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New Safeway Store Offers Relief, Jobs In SCC
Although the unemployment rate is hovering around the 10 percent mark in Santa Cruz County, the county's employment development department said there are still jobs out there.
Central Fire wrecks $235K wildland fire rig during training...
A Central Fire crew wrecked a wildland engine while training in an off-road park Wednesday and it's unclear if the firefighting apparatus can be salvaged, officials reported Thursday.
Santa Cruz County Fair Entry Guides Now Available
The How To Guides on entering the many and varied divisions at the Santa Cruz County Fair are now available.
Scotts Valley and County Leaders Clash over Payout for New Library
Amid tense negotiations that threatened to derail Scotts Valley's plan to buy the Scotts Valley Sports Center and turn it into a new library, city and Santa Cruz County leaders clashed late last month over the release of $2.2 million held by the county and needed to complete the $4.5 million deal.
Some Monterey County drivers still talking, texting
A year after California banned the practice, talking on a hand-held cell phone while driving appears to be a hard habit to break for many motorists, law enforcement officials said Tuesday.
Santa Cruz Sentinel: Fighting Gangs: The way out
The cycle of gang violence, which too often leaves a trail of ruined lives in its wake, starts early.
Santa Cruz residents may be fighting losing battle against state...
Requests to spare the state from mass budget cuts have been so numerous they jammed Assemblyman Bill Monning's fax machine.
Former Miss Santa Cruz County returns with her own group
The last time Janie Oliver sang in front of a crowd in Santa Cruz County, a crown was on the line.
Trabing Fire Victims Talk About Aftermath
A year ago, the Trabing Fire turned dozens of lives upside down. "I saw the devastation and it was heartbreaking," fire victim John Harrington said.
Former Saratoga resident arrested, accused of moving into a house...
This house on Hubbard Gulch Road in Ben Lomond is the subject of an ownership dispute for which a Los Gatos man was arrested.
County retirement payouts are one more toll on budget
As county leaders cut health and human services, furlough employees and reduce office hours to close a record budget shortfall, one more expense is weighing on the bottom line: hundreds of thousands of dollars paid to retirees for unused vacation and sick time.
Wachovia branch in downtown Santa Cruz for sale again after Heritage Bank backs out
Local bankers said they are surprised San Jose-based Heritage Bank of Commerce backed out of a deal to buy a downtown Wachovia branch.
SC County Set To Cut Funds From Nonprofits
Supervisors in Santa Cruz County decided to cut funding to nonprofit organizations in their first step to closing a $5 million budget deficit.
Rover, Watch Out for the "Ball Police"
"Here's an analogy: imagine you're Jeff Gordon and you get a speeding ticket." This, is how Judy Malone begins her passionate case against California Senate Bill 250, the mandatory spay and neuter legislation now making its way through the California Legislature.
Watch County Library Board in Action
This month, the Santa Cruz County library oversight board continues to grapple with making $1.3 million in cuts, resulting in the layoff of 25 employees.
Supervisors Attempt Compromise with Poor Clares Rezoning in Aptos
The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors is poised to approve a controversial plan to allow more high-density housing in Seacliff, in spite of protest by some neighbor groups.
Organic farming labor of love in Pescadero
When Larry Jacobs and his wife Sandra Belin bought a small Pescadero farm in 1980 with the intention of growing produce without pesticides, the farmers in the area laughed at them.
Fire Season has Quiet Start After Last Year's Wildfires
The clouds and fog of this June may not fit the picture of the sunny summer weather vacationers might desire, but it's just fine with firefighters.
Accused Summit Fire Starter Pleads Not Guilty
A Los Gatos landscape contractor pleaded not guilty Thursday to one felony count of unlawfully causing a fire for allegedly failing to fully extinguish piles of burning debris that sparked the weeklong Summit Fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains in 2008.
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Pimentel Campos pleads guilty to murder, lewd acts on a child
Monterey County District Attorney Dean D. Flippo announced today that Oscar Daniel Pimental Campos, age 21 and a resident of Las Lomas, entered guilty pleas to murder and lewd acts upon a child.