California taxes: Will limit measure make the ballot?
By Alexei Koseff
Live Oak School District to appoint board member, vote on lease agreement with Community Bridges
By Hillary Ojeda
This week in Santa Cruz County business: Biz help from Bay Fed, Monterey Bay coalition doubles down on electric aircraft, Food Bin vote delayed
By Jessica M. Pasko
New superintendent Heather Contreras brings deep Santa Cruz County ties, willing ear to PVUSD
By Hillary Ojeda
Hook & Line's bar-raising sustainable seafood brings the star power back to a favorite downtown Santa Cruz spot
By Lily Belli
At UCSC, Palestine solidarity encampment settles in for extended stay
By Keith A. Spencer
Can Scotts Valley finally fill the hole in its heart with a new town center?
By Christopher Neely
After 20 years and more than 70 productions, Santa Cruz's Jewel Theatre prepares for one last curtain call
By Wallace Baine
I'm learning to live like a widow – and I do not like it
By Claudia Sternbach
UC Santa Cruz Palestine encampment grows to nearly 100
By Hillary Ojeda
10 Hot Jobs in Santa Cruz County: Week of May 3
By Brittany Ramirez
California insurance still in crisis despite wildfire mitigation
By Levi Sumagaysay
Personal finance class may be a CA high school requirement
By Carolyn Jones
Dolphin Restaurant to be demolished due to damage as city plans 'reimagining' of end of wharf
By Lily Belli
Scotts Valley Unified School District weighs November bond for new stadium, other upgrades
By Hillary Ojeda
Laird: It's a 'simple act of fairness' to approve cannabis dispensary at former Emily's Bakery site
By John Laird
Baine's Nine: Nine necessary know-abouts for the week ahead in Santa Cruz County arts & entertainment, May 2-9
By Wallace Baine
UC policing plan fails to keep UCLA student protesters safe
ATMIKA IYER
- Before dawn today, police demolished a pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA.
- They used flash bangs, firing projectiles at protesters and arresting those who refused to leave.
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Live Oak farmers market signs lease with Swenson to stay at East Cliff mall for another year
By Lily Belli
Amid crackdowns on student protests nationwide, UCSC sprouts a homegrown, peaceful pro-Palestine encampment
By Keith A. Spencer
Remembering Zainab Mansoor
By Tae Yun Kang
California 'pay to play' law could get gutted
By Yue Stella Yu
This week in Santa Cruz County business: Paystand's progress, food and beverage spots for lease, Joby inks Abu Dhabi partnership
By Jessica M. Pasko
Santa Cruz city council blasts Food Bin developer, postpones vote
By Christopher Neely
With latest acquisition, Scotts Valley's Paystand works to become the Venmo of business payments
By Jessica M. Pasko
Lookout is going to have a sister
By Ken Doctor
UCSC sees record applications and admission offers but expects enrollment to remain flat
By Hillary Ojeda
The more mushrooms the merrier: Santa Cruz Mountain Mushroom Festival sprouts at Roaring Camp
By Lily Belli
Up in the air: Watsonville's airport and housing clash on the runway
By Christopher Neely
Carmageddon: Soquel Drive improvements moving forward, with biggest impact likely for the summer
By Max Chun
Pajaro Valley Health Care District appoints new board member
By Hillary Ojeda
10 Hot Jobs in Santa Cruz County: Week of April 26
By Brittany Ramirez
Steve Garvey criticizes campus protesters as ‘terrorists’
By Yue Stella Yu
Monterey Bay region falling far short of homebuilding targets to address farmworker overcrowding
By Hillary Ojeda
Baine's Nine: Nine necessary know-abouts for the week ahead in Santa Cruz County arts & entertainment, April 25-May 2
By Wallace Baine
Comic Shane Mauss seeks to bring the fun back to psychedelics
By Wallace Baine
Santa Cruz acquires Toadal Fitness site for downtown library project after lengthy negotiations
By Christopher Neely
Aptos' Doon to Earth tasting room, a Bonny Doon Vineyard-Ser Winery collaboration, will close after this weekend
By Lily Belli
How to delete data collected by brokers in California
By Khari Johnson
This week in Santa Cruz County business: Cruz Foam's national deal, REI employees vote to unionize, outdoor dining permit rules still pending approval
By Jessica M. Pasko
About the launch of Lookout Eugene-Springfield
By Ken Doctor
The Cal Grant expansion for California college students is in jeopardy as the state deficit grows
By Mikhail Zinshteyn
Familiar face poised to take over as Watsonville's interim city manager
By Christopher Neely
Let's celebrate the legacy of Celia and Peter Scott's environmentalism – and think about the future of Highway 1
By Rick Longinotti
New era of policing vacation rentals in Santa Cruz County pushes complaints, violations into public view
By Christopher Neely
Beyond Electric Kool-Aid: Santa Cruz emerges as a leader in the psychedelic revolution
By Wallace Baine
Manu Koenig: The rail trail is not dead or seriously threatened; we just have to be careful how we manage our scarce resources
By Manu Koenig
10 Hot Jobs in Santa Cruz County: Week of April 19
By Brittany Ramirez
How California’s energy commission could change your electric bill
By Ben Christopher