketing and communications director, Tony Nuñez, into the race for District 4 county supervisor, the nonprofit's CEO writes that ...

The legal battle has escalated between two companies vying to provide ride-hailing electric helicopters. Archer Aviation has ...

The candidate field for the June primary is nearly set, now that all filing deadlines for offices up for election have passed (except for the Santa Cruz mayor’s race, which closes on Wednesday).

With the weekend nearly here, check out things to do around Santa Cruz County with a recommendation from Lily Belli and a specially curated list from Lookout's BOLO events calendar.