Santa Cruz News

Derby Park neighbor Dean Blom rides the fresh edges and curves of the newly resurfaced skate park Tuesday.

He spent years as a geologist on the forefront of petroleum exploration around the world, served with the Marine Corps during the World War II, traveled the world, and married his high school sweetheart.

Show your face at the Instore signing and demo over at Pacific Ave Cycles in Santa Cruz and ride with the likes of Nathan Williams, Shane Weston, Chester Blacksmith, Corey Martinez, Geoff Slattery, Christian Rigal and Iz Pulido.

Update 2pm Tuesday. A crowd of several hundred gathered at the intersection of Oak Grove and Ygnacio Valley roads in Walnut Creek to watch the biggest bicycle race in the U.S. taking a hard right turn at the corner Tuesday afternoon.

With all the campaign commercials, stump speeches and kissing of babies, it might be difficult to actually remember to register to vote in California's upcoming June 5 primary election.

Ramon Lara, 29, is sworn in as the new city administrator for the City of Woodlake during Monday's City Council meeting.

The name evokes a bucolic setting, far from the maddening crowds and insistently networked reality of city life.

Organizers from the neighborhood group Take Back Santa Cruz billed Monday evening's walk as a way to take back the memory of Shannon Collins, 38,A from the murderer who stabbed her in broad daylight on the 300 block of Broadway last week.

Business was brisk at the Bicycle Trip's booth in the fair that ran all day alongside the Amgen Tour of California finish line at Cabrillo College.

An unprovoked dog attack is bad enough. But it's especially egregious when the victim happens to be a service dog for a paraplegic.

The one-year divorce between Santa Cruz County, which has deep bicycling roots, and the Tour was brought on by bean counters who checked local hotel ledgers and didn't see enough reservations, making officials wonder whether it was worth the added hassle.

On weekdays, Andrea Bibelheimer dresses "conservatively" as a social services manager.

Santa Cruz police officers inspect the back doorway of the vacant building on 72 River St.

Agenda Packet Meeting Information The Desalination Task Force consists of two members of the Soquel Creek Water District Board and two members of the City of Santa Cruz City Council.

Staff of Life, at 1266 Soquel Ave., is the first business to install an electric vehicle charging station through the California Energy Commission-funded Bay Area Electric Vehicle Corridor Project.

Santa Cruz fashion designer Jill Alexander has been invited once again to New York for Full Figured Fashion Week.

The event at Shoreline Middle School will begin at 5:30 p.m. with a community resource fair.

You might say Rachel Saunders was in a jam when she decided to write her latest book.

The owner of three La Esperanza markets has pleaded no contest to 12 misdemeanor counts of operating a business without a sellers permit, in violation of state taxation codes.

For a mob, these shoppers were awfully polite. They didn't scream or fight over the merchandise, and most of them used credit cards rather than cash.