Capitola News

A man in the Jewel Box neighborhood was stabbed at least twice while trying to fend off his attacker with a wooden 4-by-4 post Wednesday afternoon.

Capitola wants to raise space rents to $400-$600 a month for part-time residents at Pacific Cove Mobile Home Park, generating $47,000 to $90,000 a year for the city's depleted treasury, but Pacific Cove residents are contesting the move.

To celebrate the release of her latest novel, Dancing With Butterflies , award-winning author Reyna Grande has been touring the US.

Medical marijuana already may be legal in California, but a new push to legalize and tax the drug, either for medicine or entertainment, is gaining new momentum.

A citizen's ad hoc committee, the library director and residents in attendance Nov.

Mark Cotter/Contributed Okeanis researchers captured this photo of a bottlenose dolphin attacking a harbor porpoise in the Monterey Bay in September.

The location of the new larger Capitola library branch remains undecided after a 2-2 vote by the City Council Wednesday night.

It's time for city residents to speak up on where they want a new larger Capitola library branch to be located.

City Manager Rich Hill announced Monday he plans to retire July 10. The City Council accepted his resignation during a closed session Friday afternoon.

I'll bet there are many readers who would like to do something to commemorate Veterans Day.

The City Council agreed 5-0 with Bruce Clark, Central Fire district Fire Chief, that the 61-year-old Capitola Theater is a serious fire hazard and not a local historic resource.

Marina Sousa has created custom cakes for Miley Cyrus, Jennifer Aniston and Clint Eastwood.

Roger Willenborg, like many residents at Alimur Mobile Home Park, fears he and his family could soon be on the street if the county doesn't win its fight to protect rent control at the Soquel Drive park.

Police street crimes officers arrested a wanted El Dorado Hills man in a Santa Cruz motel room with methamphetamine, a handgun and other weapons Saturday evening.

Whether located in the midst of one of Capitola's largest residential neighborhoods or just off a busy highway exit, school campuses attract trouble.

Capitola has a small branch library, located on the corner of Wharf Road and Clares Street.

Eighty years after a fire ravaged the famed Capitola Hotel, burning its 160 rooms, a dancehall, skating rink, and a piece of Village history, a portion of the site will likely be cleared once again to make way for a hotel.

The tide is turning against smokers in this oceanfront tourist town. Citing health hazards and cigarette butt litter, the City Council unanimously expressed support Thursday night for a smoking ban at Esplanade Park next to the beach, Stockton Avenue Bridge and the wharf, all locations frequented by visitors, and other public property in the city.

CAPITOLA Bowing to fire safety concerns, the City Council agreed Thursday that the 61-year-old Capitola Theater is not a local historic resource and voted 5-0 to give the owners a coastal permit to demolish it.

A round of applause to the Scotts Valley High students who recently put on the fall concert.