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Professional sumo is making its California TV debut in Santa Cruz on Sept. 26, when the World Elite Sumo league brings a 12-man tournament – and a modernized, shorts-wearing take on the 2,000-year-old ...

Why Art Matters” is a video series, published every other Sunday, exploring the artists who shape Santa Cruz County's creative landscape. Each episode offers a peek into an artist's practice, the ...

With a heat wave gripping Santa Cruz County, Lookout journalists fanned out across the area to see workers and residents were ...

South Highway 1 at Route 129 in Watsonville / Pajaro is facing closures for grinding and paving work. The closure will end at 5:59 a.m. today. Alternating lanes are closed on SR-129 at Highway 1 in ...

More than 60 people honored the fallen first responders of 9/11 by climbing Seacliff State Beach’s stairs 13 times – equal to ...

Highway 1 near Mar Vista Drive in Aptos will be fully closed overnight Sept. 20 for construction of a pedestrian bridge. Southbound Highway 1 will be closed from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. Drivers going south ...

On Monday, Sept. 14, there will be a lane switch on Highway 9 at Kings Creek Bridge near Boulder Creek. Crews are finishing the first phase of the project, which involved closing the southbound lane.

Capitola artist Bruce Harman has spent months painting 50 aluminum panels along a 625-foot stretch of railing on Monterey Avenue, turning it into a mural of jellyfish, otters, seahorses and other ...

Today will see areas of low clouds early; otherwise, mostly sunny and pleasant. The high will be 73 with a low of 59. Allergy sufferers beware: There are high amounts of ragweed in the air. As Santa ...

A person was arrested for having illegal drug paraphernalia and a controlled substance. The incident happened near the 100 Block of Blanca Lane, Watsonville, at 10 p.m. on Sept. 9. The person was ...