While Santa Cruz County is piling up legal bills over its losing lawsuit against a group that requested public records, U.S.

The Arizona Governor’s Office of Highway Safety awarded the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office $22,700 to enhance traffic safety programs for the 2026 federal fiscal year. Here’s how the money ...

On a quiet Thursday night in Southern Arizona, urgency ripples through the valleys of Cochise and Santa Cruz counties.

Some areas in Southern Arizona will see low temperatures drop more than 20 degrees from where they were midweek.

Western monarchs are proposed to be federally listed as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act, and before last year ...

A business improvement district for Santa Cruz's Midtown area is on hold to allow for more discussion, Jessica M. Pasko reports in her weekly look at local business. She's also got an update on a new ...

A migration corridor that allows jaguars and ocelots to cross into the U.S. is the latest border wall construction zone.

Santa Cruz County Parks is looking for an artist to create a site-specific public art piece for the Pace Trails Project in Felton, California. The Pace Trail Construction Project will expand the ...

A voter fills out a ballot at the County Building on Ocean Street in Santa Cruz on Nov. 4, 2024. (Allison Garcia — Santa Cruz Local file) SANTA CRUZ >> On Nov. 4, voters in the City of Santa Cruz will ...

SANTA CRUZ — The swearing in ceremony couldn’t happen soon enough. After a four-month nationwide search and a two-day intensive interview and selection process, Nicole Coburn was publicly announced in ...

Second Harvest Food Bank in Santa Cruz County is preparing to support families as Cal Fresh benefits are suspended, affecting 40,000 local residents. Second Harvest Food Bank in Santa Cruz County is ...

SAN JOSE — Five talented and successful teams from Santa Cruz County will make history Monday, when they open play in the inaugural Central Coast Section Girls Flag Football playoffs. Three-time Santa ...