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Second Harvest Food Bank is still in its most intense time of the year, where it is asking the community to organize the dozens of local food and fund drives throughout the county, in an annual program known as the Holiday Food and Fund Drive.

Tommy Moffitt of Santa Cruz was proud of himself Saturday morning, a big smile on his face as he carried six backpacks—one on his back, one on his front and two each on his outstretched arms—through Kaiser Permanente Arena to be filled with school...

A 22-year-old male pedestrian died Thursday afternoon when he was struck by a car on Highway 9.

WATSONVILLE—Work to modernize early day underground sewer lines on Freedom Boulevard and water lines on Green Valley Road is still in high gear, with some of it taking place at night. Patrice Theriot, principal engineer for the City of Watsonville, said the upgrades call for...

A recently-acquired slice of coastal land near Watsonville will help protect South County and its farmland from flooding, coastal surges and other impacts of global warming. The Land Trust of Santa Cruz County announced Tuesday that it has purchased 247 acres at Beach Ranch, where...

More than 40 volunteers spent hours Saturday refreshing the massive Black Lives Matter street mural that is sprawled along Center Street in front of Santa Cruz City Hall. Traffic, weather, vandalism and wear-and-tear has left the five-year-old bright yellow mural faded and chipped. Painting the mural...

APTOS—Jon Scoville has always been eager to open his mind to new music. Growing up as a minister’s son in Connecticut, Scoville learned the craft by singing in church choirs and around his family’s home piano. But in secret he was also listening to genres...

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Masks and social distancing: these are the chief issues of the day, according to scores of medical experts, as to how we get out of the huge coronavirus mess we’re in. And in some places people observe the safety guidelines of masking up around...