Mendez will join Santa Cruz County after serving as deputy chief probation officer in Madera County, where she oversaw ...

While 2025 saw many beloved businesses shutter, the year also welcomed many new ones, from retailers to restaurants, ...

Santa Cruz County lost a number of prominent people in 2025, including activists, journalists, artists and academics.

Watsonville resident Christian Gomez will be honored by nonprofit Donor Network West at the 2026 Rose Parade in Pasadena.

The latest in Santa Cruz County food & drink news, notes, recommendations and more from Lookout correspondent Lily Belli.

Businesses operating in Santa Cruz County must register with the county clerk. Lookout Santa Cruz reviews the public filings ...

California showed it was serious about regulating Big Tech in 2025 — and Big Tech showed it was serious about coming to the statehouse and fighting back. The upshot was a barrage of laws designed to ...

The City of Watsonville has chosen Corey Schaefer, a 27-year fire department veteran, as its next chief, following the ...

Check out Wallace Baine’s Best 9 recommendations for things to do around Santa Cruz County on New Year's Eve (literally and ...

Bad Animal will reopen its restaurant in January with former Hanloh chef de cuisine Nick Hahn, ending its long-running ...

California State University Monterey Bay was the only campus in the 22-school CSU system to meet all six goals of the system’s decadelong Graduation Initiative 2025. The campus led the state in ...

First-generation students lack the extra help with exams and college applications that rich kids' families can buy. A new program and tax could change that, writes Alondra Martinez, a Stanford ...