Santa Cruz County Local News: Business, Economy & Jobs

The Live Oak School District Board (LOSD) approved laying off at least 16 workers.

U.S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta, in collaboration with the Monterey Bay Economic Partnership, recently convened a community roundtable on the expansion of broadband and cellular service in Boulder Creek.

Santa Cruz City Schools voted to “declare its opposition” to the opening of a cannabis dispensary near Santa Cruz High School at a meeting on Feb. 28 in part of Emily’s Bakery.

Supervisors and resident cite public safety in bid to keep their copper landlines. AT&T claims that people living in rural areas where there are no other viable options will be able to keep their landlines.

The Watsonville Public House has been a dream of Watsonville Presbyterian minister Robby Olson and his wife, Jenni, when they came to Watsonville a decade ago.

Hundreds more people signed their names to a petition to save a woman-owned storefront in downtown Felton that showcases the wares of more than 50 local artists.

Capitola city staff want to spur development of the Capitola Mall by allowing taller buildings. But hundreds of required affordable homes make the project financially infeasible, a developer said this month.