A pre-dawn explosion and fire struck Capitola Village near the Esplanade on Christmas morning. Police and firefighters said no one was injured in the blaze.

Santa Cruz city officials said Tuesday that there is no estimated reopening date for the wharf, which was undergoing repairs ...

From her home near Sacramento, Ruby Shields was frantically trying to recover her mother's memorial bench, part of the end of ...

A section of the Santa Cruz Wharf collapsed Monday, plunging three construction workers into 25-foot swells. At least nine ...

Lookout photojournalist Kevin Painchaud captured the aftermath of Monday's huge swells, which caused a portion of the Santa ...

Measure Z was a big win for Santa Cruz, California, public health and democracy, write James Krieger and Jennifer Falbe, researchers from the University of Washington and UC Davis who have evaluated ...

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

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Estrellas de Esperanza, founded by Ruby Vasquez in 2007, teaches kids in Watsonville how to embrace their Mexican heritage through ballet folklórico. For Vasquez and her students, folklórico is more ...