- Mountain lion rescued after wandering around downtown Santa Cruz apartment complex
- Run of big swell kicks off new year; big rain expected to drench area next week
- Some healthcare workers refuse to take COVID-19 vaccine, even with priority access
- How worried should California be about the new, potentially more contagious variant of coronavirus?
- 21 for '21: Kathleen Crocetti takes on the ambition of creating art that reflects everyone in Watsonville
- Ambulance scarcity, long 911 response times: COVID pushes L.A. County to 'brink of catastrophe'
- Crab standoff continues as California fishing fleet remains unified on price
- 21 for '21: How Loma Prieta recovery memories helped guide Ryan Coonerty's 2020 leadership approach
- State's plan to help speed elementary reopening might have limited impact on local schools
- Free bus service around Santa Cruz, and over Highway 17, on New Year's Eve, Day
- New, potentially more contagious coronavirus variant found in San Diego
- 21 for '21: Jennifer Buesing, director of school safety, tries to 'create order out of chaos' during pandemic
- How race factors into decisions about who should get priority for COVID-19 vaccines
- What to do for New Year's Eve? Watch KPIG's live Coffis Brothers show
- Newsom promises $2 billion in hopes of reopening elementary schools beginning in February
- Judge orders Santa Cruz to stop clearing San Lorenzo Park homeless encampment
- Biden says COVID-19 inoculations will 'take years' at current pace, vows a speed-up
- 'We're overwhelmed': Watsonville nurses to demonstrate for second time this month
- Vaccinations begin for firefighters and skilled nursing facilities, continue at hospitals
- 21 for '21: Cat Willis dances in the space between public health and community advocacy
- Remote learning to continue at least until March, county schools chief expects
- 21 for '21: Leslie Conner expects to begin seeing the fruits of her labor
- Stimulus checks are coming. How much will you get and when?
- Youngest person to die of COVID in county was lifelong Watsonville resident, library volunteer
- California COVID forecast darkens after holiday celebrations
- Tracking who gets vaccinated is vital for public health, but it's raising privacy concerns
- California school districts, charter schools to get $6.8 billion, in varying amounts, of federal aid
- Protesters form wall to protect homeless encampment at San Lorenzo Park; police stand down
- Months after devastation, CZU Lightning Complex fire finally declared over
- 21 for '21: Jacob Martinez and the fine art of nest-building
- Trump signs sweeping coronavirus relief measure after bipartisan appeals
- For young Californians, climate change is a mental health crisis too
- What to do when 'The Blue Mind' is turned to gray by 2020?
- Meet Mrs. Mayor: Yvette Brooks hopes to lead Capitola into a more diversity-minded future
- COVID in California: A pregnancy loss, a coronavirus diagnosis and a recovery in isolation
- 'We’ll get that paid': Newsom and Padilla vow to fix controversial election contract
- PHOTOS: Here's what an ICU ward looks like with 0% availability in California
- 21 for ‘21: For Juan Morales-Rocha, bridging the digital divide was personal
- VACCINE WATCH: Kaiser working with state on vaccine 'disparity,' hopes to offer doses to 65-and-older soon
- Power outage hits more than 7,000 customers in Santa Cruz County
- It will be a rainy Christmas, but mudslide risk low in Santa Cruz Mountains
- As mail woes mount, Rep. Anna Eshoo asks USPS to address 'fundamental problems'
- We asked, you answered: Surfers offer safety solutions in response to Lookout stories
- The last laugh, for now: DNA's Comedy Lab succumbs to pandemic
- Analysis: Some said the vaccine rollout would be a ‘nightmare.’ They were right.
- A billion dollars in relief coming to California’s community colleges and their students; will it be enough?
- Billions of dollars are spent on fighting California wildfires, but where's the money for prevention?
- ‘Constant tippy-toe’: At UCSC, strict protocols may have kept a lid on the spread of COVID-19
- You have another chance to support fire victims by watching stream of 'Love You Madly'
- 21 for '21: How Jason Borgen has helped retool schools for an 'anytime-anywhere' approach
- Meet Botanic and Luxe: From building tree forts in Kaua’i, to growing a thriving store in Santa Cruz
- State advisory committee to decide Wednesday if educators to get vaccine in next phase
- Last hurrah for the 'head of democracy and love': Gail Pellerin bids her adieu
- Surprise! Congress takes steps to curb unexpected medical bills
- Five things to know about California’s new US Senator, Alex Padilla
- No Crab for Christmas? Season to open, but fishermen holding ground on price
- One local doctor's vaccine opinion: Reward vs. risk a ‘very personal’ choice
- Alex Padilla to become California's first Latino U.S. senator, replacing Kamala Harris
- Attorneys decry 'cleanups' of homeless encampments during pandemic in LA
- Many U.S. health experts underestimated the coronavirus — until it was too late
- Break up San Lorenzo homeless encampment? 'We would have advised against this,' county health officer writes
- How the remote work revolution could change California’s housing crisis
- Will weather conditions be right to see rare 'Christmas Star' here tonight?
- 21 for '21: Losing her home to fire helped Hallie Greene learn how to help others
- How to keep people safer when waves are pumping? Santa Cruz surfers call for flag system
- Takeout Santa Cruz: How to bring the best in holiday dining home
- PG&E’s toppling of trees creates new hazards after wildfires make way for potential mudslides
- Congressional leaders reach deal for nearly $900-billion coronavirus aid package
- Hospital cleaners risk their lives. Now, they are getting vaccinated. 'I want people to know that we exist'
- Man has become nature’s worst enemy, and Santa Cruz County, state bear the brunt
- 21 for '21: Housing Matters' Phil Kramer is looking to end family homelessness (and quickly)
- Residents of Dominican Oaks in isolation after person tests positive for COVID-19
- Fauci: Vaccines should allow California colleges to teach in-person next fall
- A fire, pandemic and death of a deputy: Sheriff Jim Hart reflects on a frenzied 2020
- The wealthy scramble for COVID-19 vaccines: 'If I donate $25,000 ... would that help me?'
- California economy is fast losing momentum; 327,600 give up on seeking jobs
- Sheriff: No 'heavy discipline, termination' for officers after gathering may have led to jail COVID outbreak
- 'I feel like I'm the scapegoat': Suspension of UCSC wildcat striker draws outcry
- 21 for '21: Rabbi Paula Marcus on the art of staying hopeful — and connected
- Restoration of Big Basin's ancient redwoods begins: Park gets $500,000 for initial wildfire recovery cleanup
- UC Santa Cruz continues to meet, exceed community commitments
- ICU availability in Southern California at 0%, and it's going to get worse, officials warn
- Santa Cruz to close San Lorenzo Park, citing problems with homeless encampment
- 'I'm upset. I'm sad. I'm nervous.': Service industry reels as another stay-at-home order kicks in
- Next in line for California's COVID-19 vaccine? Teachers and first responders, panel says
- Nursing homes account for 72% of deaths in Santa Cruz County: Data reveals surprising trends
- ‘First line of defense’: UCSC’s COVID-19 testing lab ready to relocate, ramp up
- California population growth hits record lows, stifled by COVID-19 and continued exodus
- Congressional leaders close in on virus aid deal with another possible stimulus check, unemployment aid
- Scotts Valley creates finance manager position, hires fiscal consultant in interim
- WATCH: 21 for '21 event delves into where we're headed as new year approaches
- Thankful for 'the PPE inside of me': First COVID vaccines here evoke emotional responses
- Local singer's pandemic anthem signs off on 2020 with 'See You On the Other Side'
- Santa Cruz County nurses rally against policy change they say would add to patient overload
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- Stay-home order triggered for Santa Cruz County, Bay Area region after ICU capacity drops to 12.9%
- One person dead, firefighter injured after blaze in county-owned building near Santa Cruz County jail
- Watsonville citizens clear on favorite downtown features. Could six new neighborhoods be in their future?
- 'Such a burnout': As workloads rise, nurses hope new testing guidelines, vaccines, bring relief
- Watsonville nurses to demonstrate against staffing requirement change