.Local News

July 9, 2025

Roundabout Coming to Capitola

City planners have decided that a roundabout is the next best step to easing traffic at a busy all-way stop in Capitola.
July 8, 2025

Taking on the Trash

Starting July 11, Santa Cruz County will increase penalties for illegal dumping violations in unincorporated areas.
July 2, 2025

Streamlining County Permitting

County supervisors agreed with the findings of a Grand Jury report detailing the active process as “costly, time-consuming, and exasperating.”
July 2, 2025

Phoenix Rising

California State Parks has released a plan to rebuild campgrounds and ease access to Big Basin Redwoods State Park, our oldest state park.
June 25, 2025

Mike Rotkin, 1945-2025

The loss of Mike Rotkin has been felt throughout the community since he passed away from an arduous battle with leukemia. He was 79.
June 25, 2025

Palacios Steps Down

Sworn in as CAO in 2017—after 20 years as Watsonville’s city manager—Carlos Palacios became the county’s first Latino leader.
June 25, 2025

Storage Wars

A series of public technical workshops will examine the role and risks of battery energy storage systems in modernizing the energy grid.
June 18, 2025

Sticker Shock

A new study released by the RTC estimates that building the rail/trail from Watsonville to Natural Bridges will cost $4.3 billion.
June 11, 2025

Daring ’Do

Some forms of self-expression are prominent—full sleeve, massive ear stretchers, facial piercings. Others are more ... private.
June 11, 2025

Collective Action

As part of a day of national protest against Donald Trump, Indivisible Santa Cruz County has organized a short rally at 10am this Saturday.
June 10, 2025

‘A Call to Action’

If cuts to food assistance programs are approved by the U.S. Senate, it would cripple a food distribution system that took decades to build.
June 10, 2025

Wharf Debris, Equipment Recovery at Santa Cruz Wharf

The City of Santa Cruz joined forces with the U.S. Coast Guard and Power Engineering Construction Company on June 6–8 to remove heavy equipment...
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