Rio del Mar News

There's plenty of issues on the ballot this November, but there's one that will be noticeably absent.

Family, volunteers and Rio del Mar Elementary School staff came together through good old fashioned hard labor Friday to expand the school's garden before school starts Wednesday.

A Santa Cruz County Sheriff's deputy crashed into a utility pole early Sunday morning in Watsonville, causing a major power outage that spilled into daylight hours.

On atree-lined street in central Napa, green lawns in front of modest 1940s-era homes paint the typical picture ofmiddle class suburbia.

The 600 miles of county roads have fallen into such disrepair in recent years that it would cost $100 million to bring them back up to snuff, county Public Works officials say.

Shmuel Thaler/Sentinel Calfiornia Highway Patrol officers investigate an accident north of Rio Del Mar down a ravine off of Highway 1 on Tuesday.

Santa Cruz County Sheriff's deputy John Etheridge and his K-9 unit, Odin, join other deputies in an intense search for a man who bolted through the Seascape Golf Course Thursday following a bizarre theft and ...

There were parties, bottle rockets, explosives, small fires and a number of intoxicated men and women arrested and jailed on July 4 this year.

FIRST PHOTO: Jose Vazquez of United Site Services helps set up a temporary chain-link fence along East Cliff Drive in Live Oak Thursday morning as part of a widespread effort by area law agencies to curb ...

As American as Mom and apple pie, parades and fireworks and everything in between take center stage in Fourth of July festivities this week.

For the second year in a row, residents will get a double dose of patriotism during the annual Independence Day festivities.

When our elected contributors are campaigning, we do not publish their regular schedule so as not to unduly influence the election process.

High temperatures cooked residents and tourists alike Thursday, as the mercury reached 97 degrees in Santa Cruz, forcing thousands to find ways to cool off.

The pastures of the sea are the tiny floating plants called phytoplankton. They serve an essential role as the base of the ocean food chain, but they also have a darker side that has come to light in recent ...

Sentinel came through for our families A big thanks to the Sentinel from the Pauly and Doubleday families.

Bacteria levels at Cowell Beach have receded to levels safe enough to reopen the beach, but several Santa Cruz beaches remain closed this week, county officials announced. via NBC Channel 11

“The Heat/Health Warning System is instrumental to the health of our residents. The system will alert the public to extreme heat conditions and will help residents better prepare for a heat emergency.”

This couple prepares for a stay at Rio Del Mar State Beach Tuesday morning. Though early-morning temperatures have been chilly, forecasters are saying temperatures are in for a major spike over the next several ... via Register-Pajaronian

As a member of the steering committee of the Resource Center for Nonviolence, I attended the April 27 meeting held for the neighborhood at Barrios Unidos. via Santa Cruz Sentinel

“The construction project will improve the Rio Del Mar station's resistance to earthquakes. It doesn't mean we will avoid significant structural damage but the retrofit will allow us to remain in operation in any eventuality”

Rio Del Mar fire crews temporarily moved out of their permanent home to make way for a $781,000 construction project that, among other things, will retrofit the fire station to improve its resistance to ... via The Mid-County Post

“We probably wouldn't be able to build a new station there. The lot is barely big enough for the one we have there now.”

The Aptos/La Selva Fire Protection District is following its own advice in promoting earthquake awareness this month. via Santa Cruz Sentinel