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Aptos mother Veva Virgil was found guilty by a Santa Cruz jury on Friday of murdering her 3-year-old daughter, Isabella Grace Martinez, in 2008.

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John Bruce Clauer showed little reaction Friday when a Santa Cruz County Superior Court judge sentenced him to 59 years to life in prison.

A Santa Cruz man was arrested Thursday afternoon after he allegedly rammed his pickup into a sedan for driving too slowly, California Highway Patrol officer said.

Think lap-steel guitar, and cinematic ambient music likely doesn't come to mind.

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.

I would like to give a huge shout out of thanks to Laurie and her staff at Ideal Hair in Scotts Valley.

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.