San Lorenzo Park in Santa Cruz was packed to its perimeter with more than 15,000 community members on a sunny Saturday ...

Otter 841 went viral in 2023 for harassing surfers in California, but 841's first attacks were reported in 2021 ...

Southern sea otters, which are often referred to as California sea otters, populate the central coast of California and are popular coastal companions to California tourists and residents, though the ...

A young surfer named Bella had an unexpected encounter with a sea otter while catching waves in Santa Cruz.The playful otter ...

"There’s a swirl of issues around this decision, not the least is what happens to the struggling and visible population living in makeshift tents along Coral Street, one of the few encampments the ...

Attorneys delivered opening statements on Tuesday for the trial of Kaleb Charters, one of four men charged with murdering a ...

The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors advanced updates to an ordinance that allows abandoned vehicles to be scrapped ...

On the ballot this year is the Santa Cruz Workforce Housing Affordability Act of 2025, a measure designed by the community to help ensure that the people who make this city work can continue to live ...

California's Santa Cruz County announced that sales on filtered cigarettes will be banned in 2027, which officials say is the first ban of its kind. In a statement Monday, the ban is taking effect ...

SANTA CRUZ — Police have arrested a former Pop Warner football coach in Santa Cruz for multiple sexual assault charges involving a minor on “multiple occasions,” according to the Santa Cruz County ...

The first filtered cigarette sales ban to go into effect in the world will be enforced in Santa Cruz County and two of its cities beginning in 2027, county officials announced. The Santa Cruz County ...