For those who didn't vote for Donald Trump, last week's election offers an opportunity to shed some cherished but outdated ideas about elections, demographics and America's character.

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

Measure Q, the Santa Cruz County Water and Wildfire Protection Initiative, is out to a double-digit lead, with the “yes” side ...

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

Capitola’s sales tax increase, Measure Y, appears to have passed after a fresh batch of ballots were added Friday afternoon.

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 ...

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

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 ...

On Thursday, leaders representing Santa Cruz city and county government, public schools and nonprofit organizations reassured ...

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More than 37,000 University of California system workers from two different unions, including hundreds of custodial and ...

Lookout food & drink correspondent Lily Belli highlights top events happening around Santa Cruz County in the coming week, plus more listings from Lookout's BOLO events calendar.