Anti-racketeering funds may have been stolen in Santa Cruz County, according to county officials.

The changes were put forward by the Short-Term Rental Ad Hoc Committee, composed of Supervisors Justin Cummings and Manu ...

The ordinance was approved 3-2 on Tuesday. A second reading and final adoption will be held on March 25, 2025.

Several cannabis agenda items will be on Santa Cruz County's Board of Supervisors agenda from on-site consumption to preventing underage use.

The discovery of an alleged theft of anti-racketeering funds comes after new auditors applied new risk assessment ...

County supervisors voted Tuesday to back a slate of new rules designed to cap vacation rentals and expand hotel capacity in ...

The City of Santa Cruz once again picked up a decades-long discussion about what to do with the 313 Swift Street location Tuesday midday.

The high-profile decision, narrowly passed with supervisors Kim De Serpa and Monica Martinez casting “no” votes, gives ...

Federal and state budget cuts to food assistance programs could leave thousands in Santa Cruz County without adequate food.

"Countywide, enrollment is dropping, if not as dramatically as in PVUSD," writes the Editorial Board. "Enrollment for 2023-24 was 37,841 in the county’s 14 school districts, down from 38,025 the year ...

News, notes and recommendations from around Santa Cruz County food & drink, via Lookout correspondent Lily Belli.

Here’s how to make Irish Stew, accompanied by Ina Garten’s Irish Guinness Brown Bread, with a Cherry Tart for dessert.