The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk is synonymous with summer for a lot of people, but it offers activities for families ...

While the rest of the world is travelling to faraway destinations, this holiday season Californians can head to these five ...

With the Thanksgiving break nearly here, check out Wallace Baine’s Best 9 recommendations for things to do around Santa Cruz ...

With uncertainty surrounding federal food aid, Cal State Monterey Bay and UC Santa Cruz are expanding pantry resources, extending hours, and urging community donations to ensure no student goes hungry ...

SANTA CRUZ — For years, the San Lorenzo River mouth surf break in Santa Cruz has been celebrated by local surfers and history buffs as the location where surfing was first introduced to the ...

Santa Clara County's district attorney says a single judge is putting the South Bay in danger by releasing a murder suspect and certified gang member on his own recognizance while he awaits trial.

A car fire temporarily shut down both lanes of southbound Highway 17 in the Santa Cruz Mountains Wednesday afternoon. The California Highway Patrol said lanes were blocked just south of Idylwild Road.

MONTEREY — On-call staff members at the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s sea otter rescue and conservation program rescued a six-month-old otter stranded on San Carlos Beach in July. She was emaciated and ...

A 65-year-old man who died after driving a van off the Santa Cruz Wharf on Sunday morning was convicted of lewd acts with a child and released from prison a decade ago, court and state sex-offender ...

Santa Cruz Mayor Fred Keeley rebuked federal plans for offshore drilling and seabed mining at a press conference in Santa Cruz this week. In today's newscast, Monterey County wants to adopt a ...

An unconscious 65-year-old Scotts Valley man was pulled from a van that broke through guardrails along the Santa Cruz Wharf and plunged into 30-foot-deep ocean water Sunday morning. The driver, ...