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Housing

389 apartments approved on Ocean Street in Santa Cruz

Stephen Baxter2025-02-21T13:54:55-08:00February 20, 2025|

Construction expected to start spring 2026

Cabrillo College trustees reaffirm troubled property manager for student housing project

Nik Altenberg2025-01-29T09:30:29-08:00January 28, 2025|

Community meeting Wednesday, Jan. 29

Ballot measure aims to build more affordable housing in Santa Cruz

Jesse Kathan2025-01-23T17:36:34-08:00January 17, 2025|

Parcel tax and property transfer tax could appear in Nov. 4 election

6-story apartment complex approved on Water Street in Santa Cruz

Jesse Kathan2025-01-13T18:32:28-08:00January 13, 2025|

82 rentals expected below market rate

Government

Jimmy Panetta and Zoe Lofgren to host town hall Saturday in Watsonville

Nik Altenberg2026-05-11T12:08:39-07:00October 10, 2025|

Residents can submit questions for representatives to answer

Supervisors advance new rules to scrap illegally parked vehicles in Santa Cruz County

Evan Quarnstrom2025-10-10T10:01:49-07:00October 9, 2025|

Homeless residents could face displacement

Report: 21,000 Santa Cruz County residents could lose health insurance by 2028

Tyler Maldonado2025-10-15T09:48:05-07:00October 8, 2025|

Thousands of Santa Cruz County residents set to lose health insurance or see premiums double

Local college programs for Latino students to shutter as federal cuts take effect

Dave Ordoñez2025-10-10T10:03:00-07:00October 3, 2025|

Cabrillo College and UCSC to lose $3 million each

Health

Podcast: Student mental health and stress in Santa Cruz County, part 1

Kara Meyberg Guzman2022-05-03T09:44:47-07:00March 23, 2021|

Santa Cruz Local’s Distance Learning Series

Vaccines came slowly for most vulnerable in Santa Cruz County

Jerimiah Oetting2025-04-14T13:19:03-07:00March 3, 2021|

Deaths ‘may have been prevented’ at senior living facilities

Podcast: Public education money, COVID and the power of Santa Cruz County school boards

Kara Meyberg Guzman2022-05-03T09:44:50-07:00January 31, 2021|

How to make your voice heard

Mass vaccination clinic for teachers likely to be delayed

Kara Meyberg Guzman2021-03-04T09:36:10-08:00January 24, 2021|

Santa Cruz County's vaccine supply is the limiting factor

Transportation

Environment

Pesticide use near schools prompts calls for more transparency in Santa Cruz County

Jesse Kathan2025-05-15T10:39:59-07:00January 28, 2022|

Delay in state alert system risks children’s health, advocates say

Water quality, rates could rise with Big Basin, San Lorenzo Valley Water merger

Brian Phan2022-01-31T14:51:25-08:00January 25, 2022|

Boulder Creek area water fixes likely to take years

New food waste collection in Santa Cruz County: Costs, timing and details

Allison Gasparini2021-12-04T08:04:00-08:00December 3, 2021|

Santa Cruz city residents to get pails, other areas to mix food waste with yard trimmings

Storm brings risk of debris flow, evacuations in Santa Cruz County burn zones

Jesse Kathan2021-10-21T22:17:12-07:00October 21, 2021|

Authorities ask residents to learn new zones ahead of rain, possible slides

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