SANTA CRUZ, CALIF. (KION-TV)- UPDATE ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 AT 4:40 PM- Almost two months after the Black Lives Matter mural was vandalized in front…
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SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV)- Santa Cruz has a certain aesthetic. The beachside city helped make famous the surfer aesthetic and is well known for…
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SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV)- California received about $103 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service to…
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SANTA, CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV)- The City of Santa Cruz said that a significant amount of rock that provides levee armoring and flood protection had…
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SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV)- A Santa Cruz recovery center will soon reopen its doors to help people facing drug and alcohol addictions. The Santa…
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via: Booking.com SANTA CRUZ, CALIF. (KION-TV)- The Santa Cruz Fire Department released information regarding a carbon monoxide leak that caused the…
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BY OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Kaiser Permanente has agreed to pay $49 million as part of a settlement with California prosecutors who…
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Courtesy: Santa Cruz Harbor, pictured above: aerator system deployed at AA-Dock (May 2021) SANTA CRUZ, Calif. – Officials in Santa Cruz…
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CENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION-TV)- Forbes has released their list of “America’s Top Colleges” for 2023. This list showcases the top 500 colleges in the…
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SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV)- The Santa Cruz County Chief’s Association will be hosting a gun buyback event on Saturday, Sept. 16. The event will be…
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Almost three years after a deadly dive boat fire south of Santa Barbara claimed the lives of 34 people, the National Transportation Safety Board said…
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BY GABE AGCAOILI SACRAMENTO — Legislation aimed to help speed up development of affordable housing across California was signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom…
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KION-TV)- Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Santa Cruz Senator John Laird’s SB 756 into law on Friday, according to the governor’s office.…
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SANTA CRUZ, CALIF. (KION-TV)- Santa Cruz is looking to complete the purchase of 57 hydrogen fuel cell electric buses. To understand how important…
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SANTA CRUZ, CALIF. (KION-TV)- California is investing millions of dollars into affordable housing and clean transportation, and Santa Cruz will be…
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SANTA CRUZ, CALIF. (KION-TV)- UPDATE AUGST 21, 2023 9:49 A.M.: More information on the fatal crash has been released by Santa Cruz CHP. According to…
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SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV) — Santa Cruz Police is warning people in the city about the potential for heavy traffic as a result of an unsanctioned…
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Courtesy: Google Maps SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV)- On Wednesday, CHP responded to a major injury crash in the area of Highway 1, just north of North…
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Courtesy: City of Santa Cruz SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV)- The City of Santa Cruz launched its Local Hazard Mitigation and Climate Adaptation Plan…
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SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV)- UC Santa Cruz saw their acceptance rate rise by 44.5 percent according to the university. UC Santa Cruz said that 34…
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SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV)- Otter 841 mania is in full effect as a Santa Cruz ice cream shop has honored her with an ice cream flavor. Marianne’s…
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SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV) UPDATE ON AUG. 5, 2023 AT 3:35 PM- Skyler will hang 20 for the last time at the World Dog Surfing Championship in…
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SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV)- On Friday, the City of Santa Cruz became one of 30 communities in California to earn a Prohousing Designation. This…
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SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV)- U.S. District 19 Congressman Jimmy Panetta secured a $520,911 grant to for Janus of Santa Cruz, which is a substance…
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SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV)- The City of Santa Cruz and Santa Cruz Police said people going around the city demanding money for curb panting are…
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Courtesy: SC County Animal Shelter SANTA CRUZ, CALIF. (KION-TV)- Shelter space for animals at the Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter are packed. The…
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SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV)- The Santa Cruz County Cycling Club will be hosting their 2023 Mountains Challenge bicycle ride on Saturday. The…
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SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV)- A new California bill could tighten rules for electric bikes and make it illegal for kids under 12 to ride them.…
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SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV)- As the search for otter 841 continues there are growing concerns about the harassment of marine life in those waters.…
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SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV)- A group of 13 Santa Cruz County residents launched the first Central Coast chapter for the Awesome Foundation.…
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SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV)- The search for Otter 841 continues, and while the otter mania is amusing, we had to ask why it’s taking so long to…
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By HAVEN DALEY and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — A sea otter launched into the national spotlight after images of…
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SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV)- UPDATE ON JULY 18, 2023 AT 8:36 PM- Otter 841 has still not been captured, but the surfboard biting sea otter is…
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APTOS, Calif. (KION-TV)- An upcoming student housing project at Cabrillo College’s Aptos Campus is now uncertain following grant changes from the…
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SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV)- The County of Santa Cruz Coroner’s Office has confirmed its first death linked to an animal tranquilizer. The…
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SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV)- UPDATE ON JULY 3, 2023 AT 2:45 PM: The Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District formally announced that…
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Santa Cruz, Calif. (KION-TV) Update June 29, 2023, at 12:25 p.m.- Santa Cruz Police said they are looking for a mountain lion that they have…
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SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV- Last month, we showed you a company in Santa Cruz that is revolutionizing the packaging industry with its eco-friendly…
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SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KPIX) – The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors at a meeting Tuesday unanimously approved plans for funding more robust mental…
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SANTA CRUZ, CA. (KION-TV): The city of Santa Cruz was one of the coastal cities that were hit by winter storms this year. Last week, President Biden…
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PLEASURE POINT, Calif. (KION-TV)- The California Highway Patrol said that 50-year-old Chad Rodger Gulmon of San Jose has been arrested on DUI charges…
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SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, CALIF. (KION-TV)- The grounds of the Santa Cruz County Fair are empty now, but soon people will fill the area to enjoy what the…
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SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV)- The Santa Cruz Fire Department said they stopped a fire on the third story of an apartment complex from spreading…
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SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV)- During Tuesday’s board meeting, the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors approved funding to improve the Floral…
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SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV)- Santa Cruz Police said their police station was off limits for about an hour on Monday after a well-intentioned…
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APTOS, Calif. (KION-TV)- The Santa Cruz County Department of Community Development and Infrastructure will be making pavement repairs on Huntington…
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Courtesy: Dan Fallorina SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV)- While AAPI month is over, the fight and work to get Filipino American history in the…
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SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV)- Two men found guilty of defacing a Black Lives Matter mural in front of Santa Cruz City Hall back in 2021 are expected…
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WATSONVILLE, Calif. (KION-TV)- The Santa Cruz County Fair has announced that Zeke Fraser has become the new manager of the Santa Cruz Fair and Santa…
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SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV)- UC Santa Cruz announced that they will be joining the Hillel International’s Campus Climate Initiative. The initiative…
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