Watsonville teens host TEDx event Santa Cruz County is no stranger to the TED brand. TED—which stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design—talks have...
Former mayor and UCSC student recap their experiences at the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women While traveling to New...
Graniterock uses goat grazing as a way to rehabilitate the environment and manage weeds Graniterock, a Watsonville-based company that produces and distributes...
Can the debate over homeless services come to terms with the need for drug and alcohol treatment? Over the last few months,...
Single-use plastic bag bans are underway Shoppers in Capitola, Watsonville, the City of Santa Cruz, and the unincorporated parts of the county...
Documentary explores the hunger/obesity paradox—a question at the heart of Second Harvest’s evolving mission In 1968, with 10 million Americans suffering from...
No, that’s not a typo in the headline. The local historical figure and namesake for Louden Nelson Community Center was actually named...
The Princeton Review dubs UC Santa Cruz one of the greenest colleges in the country Every year, The Princeton Review releases books...
Is a self-regulated, communal camp the answer to Santa Cruz’s homeless problems? In dozens of cities across the country, there are organized,...
More than a year after the 75 River St. occupation, four defendants remain embroiled in ongoing case More than a year and...
May is Perinatal Depression Awareness Month After the birth of a child, most women experience a short period of mood swings and...
As Gov. Brown faces down the courts over prison populations, GT looks at how realignment is unfolding locally Santa Cruz County Jail’s...
Faith group leader relocates to Santa Cruz County for artistic freedom, gets art red tagged Rev. Robert Seals, an artist, musician, and...
New research provides foundation to look at protecting mountain lions, particularly when it comes to Highway 17
The psychoactive jungle brew ayahuasca plays a starring role in the Psychedelic Science 2013 conference During a 1966 congressional hearing on the...
Tensions are higher than ever about homelessness and crime in Santa Cruz County. Is there anything that can be done at the...
Community Safety and Compassion Forum covers topic of needles and drug use Concerned members of the community nearly filled Santa Cruz High...
The Universal Church of Baba’s Kitchen faces a financial setback When Alx Utterman and Jonathan Rosen returned to Boulder Creek in 2005...
The City of Santa Cruz experiments with employing private security to help prevent crime They stand on street corners, roam Pacific Avenue,...
Nascent ‘Citizens Council on Homelessness’ holds its first meeting At approximately 6:30 p.m. on Friday, April 5, inside Room 207 of the...
Where do you stand on Watsonville’s possible Sakata-Kett Annexation? This coming June 4, Watsonville voters will vote on whether or not the...
Has Corporate Power Seized The Internet?
Where does the Highway 1 expansion project stand?
Mural and plaque honor the original Santa Cruz O’Neill surf shop
his Feb. 14, a global uprising and local event take aim at violence against women
As American farmers age, the nationwide push to fill their shoes grows. Locally, the 33rd annual EcoFarm conference hopes to plant the...
In celebrating Roe v. Wade’s 40th anniversary, pro-choice Cruzans look to the continuing fight for reproductive rights ahead
With another year of debate and developments behind us—including the fact that desalination will now, ultimately, be up to the voters—what’s really...
For its supporters, Proposition 37’s failure does not signal the end for the GMO labeling movement
How William Ow transformed a colossal chewing gum factory into a promising center for local business
