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From La Femme Nikita and The Professional to The Fifth Element, writer/director Luc Besson has created some of the toughest, most memorable female action heroes in cinematic history.

Circus gangster at heart, Caitlin Hofer pops the cork off traditional hoopdance.

News from Santa Cruz Sanctuary Village: We're in the phase of meeting with property owners and faith communities for the establishment of the pilot camp.

The death of a former Google executive during a liason with a high-class escort has thrown new light on the issue Tim Walker is The Independent's Los Angeles correspondent, covering entertainment and other concerns from the West Coast of the US.

Daric and Kathy Wallace operate the Cruz N Gourmet food truck, catering to students and staff at UC Santa Cruz.

A model of a transformed Abbott Square is on display in the downtown Santa Cruz gathering spot adjacent to the Museum of Art & History on Thursday.

AND NOT JUST IN CALIFORNIA. ACTION NEWS REPORTER PHIL GOMEZ IS LIVE IN SANTA CRUZ ON HOW HE LURED IN HIS VICTIMS... ERIN... THE TEENS THOUGHT THEY WERE TEXTING THEIR DADS... BUT INVESTIGATORS SAY, INSTEAD THEY WERE TRADING TEXTS WITH A PREDATOR: SCOTT ANGELO WAS NOT HAPPY TO SEE NEWS CAMERAS TURN UP AT HIS SUNNYVALE HOME FRIDAY MORNING.

The moon appeared bigger and brighter when it went supermoon on June 23, 2013 - especially when it was seen next to objects on the horizon, such as the helicopter from the original Batman television show at the New Jersey State Fair last year.

The Senior Citizens Opportunities is hosting a breakfast event from 8:30 a.m. to noon Sunday at 222 Market St. in Santa Cruz.

MOSS LANDING >> Two Santa Cruz teenagers were killed and hundreds of drivers delayed for more than six hours Friday morning after two separate accidents just a mile apart on Highway 1 in North Monterey County early Friday morning.

Police in a town near Atlanta, Georgia, are reviewing the death of the boyfriend of a woman who has been connected with the fatal drug overdose of a tech executive in Santa Cruz, a spokeswoman said today.

A 25-year-old Santa Cruz resident has been identified as the man killed Thursday when a big rig collided with 10 vehicles on northbound Highway 17 near the Lexington Reservoir.

City of Santa Cruz employee art will be on display in the Louden Nelson Community Center art gallery for the month of July.

This undated photo provided by NorthFulton.com shows Dean Riopelle, 53, who died of a heroin overdose in September 2013 in Milton, Ga., about two months before Google executive Forrest Hayes died of an overdose on his yacht.

It's the fifth week of the annual summer series Free Friday Night Bands on the Beach, and soul/R&B singer Macy Gray is performing.

Thursday's performance of 'Altar Boyz' was canceled because one of the performers was stuck in traffic jam caused by Thursday's fatal accident on Highway 17. Shortly after the 7:30 p.m. curtain time for 'Altar Boyz,' Cabrillo Stage Artistic Director Jon Nordgren made the announcement, according to Sentinel Internet Director Mike Blaesser, who was ... (more)

Roaring Camp Railroads announces the return of the newly restored Engine No. 2 - built in 1909 for the Santa Cruz Portland Cement Co.

A 20-year-old man arrested early Thursday entering Live Oak Elementary School with vandalism tools is suspected of spraying graffiti around Santa Cruz County.

Our new Broadway/Riverside Pedestrian Crossing Project will enhance the existing, marked crosswalk on Broadway by adding Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons .

AAA officials announced this week that the average price of Bay Area gas increased slightly compared to last month and is close to California's statewide average.