Santa Cruz News

Aracely Saenz, 23, and her fiancé, Roberto Reyna, 33, were married in a ceremony paid for by the factory.

IT'S NOT JUST BODY IMAGE THAT SUFFERS WHEN A GIRL PLAYS WITH AN INSANELY PROPORTIONED BARBIE DOLL--IT'S ALSO HER CAREER ASPIRATIONS.

For our Saturday Night Attitude dance, we'll feature the work of three who have given us some amazingly danceable tunes! It's the birthday of Ry Cooder, one of the most amazing guitarists ever to walk this planet, Phil Lesh, the founding bass player of the Grateful Dead, and the singular Sly Stone, producer, songwriter, and musical pioneer.

Grab your girlfriends, moms, sisters, grandmas and daughters for Santa Santa Cruz's Pinkest 10k and 5k.

That which draws the most ire in Santa Cruz is large-scale development projects on the fast track to the City Council about which the community is largely unaware.

What started as a night to screen films for students taught by Jacob Martinez has grown into a three-day event known as the Watsonville Film Festival.

Slicing through the ocean with more than 2,000 pounds or more of marijuana, drug smugglers on Mexican fishing boats known as pangas have skipped Southern California landing zones in recent months and headed to Santa Cruz and Monterey County.

In recognition of service and dedication to the city of Santa Cruz, the Surf City Exchange Club of Santa Cruz recognized a Santa Cruz police officer and firefighter during the Blue and Gold Ceremony on Friday at the Portuguese Hall at Harvey West Park.

More than $8 billion has been awarded to victims of Nazi atrocities, thanks to Morris Ratner and a team of a dozen lawyers.

Quite a few years ago I took a marvelous art class through an adult education program.

Capitola police asked residents who plan to celebrate St. Patrick's Day on Monday to designate a sober driver.

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.

WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH BREAKING NEWS OUT OF SANTA CRUZ... POLICE ACTIVITY LED TO A SCHOOL ON LOCKDOWN THIS AFTERNOON.... IT HAPPENED IN THE 500 BLOCK OF ERRETT CIRCLE AND THAT'S WERE ACTION NEWS REPORTER BRITTANY NIELSEN IS WITH THE LATEST....BRITTANY? NOW TO THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING MALAYSIA AIRLINES