Electronic cigarettes heat up in Santa Cruz County Wen Wei is not a smoker. However, he did grow up in a Santa...
What are you doing to protect the environment?
Is 2014 the year Santa Cruz lands on the tech map? Just as the modern computer evolved from the massive, lone calculating...
Santa Cruz nonprofit MAPS could complete the first study of therapeutic whole-plant marijuana in 40 years While stacks of independent research have affirmed...
In light of the ongoing efforts of the San Lorenzo River Alliance, what are your chief concerns and ideas, and those you are hearing...
Almost 2,000 hens from Northern California need to be placed in new homes or face execution Approximately 1,800 chickens from a Northern...
Meet the candidates for Fourth District County Supervisor With four candidates vying for the position of Fourth District County Supervisor, the citizens...
Microchips become mandatory for Santa Cruz County pets It’s 10 p.m., do you know where your dog is? Beginning next month, that...
What can be done in the short- and longterm to address water shortage issues for Santa Cruz County agriculture? Access to clean...
Kyle Thiermann releases latest Surfing For Change film Local surfer and wave maker Kyle Thiermann has come a long way since he...
Proposed bill would require warning labels on sugary drinks Will soda and other saccharine libations soon come with a health warning? They...
People Power teams up with UC Santa Cruz students for bike commuting workshop series With severe drought conditions plaguing California, the recent...
Local businesses participate in fundraiser for the Zeuf Hesson Memorial Fund Santa Cruz lost a local legend last December when beloved surf...
Inside the budding campaigns for the Third District seat Bob Lamonica, a local tech marketer and, so far, politico Ryan Coonerty’s only...
Proposed power line revitalization irks South County residents A draft environmental impact report is under way for a proposed power line project...
Legislation you recently introduced would change the way mobile home owners can sell their homes. What is the purpose of this bill?...
Reflections on the closure of Capitola Book Café Walking into the Capitola Book Café one recent afternoon, the clamor of patrons is...
The Great Morgani targeted by controversial 14-foot ordinance Play an accordion, go to jail. The recent controversy surrounding Frank Lima, aka The...
What should locals know about the water supply situation in the Pájaro Valley, and what are your ideas for how to address...
What we know about the current and eventual repercussions of the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant’s nuclear disaster Radiation released into the environment following...
Has the truth about radiation arriving on the California coast been muddled amidst mounting concern? When the Japanese coastline where the Fukushima...
Local experts and organizations react to the recently passed, and long overdue, federal Farm Bill Although no one involved in the shaping...
In anticipation of FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler’s forthcoming plan on how to proceed on net neutrality, where do you stand on the...
Santa Cruz’s new water director steps in at critical point Rosemary Menard has her work cut out for her as she steps...
First residents drop into Flea’s surf-centric sober living environment The Danish writer Isak Dinesen once wrote, “The cure for anything is salt...
In light of the anniversary of the War on Poverty, what still needs to be done in California to address poverty? Until...
Vehicular manslaughter charges brought forth in case that killed a local cyclist The Santa Cruz County District Attorney’s Office will charge a...
An agricultural labor shortage plagues Pajaro Valley farms Abandoning acre upon acre of fruits and vegetables that are ripe and ready for...
Employees at Lower Pacific Avenue businesses weigh in on what it is like to work in the area Just a few blocks...
City of Santa Cruz begins selection of new Water Supply Advisory Committee In October, in the wake of a decision to hit...