Hillary OJeda

A bus crash on the UC Santa Cruz campus in December 2023 led to the death of the driver Dan Stevenson and injuries to five passengers. Three of the students recently filed a lawsuit accusing the University of California regents of negligence.

Santa Cruz County Sheriff's deputies closed Highway 1 north of Davenport and put the nearby elementary school on a shelter-in-place order for over an hour Tuesday while they pursued a suspect they still hadn't located by late afternoon.

Pajaro Valley Unified School District is set to review plans on Wednesday to build teacher housing and a new performing arts center after voters approved a $315 million bond measure in November. The district will discuss two feasibility studies for an apartment complex that could be built at one of seven school sites, with costs ranging from $52 million to $87 million, alongside plans for a new performing arts center that could cost $24 million.

Members of UC Santa Cruz's feminist studies faculty say they are disappointed to see the pioneering department closing after 50 years, but say they had little choice amid dwindling faculty numbers and heavy workloads.

Campaign donations to an outgoing board member have ignited controversy over trustee appointments at Pajaro Valley Unified School District, exposing tensions between incoming and current board members.

Scotts Valley businesses, residents and city officials continued assessing the damage Monday after a tornado tore through a section of the city Saturday. Officials say the destruction will cost more than $100,000 to repair.

National Weather Service meteorologists issued a tornado warning for San Francisco on Saturday morning but ultimately, no twister appeared there. Lookout talked to a meteorologist to understand why Scotts Valley residents weren’t issued a tornado warning before one touched down there.

The Santa Cruz City Schools district has agreed to settle a lawsuit with two former students who accused ex-principal Steven Myers of sexual abuse in the late 1980s. The men allege Myers gave students massages, encouraged minimal clothing and provided drugs during a summer program he supervised.

Facing millions in budget shortfalls, Pajaro Valley and Live Oak school districts expect to make deep spending cuts as federal pandemic-era funding ends.

Six people have been rescued since Sunday after powerful waves caused part of the Santa Cruz Wharf to collapse and forced Capitola's wharf to close amid dangerous swells along the Santa Cruz County coast.