SANTA CRUZ — About 100 elected officials, local leaders, Santa Cruz city staff, housing advocates and curious community members gathered at Pearl Alley in downtown Santa Cruz on a hot and sunny ...

As 2025 morphs into 2026, Santa Cruz's downtown is still deep in the middle of a major transformation. A new proposal for The Catalyst building has many up in arms, while fans of the new library ...

EVERYONE IS ON BOARD. SOME ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL TRAFFIC AND BUILDING HEIGHTS. TUESDAY NIGHT-THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO REZONE 29 ACRES SOUTH OF LAUREL STREET CALLED THE ...

After a stretch of empty windows and “for lease” signs, downtown Santa Cruz is filling up again. Several new businesses have opened in recent weeks, and more than half a dozen are on the way. Locals ...