Santa Cruz County News

Santa Monica-based Heal the Bay announced Thursday that Cowell's is once again among the state's worst beaches for water quality.

When Santa Cruz County Bank chairman George Gallucci announced a 5-cents per share cash dividend at the end of the annual meeting Thursday, stockholders broke into applause.

A Hollister man was arrested Wednesday night in Watsonville for being in possession of a stolen rifle, according to the Santa Cruz County Gang Task Force.

Janette Cheng, left, and Willie Dong are this years Valedictorians from Pacific Collegiate School.

Rep. Sam Farr, D-Carmel, spoke on the House floor Wednesday in honor of California Secretary of Natural Resources John Laird, who was one of 10 recipients of the Harvey Milk Champions of Change.

The district attorney has released the outcome of the investigation into the February murders of two Santa Cruz police detectives.

The money is tied to a reporting error on financial documents filed last year as cities and counties scrambled to figure out how to wind down redevelopment agencies.

NASA Planetary Scientist Christopher McKay will discuss the latest findings from the Mars Curiosity Rover and the prospects for finding evidence of life beyond Earth.

Orange tabby cats have quite a following! While most orange tabbies are male cats, a few are females .

A 5-year-old boy was attacked by a dog while visiting a Rio del Mar beach with his babysitter Tuesday, according to officials with the Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter.

Twenty-one years down the road, finally those unpleasant memories of a Memorial Day weekend without world-class live blues are beginning to fade for Santa Cruz County blues fans.

St. Mark's-in-the-Valley Episcopal Church invites the public to attend a unique multimedia concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the church, at 2901 Nojoqui Ave.

The city called a broken private sanitary sewer lateral found about 1,000 feet from the beach, in front of the Neary Lagoon pipe outlet, "a significant impact to Cowell Beach" and repaired it.

People who bought long-term care insurance from CalPERS 10 or 20 years ago, thinking it would provide security in their old age, are stunned to learn the agency is raising rates by 85 percent over two years.

With scant rain locally and little snowpack in the Sierra Nevada, local Cal Fire officials said Tuesday they are bracing for what could be a dangerous fire season.

The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday declined to weigh in on a controversy over whether to ease regulatory burdens on timberland owners.

Police will be out in full force starting Friday and won't let up until Monday as part of a crackdown on drivers under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

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.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of Morhauser's Annieglass Inc., known for its selection of handcrafted glass tableware that is not only elegant and functional, but also dishwasher-safe and chip-resistant. And while former presidents, royalty and movie stars have all dined off her plates for decades, Morhauser will open up the doors to her ... (more)

A man was arrested in Scotts Valley Friday after allegedly sending sexually explicit text messages to a high school student, according to police.