Highway 9 at Ramona Drive in San Lorenzo Valley has one-way traffic today because of drainage work. There is one-way traffic on SR-129 at Union Street in Watsonville and Pajaro because of paving work.

The Capitola City Council voted on Thursday to approve a polyester concrete overlay for the Stockton Avenue Bridge, the Caltrans-recommended course of action, to buy time as the city moves toward long ...

Prices for admission and parking at the Santa Cruz County Fair have decreased, with organizers hoping to draw more families to the yearly event at the county fairgrounds in Watsonville and make it ...

A drunk driver destroyed community activist Peggy Flynn’s parked car — and with it, she lost her hard-earned sense of independence, security and accomplishment. Now she’s navigating insurance ...

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Professional sumo is making its California TV debut in Santa Cruz on Sept. 26, when the World Elite Sumo league brings a 12-man tournament – and a modernized, shorts-wearing take on the 2,000-year-old ...

Why Art Matters” is a video series, published every other Sunday, exploring the artists who shape Santa Cruz County's creative landscape. Each episode offers a peek into an artist's practice, the ...

As a heat wave gripped the region, Lookout journalists spoke with workers from Santa Cruz to Capitola to Watsonville about how they were getting through it, shift by shift. Santa Cruz County rarely ...

More than 60 people honored the fallen first responders of 9/11 by climbing Seacliff State Beach’s stairs 13 times – equal to ...

Capitola artist Bruce Harman has spent months painting 50 aluminum panels along a 625-foot stretch of railing on Monterey Avenue, turning it into a mural of jellyfish, otters, seahorses and other ...

South Highway 1 at Route 129 in Watsonville / Pajaro is facing closures for grinding and paving work. The closure will end at 5:59 a.m. today. Alternating lanes are closed on SR-129 at Highway 1 in ...