Live Oak News

The case against accused murderer Daniel Onesto, 19, was continued again Thursday because attorneys needed more time to get evidence from police detectives before setting a date for a preliminary hearing.

A handful of Live Oak residents gathered recently in a local deli, where they pored over a large satellite image of the neighborhood, looking for corners of the community that tend to house the community's poorest and disenfranchised.

Maria Perez, who lives off Ocean Street in Santa Cruz, has been working odd jobs here and there, but it hasn't been enough to cover the bills.

Police are identifying Pablo Morales as the victim of a fatal shooting in Santa Cruz on Saturday evening.

Santa Cruz police have identified a 24-year-old Live Oak man who was fatally shot Saturday evening.

Police are searching for the two men responsible for the deadly shooting of a 24-year-old Live Oak man Saturday night on the San Lorenzo River levee.

Hundreds of fliers are circulating in the county this week as the Animal Services agency and a trio of other animal advocacy groups have teamed up with a simple goal: to encourage two-legged sorts not forget the plight of pets during the holiday rush.

Two bids for one seat on the bus district board have county supervisors poised for a showdown.

A 14-year-old Live Oak boy was flown to Stanford Hospital with severe head trauma after he was struck by a car while walking north on 30th Avenue near Portola Drive on Wednesday, according to the California Highway Patrol.

A former pastor at the Live Oak Community Church in Oakley was jailed Monday on charges he supported a lavish lifestyle by incurring debt in the church's name, including a $111,000 mortgage loan obtained by falsifying documents.

Nov. 17 proved to be a busy day for the Central Fire District, which responded to two house fires.

The relocation and consolidation of the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office is a project I have been working on for some time.

A woman suspected of hitting a teenage boy walking his bike on 30th Avenue just before 7 p.m. Wednesday was arrested early Thursday at her Live Oak home, the California Highway Patrol reported.

A 14-year-old boy was flown to Stanford Hospital with severe head trauma after he was struck by a car while walking north on 30th Avenue near Portola Drive on Wednesday, according to the California Highway Patrol.

A garage fire early Tuesday displaced two Muriel Drive residents, authorities reported.

The November meeting of the Monterey Bay Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society is Tuesday.

Author, Barbara Ghazarian, the Queen of Quince, will be discussing Simply Quince, from Breakfast to Dinner for 3000 Years, from 4-6PM, at the Santa Cruz Live Oak Grange 1900 17th Avenue in Santa Cruz.

A state appellate court this week reversed the attempted murder conviction of a teen accused of shooting a man five times outside a Live Oak apartment complex, authorities said.

A man was struck in the head by a rock while he was chasing teenagers who had thrown stones through his window about 5:30 p.m. Monday.

More than 250 Mid-County residents turned out at Live Oak Elementary School on Tuesday night to hear how a windfall of local tax money might be spent on their community.