Here’s a guide to which Santa Cruz County school board and Cabrillo College races will appear on the November ballot, which candidates will be appointed without an election and which seats have no ...

Due to ongoing staffing issues in its labor and delivery unit, Watsonville Community Hospital temporarily closed its neonatal intensive care unit last month. Interim CEO Tim Moran told Lookout that a ...

Jane Kim, backed by Bernie Sanders, could ride the progressive wave. Ben Allen has the California Democratic Party’s endorsement for the insurance commissioner job.

The Trump administration announced Tuesday it is rolling back a rule prohibiting logging and road construction in undeveloped parts of national forests, including more than 4 million acres of ...

As students and teachers head back to school across Santa Cruz County, Lookout Santa Cruz is getting ready for another year ...

A person was arrested for obstructing and delaying officers during their investigation. The incident happened near Main Street and Ford Street in Watsonville at 9 a.m. on Aug. 13. The person was taken ...

The southbound Highway 1 off-ramp at Bay Avenue in Capitola is scheduled to be closed for approximately four months as crews reconstruct the ramp as part of the bus-on-shoulder facility. The closure ...

Santa Cruz may lower speed limits and create a road safety task force to address dangerous speeds and frequent crashes, especially on Mission Street; the city council will soon consider the proposal.

Santa Cruz has approved a $150,000 contract with the Davey Tree Expert Company for a new lidar-based inventory of its public trees, part of a broader push to grow the city's urban forest to 3,000 more ...

Why Art Matters” is a new video series, published every other Sunday, exploring the artists who shape Santa Cruz County's ...

After starting Sunday morning in Big Sur, the Timber fire had grown to nearly 2,500 acres as of Tuesday afternoon and was 5% contained.