Davenport News

A hiker reported lost in the redwoods east of Davenport in Santa Cruz County today has been located, according to the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office.

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue Team around 5 p.m. Sunday found a hiker who had been lost overnight in the forest above Davenport.

Conservation groups behind the purchase of the largest unprotected stand of forest in the Santa Cruz Mountains announced Monday the first timber harvest since the 8,500-acre property changed hands.

He died during a cross country bike ride with his dog. That dog was found next to 39-year-old Joshua Laven's body after he was struck and killed on Highway 1 north of Santa Cruz.

One year after 39-year-old Joshua Laven was slammed off his bicycle and found lifeless on Highway 1 north of Santa Cruz, his family is seeking answers in a still unsolved hit-and-run. Jennifer Putnam and her husband, Jay Putnam, arrived in Santa Cruz on Friday from their home in Massachusetts to ask the public for help in finding the driver of a ... (more)

Stephanie Raugust has been revolutionizing school lunches with her Food Lab program at Pacific Elementary School in Davenport.