Santa Cruz County Local News: Elections & Politics

Efforts focus on plant-based psychedelics, leaving the synthetic drug LSD aside.

Santa Cruz legislator John Laird authored the bill to let public boards operate under pandemic-era rules.

About 80 percent of Black women said mistreatment due to race was a top concern.

Feud between the “blue” and “red” governors has been broiling for over a year.

Cabrillo College’s name will remain “at this time,” following the Board of Trustees’ 6-1 vote on a recommendation to defer selecting a new name.

Just one person showed up to discuss whether to put a tax hike on the ballot to pay for education expenses—and she was on the committee that developed the plan.

Santa Cruz Supervisor Zach Friend announced that he will not seek a fourth term on the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors.

As the father of a blended family, Christopher Bradford knows how to bring people together.

Scotts Valley Unified School District will host a public hearing Wednesday to discuss a parcel tax that would raise revenue for student programs and teacher salaries.

Climate change deniers make plenty of arguments against the scientific consensus. Do they have a point?

The roots of the climate denial movement go all the way back to the Cold War.