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Jack O’Neill believed every child should have the chance to experience the ocean. Land-use attorney Monica Hammer, who sits on the planning commission for the City of Santa Cruz and the board of ...

At 77, longtime Santa Cruz swim coach Joel Wilson just set a masters world record at the 2026 U.S. Masters Swimming Summer Nationals in Sacramento — the newest milestone in a career that stretches ...

Ken Kesey's psychedelic bus, Furthur, is the centerpiece of an exhibition celebrating the legacy of the Grateful Dead that ...

A traffic hazard was reported at Laguna Road and Highway 1 in the Bonny Doon/Davenport area at 5:48 a.m. today. Items were ...

The Watsonville Police Department is receiving a $22,285 federal grant that will help fund the department’s ongoing efforts ...

A person was arrested for trespassing on private property near Corralitos Creek. The incident happened near the 100 Bbock of Airport Boulevard, Watsonville. It occurred at 8 a.m. on Sept. 2. The ...

A temporary injunction bars the Environmental Protection Agency from requiring congressional approval of a decades-old exemption allowing California to set its own clean-vehicle standards.

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With the long weekend nearly here, check out things to do around Santa Cruz County, with a recommendation from Lily Belli and ...

The Trump administration's latest savlo in its efforts to get more crude flowing through the Golden State is a federal review ...

Pajaro Middle School teachers say they're relieved that Principal Nicole Killian is moving to a district office role. In May, they gave the district superintendent a vote of no confidence and demanded ...