Agriculture activists warn that planned state regulations of a pesticide used in Santa Cruz County don't protect residents ...

In Santa Cruz County, most election results are in, but two critical races — Measure Z’s soda tax and the District 2 ...

On Nov. 21, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife will assess the risk of marine entanglement in order to determine ...

A new street sweeping pilot program that threatens to tow cars violating its parking restrictions can move forward following ...

California State Sen. John Laird, reelected to a second term, faces a complex landscape as former President Donald Trump ...

Kim De Serpa maintained a narrow lead over Kristen Brown in the race for the District 2 Santa Cruz County supervisor race, 51 ...

Neither Central Fire’s Measure R nor Scotts Valley Fire District’s Measure S had reached the two-thirds of the vote required ...

Measure Q, the Santa Cruz County Water and Wildfire Protection Initiative, appears likely to pass, with the “yes” side having ...

Incumbent Jimmy Dutra is poised to win Watsonville’s District 6 city council seat over his opponent, real estate broker and ...

Friday's 4 p.m. vote update saw Carol Turley, Jessica Carrasco and Gabriel Medina continue leading for three open seats on ...

An Aptos biotech company says it has created the world’s first self-fertile nonpareil almond variety — a breakthrough that could help farmers dramatically cut costs and develop more sustainable ...

Local activists and Santa Cruz County’s civil grand jury are pressuring county officials to exercise more control over ...