A 90-unit, below-market-rate apartment complex is proposed at 525 Water St., Santa Cruz. (Hochhauser Blatter Associates)
SANTA CRUZ >> Neighbors on Wednesday night got a first glimpse at new designs for a five-story affordable housing complex proposed at a former …
A Minto Road apple orchard across from a Pacific Gas & Electric Co. substation has been proposed for a 14-acre lithium battery storage facility. (Nik Altenberg — Santa Cruz Local)
WATSONVILLE >> In the wake of the Moss Landing battery …
A proposed housing complex at 831 Almar Ave. would have 144 units. A four-story building shown is now proposed to be two stories. (Workbench)
SANTA CRUZ >> Details of a proposed 144-unit apartment complex at 831 Almar Ave. in Santa …
The 32-mile Santa Cruz Branch Rail Line passes Buena Vista Drive and San Andreas Road near Watsonville. (Nik Altenberg — Santa Cruz Local file)
WATSONVILLE >> Some members of the Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission on Thursday balked at …
A Social Security Administration office stands at 169 Walnut Ave. in Santa Cruz. (Stephen Baxter — Santa Cruz Local)
SANTA CRUZ >> U.S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Santa Cruz, on Tuesday described a “reckless overhaul” of the Social Security Administration since …
A 144-unit apartment complex is proposed near Almar Avenue and the railroad tracks on Santa Cruz’s Westside. (Stephen Baxter — Santa Cruz Local file)
Santa Cruz Planning Commission meeting
A 2022 rendering shows a version of Segment 11 of the rail trail on Cliff Drive in Capitola. (Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission)
Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission meeting
Capitola city leaders plan to ask residents whether a restaurant and other buildings should be rebuilt on the Capitola Wharf. (Stephen Baxter — Santa Cruz Local file)
CAPITOLA >> More than two years after the Capitola Wharf buckled under heavy …
Meredith McPherson, a Santa Cruz-based U.S. Geological Survey geographer at right, was researching reefs and coral decline when she was fired in February as part of recent federal layoffs. She stands with her family at a March 7 Stand Up …
Santa Cruz County Supervisors in February. (Marcello Hutchinson-Trujillo — Santa Cruz Local file)
SANTA CRUZ >> Santa Cruz County Supervisors on Tuesday advanced rules to allow marijuana use in cannabis businesses outside the county’s four cities. The move would promote …
The Circle Church was demolished in April 2024, and its 1.62-acre lot remains vacant this week as city staff await design permit applications. (Stephen Baxter — Santa Cruz Local)
SANTA CRUZ >> Nearly five years since the Santa Cruz City …
A March 11 public meeting will answer residents’ questions on the Santa Cruz harbor bridge project, slated from March 2025 to January 2028. (City of Santa Cruz)
Harbor bridge construction and traffic meeting
