Capitola News

A small crowd of community members, police officers and volunteers for the Capitola Police Department gathered on Monday morning in front of the City Hall for a Memorial Day celebration.

Jondi Gumz did an amazingly skillful job on the memorial story about Bea Macdonald.

The annual awards honor people who have contributed significantly through professional or volunteer activities or financial support for the benefit of children in the county foster care system.

It was so good to read that the new land use consultants have taken a "slow down" approach! The expansion plans that Safeway was proposing would obliterate what many in our community value the most about Rancho Del Mar Shopping Center.

Motivated by the success of his Santa Cruz food-walking tour , Brion Sprinsock has created a second tour, this time in Capitola.

Starley Moore, owner of Charley Co., plans a grand opening celebration today at 409-A Capitola Ave.

CHP officers said they already arrested 20 suspected DUI drivers this past Saturday and Sunday - which was more DUI arrests than during the previous weekends in May.

Did you have a movie night in the last week? It's pretty convenient with all the Redboxes strewn about town.A Each week,A Redbox.com A lists the 20 most popular titles by zip code.

Mobile home residents are ready to open their pocketbooks to create a legal aid fund for themselves, they just hope Watsonville voters will give them the go-ahead. The Watsonvile City Council approved placing a measure on the November ballot that would increase city fees on mobile home residents from $1.10 to $5 a month.

WHAT: This is a classic Santa Cruz Mountains Chardonnay from a vineyard close to the Ben Lomond Mountain subdistrict.

Police are seeking more information about a man who abandoned a red parrot last week in a grocery store parking lot in Capitola, Calif.

Because Thai Basil is so small -- we're talking four tables inside, three outside -- and doesn't take reservations, Stacey and I made sure to be at the door of the Capitola restaurant when it opened for dinner.

Santa Cruz leaders could give themselves raises: Council members say they won't take pay hikes now, but could reap benefits later SANTA CRUZ - Two years to the day after a bicyclist fell crossing the Beach Street railroad tracks in a dedicated bike lane, the city agreed on Tuesday as part of a settlement to re-configure the lanes.

Marcos Chavez, the man accused of killing Ronald "Aaron" Carpenter in Capitola last December , will face trial.A According to the Santa Cruz Sentinel , Judge Paul Marigonda made that decision on Monday at a preliminary hearing.

The city of Capitola is once again in a difficult position as the new fiscal year approaches due to a lagging economic recovery on top of unprecedented flooding last spring triggered by a pipe failure in Pacific Cove.

This is the first time in all my years that I have hope regarding real solutions for the transient and homeless.

First-time candidate Friend is a contender in the county's 2nd District, which spans from Capitola to Watsonville, and includes Aptos, Corralitos and other unincorporated areas.

Police are seeking more information about a man who abandoned a red parrot last week in a grocery store parking lot in Capitola.

A 23-year-old man charged with killing a fellow Cabrillo College student inside his studio apartment in Capitola will face a trial.

Capitola is non synonymous with sports, but believe it or not, the number one disc golf player in the world, Nate Doss, hails from our beachside town.