Santa Cruz shoulders an outsized share of the county’s shelter beds, safe-parking sites and day services, despite making up less than a quarter of the population, writes local activist.

As we begin the new year, Santa Cruz enters it with clear priorities and steady momentum. The past few years have not been easy ones. We’ve weathered historic storms, continued to confront a housing ...

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 ...

Doesn’t it strike you as odd that most people experiencing homelessness in County are concentrated in just a few small areas — primarily within the city of Santa Cruz?” ...

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY — Each year, volunteers spread throughout Santa Cruz County to take the Point-In-Time Count: An annual snapshot of the county’s homeless population. The count helps keep track of the ...

The cities of Santa Cruz and Watsonville, alongside the county, have pooled together their resources to open the shelter from ...

Monterey County has activated its inclement weather plan to provide shelter for the homeless as temperatures are expected to ...

Connie Moreno will be one of the first residents of Watsonville’s long-awaited “tiny village” for people living along the ...

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.