Firefighters were stretched thin battling major wildfires in California and called for a stop to campfires, warming fires and other blazes.
PG&E said, "Scammers have become increasingly deceptive" amid the pandemic — 2,700 attempts have been reported since June. What to know.
Chief Andrew Mills has spent nearly four decades in law enforcement, including four years in Santa Cruz.
Police said they found the men heading into a nearby car.
Blame it on the pandemic. Coyotes have gotten used to traipsing about an empty campus, police said.
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Extra officers will be hitting the streets, looking for intoxicated or dangerous drivers through Labor Day weekend.
Santa Cruz saw several ATM burglaries in recent days, police said.
Record-breaking storms in 2017 rendered some roads unusable to this day.
A man was arrested in Santa Cruz after officials said he crashed into a building during a dispute with a female passenger.
At the recent Board Meeting on August 17th, 2021, the Central Fire District Board of Directors gave the following direction:
"He was not given a ride to the yellow brick road, but he was booked into jail," police said.
Police in Santa Cruz were investigating a bank robbery after masked suspect stole an undisclosed amount of cash.
Two neighboring home sustained damage in the incident.
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Thick clouds of black smoke billowed into the sky as Santa Cruz Fire extinguished a car fire.
Her foot was injured, but the woman did not suffer any major injuries, police said.
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Power was restored to most of those affected by Thursday afternoon, according to PG&E.
We're dairy glad to see this calf's story had a happy ending after it escaped from its pasture at UC Santa Cruz.
Local leaders called on officials to investigate hate groups and more after the Santa Cruz Black Lives Matter mural was vandalized.
He went off of the road east of Scotts Valley, according to CHP.
Two men pleaded not guilty to felony vandalism charges in Santa Cruz County Superior Court.
The crash was reported Tuesday evening.
The outage was reported around 3 p.m. Monday
Updated: Santa Cruz police arrested two men accused of intentionally "burning out" to apply tire tread marks across the roadway mural.
The sheriff's office is in the process of extraditing Patrick Diaz from Idaho.
Traffic was snarled in Santa Cruz County Wednesday as California Highway Patrol temporarily shut down Highway 1 in Live Oak.
Fully vaccinated people are well-protected from the serious effects of COVID-19, including the Delta variants. Vaccinating as many peopl ...
You can still hit the trails in the City of Santa Cruz but off-trail campers have been ordered to leave.
The Cal Fire San Mateo-Santa Cruz branch received disturbing results after testing vegetation in the area. What to know.
The County of Santa Cruz has posted the draft of the updated 2021 - 2026 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan on their website, where it will re ...
Dozens of catalytic converters were stolen in Santa Cruz this year.
A local man surrendered to law enforcement last week in an unreported death in Santa Cruz, police said.
Dozens were cited and 14 were arrested over the holiday. Here's what police had to say.
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Police found a crime scene and dead woman in a recreational vehicle in which she appeared to live.
Officials warn of extreme fire risk a year after the county saw its most devastating wildfires ever.