Santa Cruz County Local News

A new bill in Congress proposes banning new offshore fossil fuel drilling along the coast from Monterey to Mendocino County, U.S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Carmel Valley, said this week. The Central Coast of California Conservation Act would prohibit new exploration, development or production leases for natural gas or oil along the Central Coast, and a portion of the North Coast.

The second annual 'Day in the Park' was held on April 26 at San Lorenzo Park.

With empty storefronts and a frenzy of building, Wallace Baine considers the future of downtown Santa Cruz.

Santa Cruz County Health Director Monica Morales has resigned, effective June 3, following news about staffing cuts at the Health Services Agency.

Santa Cruz County Superintendent of Schools Faris Sabbah has send a letter critical of the Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees following a turbulent meeting considering an ethnic studies curriculum.

A huge algae bloom is responsible for the deaths of sea lions, pelicans and whales off the California coast.

California uses Medicaid to pay for a range of nontraditional health care services, including housing. The Trump administration wants to scale back those programs.

Unions are pushing for shorter freight trains to make railways safer, but that could raise the cost of goods and delay passenger rail service. It also may not be legal.

Following CalMatters reporting, California’s Republican representatives are calling for the U.S. Department of Education and Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate how California’s community colleges are handling financial aid fraud.

A pre-application has been submitted to the City of Santa Cruz with a proposal to build an eight-story mixed-use building on the south side of Laurel Avenue.

Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz is one of several hospitals named by state health officials as charging excessive fees and may have price caps imposed as a result.

On April 21, long time Santa Cruz resident and green card holder Cliona Ward was detained by immigration agents at the San Francisco International Airport.

In an April 24 press conference. CalFire unveiled the latest addition to their fleet of firefighting aircraft, a new C-130 Hercules.

A new online urban tree canopy mapping tool for California has been released by CalFire.

You need a Real ID to fly, and the deadline to get one in California is May 7.

The California economy continues to grow, now ranking as the fourth-largest on the planet.

Builder and developer Barry Swenson, who was instrumental in the rebuilding of downtown Santa Cruz following the 1989 earthquake, has died at the age of 85.

The downtown Santa Cruz Farmers Market will be moving to a new location at Cedar Street between Walnut and Church Street on May 21.

Students living in UC Santa Cruz family housing were shocked to learn rents at the new housing facility would be $600 per month higher than they are paying now.

From higher costs to export worries, California’s agricultural and wine industries face many possible tariff effects. But some hope for opportunity.