Lookout and nonprofit, nonpartisan news outlet CalMatters hosted an event Wednesday at Bookshop Santa Cruz to help educate ...

Today marks the 35th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake. Most remember it for the damage it caused, but it was also the catalyst for the Castro Adobe’s journey to become a state historic park.

Proposition 5, which would lower the threshold for public approval of affordable housing and infrastructure to 55% in California makes sense, writes Elaine Johnson, executive director of Housing Santa ...

Today marks the 35th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake. Most remember it for the damage it caused, but it was also the catalyst for the Castro Adobe’s journey to become a state historic park.

The country’s largest area designated for solar energy, Desert Center shows how sprawls of photovoltaic panels affect ...

Proposition 36 pledges to send more people convicted of drug possession to treatment instead of prison. Behavioral health ...

In Santa Cruz County business news this week, Jessica M. Pasko reports on the legacy of successful food and other small ...

New Leaf Community Markets will open a new, larger grocery store on 41st Avenue in the King’s Plaza Shopping Center in Capitola on Nov. 9. The old location in the nearby Begonia Plaza will close Nov.

Proposition 36 pledges to send more people convicted of drug possession to treatment instead of prison. Behavioral health directors say that’s easier said than done with workforce shortages across ...

The Santa Cruz County housing market saw slightly less activity than usual in the early fall months, but real estate agents ...

The country’s largest area designated for solar energy, Desert Center shows how sprawls of photovoltaic panels affect communities. Even supporters of the energy transition can find dealing with the ...

Nearly a year after Debra "Debby" Towne was killed in a fatal hit-and-run, Soquel resident Aurora Lopez pleaded guilty. Towne ...