In efforts to ensure a safe and peaceful Semana Santa 2025, the Health Emergency Management Unit of the Department of Health (DOH)-Cordillera, in coordination with the Department of Transportation ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KRON) — Lifeguards recently received medals of valor for their heroic actions at a beach in Half Moon Bay and another shoreline in Santa Cruz known as “Death Rocks.” ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KRON) — A 13-year-old girl who was found dead along a river in south Santa Cruz County three decades ago was recently identified through DNA testing, investigators said.

Double homicide in Santa Cruz Mountains A double homicide investigation is underway in the Santa Cruz Mountain foothills after two bodies were found inside a pickup truck. Loved ones are ...

Human remains discovered 30 years ago in Santa Cruz County have been identified as belonging to a missing New York teenager using advanced DNA technology. Laura O’Malley was reported missing in ...

Human remains found in Santa Cruz County in 1995 have been identified as Laura Ann O'Malley, a teenager who went missing in New York in 1975. Advanced DNA technology and forensic genetic genealogy ...

New state rules force home insurers to write a greater share of their policies in fire prone areas like Santa Cruz County. (TR Dreszer) Read Santa Cruz Local’s resource page: How to find home ...

The discovery of two bodies in the back of an abandoned pickup truck in the Santa Cruz Mountains earlier this week is being investigated as a double homicide, the California Highway Patrol said ...

You don't even spend time thinking about your personal safety. You just evaluate if you can help them,” said the Santa Cruz Fire Department Marine Safety Officer. On Thursday, Daly received the ...

Santa Cruz High’s baseball team edged host Soquel 3-2 in a zany finish in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League action to knock the Knights from the unbeaten ranks Tuesday. “They made us work for ...

Westbound traffic, heading into the city of Santa Cruz, will be detoured around the bridge and commuters are advised to expect delays and higher than normal congestion. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cr ...

About three decades after partial skeletal remains were discovered in a Santa Cruz County riverbed, authorities have finally identified the victim. In an Instagram post on Tuesday, the Santa Cruz ...