The Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History will offer free admission to its newest exhibit during a First Friday event Oct. 4. (Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History)
SANTA CRUZ >> This Friday, Oct. 4, businesses across Santa Cruz will …
A proposed development on Graham Hill Road would include 117 single-family homes and 44 townhomes. (Fletemeyer & Lee Associates Inc.)
SANTA CRUZ >> Forty acres of horse pasture on Graham Hill Road near Rollingwoods Drive could be transformed into a …
Residents at the UC-owned, 168-unit Hilltop Apartments on Western Drive in Santa Cruz described problems with rats, delayed maintenance and unexplained charges. (Nik Altenberg — Santa Cruz Local)
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A tent camp floods at the benchlands of San Lorenzo Park in Santa Cruz in December 2021. (Stephen Baxter — Santa Cruz Local file)
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Measure T asks voters to help fund more firefighters and equipment upgrades in the Zayante Fire Protection District. (Allison Gasparini — Santa Cruz Local file)
ZAYANTE >> Zayante Fire leaders want to bring back more full-time staff and replace aging …
Santa Cruz County supervisors plan to discuss how to spend new sales tax revenue on Tuesday. (Marcello Hutchinson-Trujillo — Santa Cruz Local file)
Santa Cruz County Supervisors meeting
In a civil trial Tuesday, a jury found Watsonville City Councilmember Jimmy Dutra liable in a sexual assault of a 12-year-old boy in 2005. (Marcello Hutchinson-Trujillo Santa Cruz Local file)
SANTA CRUZ >> Watsonville City Councilmember Jimmy Dutra was found …
The Scotts Valley City Council on Sept. 18 plans to consider four proposed designs to upgrade parts of Scotts Valley Drive. (Marcello Hutchinson-Trujillo — Santa Cruz Local file)
Meeting: 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18
Work continues on West Cliff Drive. (Stephen Baxter — Santa Cruz Local file)
SANTA CRUZ >> Sept 26, Santa Cruz city leaders and Farallon Strategies consultants will hold the first of three meetings this fall to discuss short- and long-term …
A lawsuit alleges that Watsonville City Councilmember Jimmy Dutra sexually assaulted a 12-year-old boy in 2005. (Marcello Hutchinson-Trujillo — Santa Cruz Local)
SANTA CRUZ >> In closing arguments Friday, an attorney for Watsonville resident Stephen Siefke urged jurors to find …
Algunos residentes de Pajaro hablaron con la Junta de Supervisores del Condado de Monterey el martes, en relación al proyecto de vivienda presentado por el urbanizador Anthony Nicola. (Fidel M. Soto — Noticias Watsonville)
SALINAS >> El martes la Junta …
Eighty apartments are proposed at a vacant lot at Soquel Avenue and Cayuga Street in Santa Cruz. (Workbench)
Meeting: 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 16
The California Coastal Commission is set to decide whether a planned hotel at Front and Laurel streets in Santa Cruz will include some lower-cost rooms. (BCV Architecture + Interiors)
Meeting: 9 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 12
Un terreno al final de la calle Gonda es el sitio donde se propone construir un complejo de viviendas para 248 campesinos temporales. Al lado del sitio es un proyecto construido recientemente con vivienda para 360 campesinos temporales. (Fidel M. …
Measure U on the Nov. 5 ballot measure would repeal a recent charge in San Lorenzo Valley Water District and cap some future increases. Repairs recently began on a pipeline near Ben Lomond to a water treatment plant that was …
A housing project at 2838 Park Ave. in Soquel is supposed to finish in early 2025. (Tyler Maldonado — Santa Cruz Local file)
SOQUEL >> Construction appeared to stall for several weeks this summer at a 36-unit permanent supportive housing …
Una vista del centro de Watsonville. (Stephen Baxter — Santa Cruz Local)
WATSONVILLE >> Cada mes Noticias Watsonville publica eventos locales con el fin de servirles mejor. Este mes de septiembre, hay eventos programados cerca del Valle de Pajaro incluyendo …
County boards and commissions help advise the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors. (Marcello Hutchinson-Trujillo — Santa Cruz Local file)
SANTA CRUZ >> Have ideas to improve Santa Cruz County? Residents can now apply to have a direct line to …
A five-building housing complex is proposed at Thurber Lane and Soquel Drive. (Jesse Kathan — Santa Cruz Local file)
Many Live Oak residents have objected to a proposed affordable housing development on Soquel Drive and Thurber Lane with concerns that …
Attorneys for the UC Regents, the City of Santa Cruz and the County of Santa Cruz enter a Santa Cruz County Superior Court hearing about UCSC’s 2021 Long Range Development Plan on June 13. (Nik Altenberg — Santa Cruz Local) …
