Two Santa Cruz residents launched an effort to buy the building where The Catalyst Nightclub stands to try to save it from redevelopment.

Read Santa Cruz Local’s non-partisan and in-depth guide to Monterey County Board of Supervisor candidates running on June 2, ...

Boulder Creek Community has one way in and one way out after a after a rainstorm in 2025 washed away part of Lanktree Lane in ...

Cabrillo College’s dental hygiene program is on a three-year probation by state regulators and may lose its accreditation ...

Santa Cruz residents have spoken: they want action by elected officials on housing, homelessness and transportation ahead of June 4 primary ...

The Neptune Apartments on Pacific Avenue could become an eight-story apartment building. (Amaya Edwards — Santa Cruz Local/CatchLight Local) SANTA CRUZ >> Tenants of the Neptune Apartments in Downtown ...

Santa Cruz-based Workbench has requested to add more homes to an apartment building proposed at 900 High St. behind Peace ...

A voter fills out a ballot at the County Building on Ocean Street in Santa Cruz on Nov. 4, 2024. (Allison Garcia — Santa Cruz Local file) SANTA CRUZ >> On Nov. 4, voters in the City of Santa Cruz will ...

Santa Cruz Local breaks down two ballot measures that voters in the City of Santa Cruz will consider in the Nov. 4, 2025 election.

SANTA CRUZ >> Measure C led with 54.23% of the vote in early results updated at 4 p.m. Monday The initiative would pose two new taxes to fund affordable housing development in the City of Santa Cruz.

Local music venue, The Catalyst, has been in the building on Pacific Avenue for more than 50 years. (Amaya Edwards — Santa Cruz Local/Catchlight Local) SANTA CRUZ >> Residents got their first of ...