Live Oak News

A Live Oak man accused of planning to commit grand theft from a local business was found with a cache of weapons, including assault rifles, shotguns, handguns and more than 50,000 rounds of ammunition, Santa Cruz police officials said.

Jaime Galdamez Guevara is "not an angel," his attorney assured jurors Thursday during closing arguments of the Salvadoran gang member's trial on double murder charges.

The teens, who were volunteering with YouthServe at the Mesa Verde Community Garden, rolled the full loads down a slope, emptied the material onto cardboard placed between the trees, and spread it out to help rid the orchard of invasive weeds.

"We started to wonder, can we do something like that here for KCBX?" said Haila Hafley-Kluver, who also had a hand in the creation of a day for children in the Plaza and SLOfolks Folk Music Society.

Jose Sanchez, 29, fled from police just after midnight in the area of 38th and Brommer Street, according to Capitola police Sgt.

The future of Mid-County drew a crowd to Santa Cruz Gardens Elementary School on Tuesday for a public meeting led by Supervisor John Leopold to gather residents' input on what Live Oak and Soquel might look like in 20 years.

The severely emaciated dog could barely stand when an animal control officer and a Watsonville firefighter plucked him from duckweed at the edge of the water and ferried him to safety in an inflatable boat Saturday.

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.

FRIDAY MAY 10 What: Sandy Lydon Roast Where: Coconut Grove When: 6-10 p.m. Cost: $125 per ticket.

Ahead of the city's publication of an environmental analysis for a proposed seawater desalination plant, the Santa Cruz Water Commission on Monday approved a list of measures to be pursued as part of a revised 10-year conservation plan.

The picture was taken on a warm spring day in our backyard in Live Oak, Calif. She is surrounded by the state flower, the California Poppy, with a kiwi vineyard in the background.

For people who live in communities along the Feather River southwest of Oroville, a three-year, $265 million project is expected to begin soon that aims to provide flood protection.

When sheriff's Sgt. Patrick Dimick returned home from a domestic disturbance dispatch on Valentine's Day 2012, he made sure to leave work at the door.

Thank you for the story about the sea lion, "Synchronized Swimmer," by Callum Beals.

On Friday, April 26, bicycle enthusiasts gathered at the Bike Church before departing on the Santa Cruz Bike Party, a mellow social ride accented with amplified music.

On an overcast afternoon, a group of teenagers cheerfully loaded wheelbarrows with composed wood chips and manure to help improve the grounds in the Pajaro Community Orchard behind the Lutheran Community Church.