Santa Cruz County Local News

California wants to protect witnesses in workplace investigations from deportation, but the Biden administration program for undocumented employees is at risk with Donald Trump’s return to the White House.

Official election results from the Santa Cruz County elections department.

President-elect Donald Trump campaigned on implementing a sweeping border crackdown and undertaking the largest-scale deportation effort in history. If carried out, his proposed initiatives will have profound consequences in California, which shares a 140-mile border with Mexico.

Experts don’t know how much gas prices may rise from the revised California climate program, which tightens standards and gives incentives for low-carbon fuels. The board ordered an annual review of the cost impacts.

Click to find out why two University of California unions are striking on November 20 and 21, and how this will impact UCSC.

In their November 4 meeting, the Cabrillo College Board of Trustees selected a developer for a massive 624-bed on-campus housing project. Read on to learn more about the project and the partnership with UCSC.

Learn more about the work being done on the Highway 1 Fishhook which will require an overnight closure on November 14.

A mixed-use five-story development proposed for a parcel on Water Street in Santa Cruz will be the subject of an online community meeting scheduled for November 20. Read on for details about the project and how you can give your input.

California’s Senate will reach gender parity, but depending on the outcome of some close contests, that could extend to the whole Legislature.

Newsom wants the new Legislature to ‘protect’ California from Donald Trump on civil rights, reproductive freedom, climate action, and immigrant families. The session will start Dec. 2.

A lot is at stake with the new Trump administration: California’s water projects, its unique authority to clean its air, federal support for offshore wind and disaster aid for wildfires.

With more than 65,000 residents relying on their services, Second Harvest Food Bank enters the holiday season in urgent need of donations.

Click to learn more about how your mail-in ballot is processed by the elections department.

Learn more about how the just-passed $10 billion climate bond measure will fund resiliency projects across the state.

The Peninsula Open Space Trust this week announced the purchase of over 1,300 acres of land on the southeast edge of Santa Cruz County, southwest of Gilroy.  

In honor of local veterans, Santa Cruz County is participating in the annual Operation Green Lights by illuminating the main administration building at 701 Ocean Street with green lights through Veteran's Day November 11.

Learn more about the annual fundraising day on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, this year falling on December 3.

A forty-acre site on Graham Hill Road is being proposed for development of 161 homes to include 20% affordable units to fall under the so-called "builders remedy."

Jondi Gumz summarizes the surge in affordable housing development on Soquel Drive.

The invasive Aedes aegypti mosquitos have been detected in more areas of Santa Clara County, prompting officials to hold meetings to discuss their response to the threat posed by the species.