The sheriff of Santa Cruz County — along the U.S.-Mexico border — says his office will no longer participate in Operation ...

As people were preparing to begin their days at the break of dawn Thursday, more than 130 volunteers fanned throughout Santa Cruz County on a 40-degree overcast morning with a simple goal: count ...

The main safety concern during this storm event, weather officials explained, pertain to local roadways which have been ...

It’s getting tougher for Californians to get and keep fire insurance, writes Lookout politics columnist Mike Rotkin, and it’s not just people living in fire-prone, forested areas like Bonny Doon and ...

Santa Cruz County supervisors met to discuss potential toxin spread from the Moss Landing battery plant fire, with residents ...

Santa Cruz County is moving forward with plans to legalize cannabis consumption lounges following an 18-month process. The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 on Tuesday to draft a law ...

To better understand the needs of Santa Cruz County workers and employers, the county’s workforce board plans to host forums.

During the Bay Area’s damp winters, we can’t afford to be fair-weather hikers. Fortunately, some hikes in the Bay Area are ...

San Francisco could see as much as six inches of rain over the next week as a moisture-packed storm known as an atmospheric river works its way south from the Pacific Northwest.