Body found on Boulder Creek Elementary School campus
A dead body was found at Boulder Creek Elementary School on a second-story balcony early this morning prompting the cancelation of school for the day.
WEEKEND UPDATE: Measure D still in doubt
By the end of the day on Friday, Nov. 18, the counting of mail ballots in Santa Cruz County had passed 90 percent, with no change in the preliminary results announced the morning after the Nov. 8 election.
New dashboard details school-based Covid-19 testing results
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—The Santa Cruz County Office of Education (COE) has launched a dashboard that summarizes Covid-19 testing results across schools countywide.
The dashboard is a partnership with school districts, Inspire Diagnostics and the Santa Cruz County Department of Public Health, COE spokesman Nick Ibarra...
Unemployment Benefits Available for Workers Affected by Storms and Flooding
People in Santa Cruz County—along with Californians who live in eight others—will be allowed to apply for unemployment benefits if they lost work due to recent storms, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said today.
The announcement, originally released April 28, covers self-employed, unemployed...
How Governor Jerry Brown wants to spend California Tax Dollars
On January 7 Governor Jerry Brown proposed a $122.6 billion state budget. Spending was increased for education, health care, state infrastructure, debt pay down and increase the state’s rainy day fund to $8 billion. "Relative to budgets of the past, this budget is in good shape," Brown said of his 2016-17 spending plan. "We also ought to look at what's the capacity of the state, and what's the taxpayer willingness to spend more."
News Briefs | Published Sept. 12, 2025
Fun run, emergency preparedness fair set for Saturday
On Saturday, Sept. 13, the City of Santa Cruz will be hosting Race the Wave, a 3K...
