Ditch your car for ‘Week Without Driving’
Every day, roughly 100,000 vehicles travel along Highway 1 through Santa Cruz County, a staggering number that is evidenced by daily rush-hour backups that can last for hours.
That’s to say nothing of the often packed surface roads.
That contributes to air pollution and global warming,...
Harbor patrol | Photo Gallery
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Watsonville City Council, Monterey County Supervisors signal support for immigrants
The Watsonville City Council and the Monterey County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday both unanimously passed resolutions to support the immigrant community, days before reelected President Donald Trump prepares to retake the office on Jan. 20.
Trump has promised a hardline stance on immigrants, including...
Crews help clean up Corralitos Creek
About 30 people from various organizations formed a community cleanup Wednesday on a slice of private property on Airport Boulevard at Pajaro Lane.
Headed up by the office of Supervisor Felipe Hernandez, the crew got support from the County of Santa Cruz and the City...
Santa Cruz Warriors headed to G League ‘bubble’ in Florida
The Santa Cruz Warriors will get the opportunity to play some basketball this year.
The NBA’s development league announced the 2020-21 season will start as soon as February. But they’ll be doing so nearly 3,000 miles away from the Santa Cruz team’s normal home of...
Two charged for infant’s death at unlicensed daycare center
Monterey County Sheriff’s deputies on Saturday arrested two women who were allegedly running an unlicensed daycare center after a 3-month-old infant died in their care.
Maria Marquez, 62, and her daughter, Johanna Marquez, 35, both of Royal Oaks, were charged with involuntary manslaughter, felony child...
Film screening to commemorate 1930 Watsonville Race Riots
WATSONVILLE—This Sunday the Tobera Project, a local initiative aiming to preserve and celebrate Watsonville’s Filipino history, will host a virtual film screening in commemoration of the anniversary of the 1930 Anti-Filipino Watsonville Race Riots.
“A Dollar a Day, Ten Cents a Dance” is a portrait...
CZU Complex now state’s 9th-most destructive fire ever recorded
SCOTTS VALLEY—The CZU August Lightning Complex fire has destroyed 1,490 structures as of Thursday, making it the ninth-most destructive fire ever recorded in the state.
According to Cal Fire, 925 of those structures are single-family homes. Most of those homes once stood in the Santa...
Sí Se Puede breaks ground for new facility
The new center will include a 30-bed residential treatment building, therapy rooms and a medical clinic.
Election 2026: Measure E would raise county sales tax
Santa Cruz County voters will decide on a temporary sales tax to fund county services affected by federal budget cuts in next month’s election.
Measure...
