Bud Colligan refutes a recent Lookout op-ed on the facts behind the rail-trail debate. Bottom line, Colligan says, the train is too costly and infeasible. “At some point, FORT and the RTC must take ...

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, and an organization in Santa Cruz County is highlighting the importance of community support and stability.

Taking a jazz-like improvisational understanding of the concept of life imitating art, a butterfly-wrapped Santa Cruz Metro ...

Each week for nearly the past year, a grassroots group has met at a Santa Cruz beer house with one goal: closing some ...

A plan to allow taller buildings and more homes south of Laurel Street in Downtown Santa Cruz is set to be considered by the ...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Southern California was jolted Monday morning by a strong earthquake near San Diego. The earthquake, at 10:08 a.m., had a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 and was near the mountain town ...