New Leaf Energy, the developer behind the proposed battery storage facility near Watsonville, tells Lookout that the company ...

County and state agencies are planning a slate of road work for the Santa Cruz Mountains in preparation for a wet winter. Crews will clear ditches, ready plows and also continue working on a series of ...

Santa Cruz County has crafted one of California’s toughest battery-storage ordinances, prioritizing safety, transparency and local control, writes Felipe Hernandez, the chair of the county board of ...

Former supervisor Bruce McPherson urges the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors to move forward with a new battery energy ...

Former Santa Cruz mayor Chris Krohn argues that New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s insurgent progressive victory offers a blueprint for a new generation of political change in Santa Cruz. He says ...

Encompass Community Services is scrambling to reopen Head Start, a federally funded low-income child care program, after the ...

The City of Santa Cruz is beginning another round of repairs at the Santa Cruz Wharf, nearly a year after powerful swells ...

Two people, including a California Highway Patrol officer, were treated in hospital for minor injuries after a tree fell onto ...

An atmospheric river drenching much of California since Wednesday night had dropped several inches of rain and brought gusty ...

Utah tourist Danielle Staley, 35, vanished after a bonfire at Rio Del Mar State Beach earlier this month. A week after Staley ...

Community Bridges CEO Ray Cancino reaffirms the agency’s commitment to supporting both its employees and the communities it serves and laments that workers who published a Lookout op-ed earlier this ...

After thousands of votes across hundreds of categories, the winners and runner-ups are officially in for the inaugural Lookout List. See which of your favorites came out on top. The Ugly Mug & Jackson ...