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Santa Cruz METRO will provide special late-night Highway 17 Express service for select FIFA World Cup 2026 matches at Levi’s Stadium, helping riders travel between Santa Cruz County and the San Jose Diridon Station connection point before and after evening games. With large crowds, traffic,...

After years of seeing the businesses of Felton and Boulder Creek support their communities and one another via collective participation in annual events and mixers, Ben Lomond is getting in on the act.

Former Santa Cruz County Clerk Gail Pellerin is running for the 28th Assembly District in the upcoming June 7 primary after receiving the nod from current representative Mark Stone, who is reportedly not seeking reelection. Over the past few months, Pellerin has encouraged women to...

A photograph taken in Boulder Creek on the occasion of Governor Hiram Johnson’s visit in October 1914 shows a crowd in front of the old Commercial Hotel, now the site of Johnny’s Market.  One individual—a well-dressed Black man in a derby hat—seemingly well-aware of the camera, stands out.  Who was he?  His identity is revealed in another photo in which he poses in a white coat and the same hat, advertising the “Ben Lomond Inn.  Senator Hamden, Prop.”

As Affordable Housing Month—aka May—approaches, Linda Kerner has been taking stock of all the years she’s been raising awareness about the subject. “Oh my gosh, I’ve been involved with Affordable Housing NOW for eight, nine years,” she said, recalling how she got involved with the...

For all of the industries that have experienced contraction since the dawn of Covid-19 in 2020, one local business is seeing expansion in its very near future: KBCZ radio. Centered in Boulder Creek, the station is growing into new territory. Within the next few weeks,...

Berkeley resident Alexandria Luevanos pleaded not guilty Monday in Santa Cruz Superior Court to four charges in connection with a vehicle pursuit through Scotts Valley in which police say her passenger shot at CHP officers. Meanwhile, her co-defendant, Kristopher Rosario Payopay, 40, of Lathrop, Calif.,...