Santa Cruz News

Local storyteller Sirena Andrea folds her arms as she tells "The Enchanting Adventures of the Princess in Disguise" at the Veterans Memorial Building in Santa Cruz on Sunday afternoon as part of the third annual Fringe Festival.

SANTA CRUZ >> City Councilwoman Hilary Bryant says she will not be a candidate in November's election, a decision that triggers an extension of the nomination period that opens Monday.

Several of the cars involved in a fatal accident involving a big rig and several cars on northbound Highway 17 just before the Bear Creek Road exit on Thursday, July 10, 2014.

Visitors peer into the Monterey Bay from the back deck of Edward F. Ricketts' lab on Cannery Row in Monterey in 2005.

The 12th annual Avon Walk for Breast Cancer came to a close in San Francisco Sunday afternoon, raising $4 million to accelerate breast cancer research, improve access to screening and educate people about breast cancer.

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.