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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.

A Silicon Valley success story turned sordid this week with the arrest of an upscale prostitute who allegedly left a Google executive dying on his yacht after shooting him up with a deadly hit of heroin.

Salud Para Le Gente will hold a Sisters Day health fair from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 16 at the Watsonville facility, 45 Nielson St. Events include a raffle for a $100 gift card, free massages, free bags of food for the first 75 families, nutrition education and information about cancer prevention.

Photograph by George Sakkestad Onlookers watch as a fire inspector takes pictures from the top of a ladder truck of the burnt remains of Manresa restaurant.

A Folsom woman described by police as a high-priced prostitute stands accused of injecting a Bay Area client with a fatal dose of heroin before stepping over his body, finishing off a glass of wine and fleeing with evidence.

COVERAGE ON A STORY WE FIRST TOLD YOU ABOUT LAST NIGHT AT 11: A HIGH PRICED PROSTITUTE WAS IN A SANTA CRUZ COURTROOM TODAY, CHARGED IN THE DEATH OF A SILICON VALLEY TECH EXECUTIVE.

SANTA CRUZ >> A man suspected of shooting a pregnant woman in the arm as she and others fled a Beach Flats neighborhood and later struggling with a police officer will be held to stand trial.

"We have a housing crisis in our community," he said, speaking to more than 100 people Tuesday at the Santa Cruz County Business Council luncheon at UC Santa Cruz's Terra Fresca Restaurant.

A prostitute and former San Francisco exotic dancer made her first appearance in Santa Cruz County Superior Court today since being arrested Friday in the death of a one-time Google executive on his yacht last fall.

SANTA CRUZ >> If you found another place to eat when McDonald's at 1421 Mission St. closed for three months for renovation, owners Steve and Jan Peat want you back.

UC Santa Cruz alumni Tom Beckett and Bar Smith have created an affordable desktop CNC router, which can carve objects from computer designs.

By Deb Belt , Susan C. Schena and Beth Dalbey A Georgia woman described by police as a high-priced prostitute was arrested for her alleged role in the overdose of Google executive Forrest Timothy Hayes, who reportedly died after the woman gave him heroin and left him to die.

By AUTUMN JOHNSON A Livermore resident says she was lucky she was home on 4th of July when an illegal firework smashed through her upstairs window, catching her bedroom carpet on fire.

With the Tour de France under way and road riding season in full swing, there's no better time to geek out over the latest technical cycling gear.

Smart Solutions to Homelessness and Watsonville Mayor Karina Cervantez co-host a public screening of "INOCENTE," an Academy Award winning documentary about a homeless Latina youth and artist, 7:30-9 p.m. Thursday at the Civic Plaza community room sixth floor, 275 Main St. The showing will be followed by a community conversation about what is ... (more)

A 15-year-old boy seriously injured his hand in a fireworks blast on Saturday at a home in Live Oak, deputies said.

Patuma, a woman who received a loan and small business training to help start her own bakery, makes bread in Malawi, Africa.

The stairway, reaching from the bike path on West Cliff Drive down to the tidal zone below the cliff, is located just north of the surfer statue on West Cliff Drive at Pelton Avenue.

Artist Jacinto Guevara poses in front of "Kite Hill from Vestal" at his friend Paul Furlong's home in Watsonville.

An admitted prostitute was arrested Friday in the November heroin overdose death of a Santa Cruz man on a docked yacht, Santa Cruz police said.