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.

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

On Friday, the Monterey County Sheriff's Office lifted evacuation warnings for all parts of the county. Evacuation warnings are still in place for areas of Santa Cruz County.

High winds and heavy rains impacted Santa Cruz County as a high surf warning has been issued through Saturday morning.

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office has issued an evacuation order for a part of Santa Cruz County. The NWS has also issued a flash flood warning for parts of the county.

Feb. 12 – In what appears to be the first known case of a deportation in Santa Cruz County since Donald Trump returned as ...