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SANTA CRUZ — Wednesday morning, Santa Cruz police officers, community service officers and staff from the city’s Homeless ...

Santa Cruz County is bucking national trends, significantly reducing homelessness through sustained investment, coordination and compassion, writes Mer Stafford, the chair of the Coalition to End ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KGO) -- When drivers enter the City of Santa Cruz, it's hard to miss the massive homeless encampment located at Highway 1 and River Street, near the Gateway Plaza. The sea of tents ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KGO) -- Dozens of tents remain along Highway 1 and River Street in Santa Cruz. However, as of Friday evening, fire officials estimated most of the people who lived there were gone.

As 2025 comes to a merciful close, there are a few resolutions that will carry over into the new year and hopefully won’t have to be renewed. Take the Great Beach Walkway dispute in Rio del Mar.

A Bay Area nonprofit that helps homeless people across the region find jobs and housing in exchange for volunteering to clean up local streets is abruptly shutting down, citing a loss of millions of ...