Santa Cruz County Local News

U.S. Senate candidates Rep. Adam Schiff (far left) and Republican Steve Garvey (second) participate in a debate moderated by news anchor Marc Brown (far right) in Glendale on Oct. 8, 2024. Photo by Damian Dovarganes, AP Photo

California allotted half a billion dollars to help community land trusts across the state. But budget cuts and bureaucracy have land trust advocates back where they were in 2020: seeking state aid to preserve affordable housing.

Officials announce an infestation of invasive shothole borer beetles has been confirmed along Zayante Creek south of Graham Hill Road in Felton.

Information about two upcoming Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission informational meetings on October 23 and 28.

A look at the progress in repairs to West Cliff Drive in Santa Cruz.

On Aug. 31, when Gov. Gavin Newsom called a special session on gas prices, California motorists were paying $4.61 per gallon on average, $1.27 more than the national average.
On October 7, when the state Senate finally convened, prices were $4.68 in California, or $1.51 above the national average.

Learn more about a project to develop 289 units of affordable housing at Soquel Drive and 41st Avenue in Santa Cruz County.

In their October 8 meeting, the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors advanced a proposal to ban the sale of filtered cigarettes in the unincorporated parts of the county.

A report on the October 5 community workshop held by the City of Watsonville to brainstorm ideas about addressing homelessness in the city.

In their October 8 meeting, the City of Santa Cruz rejected a proposal to open up rental and ownership rules governing accessory dwelling units in the city.

How to apply rebate as part of the recent $80 million state program to electrify homes.

Santa Cruz mountains residents are able to more easily come and go thanks to a temporary road built over the slow moving Mountain Charlie Road landslide.

The Mercury News explains the Proposition 35 to renew the existing tax used to fund Medi-Cal health services.

The 41-acre Año Nuevo Vista parcel has been acquired by the Sempervirens Fund land trust providing a possible future link between Año Nuevo and Butano state parks.

Ever since Laphonza Butler took herself out of the running for U.S. Senate a year ago — just two weeks after Gov. Gavin Newsom picked her to replace the late Dianne Feinstein — she has faded into the background quite a bit.

Santa Cruz County has launched an online dashboard with which residents can track the progress of work on damaged roads in the county.

The three year project to bring treated water from the Santa Cruz Wastewater Treatment Facility to a purification facility in Live Oak for injection to recharge the groundwater aquifer has been completed.

An introduction to incumbent Jimmy Dutra and challenger Trina Coffman-Gomez who are running for the same seat on the Watsonville City Council in the November election.

An introduction to the four candidates running for seats on the Capitola City Council in the November election.

On October 1, the Watsonville Planning Commission approved a Habitat for Humanity project to develop homes on a parcel located on River Road.