Santa Cruz County News

A man was arrested after attempting to flee from officers during a probation compliance check Friday night in Las Lomas, a Santa Cruz sheriff's sergeant said.

Need wood for a home project? Bay Area Salvage is dismantling an old apple packing warehouse at 5620 Freedom Blvd., a 10,000-square-foot structure made of Douglas fir, redwood and corrugated metal.

A two-week investigation by Santa Cruz police and the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office into a May 10 crime spree has led to the arrest of three men suspected of burglary, arson, auto theft and conspiracy.

Bay Area beaches were put to the test and came out with mostly good grades on the Heal the Bay 2013 Beach Report Card that was released this morning.

When he was leaving for work earlier this month, Luis Castellanos noticed something odd when he looked out at the island in Northern California's Watsonville Slough.

Santa Monica-based Heal the Bay announced Thursday that Cowell's is once again among the state's worst beaches for water quality.

When Santa Cruz County Bank chairman George Gallucci announced a 5-cents per share cash dividend at the end of the annual meeting Thursday, stockholders broke into applause.

A Hollister man was arrested Wednesday night in Watsonville for being in possession of a stolen rifle, according to the Santa Cruz County Gang Task Force.

Janette Cheng, left, and Willie Dong are this years Valedictorians from Pacific Collegiate School.

Rep. Sam Farr, D-Carmel, spoke on the House floor Wednesday in honor of California Secretary of Natural Resources John Laird, who was one of 10 recipients of the Harvey Milk Champions of Change.

The district attorney has released the outcome of the investigation into the February murders of two Santa Cruz police detectives.

The money is tied to a reporting error on financial documents filed last year as cities and counties scrambled to figure out how to wind down redevelopment agencies.

NASA Planetary Scientist Christopher McKay will discuss the latest findings from the Mars Curiosity Rover and the prospects for finding evidence of life beyond Earth.

Orange tabby cats have quite a following! While most orange tabbies are male cats, a few are females .

A 5-year-old boy was attacked by a dog while visiting a Rio del Mar beach with his babysitter Tuesday, according to officials with the Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter.

Twenty-one years down the road, finally those unpleasant memories of a Memorial Day weekend without world-class live blues are beginning to fade for Santa Cruz County blues fans.

St. Mark's-in-the-Valley Episcopal Church invites the public to attend a unique multimedia concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the church, at 2901 Nojoqui Ave.

The city called a broken private sanitary sewer lateral found about 1,000 feet from the beach, in front of the Neary Lagoon pipe outlet, "a significant impact to Cowell Beach" and repaired it.

People who bought long-term care insurance from CalPERS 10 or 20 years ago, thinking it would provide security in their old age, are stunned to learn the agency is raising rates by 85 percent over two years.

With scant rain locally and little snowpack in the Sierra Nevada, local Cal Fire officials said Tuesday they are bracing for what could be a dangerous fire season.