Aptos News

A fire broke out Monday inside a residence on the 7500 block of Sunset Way, but the home was unoccupied at the time and no one was hurt.

Students and parents from four different counties crowded in the lobby of UC Santa Cruz's Cowell College Saturday afternoon to watch middle school kids from Discovery Charter School demonstrate 3-D printing.

In an homage to the original Kings Market, more than 50 people scaled scaffolds and wielded paintbrushes on Saturday to paint a mural at the Kings Village Shopping Center.

Cabrillo College will host presidential candidate forums on Wednesday and Thursday at the Cabrillo College Watsonville Center, 318 Union St., and at the Aptos campus, 6500 Soquel Drive: Wednesday, Watsonville Center, Room A150: Farley Herzek, 10-10:30 a.m.; Marie-Elaine Burns, 10:45--11:15 a.m. Wednesday, Aptos Campus, Samper ... (more)

Since 2005, Adamson has been general manager at the Beacon Hill Water and Sewer District in southwestern Washington.

Little more than a year after its celebrated remodel, Ristorante Barolo in Aptos has closed.

The Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter and the Friends of Watsonville Animal Shelter are hosting a Healthy Dogs Shots Fair from 1-4 p.m. May 18 at Ramsay Park Baseball Field, 1301 Main St.

A janitor spotted an unidentified man and Marco Garcia, a 22-year-old Aptos resident, spray painting a red and black shark on an electrical box at Cabrillo College, according to Santa Cruz County's sheriff's deputy April Skalland.

Police say the boys, ages 15 and 16, were carrying burglary tools and trying to pry open a window of one of the portable classrooms at Mintie White at 515 Palm Ave.

Sheriff Phil Wowak gave historian Sandy Lydon a jail shirt to give him a feel for a place "he'd never make it in." Judge Bill Kelsey brought in the trophies his friend, Lydon, had given him over the years for contests between them....all reminding the judge that he finished second.

Santa Cruz County Sheriff's deputies said Linda Lee Younger was found alive and unable to care for herself in Nisene Marks Park in Aptos.

Citing its mission to preserve open space and agriculture, the Land Trust of Santa Cruz County board announced its opposition to Measure T on Friday.

Grey Bears recently hosted its first Santa Cruz Repair Cafe, where more than 70 items were given a second chance at life.

Local law enforcement is on the lookout for Linda Lee Younger, a Live Oak woman who has not been seen since May 7. Younger was last known to be at a doctor's appointment on Tuesday.

For the past six years, George Janour regularly rides from his home in Santa Cruz to his work in Los Gatos.

A 20-year-old suspected gang member was arrested Wednesday evening on suspicion of carrying a loaded gun in a car with open containers of alcohol.

When a home is first seen from the street, the entry is the traditional focal point.

For Sandy Lydon, however, home is a much more expansive idea. The long-time Cabrillo College history prof -- and the subject of a roast on Friday at the Cocoanut Grove -- may be the only person who feels perfectly at home in Santa Cruz, in Aptos, in Watsonville, in Hollister and in Salinas.

A man suspected of reckless driving on Bonny Doon Road in recent weeks was arrested Tuesday night on suspicion of DUI, the California Highway Patrol reported.

The Scotts Valley Chamber of Commerce, Next Media 360 and Wilkins Consulting will present a seminar on using Pinterest for business 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Scotts Valley Hilton, 6001 LaMadrona Drive.