Farmworkers carry the heaviest health risks from pesticides, and pregnant workers can expose their children to a lifetime of ...

New owners of Soquel Gardens mobile home park plan to ask county officials to allow its closure and accept a 100-apartment ...

Proposed housing developments could bring more than 600 new homes to Soquel and Live Oak, including a 105-unit building on ...

The Watsonville City Council on Tuesday approved a two-year agreement with nonprofit Míocar for an electric carshare program in the city.

Watsonville police should hire more officers and non-sworn staff, and divert more calls to civilian staff, according to a consultant’s report ...

The Capitola City Council on Thursday told city staff to develop a Wharf Master Plan with a restaurant, lifeguard tower and boat storage.

People want a fishing shop and restaurant on the Capitola Wharf, plus a permanent lifeguard station and other amenities, a survey found.

Some residents fear high rents will leave many apartments empty in Downtown Santa Cruz. But developers say the apartments are filling up.

Temporary changes to the East Cliff Drive bike path at Pleasure Point could start late this summer, with permanent changes in the future.

A motel on Soquel Avenue in Santa Cruz could become temporary housing for homeless people with serious mental illnesses.

A $4.3 billion passenger rail line would sap money for road repairs and other transportation projects and likely would mean a new sales tax.

Residents’ input on potential train service in Santa Cruz County is being collected during events and drop-in hours in Santa Cruz and Watsonville in June and July. The deadline for feedback is Aug. 15 ...