As the City of Santa Cruz pushes to get more local businesses and residents into the downtown area, some business owners say ...

The City of Santa Cruz is working toward an end-of-June reopening for two-way traffic along West Cliff Drive as it progresses ...

The Big Stick Surfing Association's LogJam!, the longest-running vintage longboard surfing contest in the world, brought 120 ...

Good morning! It’s April 28 — here’s what’s going on in your community today… Plenty of sun in Watsonville / Pajaro Today will be plenty of sun. There is a 6% chance of rain. The high will be 65 with ...

For the past year, the issue has largely remained out of public view, with lawyers from each side quibbling over language in the lawsuit filings. However, a representative from the Coastal Commission ...

When four prominent retailers all abandoned downtown Santa Cruz within the space of a few weeks, chatter about a downtown in decline began to grow louder. Lookout will be turning our eye to the rapid ...

Lookout politics columnist Mike Rotkin comes out against an affordable housing proposal put forth by realtors to rival one proposed by local activists, saying it is an attempt to confuse voters and ...

The Trump administration’s attack on scientific research will deeply affect UC Santa Cruz, write three eminent UCSC professors, including one who won a Nobel Prize for her work. Since Donald Trump ...

Lookout food & drink correspondent Lily Belli highlights top events happening around Santa Cruz County in the coming week, ...

Cliona Ward, a Santa Cruz resident for almost 30 years, was detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection at San Francisco ...

The Trump administration’s attack on scientific research will deeply affect UC Santa Cruz, write three eminent UCSC professors, including one who won a Nobel Prize for her work. Since Donald Trump ...

At Vargas Academy of Gymnastics in Scotts Valley, young athletes fly high and gather life lessons as they prepare for a state ...