Rio del Mar News

At least seven Rio del Mar homes were burglarized during Thanksgiving weekend, prompting sheriff's deputies to remind residents to call 911 when they see suspicious people in their neighborhoods.

Santa Cruz police are investigating a rash of robberies that took place in the Rio Del Mar neighborhood during the Thanksgiving holiday.

Using a calm, reassuring and helpful voice, Kristen Kellermyer guides her students along the route to getting and/or keeping their driver's licenses.

A two-car crash on Highway 17 near Laurel Road reported at 7:16 p.m. Friday tied up southbound traffic but resulted in no injuries, the California Highway Patrol reported.

Santa Cruz County Sheriff-Coroner Phil Wowak was the guest speaker for the October Aptos Chamber breakfast meeting.

Highway Patrol officer Dave Bruestle interviews truck driver Jose DaRosa while officer Sarah Jackson interviews Sean O'Brien after O'Brien's Dodge Intrepid got caught under the trailer and dragged by DaRosa's sand truck on northbound Highway 1 south of Seacliff State Beach on Tuesday.

Kelly Sporter of Kelly's French Bakery will organize a second community-building market Saturday, featuring 12 local vendors and seven wineries.

Lavern Wilson of American Canyon says it's only a matter of time before someone is killed trying to cross Highway 29 at Rio Del Mar.

The Monterey County Sheriff's Office is reporting the arrest of Anjali Khatav, 31, of Sunnyvalle, after a high speed chase through Monterey County into Santa Cruz County.

Peter Vizzusi creates pulls a work in progress out of the furnace as he makes on of his signature cups in his Rio Del Mar workshop.

A handful of residents are bickering and blogging over the idea of speed bumps on their street in Rio del Mar.

The northbound and southbound Highway 1 off-ramps will be closed at State Park Drive between Park Avenue and Rio del Mar on Saturday, October 3 between 4:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. for the Annual Rudlolph F. Monte Foundation Fireworks Celebration.

Building a foundation: The Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County broke ground last week in Aptos on a home of its own.

The pizza was too chewy. That was Jacob Kirkendall's review of his first bite of cheese pizza since the 17-year-old Aptos High student was badly hurt when he was shocked by a fallen power line near Rio del Mar State Beach.

Jacob Kirkendall, who was shocked by a downed power line in June and remains in the hospital, has talked of becoming an EMT or a firefighter.

So I'm at Rio del Mar beach Saturday, along with about 2 million other people, and some porpoises were cruising along about 150 yards offshore, their black dorsal fins easily visible from shore.

A 2009 survey found Santa Cruz County has fewer homeless people than it had two years ago, but numbers are rising in some categories as they fall in others.

Every year, the dredge at the Santa Cruz harbor sucks up about 250,000 cubic yards of sand and pumps it out onto Twin Lakes Beach where it continues its journey down coast.

The commercial fishing boats that had been swinging closer than ever to shore in search of sardines are gone.

More than three weeks after an Aptos High senior was badly hurt when he was shocked by live wires, friends and strangers are putting the finishing touches on a big benefit concert.