After two years of Santa Cruz Game Dev Meetups, host Tyler Coleman of Retra Games is throwing open the doors at Nextspace on July 30 — play local games, meet their makers, and meet the Game Grove Incubator's first cohort.

DART and Vets to Drones are teaming up to connect military veterans with training, certifications, mentorship and high-wage careers in advanced air mobility.

Guy Kawasaki and Daniel Coyle explore why flourishing depends less on individual achievement and more on community, shared growth, and learning through imperfect, collaborative work.

Two retired Silicon Valley executives — a former Hulu CTO and a Fortune 500 division president — are building an entrepreneurial ecosystem in Humboldt County. Santa Cruz has seen this movie before. It works.

Want to make a difference at a Santa Cruz County Non-profit? Find your fit at Community Foundation’s annual mixer!

Santa Cruz's Joby Aviation just locked in a deal to bring electric air taxis to the skies over London and Manchester.

Santa Cruz Works members get to save even more on coworking with an exclusive discount from Nextspace!

Santa Cruz Ventures makes Light Links its 11th portfolio investment — a Santa Cruz Works accelerator graduate and Launchpad 2025 winner using infrared light to give robots what Wi-Fi never could: certainty.

Boston-born ag tech company Farmblox has relocated its headquarters to Santa Cruz, bringing a sensor-agnostic farm automation platform to the heart of California's specialty crop country — with ambitions well beyond the farm gate.

As the new Downtown Library begins to take shape, members of the community have a unique opportunity to be a part of positive, local change.

Two Santa Cruz outrigger teams are heading to Kauaʻi’s 37-mile Na Pali Challenge and seeking a local sponsor to help cover their $1,800 chase boat.

Greg Kelly of Insperity hosted friends of Santa Cruz Works aboard the O'Neill Sea Odyssey catamaran on July 15 — a flawless summer sail of wind, wine, shearwaters, and the bay at its generous best.

A Scripps master's thesis by Adelka Hancova finds that discarded polyester releases methane, CO₂, and carbon monoxide as it degrades in the sun — emissions no climate inventory currently counts.

UC Santa Cruz researchers are monitoring Southern California wetlands to measure carbon storage, methane emissions, and air quality. Their findings could help California make smarter decisions about future climate investments and restoration projects.

Business environments continue changing at a pace that requires professionals to keep developing their skills. But not everyone has the capacity to pursue additional education. Online MBA programs have become an increasingly popular option because they allow professionals to continue working while building the business knowledge needed for future opportunities.

Check out the FREE Family Education, Arts & Innovation Showcase on Saturday, July 18, from 11:00 AM–1:00 PM at Abbott Square in downtown Santa Cruz.

Designed for families with children ages 8–12, this interactive event features hands-on activities in art, music, dance, theatre, entrepreneurship, technology, and innovation.

Santa Cruz County has the talent to grow, but local wages are not keeping pace with the cost of living. By creating more high-paying jobs, internships, and training opportunities, our tech community can help more people build lasting careers here.

America's AI boom is colliding with America's water bills and power grids — and towns are fighting back. Which makes one company's weird question suddenly serious: what if the data center just... left Earth?

Planning on hiring this fall? Access2Employment is currently seeking employers to join their annual job fair on Oct 1.

Life's second half arrives without ceremony — and the strategies that built your first half will quietly sabotage it. Drawing on Jung, Rohr, and one business owner's discovery of "eternity," this is the case for trading achievement for attention, role for soul.