Neither Central Fire’s Measure R nor Scotts Valley Fire District’s Measure S had reached the two-thirds of the vote required ...

Measure X, Scotts Valley’s updated business tax, appears to be passing handily, having received 72.57% of the vote. Only ...

Measure Z, the 2-cent sugary drink tax proposed in the city of Santa Cruz, maintained its narrow margin of support, 51.3%, ...

Capitola’s sales tax, Measure Y, is out to a large early lead with 68.87% of the vote. Just 31.13% of the vote has been cast ...

Lookout columnist Claudia Sternbach is not a fan of newly reelected president Donald Trump. Currently sick with COVID-19, she recently returned from New York City, where she sold the studio apartment ...

After more than 7,000 ballots were added to the countywide tally Friday afternoon, Gerry Jensen and Melinda Orbach held onto their leads in the race for two open Capitola City Council seats, with 34.4 ...

With Friday's 4:30 p.m. vote counts in, Carol Turley and Jessica Carrasco are leading, while Gabriel Medina took a narrow lead against Oscar Soto for three open seats on the Pajaro Valley Unified ...

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Measure Q, the Santa Cruz County Water and Wildfire Protection Initiative, is holding onto a double-digit lead, with the “yes” side having received 58.2% of the vote, and the “no” side receiving 41.8% ...

To make my list of the 15 best sandwiches in Santa Cruz County, I combined crowdsourced suggestions from readers with my own ...

Are you on the lookout for a new career path in Santa Cruz County? Look no further! We've curated a list of the top 10 Santa ...

California’s Senate will reach gender parity, but depending on the outcome of some close contests, that could extend to the ...