For those who didn't vote for Donald Trump, last week's election offers an opportunity to shed some cherished but outdated ideas about elections, demographics and America's character.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 X, Scotts Valley’s updated business tax, appears to be passing handily, having received 72.57% of the vote. Only ...

Capitola’s sales tax, Measure Y, is out to a large early lead with 68.87% of the vote. Just 31.13% of the vote has been cast ...

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

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 ...

Lookout columnist Claudia Sternbach is not a fan of newly reelected president Donald Trump. Currently sick with COVID-19, she recently returned from New York City, where she sold the studio apartment ...

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 ...

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Measure Q, the Santa Cruz County Water and Wildfire Protection Initiative, is holding onto a double-digit lead, with the “yes” side having received 58.2% of the vote, and the “no” side receiving 41.8% ...

To make my list of the 15 best sandwiches in Santa Cruz County, I combined crowdsourced suggestions from readers with my own ...

California’s Senate will reach gender parity, but depending on the outcome of some close contests, that could extend to the ...