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Watsonville citizens clear on favorite downtown features. Could six new neighborhoods be in their future?

Civic Life

Watsonville citizens clear on favorite downtown features. Could six new neighborhoods be in their future?

By Isabella Cueto

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A survey asking Watsonville residents what they want out of their downtown area came back with the farmers’ market and...
Food & Drink

Delivery done right: A look at the local establishments bringing you the goods

Food & Drink

Delivery done right: A look at the local establishments bringing you the goods

By Amber Turpin

Quick Take

Here we are again on the verge of a stay-at-home order with all our great outdoor dining opportunities about to be put...
Local Business

Bookshop Santa Cruz workers rally as owner responds to unionization effort

Local Business

Bookshop Santa Cruz workers rally as owner responds to unionization effort

By Lookout Santa Cruz

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Looking for better communication on COVID-19 protocols and wages more in line with Santa Cruz affordability, workers are...
Guides

Holiday gift guide: The best of shopping local in Santa Cruz County

Guides

Holiday gift guide: The best of shopping local in Santa Cruz County

By Georgia Johnson

Quick Take

We scoured the area so you wouldn’t have to. Give the gift of Santa Cruz County this holiday season by shopping from...
Environment

A struggling recycling industry faces new crisis with coronavirus

Environment

A struggling recycling industry faces new crisis with coronavirus

By Megan Calfas

Source: Los Angeles Times

Quick Take

In the face of this new crisis, recyclers are having to adjust to the paradox of pandemic life. While the increased use...

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The Capitola Planning Commission voted Thursday night to approve permits for up to three food truck vendors to operate...

From hair salons to the outdoor dining, small business owners are struggling. Stranded Beauty Bar in Seabright and Venus...

A survey asking Watsonville residents what they want out of their downtown area came back with the farmers’ market and...

Here we are again on the verge of a stay-at-home order with all our great outdoor dining opportunities about to be put...

Looking for better communication on COVID-19 protocols and wages more in line with Santa Cruz affordability, workers are...

We scoured the area so you wouldn’t have to. Give the gift of Santa Cruz County this holiday season by shopping from...

In the face of this new crisis, recyclers are having to adjust to the paradox of pandemic life. While the increased use...

With the prototype program being formed, outdoor dining would be able to continue in Capitola Village permanently. But...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s strategy appears two-pronged: Make sure Democrats turn out on Sept. 14, and cast the...

Santa Cruz District Attorney Jeff Rosell announced charges against two suspects in the vandalization of the Black Lives...

Robert Aaron Long, 22, pleaded guilty to the murder of four people in suburban Cherokee County, and still faces the...

A growing number of government agencies are requiring employees to provide proof of vaccination against COVID-19 or...

The new recommendation appears to be more expansive than the latest guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control...

Scientists are trying to piece together why the Delta variant so readily infects unvaccinated Americans, spewing 1,000...

The Olympics is supposed to be an event that brings people together, but controversy over vaccination is in full force...

With former executive director Stephen Slade retiring, Felton resident Sarah Newkirk will assume the role for the Land...

FireGuard, a pilot program that uses military satellite information to tackle California’s wildfires, faces expiration...

Gusty winds and thunderstorms could exacerbate the conditions that are fueling the Dixie and Tamarack fires in Northern...

The Dixie fire, burning in Plumas and Butte counties, swelled beyond 140,000 acres Friday, while some began questioning...

Local music venues reacted quickly Wednesday after a COVID-19 outbreak was linked to an indoor concert earlier this...

At 71, one of Santa Cruz’s most prominent visual artists for generations has no use for complacency. He even used the...

Tina, the Scotts Valley city manager, accepted the same job in the beachside hamlet of Coronado, close to where Zach...

Willy Elliott-McCrea, a central figure in California’s food-bank ecosystem, will step aside in the summer of 2022. “He...