Santa Cruz County News

A number of myths regarding transportation have developed over the years which affect community thinking and even local policy decisions.

There was a collective sense of relief from both staff and patients as the doors opened for free H1N1 vaccinations at the Santa Cruz Health Center.

On Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 7 p.m. the Board of Supervisors will hold an historic first meeting at Live Oak Elementary when the board will hear the community's input on the five-year plan for the County's Redevelopment Agency .

The Internal Revenue Service is looking for 115 Santa Cruz County taxpayers who are due to receive a total of $121,613 in refunds.

Keith Boyd will soon emerge from jail, his life transformed by a rusted out 1970 Cadillac Coupe Deville.

The 2009 Santa Cruz County Fair introduced some new elements and brought back some old.

Supervisor Mark Stone has requested that the County Board of Supervisors begin looking at a ban on most single-use paper and plastic bags.

SANTA CRUZ, Calif- A man is arrested for brandishing a hand gun and possession of marijuana in the 700 block of Pacific Avenue Early this morning witnesses stated that the passenger of a Volvo brandished a firearm and yelled some derogatory comments as the vehicle drove by.

A man accused of shooting his mother and brother during a family dispute in a Westside home two years ago will stand trial, a judge ruled Tuesday.

Members of Santa Cruz County Bank collected 141 pairs of pajamas for their Project Pajamas program in October.

Homeschooling has the word "home" in it, but not all homeschoolers are opposed to having their kids in a classroom for subject-specific instruction.

Ted Bailey, owner of Plager Vision and Laser Eye Center, has been a dedicated optometrist for 32 years.

A provision to raise payments for Santa Cruz County family doctors treating Medicare patients has made it into the House version of health care reform legislation released Thursday, according to Rep.

Santa Cruz County has exhausted their current supply of H1N1 vaccines and will be unable to provide vaccinations at public county clinics until further notice, health officials said Wednesday.

Local California-owned parks will not close completely as once feared, but many will have fewer hours and services under reduction plans that take effect Nov.

Two Santa Cruz County projects received education grants from the Save the Redwoods League as part of its annual awards.

Twenty-one suspected gang members were arrested late Friday in an undercover sting that reached from Santa Cruz to Watsonville.

Pharmacy manager Brian Henzig, gives a flu shot to returning customers May Chung, at the Safeway Pharmacy in Milpitas, Calif.

A man accused in four separate incidents of freshmen girls being groped while walking to school was arrested Thursday.

Scotts Valley High's "haunted hospital" did not seem like the kind of place that would do patients any good, but in reality it benefited those fighting cancer.