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

By Allison Gasparini|2021-12-04T08:04:00-08:00December 3, 2021|Tags: Aptos, City of Capitola, City of Santa Cruz, City of Scotts Valley, City of Watsonville, compost, food waste, garbage, Live Oak, organic waste, trash|

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

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831 Water St. housing project to be reconsidered by Santa Cruz council

By Kara Meyberg Guzman|2021-11-23T23:30:31-08:00November 23, 2021|Tags: 831 Water, affordable housing, City of Santa Cruz, development, Donna Meyers, downtown Santa Cruz, environment, housing, inclusionary, Justin Cummings, Kara Meyberg Guzman, Martine Watkins, Renee Golder, Sandy Brown, Santa Cruz City Council, Shebreh Kalantari-Johnson, Sonja Brunner|

Council could approve revised proposal Dec. 14

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Police standards examined in Santa Cruz County report

By Stephen Baxter|2021-11-19T18:41:15-08:00November 19, 2021|Tags: Andrew Dally, Capitola Police Department, City of Santa Cruz, Criminal Justice Council, Justin Cummings, Law enforcement, mental health, mental health crises, Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office, Santa Cruz Police Department, Scotts Valley Police Department, Stephen Baxter, Steve Walpole, Tom Sims, Watsonville Police Department, Zach Friend|

Independent oversight, use of force policies among key differences

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RV parking limits adopted in Santa Cruz

By Kara Meyberg Guzman|2021-11-09T23:42:39-08:00November 9, 2021|Tags: City of Santa Cruz, homeless camp Santa Cruz, homelessness, Kara Meyberg Guzman, parking, Santa Cruz City Council|

Plus: City leaders name sites for sanctioned homeless camps

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Plans renewed for housing and shops on busy Santa Cruz streets

By Jesse Kathan|2021-11-10T18:08:59-08:00November 9, 2021|Tags: affordable housing, City of Santa Cruz, Corridor Plan, development, housing, Jesse Kathan, Santa Cruz City Council, Santa Cruz Planning Commission|

Design standards, mixed-use zones to be tackled at Wednesday meeting

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Meeting Wednesday on proposed Live Oak medical complex

By Allison Gasparini|2021-11-03T08:55:27-07:00November 3, 2021|Tags: City of Santa Cruz, development, health, Manu Koenig, Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, transportation|

Road improvements anticipated near Kaiser Permanente project

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Overnight RV parking limits advance in Santa Cruz

By Kara Meyberg Guzman|2021-11-03T14:17:43-07:00October 26, 2021|Tags: City of Santa Cruz, homelessness, housing, Kara Meyberg Guzman, parking, Santa Cruz City Council|

RV owners discuss problems and solutions

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Rental housing market squeezed by pandemic, wildfire in Santa Cruz County

By Graycen Wheeler|2021-10-27T09:59:13-07:00October 22, 2021|Tags: City of Santa Cruz, housing, UCSC|

More than half of a Santa Cruz hotel houses UCSC grad students

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Housing project at 831 Water St. blocked by Santa Cruz council

By Kara Meyberg Guzman|2021-11-03T14:17:49-07:00October 13, 2021|Tags: 831 water st., City of Santa Cruz, density bonus, Kara Meyberg Guzman, Santa Cruz City Council, SB35|

City leaders explain denial of controversial plan

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Santa Cruz police chief hired in Palm Springs

By Stephen Baxter|2021-11-03T14:11:56-07:00October 12, 2021|Tags: Andy Mills, City of Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Police Department, Stephen Baxter|

City manager to name Andy Mills' replacement

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The Nov. 2 Santa Cruz city election, explained

By Mallory Pickett|2021-10-08T19:18:32-07:00October 8, 2021|Tags: City of Santa Cruz, elections, Martine Watkins, Santa Cruz City Council|

What Measure A means, why it’s the only question, and how to get a ballot

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Evening electricity rates rise in Santa Cruz County

By Jesse Kathan|2021-10-07T12:10:29-07:00October 7, 2021|Tags: City of Santa Cruz, electricity, environment, PG&E, power, power grid, power rates|

‘Time of use’ pricing aims to ease strain on power grid