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Santa Cruz County has ordered 40,000 doses of the H1N1 vaccine, which is scheduled to arrive with county health care providers this month.

San Lorenzo Valley residents in Boulder Creek are gearing up to vote in a referendum on whether to pay $36 annually per parcel to support the Boulder Creek Recreation and Parks District. The capital improvement measure that will show up on the Nov. 8 ballot...

It’s a Thursday morning, and Jake Gandolfo is red-eyed and hung over.

Santa Cruz County Housing for Health Partnership (H4HP) has released results of the 2025 Homeless Point-in-Time (PIT) Count, demonstrating a significant drop in individuals experiencing homelessness to the lowest number in the count’s history. The 2025 PIT Count identified 1,473 people experiencing homelessness in Santa...

While many are aware of the San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District’s own charter school, which promotes non-traditional learning formats through Quail Hollow Homeschool, to Nature Academy all the way through Coast Redwood High School, local residents may be less aware the board also...

While one appointed incumbent looks to hold onto her seat on the San Lorenzo Valley Water District board of directors, the retirement of a longtime board member has left another opening for a field that also featured three challenging candidates.

Cal Fire CZU Unit Chief Ian Larkin announced the CZU August Lightning Complex Fire was controlled on Dec. 23, a little over four months since the blaze started. Although the fire was declared 100% contained on Sept. 22, emergency responders had to put in much...