Environmental agencies and Monterey Bay trawlers propose exchanges between protected areas and fishing grounds Bottom trawling is a traditional but controversial means...
UC Santa Cruz students, locals speak out on the closure of Shakespeare Santa Cruz Giles Henderson, a UC Santa Cruz junior and...
What does it takes to be a police officer in Santa Cruz? With the many complexities, varying political perspectives, and diverse population...
Is a verbal agreement and laminated card enough to guarantee clean homeless campsites? Tucked away in the nooks and crannies of Santa...
What does the arrival of the former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security at the helm of the UC mean for higher education...
Upcoming race spotlights the Coastal Rail Trail—kind of On Aug. 25, about 200 people will run a 12 kilometer race along the...
Santa Cruzans speak up about offshore fracking at Coastal Commission meeting With the new knowledge that oil companies are using controversial fracking...
Community Television struggles to achieve financial sustainability during hard times for noncommercial media outlets Faced with budget cuts, legislation that restricts spending,...
Santa Cruz Women’s Health Center to open new clinic in Live Oak On Jan. 1, 2014, when the Affordable Care Act (ACA)...
Despite low community support in a recent survey, do syringe exchanges serve a greater good? Providing intravenous drug users with clean syringes...
Local agencies gather to assess the VA’s goal to end veteran homelessness Two years ago, Vietnam War veteran Wayne Wyman went to...
A young man and a state come of age in ‘Oklahoma!’ La Cage Aux Folles”—the first of three Cabrillo Stage musicals to...
County agencies continue investigation following illegal cockfighting bust Sixty-one caged gamecocks, 26 vehicles, and some boxes of beer and doughnuts. That’s all...
Veterans wait years for compensation benefits due to backlogged claims at the VA Josh Shanks, a 62-year-old Vietnam War veteran from Soquel,...
Santa Cruz County uses state recycling law anniversary as a moment for assessment For Santa Cruz County, a longtime leader in waste...
In the new book, ‘The Rise of the Naked Economy,’ local authors Ryan Coonerty and Jeremy Neuner examine the transformation of how...
The City of Santa Cruz puts its bicycle distribution program on hold For the past 17 years, the City of Santa Cruz...
Amidst backdrop of increasing bike thefts, failing to register a bicycle makes recovery unlikely Perhaps the most miserable moment a bicycle owner...
The city’s proposed budget addresses public safety needs The City of Santa Cruz’s pocketbook has come a long way since 2009, when...
A paraplegic veteran launches solo row across the Pacific Military veteran and paraplegic Angela Madsen finds life at sea liberating. What others...
Watsonville’s proposal to annex ag land for development fizzles Watsonville’s Measure T, an initiative that proposed the city annex 95 acres of...
Mechanic, programmer, acrobat, builder, tinkerer. Corbin Dunn’s 1969 Volkswagen Beetle is a fully electric vehicle. It has an electric motor powered by...
While gun sales soar nationally, a group of musicians fundraise for a local gun buy-back In the wake of high-profile incidents of...
Santa Cruz Pride precedes momentous Supreme Court rulings During the five months between June 2008, when the Supreme Court ruled equal protection...
Community art piece at Seabright Beach destroyed by State Parks for environmental reasons Residents of the Seabright neighborhood were dismayed last week...
Museum of Art & HIstory presents the 146th annual Memorial Day Remembrance Each step of the American flag’s official “13-fold” ceremony, which...
Law enforcement maintains that nothing could have been done to prevent police deaths in February Santa Cruz County and city officials gave...
Local nonprofit works to educate and create opportunity for indigenous communities in Guatemala In an isolated region of the Guatemala mountains called...
Is a self-regulated, communal camp the answer to Santa Cruz’s homeless problems? In dozens of cities across the country, there are organized,...
Faith group leader relocates to Santa Cruz County for artistic freedom, gets art red tagged Rev. Robert Seals, an artist, musician, and...