Santa Cruz County Local News

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.

A groundbreaking ceremony was held on October 2 to celebrate the beginning of work to repair a 10-mile stretch of levee on the Pajaro River.

Claiming a violation of state housing laws, local developer Workbench has sued the City of Santa Cruz over restrictions on the proposed five-story development on the Food Bin parcel on Mission Street.

The state Labor Commissioner sometimes struggles to get back pay to workers when it reaches wage theft settlements. It tries social media, TV and hotlines. But money owed to employees is still sitting in state accounts.

The summer COVID surge in California may be finally abating, but people are still advised to get update vaccines in anticipation of a resurgence in the fall and winter.

The Waves of Wellness: Santa Cruz Festival will be held on October 19 in downtown Santa Cruz on Pacific Avenue, Cooper Street and Abbott square.

The Assembly approves Gov. Newsom’s bill on oil refineries on a 44-17 vote. But the state Senate will have its say during the special session.

A California minimum wage law that was delayed amid budget troubles is now set to go into effect Oct. 16. It’s expected to benefit hundreds of thousands of workers.

Meet the candidates running for the Area 2 seat on the Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees.

Meet the candidates running for seats on the Scotts Valley City Council in the November election.

Writers of Color Santa Cruz County are holding a reading of the poetry of 17 local poets at the Museum of Art and History on October 10.

California’s private nonprofit colleges will no longer be able grant students an admissions advantage if their parents donated to or went to the same college after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law this morning banning the practice.

Homeless service providers are scaling back and taking out loans as they wait for late payments from the government.

An estimated 1 in 5 schools has no air conditioning and another 10% need repair. Underfunded schools struggle to keep classrooms cool as heat waves intensify. “It’s a hot mess,” one teacher says.

A look at Margaux Morgan, running for reelection to the Capitola City Council in the November election.

Information about the 4.2-magnitude earthquake centered in Aromas.