National protests against the Trump administration came to Santa Cruz on Monday, thanks largely to the local chapter of the group Indivisible. But progressive protesters have a long way to go before ...

Lookout columnist Claudia Sternbach has decided to end her biweekly column, which started in 2022 as a look at aging in Santa Cruz and morphed into a moving chronicle of grief when her beloved husband ...

Adam Hardesty says state law gives him the right to turn his garage into an accessory dwelling unit. His Carlsbad HOA says it ...

As deportation fears loom under Donald Trump's second administration, undocumented agriculture workers in Watsonville ...

The fire at the Vistra Corp. lithium-ion battery storage facility in Moss Landing flared again late Tuesday afternoon but has ...

An update from Lookout CEO Ken Doctor as we reflect on the ways big national stories also are profoundly local ones.

UC Santa Cruz workers from six different unions, including those representing graduate students, contractors and dining ...

Don’t miss Capitola-based baker Danielle Orlando’s pastries at The Chocolate Studio, open now in downtown Santa Cruz. That's ...

Last weekend, a pickup truck belonging to a supporter of President Donald Trump was reported heavily vandalized outside an ...

With the weekend nearly here, check out Wallace Baine’s Best 9 recommendations for things to do around Santa Cruz County via ...

The home design team at Santa Cruz Green Builders shares their residential remodeling and new construction best practices.

An estimated 1,000 people took to the street in front of the Santa Cruz County courthouse Monday to express their anger at ...