Plans by congressional Republicans to trim billions from Medicaid and introduce work requirements could destabilize hospitals ...

The idea for Live Oak's own museum never quite caught on, but longtime locals Bill Simpkins and Reed Geisreiter have curated ...

Pajaro Valley Unified School District Trustee Gabe Medina threatening the board’s president and vice president via email with ...

Nearly 50 juvenile brown pelicans have been rescued in Santa Cruz County since April 13. Scientists aren’t entirely sure why the birds are struggling but speculate that toxic algae blooms in Southern ...

A driver who hit two other cars with a stolen vehicle last Friday in Capitola is now facing felony charges for evading arrest ...

The City of Watsonville has tapped David Brletic as the new community development director. Brletic, who officially began his ...

The Cocoanut Grove buzzed with excitement as employees lined up for tickets, laughter echoing through the room as coworkers ...

A broken water main from last December is finally being replaced in Scotts Valley, causing construction and delays until June ...

Cabrillo College President Matt Wetstein explains his early retirement decision amid what he describes as an escalating assault on higher education, immigrants and democratic norms under Trump’s ...

Lookout's Community Voices section invites Santa Cruz County poets to submit their work for possible publication, poems that capture what spring means — in our community, in this moment.

Enlarging the Shasta Dam would deliver more Sacramento River water to Central Valley farmers, but the Winnemem Wintu tribe ...

Santa Cruz County has begun its annual road maintenance program, aiming to repair and rehabilitate roads before the winter, ...