Santa Cruz News

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A Santa Cruz police officer was injured late Thursday night after he was attacked by a transient man wielding a handmade weapon of rope and spikes on Chico Avenue in the Westside, a Santa Cruz police sergeant said.

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Home video surveillance captured two images -- on two separate days -- of a suspicious individual, whom Santa Cruz police suspect of swiping packages from the porch of a Westmoor Court home.

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A Santa Cruz home has been the target of at least two unwelcome visits from the same man, each captured on surveillance footage.

Police descended on a Westside Santa Cruz neighborhood with a SWAT team, K-9 unit and warnings to residents to stay inside Thursday afternoon only to discover that a 911 call reporting a woman had been shot was a hoax.

The Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program of Santa Cruz is looking for volunteers to help residents in facilities and work with skilled nurses.

For those seeking work in Santa Cruz - or those who are looking for a new job, or even a second job - here's a list of local job openings.

The factory paid for the invitations, the white roses, photos and wedding cake. It also took care of red tape around the marriage certificate and put on a splashy ceremony for Morena and her fiance, and 30 other couples.

The cleaning product of the future has been around for most of human civilization and is probably already in your pantry.

Supplies of organic pears imported from Argentina by Awe Sum Organics will be down this year, but quality is expected to be good.

When Gali Rosen's 10-year-old son, Luki, was diagnosed with asthma, the family received an information overload at the clinic.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim Donnelly's campaign manager quit Wednesday, just two days before the conservative Southern California assemblyman starts vying with a rival to woo delegates at the state GOP's convention in Burlingame.

A surveillance image shows a man who stole a bike and tried to steal a woman's purse on Soquel Avenue on March 6, according to Santa Cruz police.

In last Thursday's Street Smarts column about free parking and charging of the batteries of electric vehicles, Parking Program Manager Marlin Granlund said electricity cost are also subsidized as only a public utility can charge for power usage.

An 18-year-old Santa Cruz man was arrested in less than 24 hours after he allegedly attacked a woman last week at Bay and Seaside streets, and reportedly admitted to previous assaults in April, according to the Santa Cruz Police Department.

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Ellie Van Houtte/Town Crier Owner Jeff Hampton opened Red Berry Coffee Bar last week after 18 months of renovation at its home on 145 Main St. The bar specializes in offering customers fair-trade coffee for espresso drinks.

San Jose has moved one of its court fights against Major League Baseball over the stalled Oakland A's relocation to what it considers a friendlier legal ballpark.