Many unhoused people and advocates have pushed back against recent efforts to clear homeless camps across Santa Cruz County, while some housed residents said they want more enforcement. Enforcement ...
Swanton Road at Mill Creek on the North Coast was damaged during the CZU Lightning Complex Fire in 2020. (Cal Fire) Decades of inadequate maintenance have left many county roads in “deplorable shape,” ...
A Santa Cruz Local analysis found that potentially harmful pesticides were applied hundreds of times near South County schools from May 2022 to May 2023. It’s illegal to apply fumigant pesticides ...