After years of delays, the Murray Street bridge seismic retrofit and barrier replacement project in Santa Cruz is underway.

Nancy Miller Gomez is the county’s new poet laureate for 2025-26, having officially been announced to the position at the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors’ Jan. 28 meeting.

Thursday's storm gave way to large waves along the Santa Cruz coast, triggering a coastal infrastructure closure that shut down everything from beaches to the Santa Cruz Wharf.

Santa Cruz officials closed the wharf and issued safety measures due to a high surf warning with waves over 30 feet.

Yesterday's big storm gave way to some big waves along the coast near Santa Cruz. And that triggered a coastal infrastructure closure, shutting down everything from beaches to the Santa Cruz Wharf. It ...

S ANTA CRUZ — UC Santa Cruz and William Shakespeare go hand in hand. From 1981 to 2013, the college hosted multiple plays by ...