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El Condado de Santa Cruz se está moviendo al nivel rojo del plan de reapertura Covid-19 del estado a partir del miércoles. Eso significa que varias operaciones comerciales en interiores pueden reabrirse a partir del miércoles, incluidos cenas en el interior, acuarios, museos, estudios de...

The Aptos History Museum's annual "Swing Into Spring" fundraiser returns on Sunday from 3-5:30 p.m. at the Seacliff Inn and the museum.

WATSONVILLE—For the first time in more than two decades, the Watsonville First United Methodist Church (UMC) has a new pastor. Rev. Jon Song, who has been practicing ministry for the past 35 years, took helm of the church earlier this month. He follows Rev. Robin...

After being closed for almost three years due to a fire, Grey Bears’ Thrift Store is having a grand opening on Aug. 1.

Emergency officials deal with a two-vehicle crash Wednesday on the 2500 block of Freedom Boulevard. The California Highway Patrol said the male driver of a Ford F550 flatbed pickup towing an 18-foot flatbed trailer was traveling north on Freedom Boulevard when he attempted a...

Watsonville firefighters and police secure a school bus that tore our utility lines in front of MacQuiddy Elementary School in Watsonville Thursday. About eight young students were aboard the bus when the incident occurred around 2:30pm. Police shut down surrounding streets while firefighters freed...

In about two years, UC Santa Cruz and Cabrillo College officials plan to open a student housing complex that is expected to revolutionize the way local students live and attend school, and how they pay for their living space. A group of educators, elected officials...

APTOS—On Nov. 14, the Cabrillo College Governing Board will meet to answer a question that has been vexing Santa Cruz County for two years: should the name of its community college be changed? The effort to possibly change Cabrillo College’s name began in 2020, as...

Alianza Charter School eighth-graders Yaviana Prado (from left), Ivan Garcia, Isabella Orejel, Jazmin Castañeda and Ala Ruiz show a sampling of the more than 100 gifts their class rounded up for foster kids over the holidays in the class of Cornelio Garcia.

Organizers at the Santa Cruz County Fair are asking the public for ideas for a theme for the 2026 County Fair. Anyone who has a “phrase that pops” or a “rhyme that shines” is invited to submit it. “Imagine your words splashed across every poster and...