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 ...

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

The more prolonged the exposure of sea otters and their offspring are to human activities, the higher the likelihood that ...

The encounter revived memories of “Otter 841,” a female sea otter that went viral two years ago for repeatedly taking over ...

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 ...

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

"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 ...

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 ...

A man who pleaded no contest to human trafficking in Santa Cruz County was given over 25 years in state prison, the county District Attorney's Office said Monday. Luis Alberto Salas was given 25 years ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KGO) -- It's no secret that sun and surf draw millions of people to California's beach towns. But now researchers in Santa Cruz are translating that wave into dollars and cents ...