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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.

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.