Downtown Santa Cruz is set for big changes in the coming years with a new, expanded downtown envisioned south of Laurel Street. A Texas-based developer wants to be the first one in the new ...

On April 23, the Santa Cruz Art Center will become a portal to another time as Center St. Stage transforms into a tribute to William Shakespeare,” writes theater critic.

Summertime is on the horizon. Here's your comprehensive guide to Santa Cruz County's biggest festivals, shows, and events ...

Three University of California, Santa Cruz students had their student visas canceled by the Trump administration. According to UCSC, starting the first week of April, the State Department began ...

A notorious California killer has been named as a suspect in the 1976 murder of a woman in Aptos, the small seaside town bordering Santa Cruz. In May 1976, Karen Percifield, 25, was in ...

Outstanding Director of a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 and Directing Award (Obie Awards) for Is God Is. What awards has Taibi Magar won? Taibi Magar won the Directing ...

Bay Area audiences have seen how playwright Kate Hamill explodes classics in “Pride and Prejudice” at Santa Cruz Shakespeare and “Vanity Fair” at American Conservatory Theater. Now she takes aim at ...

SANTA CRUZ — A large northwest swell capsized a boat heading out of Santa Cruz Harbor Thursday evening. Through a multi-agency response, the boat’s operator was rescued, and the vessel ...

While rates around the Bay Area continue to be higher than the state overall, in Santa Cruz County just over 91% of kindergarten students had received the recommended doses of the vaccine that ...

Two bodies were found in a pickup truck parked along a Santa Cruz Mountains road, and the deaths are being investigated as homicides. Related Articles Bay Area homicides 2025: Map and details The ...