SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — The development of an eight-story building in downtown Santa Cruz is one step closer to construction. Thursday night, the Santa Cruz Planning Commission unanimously voted to ...

The 2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz has a rugged-looking new XRT trim package. AWD is standard for the Santa Cruz pickup and its 48.4-inch long bed. I'm sharing my impressions of vehicles after living ...

Visitors walk toward the end of the Santa Cruz Wharf in Santa Cruz, Calif., on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) Originally Published: May 24, 2025 at 4:00 AM PDT ...

Santa Cruz County authorities have identified the body that washed up on Its Beach last week and confirmed it is the same individual that went missing after cliff jumping in the area a few days prior.

A Santa Cruz County resident was detained at SFO and sent to an ICE detention center in Washington state before being released after a weekslong legal battle to halt her deportation.

A new so-called “soda tax” that was approved by voters in the city of Santa Cruz went into effect on Thursday, the first tax of its kind to be passed in California since a ban was signed by ...

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. The ...

Santa Cruz initiated a coastal infrastructure closure due to dangerously high surf and severe storm impacts. Officials said the city is still reeling from damage caused by previous storms.

A magnitude-6.2 earthquake struck the Pacific Ocean south of La Paz Department, El Salvador, on January 5, 2025, at approximately 11:18 a.m. The epicenter was located 29 km southwest of Playa ...

Santa Cruz city officials are keeping climate change in mind as they plan repairs to the Santa Cruz Wharf after pounding surf collapsed a section of the popular tourist attraction.