Rio del Mar News

Something fishy is going on at Rio del Mar State Beach. Thousands of dead fish washed up on the beach Saturday night, leaving sea birds a sandy buffet to enjoy overnight and early Sunday.

County administrators have decided not to move ahead with a private place bond from the state, a move that would have essentially loaned county money to California to pay for state projects locally.

"No parking" signs lined up at Seabright State Beach already are warning visitors of the transformations Santa Cruz beaches are undergoing this Fourth of July weekend.

An Aptos High student badly hurt when he came into contact with a 21-kilovolt power line Sunday night was sedated Tuesday while doctors assessed if his severely injured right arm could be saved.

An Aptos High student remained in serious condition Monday after he was apparently shocked by a fallen power line while he and a friend tried to put out a small grass fire near the beach Sunday night.

If approved by the state legislature, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's budget plan will close 220 of 279 State Parks and Beaches, including each and every State Park and Beach in Santa Cruz County.

If Memorial Day weekend is a indicator of what's to come this summer, it will be a quiet one here in Santa Cruz County.

A year ago this morning, high winds kicked up embers from a smoldering brush pile and flicked them into dry brush.

In one classroom, a group of people are playing cards; down the hall, students plant seedlings, intently mold figures from clay and exercise in a wide-open gym with views to high stands of eucalyptus.

Boulder Creek Mon., Apr. 13 * 3:40 a.m. 125 Pool Drive Vandalism, Theft Someone broke the large front window of a business, apparently to steal cigarettes.

CENTER AVENUE: Subject to delays up to 15 minutes between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. through June 15 for water main replacements.

Members of the Rotary Club of Capitola/Aptos will spruce up Rio Del Mar School on Saturday, one of many "Rotarians at Work" projects during National Volunteer Week.

School officials have identified Michael Schrandt as the 17-year-old Delta Charter School student who died in a house fire early Saturday.

The Santa Cruz County coroner's office on Sunday declined to release the name of a 17-year-old Delta Charter School student who died in a Rio Del Mar house fire early Saturday, saying the delay would give school officials the chance to tell his classmates of the tragedy and allow those who knew him to grieve.

A 17-year-old boy from Santa Cruz County was killed in a fire that ignited in a home on the 600 block of Loma Prieta Drive early this morning, according to the Sheriff's Office.

While the high winds have died down, on Wednesday morning, several hundred people along the Central Coast are still without power and waking up in the dark.

Fire crews battled a quarter-acre wildland fire near 500 Lakeview Road, west of Marsh Lane, Sunday afternoon The call came in around 5:15 p.m. A caller reported that a controlled burn near the road had gotten out of control along the side of the road.

Sure, there's a recession, but locally owned business are adapting to survive. Take, for example, John and Jerri Hammond, owners of Outside-In Home in the Aptos Center.

As the fog lifts from Rio del Mar beach, the sun's warmth permeates, convincing Ryan Mackey and me to paddle out at Platform's, despite the uninspiring surf conditions.

Robert Powell, the Blue Lagoon He's either escorting intoxicated clubgoers eager to get inside the Blue or else chasing away the occasional stray terrier that manages to slip beneath his foolproof radar.